Borderline (song)
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| Single by Madonna from the album Madonna |
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| B-side | "Think of Me" | ||||
| Released | February 15, 1984 June 1984 (UK) January 21, 1986 (UK re-entry) |
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| Format | CD single 12" Maxi Single 7" Single |
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| Recorded | 1983 | ||||
| Genre | Pop | ||||
| Length | 5:17 | ||||
| Label | Sire, Warner Bros. | ||||
| Writer(s) | Reggie Lucas | ||||
| Producer | Reggie Lucas for Kalisa, Inc. | ||||
| Certification | Gold | ||||
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"Borderline" is the fifth single by American singer-songwriter Madonna and was released on February 15, 1984 by Sire Records. It appears on her 1983 debut studio album, Madonna and later on the 1990 hits compilation The Immaculate Collection.
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[edit] Song information
"Borderline" was both composed and produced by Reggie Lucas. The 7" Version, 12" Version & Dub Version were remixed by Puerto Rican John "Jellybean" Benitez, Madonna's then boyfriend. In 2006 Grammy Award-winning singer Jody Watley covered the song for her album The Makeover.
"Borderline" became a modest Adult Contemporary hit and another top five hit on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. The single's sales were also strong, and eventually led to a gold certification.
"Borderline" became the first of a seventeen hit string of U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Top 10 singles (ending in 1989 with "Oh Father," which stalled at number twenty). Counting top twenty singles, "Borderline" was Madonna's second single of a twenty-six single-string of top twenty singles between 1984 and 1992 ("Deeper and Deeper" was Madonna's last consecutive U.S. single to crack the Top 20). "Borderline" slinked its way up the Billboard Hot 100 for a steady thirteen weeks, finally peaking at number ten the week of June 16, 1984.
In Australia, "Borderline" became Madonna's third consecutive top twenty single, reaching number twelve.
When first released in the UK, it had a very weak showing of number fifty-six as the third single from the parent Madonna album, following "Lucky Star". However, upon re-entry in January 1986, after a phenomenally successful UK chart year in 1985 which saw Madonna accrue 8 top ten hits, the track eventually peaked at number two. The 1984 release was packed in the UK with a 7" single of Holiday, and shrinkwrapped with a cover sticker. This is extremely rare, and sells for up to £350.
In 2003, Madonna fans were asked to vote for their Top 20 Madonna singles of all-time by Q-Magazine. Borderline was allocated the #16 spot.
Thus far the song has only been performed on one of Madonna's tours, The Virgin Tour. For unknown reasons it was not included on the official Virgin Tour VHS.
The song has been rumored to be referring to the Borderline personality disorder, a hypothesis supported by the lyrics.
In 2005, the song placed at #84 on Blender Magazine's " The 500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born" [1]
In 2008, Duffy (singer) performed "Borderline" at Radio 1's Big Weekend in Mote Park, Maidstone, Kent, England.
[edit] Music video
"Borderline" was filmed on location in Los Angeles, California from January 30 to February 2, 1984 and was the first video that Madonna made with director Mary Lambert, who would later also direct the videos "Like a Virgin", "Material Girl", "La Isla Bonita" and "Like a Prayer". In this video Madonna is a colorful street girl, toying with one of the boys. A photographer then gets interested in her and she lets him take pictures while she sips champagne. [2] However, Madonna quickly gets bored and tries to win back the heart of her boyfriend. Lambert creates a contrast with color scenes in the street (with the boyfriend) and black and white scenes during the photoshoots. It was the first Madonna video that received sustained play on MTV. Then unknown Actor John Leguizamo is in the video as one of Madonna's boyfriend's friends. [3]
- Director: Mary Lambert
- Producers: Bruce Logan, Michele Ferrone
- Director of Photography: Andrea Dietrich
- Editor: Glenn Morgan
- Contributing Writer: Keith Williams
- Production Company: Bruce Logan Inc.
[edit] Trivia
- This video was ranked number twenty-four on Rolling Stone magazine's The 100 Top Music Videos.
- This video was ranked number eighty-four on VH1's 100 Greatest Videos.
[edit] Tracklistings and formats
- US 7" Single
- "Borderline" (Edit)
- "Think of Me"
- UK 7" Single & UK Limited Edition Shaped Picture Disc
- "Borderline" (Edit)
- "Physical Attraction" (actually an early fade of the LP version - although this is not described as such on the release)
- UK 12" Single
- "Borderline" (US Remix)
- "Borderline" (Dub Remix)
- "Physical Attraction" (Full-Length Version)
- European 5" CD Single Re-Issue
- "Borderline" (Dub Version)
- "Borderline" (US Remix)
- "Physical Attraction" (LP Version)
- US 12" Maxi Single
- "Borderline" (New Mix) (same as the US Remix)
- "Lucky Star" (New Mix)
- Australian 12" Single
- "Borderline" (Extended Remix) (this likewise is actually identical to the US Remix - just re-titled)
- "Borderline" (Edit)
- "Borderline" (Instrumental) (this is actually identical to the Dub Version - just re-titled)
[edit] Chart performance
[edit] Charts
| Chart | Peak position |
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| Australia | 12 |
| Brazil | 4 |
| Canada | 22 |
| Ireland | 10 |
| Rep. of South Africa (re-released Jan '86) | 3 |
| UK Singles Chart | 56 |
| UK Singles Chart (1986 re-entry) | 2 |
| U.S. Adult Contemporary | 23 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 10 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Dance/Club Play Chart | 4 |
[edit] Included on
[edit] Official versions
- Album Version (5:17)
- US Remix a.k.a. New Mix (6:56)
- Remix Edit (3:56)
- Instrumental Dub (5:44) 12" vinyl and European 5" CD single reissue (1995)
- Shep Pettibone/Goh Hotoda Remix from The Immaculate Collection (4:00)
- First Album Sessions - Demo 2-18-83 (4:38) Unreleased
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