All image and audio content is used by permission of the copyright holders or their agents, and/or according to fair dealing as per the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. In an interview with Time magazine, Rodgers explained: "I went to the club to see another woman sing, but when I got there Madonna was onstage. The lyrics are simple, and written as an invitation to dance with the singer, with sexual innuendos and undertones in the meaning. Like A Virgin, Material Girl, Into The Groove, Dress You Up, Angel, Love Don't Live Here Anymore - we all knew all the words and played it constantly while wearing out our VHS Video copy of The Virgin Tour.

A former dancer and fixture on the New York club scene, Madonna Ciccone became known to the world simply as Madonna, with the release of her 1983 self-titled debut album Madonna.Taraborrelli felt that " Like a Virgin is really a portrait of Madonna's uncanny pop instincts empowered by her impatient zeal for creative growth and her innate knack for crafting a good record. Like a Virgin has sold more than 21 million copies worldwide and became one of the best-selling albums of all time. Hugo Mistry from the Chicago Tribune felt that " Like a Virgin was Madonna's breakthrough, playing off her self-conscious campiness with a series of hot dance tracks, attention-grabbing lyrics and steamy videos.

It also reached the top-ten in Australia, Belgium, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. The album reached the top ten of the Billboard 200 on December 8, 1984, [87] and after one month reached the top of the chart on February 9, 1985, where it stayed for three weeks. If you’ve already done that, your item hasn’t arrived, or it’s not as described, you can report that to Etsy by opening a case. The music on this album has not dated, even thoguht it was originally released in 1984 (Into The Groove ws added in '85 - an early forerunner for today's trend of reissuing 'deluxe' versions of albums!To enable personalised advertising (like interest-based ads), we may share your data with our marketing and advertising partners using cookies and other technologies. William McKeen, author of Rock and roll is here to stay: an anthology, felt that the image was another trigger and testament to the fact that Madonna was the last word on fashion for women and young girls of that era, the epitome of cool. I had to prove them wrong, which meant not only proving myself to my fans but to my record company as well. To promote the album, she embarked on The Virgin Tour, which had shows in cities of North America only.

Madonna also collaborated with her former boyfriend Stephen Bray, who co-wrote many of the album's songs.

The mimicked scenes are interspersed with scenes of a Hollywood producer trying to win the heart of an actress, played by Madonna herself.