This song is so underrated. She was giving 100% on those vocals. I wish that she would sing like this more often. Deserves so much more recognition than it got from the mainstream. It didn't help she never made a video for it.
I LIVE for 90s Madonna. Rescue Me is one of her most underrated and forgotten bops. Prob in the top 5 of her great but forgotten hits and a shame she’s never done it live.
This song was produced by Shep Pettibone, but definitly a lead of her ''Erotica'' album. This song reaching the top 10 in Billboard Hot 100 in 1991 without to have a music video when it's came out in single, just by huge radio airplay and strong sales in singles.
Told ya, 90s Madonna is still funky and street even if it's in a more grown up and sophisticated way than in 1983. Rescue Me is so underrated, i'm not even sure if they intended to release it as a single. I heard radio just started to play the hell out of it after Justify My Love had run its course which was the proper single to promote this album with a video and all. Rescue Me received no video treatment and no promotion or performances from Madonna but it still went top 10, deservedly so. Fire vocal performance, fire lyrics, a real anthem sounding finale. This could have been such a big hit if they tried a little more. I could see people still to this day partying to this at Street Parades etc. Well it's a little underrated gem for the real fans now. The Immaculate Collection is the only album it was ever featured on. And yes it's a little spoiler soundwise where the Erotica era will go to.
I would definitely have to agree how you described how it became to be. It was a huge hit and the clubs played this song hard. 👍I remember dancing to this , those were awesome fun times. Madonna was way ahead of her time
This track is such a fan favourite, but kinda forgotten by the masses. I’ve always loved to sit back and imagine what the video would have looked like had she made one.
@@JohnJohn-xw8kj imagine thinking that deeply about my comment. I’m a Mariah and Whitney stan too Issa joke. And yes Mariah was out when rescue me dropped
Everybody always talks about stuff being underrated, but in the case of Rescue Me, it's definitely true. But it still managed to became a top ten hit when it wasn't even planned to be a single, doesn't have a video and never performed live. Totally overshadowed by....well, you're about to find out. And personally, THANK YOU for moving along to the new stuff! There's just a LOT of exciting ground to cover and some of us are old, girl! LOL! Your journey is so authentic to our original experience and when you talk about being proud of Madonna it is exactly what we all felt every time she did something new and exciting that had the world talking.
@@EmpressReacts I think she forgot the song was a hit. Just before her MadameX Tour, a fan asked her about performing the song and how they would love to see her do it live, her response was 'really?'
Pretty amazing her voice went from Lucky Star and Like A Virgin to this soulful deep sound in such a short time. I miss her deeper untrained voice. Rescue Me is top tier M, wish she did a video for it. You missed Justify My Love that’s first on the album.
I think that Regina Richards was Madonna's real voice in " Lucky Star " and " Holiday " ! Check out " Baby Love " from 1985 and I dare you to find a difference ! 🤔🤨🥰
Wow Empress you have made my day. You can hear the transition from Vogue to Justify My Love to Rescue Me. Madonna was revolutionary at the time for having these songs where she was talking in. The Immaculate Collection was probably her commercial peak. Justify My Love was the first single. I don’t think you’ve done this track yet. Rescue Me was the second single. It was released without a music video but still managed to be a top 10 single around the world. This song is a fan favourite. She’s never performed it live. I came out and started going to my first gay clubs in Australia when it was released and they used to play it 8 times a night. Definite career highlight.
Titanic is basically an extended 12" version of the album mix, where as the other mixes are more remixed, so I prefer those. And they highlight her vocals more.
And THAT’S how you release a greatest hits DOUBLE album and use it to catapult you FORWARD while reminding people you were, are and always will be THAT artist 👑
Okay, so I have a lot to say about this song so get comfortable! It's also in my Top 10. This and "Justify My Love" was recorded right after the tour, which is partly why her voice sounds so deep and soulful. It's crazy that this was only a year or two after "Like A Prayer" because I really think she could have sung Niki's part on that song if it had been recorded around this time. I have to disagree that this is her most soulful since the debut though - "Express Yourself" is right up there with "Rescue Me" in terms of vocals. You MUST check out some of the remixes which really put her "vocaaaals" up front and center (my fave is the SOS Mix but also like the Lifeboat and Houseboat). FUN FACT: This was never intended to be a single, but radio jumped on it and starting playing it nonstop so Warner had to rush-release remixes and there was no official video. It peaked at #9 but probably would have reached Top 5 had the retail single been released a little sooner (airplay had already peaked at that point). Regarding the Deee-Lite song, Lady Kier has always accused Madonna of plagiarizing "Power of Love" but honestly, the melodies are different and the lyric "I believe in the power of love" is a cliche that's been used in countless pop songs. I think it was most likely just a coincidence or a subliminal thing, and there was really no case to be made since the songs are so different, which is why they never sued her. Also, Deee-Lite making a fuss about stealing was always ironic to me since they "borrowed" so many ideas and used so many uncredited samples in their work, which was very common in house and hip-hop in the 80s and early 90s. In terms of the album, I think this was one of the first, if not the first, greatest hits album to include brand new music recorded specifically for it. Madonna has never been interested in the past and told Warner that if they wanted to release a hits album she wanted to include new stuff and re-mix all of the songs. Thank you for mixing up the tracklist! 😅 This was a nice Sunday night surprise!
For me this is Madonna’s statement for her entire body of work: LOVE is UNDERSTANDING. After I listened to it the first time, I started to substitute the word love for understanding in all her lyrics and I was so amazed by her powerful messages in every single song…
This is definitely one of her most underrated 🔥bops! Used to love this song and never understood why it was never promoted or given any video treatment. Great reaction as usual Empress!!
I’m so glad you like this song because it gets forgotten. So underrated. I can’t believe she never did a video for it. It became a hit anyway without a video or being released to radio initially. Also if you love Madonna talking on tracks you are really entering a good ERA for that!!!
Back to the black roots of US music and going to rap ! I think what is so important about Madonna is that she - and her art - always transcended the gap betwenn races (genders too). At the beginning of her carreer she wasn't shown beacause she was popular as a "black singer"!!! And she is definitevely against the rise of all communitarianisms and racisms ! This song like many live'performances prove it. Her political points of views too. In "Rescue me" as in "Vogue" she does a rap acting ! The choirs come from, as in "Like a prayer", a black church 🗣⛪️ and her deep voice is black too. That is also why she was, none just as the "Queen of pop"👑, the only star able to pay tribute to Michael Jackson and then to Prince. Merci Empress❤🇫🇷! P.-S. : she'been influenced by Nina Simone and the french singer Serge Gainsbourg...
This is one of the greatest songs of all time and of course of Madonna's. Learned a lot of words and phrases from her lyrics when I was a child, and learning English. Her lyrics, the power of her voice, the music and the production all are "amazing". She's almost totally vocally out of control in this song, and this is amazing. As mentioned in Wikipedia; this song had already entered Hot 100 Airplay prior to its release, and after its release "Rescue Me" debuted at number 15 on Billboard Hot 100 chart (March 2nd 1991), and it was the highest debut within the previous 21 years since The Beatles "Let It Be" debuted at number six in March 1970. And in three weeks "Rescue Me" reached Top 10 (Number 9) in Billboard Hot 100 chart (Madonna's 22nd Top 10 hit on that chart), without having an official video and sold over 500.000 copies in The US only and Certificated Gold by Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). And the album "Rescue Me" is in, "The Immaculate Collection" (1990) is the best-selling compilation album by a solo artist which has sold more than 30 millions of copies worldwide.
I hope you know that you just made all of our days much much much better. What a nice surprise!! So happy you jumped ahead to the last song. We all been waiting for this and knew you would love it with her talking. Lol
oh shiiiiiiit! You finally dropped a reaction to a ''brandnew'' Madonna song you haven't heard yet! So excited about that!!! Rescue Me and Justify My Love are the only new songs. And you are right, she dropped this 17 track album 7 years after her debut and she already had so many hits, she had to leave off plenty of huge hits like Dress you Up, True Blue, Who's That Girl, Causing A Commotion among others which were all top 5 hits.
The memory I have attached to this song is picking up my friend and his date in a limo on the way to junior prom in 91. He insisted that we pump this song as we pulled up to his house and Vogue as we arrived at the prom. The drama. 😂
So glad you like this gem! Cause it is one!! Rescue me..yet another top ten for her on the hot 100. So soulful and raw! Yes she did her own backup vocals...it will happen again soon in the song This used to be my playgroung that came out in the summer of 92 ( another number one of her's) where her own harmonies are brilliant. But till then let's celebrate this great track that is Rescue me!!
THIS IS DEFINITELY 👍 ONE OF MY FAVORITE SONGS FROM HER....AND ALSO I LOVE( TO HAVE AND NOT TO HOLD)....DEEE LITE CAME OUT FIRST WITH THE TRACK CALLED (POWER OF LOVE) RUMORS SAID THERE WAS COMPETITION WITH THE LEAD SINGER LADY MISS KIER FROM DEEE LITE AND MADONNA.THEY BOTH WERE GOOD IN HOUSE MUSIC MIXES AT THE CLUBS SO THERE WAS COMPETITION BETWEEN THEM 2.SO LATER MADONNA CAME OUT WITH( RESCUE ME) AS A SINGLE. I LOVE BOTH OF THEM. TO ME THE 80 AND 90 ERA WAS THE BEST ERA PERIOD
love the lyrics: "and I prefer this mystery, it cancels out my misery, and gives me hope that there could be a person that loves me..." definitely a post Sean Penn divorce song 🤣
Honestly. If there was a music video, this would of definitely top the charts. This made me buy the album. I had to have the song, the ending gets me all the time!
"Rescue Me" was getting airplay way before being released as a single. When it was finally released it debuted at #15 on the Billboard Hot 100, which at that time was the highest debuting single by a female. It eventually peaked at #9. It probably would've charted higher if it had a music video.
@@EmpressReacts No, she was getting ready to start filming and training for her next movie "A League Of Their Own" and was already back to dark brown hair.
Yaasss! Great reaction! All the Madonna & general music knowledge you've gained in the past year is on full display here. Love to see it. 👏 She really embraces the "talk-singing" style around this time and the Erotica album. You're in for a treat.
I heard this song on the first time on the radio in 1991 and there was dancing show for teenagers and 20s the 1980s and early 90s called "Dance Party USA " and they played this song and this is "Dope"
I'm still surprised how this song didn't become one of Madonna's biggest hits. If I hadn't listened to all her discography I wouldn't even knew about this fire bop! Criminally underrated!
YES! Still in my Madonna top 10! Lyrics, style, production, soul, and VOCAAAAALS! 🔥🔥🔥 SPOILER ALERT: I believe there was a recent successful fan campaign that (sort of) FINALLY got this fire bop on a tour playlist- Madame X. Glad you reacted to this. All fans went to the new songs first when Immaculate Collection came out. Not the remixes. 😜😂 Thanks for an awesome reaction- glad you love as much. Makes it that much better.
Not sure how old you are, but hearing this in Feb of 1991, on the radio...wow. I can't forget it! it was not played on the radio that much, though. Same with Keep it Together from LAP, or Angel from LAV. Rescue Me WAS a great intro to Erotica a year later... because most of the album is very spoken word (Waiting, Where Life Begins, Secret Garden, and of course, Erotica). If she does RM on the tour, not sure how the vocals will be.
Empress, your reactions are loved from afar! I'm an Aussie musician, living in Italy and currently working in Finland. Following you channel. Keep up the fantastic Madonna journey. You have no idea how this artist changed our cultural lives. I feel we grew with her. Madonna has done a bit of everything and you get it ♡
🔥🔥Bop. This was a hit without a video or her performing it. Empress I knew that you would love the lower register and growl. And that background whew. Most artist wouldn't dare or couldn't release a greatest hits compilation this early into their careers.
Just like many have said , "Rescue Me" is also in my Top 10 Madonna songs ever!!! I knew you'd be throwing up 10s early in the song!!! I love the raw and grittyness of this song!!!
You wondered if this was recorded around the same time as I’m Breathless, but from what I remember, this was recorded just after The Blond Ambition Tour, which is why her lower register sounds a little lower and more soulful. Remember she was dealing with laryngitis and lost her voice during parts of the tour. Also, I’m happy that you didn’t record a reaction to the whole album as many of the tracks had few changes BUT Like A prayer is worth listening to. Tracks like Holiday and LAP were mixed much like the versions from TBA tour…as you can see from the cover logo…there’s no sign of Madonna but the Jean Paul Gaultier bustier is forever engrained in fashion history as MADONNA! Like her one name…you don’t need anything else to know we’re referring to the Queen of Pop. This song is so much fire!!!! I loved your reaction bc it’s the same for me every time I listen to it, even over 30 years after its release!
One of my all time favorites. I remember friends from college that had the ultimate sound system. They played this track and it was fire. The thunder at the end sounded so cool. Definite fire bomb. Rescue me!!
I can't wait for you to dive into Bedtime Stories. It's her soul album. My fave, hands down. Her voice has matured so well in this song. Around the time of Take A Bow her voice gets even better as she started taking vocal lessons beforehand to strengthen her voice for Evita.
Empress,… you better get ready for the justify my love video. Rescue me is really amazing. Justify my love will REALLy get you ready for the Erotica album. It is co written by Lenny Kravitz
I remember buying the album and immediately going home to listen to it. When I listened to all the hits and then "Rescue Me' finished it off, I knew that this had to be one of the best greatest hits collection in music history!
This song is amazing… she re-recorded it for her Madame X tour for a dance interlude… was a bit gutted as I thought she was actually going to sing it! ☹️ Love how this album ends with a “brand new” grown up Madonna… it’s like the album takes you through a journey from girl to woman ❤️ No spoilers but I think Madonna talking was on the back of Justify My Love which was written mainly by Ingrid Chavez who’s style was talking over music… I have so much to tell you when you listen to Justify My Love, but I won’t say anything yet 🤫🤐😂 I’m so glad you love Rescue Me ❤️
There are now 3 Madonna songs that I feel are so identical in vocal power and style and beat...like 1st cousins of each other, they are family...Vogue, Rescue Me and I Don't Search I Find. I remember this song constantly played on the radio and it came out of nowhere. A surprise much like Sidewalk Talk was when that came out of nowhere as it was an underground little known about song Madonna never released on any of her albums, but the dance clubs, indie and college radio stations got a hold of it first before the mainstream got to hear it. I guess the reason why was that it was a rare song that she co-wrote with then boyfriend, and she layed down the backing vocals and was not the main vocal. My guess is that the former boyfriend owns the right to the song, but, definitely a gem of a listen that takes one back to late 70's, early 80's New York urban early hip hop.
M’s Immaculate Collection was contractual. Back then most record deals included 3 successful albums and a greatest hits. After the mega success of TB, she likely renegotiated to extend and YCD may have closed out the initial deal. She did renegotiate with Erotica, her first album under her own label Maverick. I think it was the biggest all encompassing deal (music, books, movies, etc.) at the time. I believe Janet eclipsed it with her deal with Virgin shortly after.
Actually M had only a singles deal prior to her debut album with a second album option. So, basically a 2 record deal. The success of LAV gave her the negotiation power to write and produce True Blue and follow up albums. Not to mention getting all the publishing right (WEBO GIRL PUBLISHING) . TB, LAP, and Im Breathless were part of the 3 album deal. The success of those albums and the BA Tour gave her even more negotiation power to get her own label deal for Maverick. The Maverick deal gave her even more control over her music, publishing , and TV and film projects. Bigger advances for music videos and promotion and a bigger percentage per record sold. One of the reasons she did not need to tour throughout most the 90's. She was making huge money from her own new music and back catalog. M was making around $30million a year off her back catalog sales and airplay throughout most of the 90's. Her back catalog sales always increased with every new album release. And because of Maverick she made a big percentage off all the artist sales on her own label. Alanis Morressette made her huge money too. M was a money making machine in the 90's for sure thanks to smart business moves by herself and Freddy DeMann.
This song is so underrated. She was giving 100% on those vocals. I wish that she would sing like this more often. Deserves so much more recognition than it got from the mainstream. It didn't help she never made a video for it.
Can't say it any better. I love this song, it is certainly in my list of all time Madonna favorites.
💯 I couldn't agree more that there should have been a music video made for it ❤️
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I LIVE for 90s Madonna. Rescue Me is one of her most underrated and forgotten bops. Prob in the top 5 of her great but forgotten hits and a shame she’s never done it live.
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This song was produced by Shep Pettibone, but definitly a lead of her ''Erotica'' album. This song reaching the top 10 in Billboard Hot 100 in 1991 without to have a music video when it's came out in single, just by huge radio airplay and strong sales in singles.
don't forget Madonna produced this also,
@@MegaJake1971 no she co-produced it
Madonna went to church on this one! Forever my jam!!!!!🔥🔥
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Everyone loves Rescue Me.
The Immaculate Collection doesn’t cap off an era but bridges to the next. Here comes 90s Madonna!
Told ya, 90s Madonna is still funky and street even if it's in a more grown up and sophisticated way than in 1983.
Rescue Me is so underrated, i'm not even sure if they intended to release it as a single. I heard radio just started to play the hell out of it after Justify My Love had run its course which was the proper single to promote this album with a video and all. Rescue Me received no video treatment and no promotion or performances from Madonna but it still went top 10, deservedly so.
Fire vocal performance, fire lyrics, a real anthem sounding finale. This could have been such a big hit if they tried a little more. I could see people still to this day partying to this at Street Parades etc.
Well it's a little underrated gem for the real fans now. The Immaculate Collection is the only album it was ever featured on. And yes it's a little spoiler soundwise where the Erotica era will go to.
Yeah empress will way prefer 1990-1996 Madonna over 1985-1989 Madonna tbh
I would definitely have to agree how you described how it became to be. It was a huge hit and the clubs played this song hard. 👍I remember dancing to this , those were awesome fun times. Madonna was way ahead of her time
Yep you did 💯
The DRAMA. Majestic! In my top 3 Madonna songs of all time.
“I Believe in the power”!
Really? Top 3??? That's a lot of fiyah bops you're sleeping on. Interesting.
@@graphiquejack Hell yeah in my top 3!!
This track is such a fan favourite, but kinda forgotten by the masses. I’ve always loved to sit back and imagine what the video would have looked like had she made one.
Madonna proved here she’s the best female vocalist EVER, Mariah & Whitney were shook after Rescue Me dropped
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Lmao stop it. Mariah i do not think had came out yet. There was no video so no1 was shook but the Madonna fans. This one of my favorite songs.
@@JohnJohn-xw8kj imagine thinking that deeply about my comment. I’m a Mariah and Whitney stan too Issa joke. And yes Mariah was out when rescue me dropped
Everybody always talks about stuff being underrated, but in the case of Rescue Me, it's definitely true. But it still managed to became a top ten hit when it wasn't even planned to be a single, doesn't have a video and never performed live.
Totally overshadowed by....well, you're about to find out.
And personally, THANK YOU for moving along to the new stuff! There's just a LOT of exciting ground to cover and some of us are old, girl! LOL!
Your journey is so authentic to our original experience and when you talk about being proud of Madonna it is exactly what we all felt every time she did something new and exciting that had the world talking.
This is a GREAT song, it's so annoying that she's never performed it live (we got a Rescue Me interlude on her recent tour). This song was a big hit.
Wow! N3ver live‼️‼️
@@EmpressReacts I think she forgot the song was a hit. Just before her MadameX Tour, a fan asked her about performing the song and how they would love to see her do it live, her response was 'really?'
Pretty amazing her voice went from Lucky Star and Like A Virgin to this soulful deep sound in such a short time. I miss her deeper untrained voice. Rescue Me is top tier M, wish she did a video for it.
You missed Justify My Love that’s first on the album.
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I think that Regina Richards was Madonna's real voice in " Lucky Star " and " Holiday " ! Check out " Baby Love " from 1985 and I dare you to find a difference ! 🤔🤨🥰
I agree Daniel! We know what’s up! 😉
@@smartypants4571 no........not from Madonna's live singing during that period......
Wow Empress you have made my day.
You can hear the transition from Vogue to Justify My Love to Rescue Me.
Madonna was revolutionary at the time for having these songs where she was talking in.
The Immaculate Collection was probably her commercial peak. Justify My Love was the first single. I don’t think you’ve done this track yet.
Rescue Me was the second single. It was released without a music video but still managed to be a top 10 single around the world.
This song is a fan favourite. She’s never performed it live.
I came out and started going to my first gay clubs in Australia when it was released and they used to play it 8 times a night.
Definite career highlight.
Oh yeah, I'm guessing JML was recorded first, which influenced Madonna's vocal approach (talking) on this song and of course Erotica.
Glad you enjoyed ‼️
I miss this Madonna...the one who sang with passion without autotune
madonna getting down with those soulful growling vocals.... awesome!....
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One of my all time favorites! Song gets better when you dig into those lyrics too. It’s like poetry set to music.
MADONNA eternal queen!!!
OMG wait til you hear the remix of this song (I believe its called the Titanic Vocal Remix) its to die for!!!
Titanic is basically an extended 12" version of the album mix, where as the other mixes are more remixed, so I prefer those. And they highlight her vocals more.
And THAT’S how you release a greatest hits DOUBLE album and use it to catapult you FORWARD while reminding people you were, are and always will be THAT artist 👑
Yaaas💯💯💯. So this was actually 2 albums?
Okay, so I have a lot to say about this song so get comfortable! It's also in my Top 10. This and "Justify My Love" was recorded right after the tour, which is partly why her voice sounds so deep and soulful. It's crazy that this was only a year or two after "Like A Prayer" because I really think she could have sung Niki's part on that song if it had been recorded around this time. I have to disagree that this is her most soulful since the debut though - "Express Yourself" is right up there with "Rescue Me" in terms of vocals. You MUST check out some of the remixes which really put her "vocaaaals" up front and center (my fave is the SOS Mix but also like the Lifeboat and Houseboat). FUN FACT: This was never intended to be a single, but radio jumped on it and starting playing it nonstop so Warner had to rush-release remixes and there was no official video. It peaked at #9 but probably would have reached Top 5 had the retail single been released a little sooner (airplay had already peaked at that point).
Regarding the Deee-Lite song, Lady Kier has always accused Madonna of plagiarizing "Power of Love" but honestly, the melodies are different and the lyric "I believe in the power of love" is a cliche that's been used in countless pop songs. I think it was most likely just a coincidence or a subliminal thing, and there was really no case to be made since the songs are so different, which is why they never sued her. Also, Deee-Lite making a fuss about stealing was always ironic to me since they "borrowed" so many ideas and used so many uncredited samples in their work, which was very common in house and hip-hop in the 80s and early 90s.
In terms of the album, I think this was one of the first, if not the first, greatest hits album to include brand new music recorded specifically for it. Madonna has never been interested in the past and told Warner that if they wanted to release a hits album she wanted to include new stuff and re-mix all of the songs.
Thank you for mixing up the tracklist! 😅 This was a nice Sunday night surprise!
😂😂😂thanks for confirming my suspicion
For me this is Madonna’s statement for her entire body of work: LOVE is UNDERSTANDING. After I listened to it the first time, I started to substitute the word love for understanding in all her lyrics and I was so amazed by her powerful messages in every single song…
This is definitely one of her most underrated 🔥bops! Used to love this song and never understood why it was never promoted or given any video treatment. Great reaction as usual Empress!!
I’m so glad you like this song because it gets forgotten. So underrated. I can’t believe she never did a video for it. It became a hit anyway without a video or being released to radio initially. Also if you love Madonna talking on tracks you are really entering a good ERA for that!!!
Ooo I can't wait ‼️‼️
Back to the black roots of US music and going to rap ! I think what is so important about Madonna is that she - and her art - always transcended the gap betwenn races (genders too). At the beginning of her carreer she wasn't shown beacause she was popular as a "black singer"!!! And she is definitevely against the rise of all communitarianisms and racisms ! This song like many live'performances prove it. Her political points of views too. In "Rescue me" as in "Vogue" she does a rap acting ! The choirs come from, as in "Like a prayer", a black church 🗣⛪️ and her deep voice is black too. That is also why she was, none just as the "Queen of pop"👑, the only star able to pay tribute to Michael Jackson and then to Prince. Merci Empress❤🇫🇷!
P.-S. : she'been influenced by Nina Simone and the french singer Serge Gainsbourg...
Rescue Me is LIFE.
This is one of the greatest songs of all time and of course of Madonna's. Learned a lot of words and phrases from her lyrics when I was a child, and learning English. Her lyrics, the power of her voice, the music and the production all are "amazing". She's almost totally vocally out of control in this song, and this is amazing. As mentioned in Wikipedia; this song had already entered Hot 100 Airplay prior to its release, and after its release "Rescue Me" debuted at number 15 on Billboard Hot 100 chart (March 2nd 1991), and it was the highest debut within the previous 21 years since The Beatles "Let It Be" debuted at number six in March 1970. And in three weeks "Rescue Me" reached Top 10 (Number 9) in Billboard Hot 100 chart (Madonna's 22nd Top 10 hit on that chart), without having an official video and sold over 500.000 copies in The US only and Certificated Gold by Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). And the album "Rescue Me" is in, "The Immaculate Collection" (1990) is the best-selling compilation album by a solo artist which has sold more than 30 millions of copies worldwide.
THIS is my favorite Madonna song 🤪💯💯💯💯💯💯💯🇭🇲🦘
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I hope you know that you just made all of our days much much much better. What a nice surprise!! So happy you jumped ahead to the last song. We all been waiting for this and knew you would love it with her talking. Lol
Glad everyone enjoyed 😘😘
oh shiiiiiiit! You finally dropped a reaction to a ''brandnew'' Madonna song you haven't heard yet! So excited about that!!! Rescue Me and Justify My Love are the only new songs.
And you are right, she dropped this 17 track album 7 years after her debut and she already had so many hits, she had to leave off plenty of huge hits like Dress you Up, True Blue, Who's That Girl, Causing A Commotion among others which were all top 5 hits.
The memory I have attached to this song is picking up my friend and his date in a limo on the way to junior prom in 91. He insisted that we pump this song as we pulled up to his house and Vogue as we arrived at the prom. The drama. 😂
Sounds like you were living the good life!!
@@Marc-zi5cq We definitely were that day!
😂😂😂shoutout to that friend
Lol...to be a Madonna fan back then was the best. The 80s were classic, but the REAL fans stood by after 1990.
So glad you like this gem! Cause it is one!! Rescue me..yet another top ten for her on the hot 100. So soulful and raw! Yes she did her own backup vocals...it will happen again soon in the song This used to be my playgroung that came out in the summer of 92 ( another number one of her's) where her own harmonies are brilliant. But till then let's celebrate this great track that is Rescue me!!
THIS IS DEFINITELY 👍 ONE OF MY FAVORITE SONGS FROM HER....AND ALSO I LOVE( TO HAVE AND NOT TO HOLD)....DEEE LITE CAME OUT FIRST WITH THE TRACK CALLED (POWER OF LOVE) RUMORS SAID THERE WAS COMPETITION WITH THE LEAD SINGER LADY MISS KIER FROM DEEE LITE AND MADONNA.THEY BOTH WERE GOOD IN HOUSE MUSIC MIXES AT THE CLUBS SO THERE WAS COMPETITION BETWEEN THEM 2.SO LATER MADONNA CAME OUT WITH( RESCUE ME) AS A SINGLE. I LOVE BOTH OF THEM. TO ME THE 80 AND 90 ERA WAS THE BEST ERA PERIOD
love the lyrics: "and I prefer this mystery, it cancels out my misery, and gives me hope that there could be a person that loves me..." definitely a post Sean Penn divorce song 🤣
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Honestly. If there was a music video, this would of definitely top the charts. This made me buy the album. I had to have the song, the ending gets me all the time!
With this song Madonna literally enters a new era with a new sound and style.
One of my all time favorites .. I blasted out tge speakers in my car listening to this on my way home from work ?
Empress emulating every Madonna fan in the same way we all reacted to this song once we heard it 🔥 😂 💗 💫
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Yeah I def needed this reminder how great this song is! Forgotten gem
I feel like we get the continuation of this vibe in Secret Garden, Goodbye to Innocence, and Bedtime Story
"Rescue Me" was getting airplay way before being released as a single. When it was finally released it debuted at #15 on the Billboard Hot 100, which at that time was the highest debuting single by a female. It eventually peaked at #9. It probably would've charted higher if it had a music video.
Omg no video 😢
@@EmpressReacts No, she was getting ready to start filming and training for her next movie "A League Of Their Own" and was already back to dark brown hair.
Rescue me Is one of my favorite tracks from madonna love her voice on this track wish she had done a video for this song
This song is a gem! It’s coming from the depths of her soul!! I wish she would have made a video for this song!!
Love Rescue Me. Easily one of her best vocals ever.
Yaasss! Great reaction! All the Madonna & general music knowledge you've gained in the past year is on full display here. Love to see it. 👏 She really embraces the "talk-singing" style around this time and the Erotica album. You're in for a treat.
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You have finally heard my favorite of all Madonna’s songs, Empress! It’s just so freaking good! Plus, it used to thump in the clubs!
Those growls! Miss this Madonna!! It’s almost gone 😔
I heard this song on the first time on the radio in 1991 and there was dancing show for teenagers and 20s the 1980s and early 90s called "Dance Party USA " and they played this song and this is "Dope"
Empress, you already made my day 🤗 Now I know you know the excitement I felt when listening to that album for the first time.
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I'm still surprised how this song didn't become one of Madonna's biggest hits. If I hadn't listened to all her discography I wouldn't even knew about this fire bop! Criminally underrated!
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The most amazing song. Rescue Me deserves to be played live some day.
One of Madonna's best songs ❤️🇧🇷
Rescue me’s remixes are amazing you will love them!!!
still, one of my favorite reactions to any Madonna song ever. I CANNOT wait until you see the FEVER video. 1992. we're so close!!!
This is actually her Rapping she ends this album with the best 👌
Such a clever album title! Ugh 🤩 genius
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First time I've heard this song. Go Madonna! Her vocals are amazing in this. Fire bop! 10's across the board!
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YES! Still in my Madonna top 10! Lyrics, style, production, soul, and VOCAAAAALS! 🔥🔥🔥 SPOILER ALERT: I believe there was a recent successful fan campaign that (sort of) FINALLY got this fire bop on a tour playlist- Madame X. Glad you reacted to this. All fans went to the new songs first when Immaculate Collection came out. Not the remixes. 😜😂 Thanks for an awesome reaction- glad you love as much. Makes it that much better.
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This song is definitely a top 5 of Madonna songs for sure.
I shoplifted the Justify My Love and Rescue Me maxi singles on cassette from Music plus. That was the last of my shoplifting Madonna cassettes.
Boosted cassettes just like Nicki Finn! lol. I did the same but at Waxie Maxie.
"I boosted a few tapes, there's a bit of a difference"
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Empress honey, I've been waiting for this reaction girl. This is one of my top 10 Madonna tracks, period.
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WHAT A SONG !!!
Love all the comments…I thought I was the only person who loves this song 😂
Not sure how old you are, but hearing this in Feb of 1991, on the radio...wow. I can't forget it! it was not played on the radio that much, though. Same with Keep it Together from LAP, or Angel from LAV. Rescue Me WAS a great intro to Erotica a year later... because most of the album is very spoken word (Waiting, Where Life Begins, Secret Garden, and of course, Erotica). If she does RM on the tour, not sure how the vocals will be.
Empress, your reactions are loved from afar! I'm an Aussie musician, living in Italy and currently working in Finland. Following you channel. Keep up the fantastic Madonna journey. You have no idea how this artist changed our cultural lives. I feel we grew with her. Madonna has done a bit of everything and you get it ♡
Aw thank u!
A she does a similar Job on Love Don't live here anymore on her firs t album this is her best vocals besides Love don't live here .
🔥🔥Bop. This was a hit without a video or her performing it. Empress I knew that you would love the lower register and growl. And that background whew. Most artist wouldn't dare or couldn't release a greatest hits compilation this early into their careers.
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Just like many have said , "Rescue Me" is also in my Top 10 Madonna songs ever!!! I knew you'd be throwing up 10s early in the song!!! I love the raw and grittyness of this song!!!
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I was waiting for this reaction, and it was everything I expected. 10s across the board!
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I really think you are gonna enjoy the Erotica album. Her music for sure matures from now on to today.
A masterpiece!!!
Great reaction as always Empress! ❤️
A forgotten gem that should of had a video 😏
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You wondered if this was recorded around the same time as I’m Breathless, but from what I remember, this was recorded just after The Blond Ambition Tour, which is why her lower register sounds a little lower and more soulful. Remember she was dealing with laryngitis and lost her voice during parts of the tour.
Also, I’m happy that you didn’t record a reaction to the whole album as many of the tracks had few changes BUT Like A prayer is worth listening to. Tracks like Holiday and LAP were mixed much like the versions from TBA tour…as you can see from the cover logo…there’s no sign of Madonna but the Jean Paul Gaultier bustier is forever engrained in fashion history as MADONNA! Like her one name…you don’t need anything else to know we’re referring to the Queen of Pop.
This song is so much fire!!!! I loved your reaction bc it’s the same for me every time I listen to it, even over 30 years after its release!
Yaaas 🔥🔥🔥and that makes sense why her lower register was deeper
Prince has a 3 CD greatest and b sides set
Rescue Me is a total banger. Always underrated but the pen game and growling is 💯
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Top 10 ten hit, without a video, in the 90's!
One of my fave Madonna songs ever . I listen to this more than vogue and like a prayer 😘
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Omg clicked on this real quick! Lol! Finally you get to react to my favorite song
So underrated and one of my favs
Prince’s first worldwide greatest hits comps came out in 1993: The Hits 1 & 2
I am DYING to see ur Justify my Love music video reaction. Sadly Rescue Me didn't get a video.
The video already exist i think? It was one of her first. Or I maybe confusing it with Erotica.
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Love this song!!
And once again we are in synch. I love love this track
You are officially officially a true Madonna super fan. True fans are nuts about this track.
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This one had some amazing remixes on the single that are definitely worth checking out, my absolute favorite being the Titanic Vocal Mix.
Great reaction! This is one of my favorite songs from Madonna of any of her eras.. Fantastic song.
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One of my all time favorites. I remember friends from college that had the ultimate sound system. They played this track and it was fire. The thunder at the end sounded so cool. Definite fire bomb. Rescue me!!
I can't wait for you to dive into Bedtime Stories. It's her soul album. My fave, hands down. Her voice has matured so well in this song. Around the time of Take A Bow her voice gets even better as she started taking vocal lessons beforehand to strengthen her voice for Evita.
Empress,… you better get ready for the justify my love video. Rescue me is really amazing. Justify my love will REALLy get you ready for the Erotica album. It is co written by Lenny Kravitz
OMG i still remember I was in 10th grade when this came out. I LOVED this!!!!!
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Btw both Deelite "Power of Love" and M "Rescue Me" was release the exact year.. so proably a 'known phrase' at the time.
yaaaas that's the name of the group!
I remember buying the album and immediately going home to listen to it. When I listened to all the hits and then "Rescue Me' finished it off, I knew that this had to be one of the best greatest hits collection in music history!
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Lmaoo girl you threw 10s 20 times!!! This song is fire and her vocals are the best
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I LOVE the way you say Madonna's name 💯🥰
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This song is amazing… she re-recorded it for her Madame X tour for a dance interlude… was a bit gutted as I thought she was actually going to sing it! ☹️ Love how this album ends with a “brand new” grown up Madonna… it’s like the album takes you through a journey from girl to woman ❤️ No spoilers but I think Madonna talking was on the back of Justify My Love which was written mainly by Ingrid Chavez who’s style was talking over music… I have so much to tell you when you listen to Justify My Love, but I won’t say anything yet 🤫🤐😂 I’m so glad you love Rescue Me ❤️
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There are now 3 Madonna songs that I feel are so identical in vocal power and style and beat...like 1st cousins of each other, they are family...Vogue, Rescue Me and I Don't Search I Find. I remember this song constantly played on the radio and it came out of nowhere. A surprise much like Sidewalk Talk was when that came out of nowhere as it was an underground little known about song Madonna never released on any of her albums, but the dance clubs, indie and college radio stations got a hold of it first before the mainstream got to hear it. I guess the reason why was that it was a rare song that she co-wrote with then boyfriend, and she layed down the backing vocals and was not the main vocal. My guess is that the former boyfriend owns the right to the song, but, definitely a gem of a listen that takes one back to late 70's, early 80's New York urban early hip hop.
😂 I reacted to sidewalk talk - th-cam.com/video/LM5MwKyzidA/w-d-xo.html
One of my all time favourites by her, tens across the board, 🔥bop. Amazing reaction as well. Thanks Empress 🥰
I first heard this song on NY hot 97fm, loved it
M’s Immaculate Collection was contractual. Back then most record deals included 3 successful albums and a greatest hits. After the mega success of TB, she likely renegotiated to extend and YCD may have closed out the initial deal. She did renegotiate with Erotica, her first album under her own label Maverick. I think it was the biggest all encompassing deal (music, books, movies, etc.) at the time. I believe Janet eclipsed it with her deal with Virgin shortly after.
Ah interesting ‼️I figured
Actually M had only a singles deal prior to her debut album with a second album option. So, basically a 2 record deal. The success of LAV gave her the negotiation power to write and produce True Blue and follow up albums. Not to mention getting all the publishing right (WEBO GIRL PUBLISHING) . TB, LAP, and Im Breathless were part of the 3 album deal. The success of those albums and the BA Tour gave her even more negotiation power to get her own label deal for Maverick. The Maverick deal gave her even more control over her music, publishing , and TV and film projects. Bigger advances for music videos and promotion and a bigger percentage per record sold. One of the reasons she did not need to tour throughout most the 90's. She was making huge money from her own new music and back catalog. M was making around $30million a year off her back catalog sales and airplay throughout most of the 90's. Her back catalog sales always increased with every new album release. And because of Maverick she made a big percentage off all the artist sales on her own label. Alanis Morressette made her huge money too. M was a money making machine in the 90's for sure thanks to smart business moves by herself and Freddy DeMann.
Thank you Shep Pettibone
Yes amazing!
Super thrilled to see this!!!! 🤩