This video was released after ''Holiday'' explosed and made her a breakthrought in the mainstream. A lot of peoples of the MTV saw Madonna for the first time with this video. The ascension of ''Borderline'' was slow in the Hot 100. This was her second song to charting in US after ''Holiday''. This song took 15 weeks to finally enter the top 10 (after nine weeks at the top 20), reaching n.10 in june 1984 and was her first top 10 entry. The song spent a week at the top 10, but spent 13 weeks at the top 20. To date, with later her ballad ''Take a Bow'' in 1994-95, this song was her longest charting single of her career in the Hot 100, spent 30 weeks at the charts.
your Madonna reactions are filled with curiosity, admiration & respect. it’s like you were there with us when we experienced her debut! thank you for your reactions & support ♥️
Iconic video. The first song and video by her that I seen. I was hooked and 36 years later I am still amazed, entertained, and inspired by this legend! Love her so much. Love this journey you are on. Keep it up Empress!
The reason why this song sounds so polished and different is ... Jellybean. The Borderline version on the album(and the single) is a remix by John 'Jellybean' Benitez who remixed the final version for her first album. Also when you listen to the album, you can clearly hear which songs have this sort of polished style. The first album is kind of pre 1983 and post 1983 the latter one going into the more defining sound of the 80s.
yeah, i listened to the whole album and this one is the most polished. i think yo were apart of the journey then. if not here's the playlist: th-cam.com/play/PLnRppMO3jg1AxH8Rb_Gd3cYK_NuidWUzj.html
Yes, Madonna was not happy with the way Reggie Lucas produced the songs and so she brought her then boyfriend Jellybean Benitez to improve on them. Benitez was instrumental in Madonna's crossover from the dance charts to the more mainstream Hot 100. Her first top 20 hit, Holiday, was a late addition to her first album brought on board by Benitez and he was the sole producer. Her first top 10 hit, Borderline, the version that became a hit (and used in the video) was remixed by him. It amuses me that years later Reggie Lucas would give himself a bit too much credit over Madonna's early success. He did wrote Borderline, that I will give him.
STILL one of my all time favorite Madonna songs ❤️ And the look .... black skirt with fluorescent green print & fluorescent orange pumps at the phone booth is sooooooo hot! 😎Ugh ... I remember those dirty ass phone booths too. 🤣 so icky!
@@EmpressReacts OMG the handset was always soooo greazy to touch. The mouthpiece stank from the “funk of 40,000 years” of use. I would try and hold it with only two fingers and away from my face. 🤮
@@graphiquejack Yes, that was Keith Haring's drawing design print on the skirt. And yes they were roommates in around 82. He was friends with Andy Warhol and Jean Michel Basquiat who was boyfriend to Madonna in late 82 - early 83. Then it was Jellybean.
Fyi the crotch rub dance at the start of the music video was called the Webo. She and her female friends during her pre record contract and pre fame days when she was hanging out and dancing in clubs roughly late 81 - most of 82 were called the Webo girls. And she wore the belt buckle Boy Toy which was her graffiti tag name. And the skirt she wore was has her pop street artist friend and roommate in 82 Keith Haring's drawing design print on it. He was friends with pop artists Andy Warhol and Jean Michel Basquiat who was Madonna's boyfriend in 82. Keith died of AIDS in 90 and Jean Michel died of a heroin overdose in 88
And on this song and Lucky Star and Like a Virgin and maybe Material Girl. It was rumored because her record company wanted to compete with Cyndi Lauper's singing voice and that's why they sped up her voice supposedly.
Causing a commotion. This girl was into that song. Doing a little dance on the bus. I love that song forever. I liked this song when it came out. It was the funkiest on pop music radio when it hit. She kinda had to lead in thriller so Michael Jackson could be really really big. Who made van Halen big. Notice Panama falls in line with beat it
Gdamn. She is so beautiful in this video. Just my opinion and I'm sure a lot of people out there might agree. At that time there was nobody more beautiful. Madonna def knew how to play to the camera and draw you into her world. Btw, I still think that hair cut is so damn cute. 👍
Madonna is currently working on a bio-pic of sorts. I wonder how much of it will mirror this early video of hers? Even then, for me, the themes and locations seemed to mirror her NYC beginnings and early climb to fame. It's done so well that you wonder if you are seeing a star in the making...or is it the opposite - this woman is already a star and the mainstream photogs and media are not sure how to handle her. Yet. It's interesting how she's not really that affected by the sudden halt to her climb to fame because she goes back to hanging with the girls and making good with her man. It's actually rather true to later mid-2000's Madonna where she stressed self-improvement as a starting point before tackling bigger things. In her case it was the World, lol.
I think I may speak for a lot of people when I say my favorite part of the song has always been the “da da da daaaa” at the end. It’s very difficult not to sing that part. 😆
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I love it when @Empress sings along! Not only because you have such a sweet voice...but bc I sing along all the time bc Madonna gives me all the feels. It’s clear that she hits you too that way. I’m really waiting for your reaction to Stay! I wonder how your option will differ from those who didn’t hear the first album demo until years after the Like A Virgin version came out. This new generation of listeners are listening to Madonna’s older music with the current Madonna in their mind. You are doing it right tho...starting from the beginning. She references her own lyrics and fashion here and there, and it’s fun to notice those moments...but you have to hear the originals first. Love your channel @Empress!!!
@@dalee72 In this comment, I’m referring specifically to the song Stay. There is a demo version that was recorded even before her first album and is very different from the LAV album version.
Empress you have so many questions, and I have so many answers. Whether its Madonna or my girlz like the Go Gos and so on. Its your platform. Your journey. Enjoy the ride my sista.👊🏾 The beauty of all that music out there ❤There's a lot there. Have fun😊 Oh yeah Mahogany one of my favorite movies. Movies I could go on with that too.
@@EmpressReacts As a teacher, I really believe in this: The best teachers are those who show you where to look, but don't tell you what to see." This has to be your journey as it was mine. I didn't have all the tools you have at your disposal. I would read trade magazines, watch interviews, listen and study over and over. It's a beautiful feeling when you find the answers you seek. I'm still down with you and will remain a big time supporter!✊🏾Happy New Year my sista!🥳🙏🏾
I actually think Madonna is a pretty good actress. This video was like her audition tape for “Desperately Seeking Susan.” She really hasn’t had much success in movies since. Well maybe“Evita” and “A League Of Their Own.”
I think Madonna works as an actress if it has something to do with music like in Evita, which she won the Golden Globe for as Best Leading actress and even beat Glenn Close and Frances Mc Dormand among others in 1997 or if it's like Desperately Seeking Susan where the role is very close to her own personality. I ADORE her acting in the Bad Girl video, she certainly has more talent than the average popstar which can be displayed in her videos, however to carry a whole movie it depends on the context. She's good in some and not so great in others.
The roles in those movies I mentioned are variations of the same character that showcases who she essentially is. I forgot to mention “Who’s That Girl” another pretty good movie.
@@edwardhannah yeah, she was very hit and miss. But a big part of the problem with her as an actress was she was so famous and such a personality that it was always hard to separate her from the role. It’s funny I always thought in Swept Away she really struggled playing the horrible stuck up part but was really convincing on the island as the submissive. Opposite of real life! 😂
I think the reason this sounds more polished is that they used a different mix from the original on the Madonna album. The synthesized strings that you hear around the first verse are more prominent. It's barely heard or maybe not even in the original album version. This sounds like the mix they included in the Celebration greatest hits collection. By the way, have you listened to Stephanie Mills' "Never Knew Love Like This Before?" If you love "Borderline," you might want to check out the song that may have inspired this Madonna hit. :)
It is similar because Reggie Lucas wrote both songs and him having worked with female artists like Mills was why Madonna chose him to produce her first album.
I learn new things all the time from watching reaction videos. After almost 40 years, that's the first time I realized that she put that dumb hat back on when she went back to the hood.
She made appearance on The Jimmy Fallon show (2016) and did acoustic version of this song! The real guest that night was President Barack Obama.😊 Love this classic song.
@@petermiller1839 oh please! I’ve been to several Madonna concerts and if she lip sings I don’t care how much I paid for those tickets! She makes up for it and more!
Chill! I'm not going back in the journey this video just happens to be unblocked - FINALLY!
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One of the Top 5 music videos of the '80s. Thanks for reacting!
This video was released after ''Holiday'' explosed and made her a breakthrought in the mainstream. A lot of peoples of the MTV saw Madonna for the first time with this video. The ascension of ''Borderline'' was slow in the Hot 100. This was her second song to charting in US after ''Holiday''. This song took 15 weeks to finally enter the top 10 (after nine weeks at the top 20), reaching n.10 in june 1984 and was her first top 10 entry. The song spent a week at the top 10, but spent 13 weeks at the top 20. To date, with later her ballad ''Take a Bow'' in 1994-95, this song was her longest charting single of her career in the Hot 100, spent 30 weeks at the charts.
her very first US Top 10 hit peaked at number 9
your Madonna reactions are filled with curiosity, admiration & respect. it’s like you were there with us when we experienced her debut! thank you for your reactions & support ♥️
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This is one of her first/early years hit, big radio play
Let's get to it !
My favorite song from the first album
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This is the song and video that most people got to see her for the first time. It was a breakthrough radio hit.
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Yes it was the first time I saw Madonna on Mtv. This one right here.
In fact, ''Holiday'' was her breakthrought, but ''Borderline'' was her first top 10 entry in summer 1984.
You are the best reactor for this video. Other reactors didn't get half the stuff you did.
Wow. Thanks!
I love your reaction to this. I don't think anyone including her would think 40 years later we'd still be talking about her
everything about this song, video clothes omg.... GENIUS
💯 like how can you not ❤ her
Your Madonna reactions are priceless 😄😄😄
😍thanx!😂
1982!
Great Reaction. Awesome video.
You have no idea what a fashion icon Madonna was back then. ALL the girls were trying to dress exactly like her, she looked so cool.
no clue! i've never heard madonna mentioned as a fashion icon until now💯
@@EmpressReacts It's true. I lived through the 80's. What Madonna wore first, teenaged and 20 something girls all around America wore next. Lol
@@gacaptain now im in the like a virgin era and i totally see it
@@EmpressReacts Her female fans who copied her looks were and still called the wannabes.
She influenced the culture as well as drew from the street culture!
Straight back to early 80s and Im here for it with my Panasonic boom box and fresh D batteries.
Iconic video. The first song and video by her that I seen. I was hooked and 36 years later I am still amazed, entertained, and inspired by this legend! Love her so much. Love this journey you are on. Keep it up Empress!
this is my fav video from the album, so i can see how you were taken with her back then💣
Now make that 37 years. LOL!
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Great tune and video! Takes me right back
sooo 💣
Straight back into the early 80s and I am here for it with my Panasonic boombox and fresh D batteries.
@@Cherokeelion 😎
All the songs on Madonna's debut album, except Everybody, was recorded between March 1983 - April 1983. Everybody was recorded May 1982.
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Thanks. Youre Reactions means à LOT to me. I appreciate it so much. 😌 ❤️
No problem 😊 i'm enjoying discovering madonna
Her greatest song in my opinion
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The reason why this song sounds so polished and different is ... Jellybean.
The Borderline version on the album(and the single) is a remix by John 'Jellybean' Benitez who remixed the final version for her first album.
Also when you listen to the album, you can clearly hear which songs have this sort of polished style.
The first album is kind of pre 1983 and post 1983 the latter one going into the more defining sound of the 80s.
yeah, i listened to the whole album and this one is the most polished. i think yo were apart of the journey then. if not here's the playlist: th-cam.com/play/PLnRppMO3jg1AxH8Rb_Gd3cYK_NuidWUzj.html
Yes, Madonna was not happy with the way Reggie Lucas produced the songs and so she brought her then boyfriend Jellybean Benitez to improve on them. Benitez was instrumental in Madonna's crossover from the dance charts to the more mainstream Hot 100. Her first top 20 hit, Holiday, was a late addition to her first album brought on board by Benitez and he was the sole producer. Her first top 10 hit, Borderline, the version that became a hit (and used in the video) was remixed by him. It amuses me that years later Reggie Lucas would give himself a bit too much credit over Madonna's early success. He did wrote Borderline, that I will give him.
So glad it was unblocked! " Borderline" and video are winners! One of my fav songs from her early era!
me too! i ❤ this song
STILL one of my all time favorite Madonna songs ❤️ And the look .... black skirt with fluorescent green print & fluorescent orange pumps at the phone booth is sooooooo hot! 😎Ugh ... I remember those dirty ass phone booths too. 🤣 so icky!
Pretty sure the skirt is a Keith Haring
pattern who was friends with her and who was only really known in NYC at the time.
i cant believe ppl shared phones😂
@@EmpressReacts OMG the handset was always soooo greazy to touch. The mouthpiece stank from the “funk of 40,000 years” of use. I would try and hold it with only two fingers and away from my face. 🤮
@@graphiquejack Yes, that was Keith Haring's drawing design print on the skirt. And yes they were roommates in around 82. He was friends with Andy Warhol and Jean Michel Basquiat who was boyfriend to Madonna in late 82 - early 83. Then it was Jellybean.
Pretty sure this is with the then newest bestest synthesizer.
this is probably, her best song of the 80's, imo. very melodic and catchy.
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Reggie Lucas produced this song and Stephanie Mills' "Never Knew Love Like This Before". Both songs have the same intro and they're both so great.
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She’s so pretty in this video. This video reminds me of me and my crew growing up. Up until I was 24 my life seriously was like this. HAHA!!!
😂 ❤ it! aaand yes she was gorg
@@EmpressReacts GURL. How do I find you on insta??? I’m ggfatale
You are so sweet. 😍 This is a great sog of Madonna. My favorite. like so much.
Madonna and Empress, what a match. :)
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This is one my favorites too. I also love Holiday, Live to Tell and Cherish.
i haven't heard the latter 2 yet
I think you will like those also. Live to Tell is from the True Blue album and Cherish is from the Like A Prayer album.
Fyi the crotch rub dance at the start of the music video was called the Webo. She and her female friends during her pre record contract and pre fame days when she was hanging out and dancing in clubs roughly late 81 - most of 82 were called the Webo girls.
And she wore the belt buckle Boy Toy which was her graffiti tag name.
And the skirt she wore was has her pop street artist friend and roommate in 82 Keith Haring's drawing design print on it. He was friends with pop artists Andy Warhol and Jean Michel Basquiat who was Madonna's boyfriend in 82. Keith died of AIDS in 90 and Jean Michel died of a heroin overdose in 88
for some reason, they decided to speed up her voice in some of the other songs on this album. That's why she sounds younger or more babyish.
And on this song and Lucky Star and Like a Virgin and maybe Material Girl. It was rumored because her record company wanted to compete with Cyndi Lauper's singing voice and that's why they sped up her voice supposedly.
Minha música favorita de Miss Madonna 😊🥰🇧🇷
I remember buying this album with my babysitting allowance ❤
😂 so cool, i would;ve did the same thing prolly cause this song is 💣🔥
Causing a commotion.
This girl was into that song. Doing a little dance on the bus. I love that song forever. I liked this song when it came out. It was the funkiest on pop music radio when it hit. She kinda had to lead in thriller so Michael Jackson could be really really big. Who made van Halen big. Notice Panama falls in line with beat it
I love love love this video! The song is great and Madonna looks super fantastic! Definitely one of her best.
I think so too!
Gdamn. She is so beautiful in this video. Just my opinion and I'm sure a lot of people out there might agree. At that time there was nobody more beautiful. Madonna def knew how to play to the camera and draw you into her world. Btw, I still think that hair cut is so damn cute. 👍
yaaaaas! she was gorg and her personality really adds to her looks to. she def knew how to work that camera to her advantage. and thanx
Madonna is currently working on a bio-pic of sorts. I wonder how much of it will mirror this early video of hers? Even then, for me, the themes and locations seemed to mirror her NYC beginnings and early climb to fame. It's done so well that you wonder if you are seeing a star in the making...or is it the opposite - this woman is already a star and the mainstream photogs and media are not sure how to handle her. Yet.
It's interesting how she's not really that affected by the sudden halt to her climb to fame because she goes back to hanging with the girls and making good with her man. It's actually rather true to later mid-2000's Madonna where she stressed self-improvement as a starting point before tackling bigger things. In her case it was the World, lol.
i miss New York City and the street fashion in the 80s! It was dangerous but so much fun back then! ❤️
I do too but fyi this music video was shot in Los Angeles. But the music video is street.
I think I may speak for a lot of people when I say my favorite part of the song has always been the “da da da daaaa” at the end. It’s very difficult not to sing that part. 😆
yaaaaaas!!! 🔥😍🧀😂
Very catchy indeed.
I would say that it sounds like la la la la, la la la la, la la la la la la. 😘
@@dalee72 I’m sorry David but I have to respectfully insist that it’s daa da da daaaa daaa daaa da daaa da daaa da daaa da da. 😊
@@jefferoni1984 You can insist all you want but facts don't care about your feelings. But you can enjoy these & weep. ;)
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I love it when @Empress sings along! Not only because you have such a sweet voice...but bc I sing along all the time bc Madonna gives me all the feels. It’s clear that she hits you too that way. I’m really waiting for your reaction to Stay! I wonder how your option will differ from those who didn’t hear the first album demo until years after the Like A Virgin version came out. This new generation of listeners are listening to Madonna’s older music with the current Madonna in their mind. You are doing it right tho...starting from the beginning. She references her own lyrics and fashion here and there, and it’s fun to notice those moments...but you have to hear the originals first. Love your channel @Empress!!!
😍wow thank u!!! glad you're enjoying because I'm certainly enjoying the journey❤
@ehorse13 Did you mean there is Like a Virgin demo version of the whole album or some of the songs?
@@dalee72 In this comment, I’m referring specifically to the song Stay. There is a demo version that was recorded even before her first album and is very different from the LAV album version.
@@ehorse13 Yeah, it was on her PreMadonna demo & remix album/compilation done by Stephen Bray. I remember it now. Thanks.
I'm like why is this chile going backwards in the journey - then I read your comment LOL!
E pulling some Christopher Nolan stunt on us
I was so confused.
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who is christopher nolan?😂
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Madonna was big as Michael Jackson in the 80's
Love this review. Worth a second viewing. Thank you!
thank u!❤
I guess this is the part where I say don’t forget to check out what Jody Watley beautifully did with Borderline. Please
yep! its still on the list✅😍
Empress you have so many questions, and I have so many answers. Whether its Madonna or my girlz like the Go Gos and so on. Its your platform. Your journey. Enjoy the ride my sista.👊🏾 The beauty of all that music out there ❤There's a lot there. Have fun😊 Oh yeah Mahogany one of my favorite movies. Movies I could go on with that too.
I ❤ when u come thru with some answers🗣I'm definitely loving this journey and soo glad your down to ride
@@EmpressReacts As a teacher, I really believe in this: The best teachers are those who show you where to look, but don't tell you what to see." This has to be your journey as it was mine. I didn't have all the tools you have at your disposal. I would read trade magazines, watch interviews, listen and study over and over. It's a beautiful feeling when you find the answers you seek. I'm still down with you and will remain a big time supporter!✊🏾Happy New Year my sista!🥳🙏🏾
I actually think Madonna is a pretty good actress. This video was like her audition tape for “Desperately Seeking Susan.” She really hasn’t had much success in movies since. Well maybe“Evita” and “A League Of Their Own.”
I think Madonna works as an actress if it has something to do with music like in Evita, which she won the Golden Globe for as Best Leading actress and even beat Glenn Close and Frances Mc Dormand among others in 1997 or if it's like Desperately Seeking Susan where the role is very close to her own personality.
I ADORE her acting in the Bad Girl video, she certainly has more talent than the average popstar which can be displayed in her videos, however to carry a whole movie it depends on the context. She's good in some and not so great in others.
Dick Tracy did pretty well too. I adore Who’s That Girl ha. Her best performance was in Abel Ferrara’s Dangerous Game, shame the film was so average
The roles in those movies I mentioned are variations of the same character that showcases who she essentially is. I forgot to mention “Who’s That Girl” another pretty good movie.
@@edwardhannah yeah, she was very hit and miss. But a big part of the problem with her as an actress was she was so famous and such a personality that it was always hard to separate her from the role.
It’s funny I always thought in Swept Away she really struggled playing the horrible stuck up part but was really convincing on the island as the submissive. Opposite of real life! 😂
Her role in the Abel Ferrara movie was good. I love his movie “Ms. 45” with the fabulous Zoe Lund. May she Rest In Peace.
I think she had voice lessons since her earliest recordings.
She had a lot of training for Evita, I miss her early voice though. Preferred it more raw.
sounds like it💯
interesting, i wonder by the end of this journey will i feel the same
@@EmpressReacts with age her voice has naturally deepened - no escaping time.
Her and George Michael had those Crucifix drip through out the 80s...
oh he wore those too? 👀
😀. She hot in that video 😍. So young and so fresh fresh. ☺️
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I think the reason this sounds more polished is that they used a different mix from the original on the Madonna album. The synthesized strings that you hear around the first verse are more prominent. It's barely heard or maybe not even in the original album version. This sounds like the mix they included in the Celebration greatest hits collection. By the way, have you listened to Stephanie Mills' "Never Knew Love Like This Before?" If you love "Borderline," you might want to check out the song that may have inspired this Madonna hit. :)
cool! i'll add it to the list
It is similar because Reggie Lucas wrote both songs and him having worked with female artists like Mills was why Madonna chose him to produce her first album.
there are so many different mixes of this song I prefer the album version tho and the demo version 2
I learn new things all the time from watching reaction videos. After almost 40 years, that's the first time I realized that she put that dumb hat back on when she went back to the hood.
This version in the video is a remix..the album version is a bit faster
cool!
Good songwriter on this one. Madonna still hadn't learned to dance if ever really.
I dunno. Looking at this I think the hat grew on her??? lol
😂maybe
She made appearance on The Jimmy Fallon show (2016) and did acoustic version of this song! The real guest that night was President Barack Obama.😊 Love this classic song.
oh cool! i can't wait to see it
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The bad news about madonna is she is a lip synching. She has been caught a few times so has Mariah and a few orhers.
And what’s so bad about that? Everyone does it
I pretty sure that most music videos are made like that.
it's cool, haven't they all 😂
When people pay no! That's what separate the ok from the great ones.
@@petermiller1839 oh please! I’ve been to several Madonna concerts and if she lip sings I don’t care how much I paid for those tickets! She makes up for it and more!