36. Madonna, “Hung Up”
“Hung Up” employs a ticking clock to represent fear of wasted time, but Мадонна isn’t Пение about aging или saving the world—she’s talking about love. It had been years since Madge sounded this vapid. With its pitched-upward vocals, infectious arpeggio sample from ABBA’s “Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight),” and the bridge’s unironic, archetypical key change, the track decidedly points to the past, and it proved that, 20 years into her career, Мадонна was still the one and only Dancing Queen. SC
33. Madonna, “Don’t Tell Me”
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