20 Years of Vogue: the B-side

December 1989. "Like a Prayer" had already scored 3 global hit singles and a 4th one in Europe ("Dear Jessie"). Surprisingly, "Oh Father" didn't get the same recognition - perhaps it was too mature for the radio waves. And because the last single was about to be released, Madonna and Warner agreed to record a new song. The plan was to include it as a B-side to "Keep It Together" and ensure the single's success in the charts.

To write and produce the song, Madonna decided to create a new partnership and invited DJ and remixer Shep Pettibone - probably as a consequence of his brilliant remix work for "Like a Prayer" and "Express Yourself", the latter being even used for the video and the stunning MTV VMAs performance.

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And somewhere between December 1989 and January 1990, at the turn of the decade, Madonna and Pettibone were creating something that would make history...