Take a Bow
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| Single by Madonna | ||
| from the album Bedtime Stories | ||
| Released | December 6, 1994 (Worldwide) December 21, 1994 (Japan) |
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| Format | CD, CD maxi | |
| Recorded | 1994 | |
| Genre | Pop, R&B | |
| Length | 5:21 | |
| Label | Maverick Records Sire Records Warner Bros. Records WEA International |
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| Writer(s) | Babyface Madonna |
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| Producer(s) | Madonna Babyface |
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| Certification | Gold (US) | |
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| Madonna singles chronology | ||
| "Secret" (1994) |
"Take a Bow" (1994) |
"Bedtime Story" (1995) |
| Bedtime Stories track listing | ||
| "Bedtime Story" (10) |
"Take a Bow" (11) |
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| Something to Remember track listing | ||
| "I'll Remember" (2) |
"Take a Bow" (3) |
"You'll See" (4) |
| GHV2 track listing | ||
| "Frozen" (Edit Version) (9) |
"Take a Bow" (Edit Version) (10) |
"Ray of Light" (Radio Edit Version) (11) |
"Take a Bow" is a song by American singer Madonna from her 1994 album Bedtime Stories. The song was released as a single in December 1994.
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[edit] Song information
- "Take a Bow" (file info) — play in browser (beta)
- Co-written by Babyface (who also provides backing vocals), the Canto-pop styled ballad became Madonna's first US number one in almost three years and became the number one highest-selling single of 1995.
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"Take a Bow", the second single from the Bedtime Stories album, temporarily reversed Madonna's United States chart fortunes when it rose to the number-one spot for a seven week run, the longest of her career thus far. Co-written by Babyface (who also provides backing vocals), the Canto-pop styled ballad became the singer's first United States number-one in almost three years and became the highest-selling single of 1995.
Marking a significant departure in her musical style, the song was widely seen as being her best recorded vocal yet when released. Conversely, though the single was a major hit in the United States, garnering gold accreditation, it was to become one of only a handful of her releases not to reach the United Kingdom top ten and ended a ten year run of consecutive top ten singles. Sales, however, were buoyed by the Christmas period, ending higher than several of her top ten hits at over 100,000.
This song is also notable, as it was Madonna's last single to make the top forty on the U.S. R&B Chart.
The single received the remix treatment from prominent DJ and record producer Steve Hurley.
[edit] Track listings
- Single
- "Take a Bow" [Indasoul mix] - 4:58
- "Take a Bow" [Indasoul Instrumental mix] - 4:58
- "Take a Bow" [Album Version] - 5:21
- "Take a Bow" [Album Version Instrumental] - 5:21
- "Take a Bow" [Silki Soul Mix] - 4:12
[edit] Music video
Filmed early in November 1994 in Ronda, Spain, the accompanying video (directed by Michael Haussman) was a lavish period style piece. The plot sees Madonna as a bullfighter's (played by real-life Spanish bullfighter Emilio Muñoz) neglected lover, yearning for his presence.
Madonna requested that Haussman give the video a Spanish theme because, at the time, she was lobbying for the role of Eva Peron in the film version of Evita.
[edit] Controversy
The video generated some controversy with animal rights activists who accused the singer of glorifying bull fighting. In Australia, music video program Video Hits ran a ticker along the bottom of the screen when the video was playing, stating that the producers of the program did not endorse the glorification of the sport portrayed in the video, while ABC TV video program Rage simply refused to play the video at all during their G-rated Top 50 program.
[edit] Trivia
- "Take a Bow" was featured in the final episode of the first season of Friends ("The One Where Rachel Finds Out") when Rachel goes to the airport to tell Ross that she knows he's in love with her.
- Madonna's 1995 single "You'll See" could be considered a follow up to "Take a Bow" as the singer and Emilio Muñoz reprise their roles in the music video.
[edit] Charts
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 1995 | "Take a Bow" | Japan | 1 |
| 1995 | "Take a Bow" | Canada | 1 |
| 1995 | "Take a Bow" | Billboard Hot 100 | 1 (7 wks) |
| 1995 | "Take a Bow" | Billboard Adult Contemporary | 1 |
| 1995 | "Take a Bow" | Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales | 7 |
| 1995 | "Take a Bow" | Billboard Rhythmic Top 40 | 4 |
| 1995 | "Take a Bow" | Billboard Top 40 Mainstream | 1 |
| 1995 | "Take a Bow" | Billboard Adult Top 40 | 35 |
| 1995 | "Take a Bow" | Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks | 40 |
| 1995 | "Take a Bow" | Billboard Top 40 Adult Recurrents | 5 |
| 1995 | "Take a Bow" | UK | 16 |
| 1995 | "Take a Bow" | Australia | 15 |
| 1995 | "Take a Bow" | Austria | 22 |
| 1995 | "Take a Bow" | Switzerland | 8 |
[edit] Official versions and remixes
- Album Version (5:21)
- GHV2 Edit or Radio Edit (4:31)
- Album Instrumental (5:21)
- Alternate Instrumental from Karaoke DVD (3:59)
- InDaSoul Mix (4:57)
- InDaSoul Edit (4:02)
- Extended InDaSoul Mix (8:35)
- InDaSoul Instrumental (4:57)
- Silky Soul Mix (4:10)
- Silky Soul Instrumental (4:10)
| Preceded by "Creep" by TLC |
Billboard Hot 100 number one single February 25, 1995- April 8, 1995 |
Succeeded by "This Is How We Do It" by Montell Jordan |
Studio albums: Madonna (1983) · Like a Virgin (1984) · True Blue (1986) · Like a Prayer (1989)
Erotica (1992) · Bedtime Stories (1994) · Ray of Light (1998) · Music (2000)
American Life (2003) · Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005)
Discography · Tours · Videography · Filmography · Achievements and Awards · Bibliography · Unreleased songs · Controversies
