This Used to Be My Playground
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| Single by Madonna | ||
| from the album Barcelona Gold | ||
| Released | June 16, 1992 (Worldwide) July 25, 1992 (Japan) |
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| Format | Cassette, CD, CD maxi | |
| Recorded | 1992 | |
| Genre | Pop / Ballad | |
| Length | 5:10 | |
| Label | Sire Records Warner Bros. Records WEA International |
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| Writer(s) | Madonna Shep Pettibone |
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| Producer(s) | Madonna Shep Pettibone |
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| Certification | Gold (US) Silver (UK) |
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| Madonna singles chronology | ||
| "Rescue Me" (1991) |
"This Used to Be My Playground" (1992) |
"Erotica" (1992) |
| Something to Remember track listing | ||
| "Crazy for You" (5) |
"This Used to Be My Playground" (6) |
"Live to Tell" (7) |
"This Used to Be My Playground" is a song composed by Madonna and Shep Pettibone and performed by Madonna. It is the theme song for the film A League of Their Own, which starred Madonna as well as Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, and Rosie O'Donnell. Recorded during the sessions for Madonna's album Erotica, the single was a worldwide hit, spent one week at number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in August 1992, and became Madonna's tenth single to reach number one. The song entered the charts in the UK top five, peaking at number three for two weeks and was another top ten hit for Madonna in numerous other markets.
Though featured in the film, it wasn't available on the soundtrack album. It was originally available on the Olympics-inspired Barcelona Gold compilation album released that summer. Three years later, it was featured on Madonna's 1995 ballads compilation, Something to Remember.
The video for the song featured a flipping scrapbook with various pictures of Madonna singing (all themed in the 1940s) interspersed with scenes from A League of Their Own. It gets to the end of the book at the beginning of the final chorus, then flips back to the beginning.
The film version is even longer than the "long version" and includes another verse.
[edit] Track listing
- "This Used to Be My Playground" (Single Version)* - 5:06
- "This Used to Be My Playground" (Instrumental Version) - 6:54
- "This Used to Be My Playground" (Long Version) - 6:03
- "This Used to Be My Playground" (Movie Version)** - 6:56
- "This Used to Be My Playground" (Film Version)**+ - 7:10
* The song-time is labelled as 5:09 in the album "Something To Remember"
** Not available in the CD Single
+ Not the same as the Movie Version, but it has a longer orchestra beginning
| Preceded by "Baby Got Back" by Sir Mix-a-Lot |
Billboard Hot 100 number-one single August 8, 1992 |
Succeeded by "End of the Road" by Boyz II Men |
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
