Next three Madonna singles are the first three from more fortunate Bedtime stories album. The tune was more mainstream and clean, and she managed to polish up her image and credibility.Secret***** is one of my favorite Madonna tracks. Fantastic lyrics, great melody, perfect hit. It made it to number one in many countries including Switzerland and Canada. In the US it was number 3 and in UK number 5. Later the video was re-released with the dance mix of the song.
Once again I didn't find the original video so here's the live one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlpPG7BtB1k
Take a bow**** became Madonna's 11th number one in the US and the longest running one: seven weeks and the highest selling single of 1995. In UK it however failed to make top-10 and broke her ten year run of 35 consecutive top-10 hits! It was also number one in Canada but failed to make top-10 elsewhere in the world. Clearly north American appeal in this one!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GM0zSACpMto
Bedtime story**** is completely different from the previous single and if she collaborated with Dallas Austin in Secret, Babyface in Take a bow this one was written by Björk. After mega success of Take a pow in the US this one failed to make the top-40 - her first single to do so since Burning up in 1983 but in UK this was a number 4 and number 5 in Australia.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyyPNDPZvZs
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