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Madonna's 40th number one dance single!

Madonna’s “Celebration” Single

A whole lot can be said about this single so let’s not waste anytime here..with lyrics and that infamous laugh half way through the song, I knew instantly that this was going to be a smash single for the Queen of Pop. A review of the single tells us Madonna has been paying attention to Radio Pop Culture, Everything about this song screams #1. For these following reasons…

1. Eye Candy Video

2. Melodic and Catchy as hell.

3. It’s Madonna for God’s sake…well it is….

The remixes for this single while still not on track with were I think they should be, they are decent for what it is. Out of all of them I still tend to favor the album version, or the Benny Benassi remix. Paul Oakenfold turns in some respectable mixes and stays very close to the original mix.

Johnny Vicious turns in an ok remix, but it just doesn’t do as much for me as it could. The bass is tight and the beats are nice, but it just falls a little flat.

The other remix that is outstanding here is the Felguk Love Remix. it’s Electro stabs and “Do It”, “Feel Good” samples are very much appreciated. I think we will see a lot more mixes from this producer!

This is most likely the best Madonna single since “Vogue” in my opinion, almost her best!

***As of writing this I have found out that “Celebration” is Madonna’s 40th Number One song on the Dance Airplay Chart on Billboard! Congrats!***

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Overall Grade B+

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Madonna “Celebration”

Ok Madonna fans we have a new double CD collection called “Celebration” While most of the material here is nothing new, in fact only two new songs are in this collection, the question I have to ask is…Do you need this in your collection.

I started my Madonna collection with her first 12′ Vinyl Single “Everybody”

most people who remember that far back will remember that song…and it’s exactly like the “Celebration”.  Why?

This is the last CD for record company Warner Brothers, and my guess is that she wanted to go out with a bang, and this collection doesn’t disappoint. Starting off with “Hung Up” at first listen you can tell that this has been tweaked and remastered and then I remember ALL the songs have been remastered!

So what’s different on this collection? Well lets see “Vogue” is longer with the spoken intro “What are you looking at?” “Holiday” is the original extended version, “Into The Groove” appears to be the original extended as well. “Secret” has been remastered and now the guitars are crystal clear and gorgeous. Just the remasters of the original’s should be enough for you to get this great dance collection. One omission that I find odd is that “Crazy For You” is on here instead of “Gambler”

“Revolver” the first new single on CD1, is a techno romping song with grunting and sawing synths. The beats are tight and this is one song I can’t wait to bump and grind to out on a dance floor.

“Celebration” the current single driving the set, is possible one of Madonna’s finest pop gems ever. Back in playful mode, this song is already a smash across many charts, and recently spent 4 weeks on top of my own dance chart.

To compliment this set Madge has also graciously put out a DVD collection of all the videos as well.

Again while there are only two new songs on this collection “Celebration” proves why Madonna has stayed in the public eye all these 27 years. So get your copy, you won’t be disappointed you did!

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OVERALL GRADE A- (a couple of more new songs would have given this A+)

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