Blue Prince

I stand in your heart/ just next to your lungs/ you smoke too much/ do you want to chase me away?
I'm here/ breathing through your mouth/ seeing with your heart/ loving through your flesh 

Like you, I had never heard them until this while collab came up.  I am pleasantly surprise with what I hear.   Madonna definitely sounds theatrically awesome on "Lick the Light Out".

See that's what I'm thinking which means, it won't do as well as Popular is doing most likely.  But we can hope that it's really pushed by both Madonna and Sam's teams and possibly it will click. I never knows sometimes because I hear so many awful songs topping the charts, so if they can make it, why not Vulgar??  Could you imagine a song called "Vulgar" topping the charts.  LOL!  I doubt it will, but that would be so hilarious and awesome at the same time.

Well let's update her Top 40, 5 days after "Popular", to see how things are going. :-)

Marked with "->" the ones that changed in these five days and their respective new peaks.
- Updated All Time Top 40 (Official, not merged):
01. Material Girl ("Celebration" Version): 343M -> 345M
02. Hung Up: 326M -> 328M
03. La Isla Bonita: 287M -> 288M
04. Like A Prayer ("Celebration" Version): 274M -> 275M
05. 4 Minutes ("Celebration" Version): 232M -> 234M
06. Like A Virgin ("Like A Virgin" Album Version): 227M -> 228M
07. Vogue ("Celebration"/"Immaculate" Version): 190M
08. Frozen (Sickick Remix): 132M -> 133M
09. Papa Don't Preach: 106M -> 107M
10. Crazy For You: 105M
11. Into The Groove: 100M
12. Bitch I'm Madonna: 90M
13. Like A Prayer ("Like A Prayer" Album Version): 88M -> 89M
14. Holiday ("Madonna" Digital Album Edit Version): 87M -> 88M
15. Holiday ("Celebration"/Original Album Version): 72M -> 73M
16. Frozen ("Ray Of Light" Album Version): 68M
17. Medellín: 68M
18. Music: 67M -> 68M
19. Me Against The Music (Britney Spears Feat. Madonna): 55M
20. Levitating (Dua Lipa Remix): 53M
21. Sorry ("Confessions" Album Version): 50M
22. Take A Bow: 48M
23. American Pie: 48M
24. Material Girl ("Like A Virgin" Album Version): 47M
25. Like A Virgin ("Celebration"/"Immaculate" Version): 47M 
26. Live To Tell: 46M
27. Girl Gone Wild: 45M -> 46M
28. Ray Of Light ("Ray Of Light" Album Version): 43M
29. Faz Gostoso: 43M
30. 4 Minutes ("Hard Candy" Album Version): 41M
31. True Blue: 41M
32. Give It 2 Me: 40M
33. The Power Of Good-Bye: 40M
34. Express Yourself ("Celebration" Version): 36M -> 37M
35. Die Another Day: 36M
36. Ghosttown: 36M
37. Jump: 35M
38. Living For Love: 34M
39. Give Me All Your Luvin': 34M
40. Borderline ("Celebration" Version): 33M -> 34M
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As expected, "Popular" gives her a huge monthly listeners boost but that's not really reflected in her back catalogue... at least not yet. That was to be expected, The Weeknd general public is not exactly Madonna's target, right? But "Popular" remains a great exercise in good PR: creating a "she's back" image so when her next songs are released, with proper exposure and appeal, they can reach more people.
(Watch all this taken back by "Vulgar" tomorrow hahaha).

I Met An Angel is probably the first Christine and the queens song I've ever heard and damn, all my hairs are standing up.
Are they usually that good? 
M sounds beautifully theatrical on that Lick the Light Out song. She's always been good when it came to licking.

Madonna Drag Queen idea would be hilarious.  I'm just not sure they either filmed a music video. There might be a visualizer of some sort which could include Madonna.  These days, visualizers are looking more and more like music videos, but not so story oriented.  Just flashing images or videos, sometimes singing along with the song and sometime not.

OMG the whole song slaps and I want Madonna to scream SAY OUR FUCKING NAMES at me! 
Sure she'll be in the video in some form, she's a very important part of the song. Like Nicki Minaj was in the BIM video, on the screen which I thought was a very smart idea. If not, I want a drag queen impersonating a furious Madonna. That would be something to watch!

OMG the whole song slaps and I want Madonna to scream SAY OUR FUCKING NAMES at me! 
Sure she'll be in the video in some form, she's a very important part of the song. Like Nicki Minaj was in the BIM video, on the screen which I thought was a very smart idea. If not, I want a drag queen impersonating a furious Madonna. That would be something to watch!

What is officially released sounds so much better than what was leaked. There are things I don't recall hearing in the leaked version.  Sounds so much better. This is insane!!  This needs to blow up!!

Sometimes we gotta have faith in the songs. She could release another Hung Up today and we'd all be worried whether it would get streamed enough. Vulgar is exactly the song I'd expect those two to make. It makes an impact and it's of very replayable value. Even if it doesn't make a single wave in the charts, I'm really happy they made it. I trust it will do good though.

She's credited as a main artist on it, so even though I agree with you, it's her song too as far as we're concerned regarding chart positions.
If it's a hit it will be her hit, too and forever listed as another Madonna Top 50, Top 20, Top 10 whatever.
This is the real game and she's playing it, for the first time in forever.

Even if this is the peak of Popular, I’m happy. 
She charted on Billboard and in the UK for the first time in years. Also her streams have rocketed on Spotify. 
For an artist to do this in their sixties is a massive accomplishment. 

Not only that, it hasn't even impacted on US radio yet.  That's where most of the weight is coming from the Billboard chart.  For it to chart at #43, is quite impressive for a song that hasn't been played much on US radio, which means the streaming #'s are carrying much of this at the moment. Can you imagine if radio stations started playing this as often as the other songs they rotate?  It would be HUuuuuGE! 

Haven’t I seen you somewhere before?

Back That Up was out for years. Yes To Heaven by Lana was out for years. So apparently it's how you reintroduce your music to the public. Personally I don't know where to find the whole song yet but it doesn't really matter whether the fans have it when the fans who still care are like two hundred 
As for the radio idk, I live in a non English speaking country where they don't care as much about the lyrical content. Started off my teens listening to Rihanna's S&M on heavy rotation. I think I will be hearing it this one too here 

Sometimes we gotta have faith in the songs. She could release another Hung Up today and we'd all be worried whether it would get streamed enough. Vulgar is exactly the song I'd expect those two to make. It makes an impact and it's of very replayable value. Even if it doesn't make a single wave in the charts, I'm really happy they made it. I trust it will do good though.

Well she could but they were all collaborations where she was the second name and she doesn't really have a say how and when they will be revealed. It's different when it's her own songs, as a lead singer, from her own label 

Sometimes we gotta have faith in the songs. She could release another Hung Up today and we'd all be worried whether it would get streamed enough. Vulgar is exactly the song I'd expect those two to make. It makes an impact and it's of very replayable value. Even if it doesn't make a single wave in the charts, I'm really happy they made it. I trust it will do good though.

Deeper and deeper and deeper and deeper 🩷🕳️

Colonel Sanders says it best
"Finger licking good"

Deeper and deeper and deeper and deeper 🩷🕳️

I have to agree a lot of controversial moments will be highlighted and what will be interested is how much they may paint her as a pioneer, etc, where in the past those same painted her as trash and a "has been", etc.  Though, I still think Like a Prayer the song and possibly the ROL album will definitely stand out as her musical best.  In fact, I'm sure LAP the song will probably be the huge go to song for people once she passes.  I can see songs like Material Girl and Holiday getting a huge high five as well. 

Good points.  And I still think the song will have an initial strong impact especially with the fans.  I think the general public won't latch on this and stream this as much as the Popular song.  It could be interesting for @Prayer show the comparisons between the two songs once it's released for several days to see which impacted more and faster as well as continue to grow.  I also see more of a negative impact for Vulgar due to its content as well.  So while the gays might replay it over and over, but how much will it actually impact the streams especially if many of them already have downloaded and have played it for a week already?  The general public seems to be the real key here for this song to blow up.  It also needs to have radio appeal which I don't think it does compared to how Popular came out of the gate. But again, I hope to be proven wrong here.  It's a campy fun Sam and Madonna song.  We'll have to see what happens in the coming days.  If anything I'm excited about it because whatever happens, it still brings more attention to Madonna's catalog. 
And @wtg1987I'm curious where you stand on the acceptance of this song.  I know we don't see eye to eye on where she is in her career today, but where do you think this song stands for you?

Yeah I also believe that Madonna's controversial figure will be mentioned everywhere but not really supported musically by the media. So people will be loving Like A Virgin and True Blue, her problem free eras. 
I do want her to leave behind a Black Star album like David Bowie did though. A record of death and confession with songs like Lament and Drowned World.

Back That Up was out for years. Yes To Heaven by Lana was out for years. So apparently it's how you reintroduce your music to the public. Personally I don't know where to find the whole song yet but it doesn't really matter whether the fans have it when the fans who still care are like two hundred 
As for the radio idk, I live in a non English speaking country where they don't care as much about the lyrical content. Started off my teens listening to Rihanna's S&M on heavy rotation. I think I will be hearing it this one too here