Rank Madonna's ballad singles from best to worst

[MaDöner Kebab 6,863]

With the possibility of some of these finally getting a tour debut, it would be interesting to see how most of you would rank them.

Crazy for You

Live to Tell

The Look of Love

Oh Father

This Used to Be My Playground

Bad Girl

Rain

I'll Remember

Secret

Take a Bow

I Want You

You'll See

One More Chance

Love Don't Live Here Anymore

You Must Love Me

Don't Cry for Me Argentina

Another Suitcase in Another Hall

Frozen

Drowned World/Substitute for Love

The Power of Good-Bye

What It Feels Like for a Girl

Nothing Fails

Miles Away

Hey You

Masterpiece

Ghosttown

Crave

I Rise

[wtg1987 10,151]

best ballad for me is live to tell - worst is one more chance, runner up for best is drowned world, falling free & oh father, everything else is still great  xx 

[MaDöner Kebab 6,863]

1. Frozen
2. Oh Father
3. The Power of Good-Bye
4. Live to Tell
5. Crazy for You
6. I Want You
7. Drowned World/Substitute for Love
8. Bad Girl
9. Secret
10. I'll Remember
11. You'll See
12. Rain
13. Take a Bow
14. Nothing Fails
15. What It Feels Like for a Girl
16. Miles Away
17. Ghosttown
18. Love Don't Live Here Anymore
19. The Look of Love
20. Masterpiece
21. Don't Cry for Me Argentina
22. You Must Love Me
23. Another Suitcase in Another Hall
24. I Rise
25. Crave
26. This Used to Be My Playground
27. One More Chance
28. Hey You

[Dj Garrido 1,689]

My TOP 13

 

1.      Live to Tell

2.      You'll See

3.      Rain

4.      Crazy for You

5.      Take a Bow

6.      Oh Father

7.      Bad Girl

8.      I'll Remember

9.      Frozen

10.  Ghosttown

11.  The Power of Good-Bye

12.  What It Feels Like for a Girl

13.  Crave

[Would You Like To Try 8,314]

Does crave count as a ballad?

[musicinferno 3,660]

Frozen

Crazy for You

Secret 

Ghosttown 

Bad Girl

Drowned World 

Rain

Masterpiece 

Crave 

Miles Away 

I Want You

Take A Bow 

Live To Tell 

I'll Remember 

Don't Cry For Me Argentina 

Another Suitcase in Another Hall

Nothing Fails 

You'll See 

You Must Love Me

Love Don't Live Here Anymore 

Oh Father 

The Power of Goodbye 

What It Feels Like For A Girl 

One More Chance 

This Used To Be My Playground 

The Look of Love 

I Rise 

Hey You 

[Aiwa08 16,190]

1. Live to Tell
2. Oh Father
3. Drowned World/Substitute for Love
4. Frozen
5. Bad Girl
6. You'll See
7. I'll Remember
8. Ghosttown
9. Masterpiece
10. I Want You
11. Nothing Fails
12. Miles Away
13. This Used to Be My Playground
14. Secret
15. Love Don't Live Here Anymore
16. The Look of Love
17. I Rise
18. Crave
19. The Power of Good-Bye
20. What It Feels Like for a Girl
21. Crazy for You
22. One More Chance
23. Rain
24. Take a Bow
25. Hey You  

I barely play the orange ones. I like them but in small dose. 

[LongIslandTea 1,584]

Where's...

Borderline 

La Isla Bonita

Cherish

Dear Jessie

Nothing Really Matters

Love Profusion

???

[Nowheretohide 249]

Live to Tell

You'll See

The Look of Love

Crazy for You

Oh Father

Frozen

Rain

Ghosttown

Nothing Fails

Bad Girl

This Used to Be My Playground

I'll Remember

Love Don't Live Here Anymore

I Want You

Take a Bow

Drowned World/Substitute for Love

Masterpiece

One More Chance

The Power of Good-Bye

Miles Away

What It Feels Like for a Girl

I Rise

Crave

Hey You

[Israel 7,620]

This used to be my playground 

[Robertthenurse 2,894]

Yall forget about ShooBeDoo? 

Here's my top 10:

1. Live To Tell

2. I Want You

3. I'll Remember

4. Oh Father

5. Love Spent

6. Bad Girl

7. Frozen

8. This Used...

9. Rain

10. In This Life

[Honey Little 3,940]

Something to Remember album is a perfect masterpiece. I don’t consider anything she did afterwards a ballad. Sorry guys. My opinion. 

[MaDöner Kebab 6,863]

7 hours ago, LongIslandTea said:

Where's...

Borderline 

La Isla Bonita

Cherish

Dear Jessie

Nothing Really Matters

Love Profusion

???

Those aren’t really ballads by definition. Maybe Love Profusion but if that is a ballad, then so would be Get Together and M herself definitely doesn’t consider the latter a ballad.

[deathproof 10,555]

1. I Want You
2. Oh Father
3. Bad Girl
4. Live to Tell
5. Power of Goodbye
6. Time Stood Still

thats all im gonna do :p 

[MaDöner Kebab 6,863]

1 hour ago, deathproof said:

1. I Want You
2. Oh Father
3. Bad Girl
4. Live to Tell
5. Power of Goodbye
6. Time Stood Still

thats all im gonna do :p 

Wow I never would have guessed that this was gonna be your #1 ballad choice!

[deathproof 10,555]

15 minutes ago, MPowered said:

Wow I never would have guessed that this was gonna be your #1 ballad choice!

Have you not heard that song before?

[MaDöner Kebab 6,863]

7 hours ago, deathproof said:

Have you not heard that song before?

I have haha…otherwise it wouldn’t be in my top ten. It’s an absolutely gorgeous rendition and criminally underrated (even among her fans) which is why I’m surprised a die hard fan like you put it at #1. I am pleasantly surprised though. 😍

[Donna 16,111]

7 hours ago, Honey Little said:

Something to Remember album is a perfect masterpiece. I don’t consider anything she did afterwards a ballad. Sorry guys. My opinion. 

So "Time Stood Still", "Masterpiece", "The Power of Goodbye",  and "Ghosttown" aren't considered 'ballads' to you?  I agree Something to Remember is a fantastic album, but she's had a lot of great ballads since then as well. 

As for the topic, my ultimate M ballad would be Live to Tell.  Other great contenders are "The Power of Goodbye", "Devil Wouldn't Recognize You" and "Ghosttown" are some of my most favs.

[Ari Interactive 275]

Time stood still should hit the spotlight 

Too bad it's underrated 

It such a beautiful ballad 

[MaDöner Kebab 6,863]

7 hours ago, Ari Interactive said:

Time stood still should hit the spotlight 

Too bad it's underrated 

It such a beautiful ballad 

Time Stood Still hasn’t been added because it wasn’t a single. This is only about her singles (including promo singles).

[BoyToyMark 338]

My favourite of her ballad singles are:

The Power Of Good-bye

Take A Bow

Rain

What It Feels Like For A Girl

Love Don't Live Here Anymore [1995 Mix]

 

Ones I like the least would be probably the rarer ballad singles Hey You and Dear Jessie; they have not aged well and I always forget these were singles in some territories.

[Blue Jean 15,121]

Frozen

Live to Tell

Secret

Oh Father

The Power of Good-Bye

Crazy for You

Drowned World/Substitute for Love

I Want You

I'll Remember

You'll See

What It Feels Like for a Girl

Rain

You Must Love Me

Take a Bow

Bad Girl

This Used to Be My Playground

Ghosttown

Masterpiece

Nothing Fails

Love Don't Live Here Anymore

The Look of Love

Don't Cry for Me Argentina

Another Suitcase in Another Hall

Hey You

Miles Away

I Rise

One More Chance

Crave

[Blue Jean 15,121]

The ones I'd want performed on this tour:

Live to Tell, Crazy for You, Take a Bow, Frozen and Secret. As Frozen was on the last tour she could do the club mix to change things up. Bad Girl or other surprises could feature like LDLHA on the RHT, just a nice nod to it for the hardcore fans. The Miami mix of DCFMA would be a fun way to acknowledge Evita.

Too many ballads, especially lesser known ones will be a snooze. This is a Celebration not a funeral.

 

[teammadonna 395]

The Best of Best

live to tell (True Blue)

Crazy for you (OST)

borderline (Madonna)

I'll Remember (Something to remember)

This Used to Be My Playground (Something to remember)

Drowned World/Substitute for Love  (Ray of Light)

Rebel Heart - avicii demo (Rebel Heart)

 

The Best

secret (Bedtime stories)

frozen (Ray of Light)

the power of goodbye (Ray of Light)

rain (Erotica)

bad girl (Erotica)

oh father (Like a Prayer)

One More Chance (Something to remember)

little star (Ray of Light)

What Can You Lose (I'm Breathless)

X-Static Process (American Life)

Nothing Fails (American Life)

 

Great

you must love me (Evita)

spanish eyes (Like a Prayer)

amazing (Music)

Something to Remember (I'm Breathless)

Intervention (American Life)

Funana (Madame X)

You'll See (Something to remember)

Borrowed Time (Rebel Heart)

Graffiti Heart (Rebel Heart)

 

Good

swim (Ray of Light)

To Have and Not to Hold (Ray of Light)

mer girl (Ray of Light)

dear jessie (Like a Prayer)

Sooner or Later (I'm Breathless)

i deserve it (Music)

Paradise Not for Me (Music)

gone (Music)

Joan of Arc (Rebel Heart)

The Look of Love (Who's that girl)

Ghosttown (Rebel Heart)

 

Not bad

Love Don't Live Here Anymore (Like a Virgin)

take a bow (Bedtime stories)

in this life (Erotica)

easy ride (American Life)

Falling Free  (MDNA)

HeartBreakCity (Rebel Heart)

body shop (Rebel Heart)

Messiah (Rebel Heart)

 

Well...

Killers Who Are Partying (Madame X)

crave (Madame X)

I Rise (Madame X)

Extreme Occident (Madame X)

Looking for Mercy (Madame X)

Devil Wouldn't Recognize You (Hard Candy)

Masterpiece (MDNA)

I Want You (Something to remember)

Love Tried to Welcome Me (Bedtime stories)

Sanctuary (Bedtime stories)

forbidden love (Bedtime stories)

Miles Away (Hard Candy)

hey you 

 

I TRULY TRULY love Madonna's ballad songs~~ 

[Danton 618]

 

- Oh father

-Drowned Word

- Secret

-You must love me

-Miles away

- Frozen

- The look of love

-Bad Girl

-Live to tell

- The power of goodbye

-Ghosttown

- Love Don't Live Here Anymore

-Crave

-You'll See

- I Want you

-I'll Remember

- Don't Cry for Me Argentina

-What It Feels Like for a Girl

-Rain

-This Used to Be My Playground

-Nothing Fails

- Another Suitcase in Another Hall

-One More Chance

-Masterpiece

-Crazy for You

-Take a Bow

-Hey You

-I Rise