Madonna's most wasted single & album track

[Blown Away]

Miss Madge has a lot of iconic singles. Everyone knows Vogue, Like A Prayer, Material Girl, La Isla Bonita, Music, Hung Up,... Unfortunately she also has singles that deserved better than what they got. Songs like Oh Father, Ghosttown, Girl Gone Wild, Nothing Fails, Bad Girl, What It Feels Like For A Girl,... Her albums are packed with bops, to the extent that some gems don't get the single treatment they deserve.

1. Which Madonna single deserved a lot more success than it got?
2. Which is Madonna's most wasted single opportunity?

Edited December 28, 2020 by Blown Away

[Blown Away]

Most underrated single for me:

Biggest wasted single opportunity for me:

 

[NotDoctor PronounsHe/they]

I don't really know her discography well enough to know what was missed but Girl Gone Wild is a bop, and I think it deserved much better 

[Blown Away]

1 minute ago, NotDoctor said:

I don't really know her discography well enough to know what was missed but Girl Gone Wild is a bop, and I think it deserved much better 

Girl Gone Wild deserved to be a top 20 hit at least. It's so damn catchy and was perfect on trend in 2012. I believe it flopped just because it was Madonna, who was in her 50's back then.

[admin Pronounshe/him]

Not going to lie, Ghosttown is a great song. I didn't really listen to it when it came out because I was so annoyed she and Adam Lambert put out singles with the same name (his had a space) and I thought it was unfair to Lambert, ha.

They're both great songs. Several years later I think I'd give a slight edge to Madge tho.

[Madame X]

Give It 2 Me (Hard Candy) deserved better, it's one of my favorite songs! 

And as for wasted opportunity, I think it's I Don't Search I Find or Faz Gostoso, both songs from her last album Madame X. 

[Lorde Von Kok PronounsHe/Him]

 

[HeavyMetalLover]

Get Together deserved a better video.

[Blown Away]

I love the choices thus far!

[ice bear Pronounshe/him/his]

1 hour ago, Blown Away said:

Which Madonna single deserved a lot more success than it got?

Nothing Really Matters

 

1 hour ago, Blown Away said:

Which is Madonna's most wasted single opportunity?

Impressive Instant, Easy Ride

[HeavyMetalLover]

I Don’t Search I Find aka the best song she’s released in 8 years should have gotten a video.

[Blown Away]

Perhaps a more controversial opinion:

Give Me All Your Luvin deserved a lot more success. It's one of the 3 highlights on MDNA, but again got limited success thanks to ageism

[Madame X]

1 minute ago, Blown Away said:

Perhaps a more controversial opinion:

Give Me All Your Luvin deserved a lot more success. It's one of the 3 highlights on MDNA, but again got limited success thanks to ageism

I agree! I used to bop to this song. I also like the music video. :)

[Dean Judaster]

5 hours ago, NotDoctor said:

I don't really know her discography well enough to know what was missed but Girl Gone Wild is a bop, and I think it deserved much better 

 

5 hours ago, Blown Away said:

Girl Gone Wild deserved to be a top 20 hit at least. It's so damn catchy and was perfect on trend in 2012. I believe it flopped just because it was Madonna, who was in her 50's back then.

GGW was the song that Madonna wanted to show she knows how to do EDM but to me just basically showed exactly how she no longer leads the trend but follows it. I feel like Rebel Heart is a more honest and earnest attempt from her and it has a lot of underrated gems that has sounds that are less mainstream but undercut by lyrics that are very Madonna during her prime.

[Blown Away]

52 minutes ago, DeanClownchester said:

 

GGW was the song that Madonna wanted to show she knows how to do EDM but to me just basically showed exactly how she no longer leads the trend but follows it. I feel like Rebel Heart is a more honest and earnest attempt from her and it has a lot of underrated gems that has sounds that are less mainstream but undercut by lyrics that are very Madonna during her prime.

I agree. Girl Gone Wild is a very trend-hopping song, but the song suits her imo. The majority of MDNA is trend-hopping, but in a bad way though. It's uninspired and rushed.

With Rebel Heart I feel like she took her time and there was a passion and commitment to the project. She put her soul into most of the tracks (Bish I'm Medoner excluded) and it shows. It's her best album to me since Ray Of Light.

[Impossible Princess Pronounsthey/them]

8 hours ago, glass said:

Impressive Instant

Spill the tea!

[Impossible Princess Pronounsthey/them]

She should have make Sky Fits Heaven, Nobody Knows Me, Impressive Instant, Sanctuary, Paradise (Not for Me) as singles! 
 

Edited December 29, 2020 by Anveeroy

[gagarrhea Pronounshe/him]

Most underrated single is Nothing Really Matters, it deserved better

She should've made Waiting a single for Erotica and How High a single for COADF

[Madame X]

10 minutes ago, gagarrhea said:

She should've made Waiting a single for Erotica

[Elvira]

Oh so many, here we go:

1. Which Madonna single deserved a lot more success than it got?
Bad Girl, Love Don't Live Here Anymore, Nothing Really Matters, American Life, Hollywood, Love Profusion, Sorry (in the US), Get Together, Jump, Celebration, Girl Gone Wild, Masterpiece, Living for Love, Ghosttown, Crave, I Rise and I Don't Search I Find.

2. Which is Madonna's most wasted single opportunity?
Nobody Knows Me (iconic), Devil Wouldn't Recognize You (i think it'd be decent if properly promoted and with a nice video, although it's literally a Rehab and WGA/CA rip-off), Gang Bang (it'd flop chart-wise but a video for this song would be *chef's kiss*), I'm Addicted (hello Tomorrowland lol), Future (although I'm not a huge fan, I saw a LOT of non-Madonna-fans enjoy this song, especially after Eurovision), Faz Gostoso (girl, not only Brazilian and Portuguese people jammed to this bop, it's catchy af), I Don't Search I Find (the new vogue, hello).