History Music / ImBreathless

* LetsDuet: "What Can You Lose" and "Now I'm Following You".

''I'm Breathless'' is a soundtrack album created for the 1990 film ''Film/DickTracy'' by Music/{{Madonna}}, featuring the hits "Vogue" and "Hanky Panky". Actually, only three of the songs from the album -- "Sooner Or Later", "More", and "What Can You Lose" -- were ever really used in the film, with "Now I'm Following You" re-recorded by a different artist. Also, "Vogue" was originally intended to be a B-side to Madonna's "Keep It Together" single from ''Music/LikeAPrayer'', but executives thought that it was too good a song to be wasted as a B-side and instead released it as a single prior to the album's release.

* ShoutOut: "Vogue" references glamorous Hollywood actors and actresses: Creator/GretaGarbo, Creator/MarilynMonroe, Creator/MarleneDietrich and her husband baseballer Joe Di Maggio, Creator/MarlonBrando, Creator/JamesDean, Creator/JeanHarlow, Creator/GraceKelly, Creator/GeneKelly, Creator/FredAstaire, Creator/GingerRogers, Creator/RitaHayworth, Creator/LaurenBacall, Creator/KatherineHepburn, Creator/LanaTurner, Creator/BetteDavis ("we love you")

'''I'm Breathless''' is a soundtrack album created for the 1990 film ''Film/DickTracy'' by Music/{{Madonna}}, featuring the hits "Vogue" and "Hanky Panky". Actually, only three of the songs from the album -- "Sooner Or Later", "More", and "What Can You Lose" -- were ever really used in the film, with "Now I'm Following You" re-recorded by a different artist. Also, "Vogue" was originally intended to be a B-side to Madonna's "Keep It Together" single from ''Music/LikeAPrayer'', but executives thought that it was too good a song to be wasted as a B-side and instead released it as a single prior to the album's release.

'''Track listing'''

!!!Track listing

* BreakupSong: "Something To Remember", where the protagonist is left behind hy her loved one.

* QuitYourWhining: The singer of "Cry Baby" gets so annoyed with the subject's crying that she says, "Will you knock it off, please?", and follows it up with a "thank you" when the crying stops. The same sound bite is later used at the end of "Now I'm Following You (Part 2)".

* BreakupSong: "Something To Remember".

* FaceOnTheCover: Madonna and Warren Beatty.

* IWantSong: "More".

* StockPose: "Vogue" asks to "strike a pose".
* VillainSong: "Back In Business".

* FaceOnTheAlbumCover: Madonna and Warren Beatty.

* DontLookAtMe: "Vogue"

* BreakupSong: ''"Something To Remember"''.

!!This album provides examples of
* BadGirlSong: ''"Back In Business"'', only here her badness is established in being a villain.
* BookEnds: Feather fans at the beginning and end of the video for ''"Vogue"''.

* ConceptAlbum: Consists of pastiches of songs from TheRoaringTwenties. Only ''"Vogue"'' doesn't fit because it was released before the album.
* DanceSensation: ''"Vogue"'', named for the dance style that was popular near the end of the 1980s.
* DatedHistory: When her song ''"Vogue"'' was released on March 20, 1990, more than half of the people on her list were still alive (Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, Joe [=DiMaggio=], Marlon Brando, Gene Kelly, Ginger Rogers, Lauren Bacall, Katharine Hepburn, and Lana Turner). Garbo became the first to die about a month after "Vogue" was released; and by the time the last person on the list died on August 12, 2014 (Bacall), you'll never listen to the song in the same way again, as the anthem for the lost glamour of Old Hollywood is now turned into a TearJerker.
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The ''"Vogue"'' video.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Because the ''"Vogue"'' video was shot in black-and-white, Madonna was able to have herself filmed wearing a see-through top in the early part of the video.
* {{Greed}}: The subject of ''"More"''.
* IWantSong: ''"More"''.
* KinkySpanking: The subject of ''"Hanky Panky"''.
* LetsDuet: ''"What Can You Lose"'' and ''"Now I'm Following You"''.
* ListSong: ''"Vogue"'' features a list near the end of the song of famous celebrities from UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood.
* MarriedToTheJob: ''"He's The Man"'', with her subject being Dick Tracy and her dislike of his job getting in the way of his relationship (or in-universe, the one she would want with him).
* MenDontCry: The subject of ''"Cry Baby"'' is a man who cries, which annoys the singer to the point where she might cry herself.
* QuitYourWhining: The singer of ''"Cry Baby"'' gets so annoyed with the subject's crying that she says, "Will you knock it off, please?", and follows it up with a "thank you" when the crying stops. The same sound bite is later used at the end of ''"Now I'm Following You (Part 2)"''.
* RearrangeTheSong: ''"Now I'm Following You (Part 2)"'' is a rearrangement of Part 1 to make it a more 1990s-style dance song.
* RecordNeedleScratch: At the beginning and end of ''"Now I'm Following You (Part 2)"''.
* RepetitiveAudioGlitch: ''"Now I'm Following You (Part 2)"'' begins with the record skipping, presumably after Part 1 finishes playing if you're listening to the entire album straight from the CD. Madonna says "Oh, dear" and fixes the record player so that it starts with the playing of Part 2's music.
* ShoutOut: ''Vogue'' references glamorous Hollywood actors and actresses: Creator/GretaGarbo, Creator/MarilynMonroe, Creator/MarleneDietrich and her husband baseballer Joe Di Maggio, Creator/MarlonBrando, Creator/JamesDean, Creator/JeanHarlow, Creator/GraceKelly, Creator/GeneKelly, Creator/FredAstaire, Creator/GingerRogers, Creator/RitaHayworth, Creator/LaurenBacall, Creator/KatherineHepburn, Creator/LanaTurner, Creator/BetteDavis (''we love you'')
* SpecialGuest: Mandy Patinkin in ''"What Can You Lose"'' and Warren Beatty in ''"Now I'm Following You"''.
* StockPose: ''Vogue'' asks to ''strike a pose''.
* VillainSong: ''"Back In Business"''.

* CelebrityStar: ''Vogue'' is about glamour and fame.

* DanceSensation: ''"Vogue"''.

* ShoutOut: ''Vogue'' references glamorous Hollywood actors and actresses: Creator/GretaGarbo, Creator/MarilynMonroe, Creator/MarleneDietrich and her husband baseballer Joe Di Maggio, Creator/MarlonBrando, Creator/JamesDean, Creator/JeanHarlow, Creator/GraceKelly, Creator/GeneKelly, Creator/FredAstaire, Creator/GingerRogers, Creator/RitaHayworth, Creator/LaurenBacall, Creator/KatherineHepburn, Creator/LanaTurner, Creator/BetteDavis (''we love you'')

* ListSong: ''"Vogue"'' features a list near the end of the song of famous celebrities from TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood.

* ListSong: ''"Vogue"'' features a list near the end of the song of famous celebrities from the Golden Age Of Movies.

* QuitYourWhining: The singer of ''"Cry Baby"'' gets so annoyed with the subject's crying that she says, "Will you knock it off, please?" The same sound bite is later used at the end of ''"Now I'm Following You (Part 2)"''.

* QuitYourWhining: The singer of ''"Cry Baby"'' gets so annoyed with the subject's crying that she says, "Will you knock it off, please?"

* RepetitiveAudioGlitch: ''"Now I'm Following You (Part 2)"'' begins with the record skipping, presumably after Part 1 finishes playing. Madonna says "Oh, dear" and fixes the record player so that it starts with the playing of Part 2's music.

* RepetitiveAudioGlitch: "Now I'm Following You (Part 2)" begins with the record skipping, presumably after Part 1 finishes playing. Madonna says "Oh, dear" and fixes the record player so that it starts with the playing of Part 2's music.

'''I'm Breathless''' is a soundtrack album created for the 1990 film ''Film/DickTracy'' by Music/{{Madonna}}, featuring the hits "Vogue" and "Hanky Panky". Actually, only three of the songs from the album -- "Sooner Or Later", "More", and "What Can You Lose" -- were ever really used in the film, with "Now I'm Following You" recorded by a different artist. Also, "Vogue" was originally intended to be a B-side to Madonna's "Keep It Together" single from ''Music/LikeAPrayer'', but executives thought that it was too good a song to be wasted as a B-side and instead released it as a single prior to the album's release.

'''I'm Breathless''' is a soundtrack album created for the 1990 film ''Film/DickTracy'' by Music/{{Madonna}}, featuring the hits "Vogue" and "Hanky Panky". Actually, only three of the songs from the album -- "Sooner Or Later", "More", and "What Can You Lose" -- were ever really used in the film, with "Now I'm Following You" recorded by a different artist. Also, "Vogue" was originally intended to be a B-side to Madonna's "Keep It Together" single from ''Music/LikeAPrayer'', but executives thought that it was too good a song to waste as a B-side and instead released it as a single prior to the album's release.