Line #61 Music/TrueBlue


1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/madonna_true_blue_73.jpg]]
2	[[caption-width-right:350:'' You’re the one I’m dreaming of\
3	Your heart fits me like a glove'']]
4	->''I see you on the street, and you walk on by\
5	You make me wanna hang my head down and cry\
6	\
7	If you gave me half a chance you'd see\
8	My desire burning inside of me\
9	But you choose to look the other way\
10	\
11	I've had to work much harder than this\
12	For something I want\
13	Don't try to resist me''
14	-->'''"Open Your Heart"'''
15
16	''True Blue'' is the third studio album recorded by American {{pop}} musician Music/{{Madonna}}. It was released through Creator/SireRecords on June 30, 1986.
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18	It contains the popular hits "Live to Tell", "Papa Don't Preach", "Open Your Heart", and "La Isla Bonita". Its title track, although it also became a hit, unfortunately became CanonDiscontinuity with the artist as it was written for her ex-husband Creator/SeanPenn.
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20	!! Tracklist
21	[[AC:Side One]]
22	# "Papa Don't Preach" (4:27)
23	# "Open Your Heart" (4:12)
24	# "White Heat" (4:25)
25	# "Live to Tell" (5:45)
26
27	[[AC:Side Two]]
28	# "Where's the Party" (4:20)
29	# "True Blue" (4:16)
30	# "La Isla Bonita" (4:01)
31	# "Jimmy Jimmy" (3:54)
32	# "Love Makes The World Go Round" (4:27)
33
34	-----
35	!! ''Last night I troped in San Pedro...''
36	* AlbumTitleDrop: In "True Blue".
37	-->''I'm gonna be true blue, baby, I love you.''
38	* AlliterativeTitle: "'''P'''apa Don't '''P'''reach".
39	* CelebrityCameo: Creator/DannyAiello plays Madonna's father in the video for "Papa Don't Preach".
40	* DarkSecret: "Live to Tell". It's never revealed what that secret is, but the singer wishes to tell it someday.
41	* {{Dedication}}: The album was dedicated to "my husband, the coolest guy in the universe."
42	* DreamSequence: "La Isla Bonita"
43	--> ''Last night I dreamt of San Pedro''
44	--> ''Just like I'd never gone, I knew the song''
45	--> ''A young girl with eyes like the desert''
46	--> ''It all seems like yesterday, not far away''
47	* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: A lesbian appears in one of the booths of the stripper show watching Madonna dance in the video for "Open Your Heart".
48	* FaceOnTheCover: Madonna's face in close-up, filling up the entire cover.
49	* FanVid: Although Madonna already had a video for "True Blue", she ran a contest on Creator/{{MTV}} for a fan-made video that would be chosen as the "official" video for the song on that network.
50	* TheFifties: "Jimmy Jimmy" is a homage to Creator/JamesDean and the music video of "True Blue" shows Madonna driving around in a 1950s car.
51	* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: The subject of "Papa Don't Preach" is an unwanted pregnancy which the singer gets from somebody, and her friends are pressuring her to get an abortion. She decides that she's going to keep the baby instead of getting rid of it, and wants her father's blessing. The song does not reveal how the subject's father feels about it, and the music video only implies that he at least has her back on whatever decision is ultimately made.
52	* GratuitousSpanish: "La Isla Bonita".
53	--> ''Como puede ser verdad?'' [[note]] "How could it be true?" [[/note]]
54	--> ''(...) Te dijo te amo''
55	* GrowingUpSucks: In "Where's The Party?":
56	-->''Couldn't wait to get older,''
57	-->''Thought I'd have so much fun.''
58	-->''Guess I'm one of the grown-ups,''
59	-->''Now I have to get the job done.''
60	-->''People give me the business.''
61	-->''I'm not living in fear,''
62	-->''I'm just living in chaos;''
63	-->''Got to get away from here.''
64	* MoodWhiplash: Sandwiched in the middle of a bunch of light danceable songs is "Live to Tell", a dark brooding song which she recorded for her ex-husband Sean Penn's movie ''At Close Range''.
65	* OneManSong: "Jimmy Jimmy".
66	* OneTrueLove: The title track.
67	* QuestioningTitle: "Where's The Party?"
68	* RecordProducer: Madonna, Stephen Bray, and Patrick Leonard.
69	* ShoutOut:
70	** "White Heat" references the FilmNoir classic ''Film/WhiteHeat'' (1949) with Creator/JamesCagney. The quote "make my day" is a shout-out to Creator/ClintEastwood in ''Film/SuddenImpact''.
71	** "Jimmy Jimmy" is a homage to Creator/JamesDean.
72	* SillyLoveSongs: The title track.
73	* SmokingHotSex: The lesbian in the video for "Open Your Heart" lights up a cigarette after watching the show.
74	* SpokenWordInMusic: "White Heat" quotes the [[Film/WhiteHeat titular movie]].
75	* StalkerWithACrush: "Open Your Heart" is about a woman who wants someone who is ignoring her and shutting her out, but she really persists. "Don't try to run, I can keep up with you".
76	* TeenPregnancy: "Papa Don't Preach" is about this topic, involving a girl who tells her father she will keep her baby.
77	* TextlessAlbumCover: Originally it was just Madonna's head on the front cover.
78	* TitleTrack: "True Blue".
79	* VideoFullOfFilmClips: The "Live to Tell" video has clips from Sean Penn's ''At Close Range'' intercut with Madonna sitting on a chair in a dark room with a spotlight on her.
80	* YouCanLeaveYourHatOn: The video for "Open Your Heart" takes place in a stripshow theater, with Madonna as the stripshow artist.

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