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1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/madonna_like_a_virgin_7970.jpg]]
2	[[caption-width-right:350:''Been saving it all for you\
3	'cause only love can last'']]
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5	->''Some boys kiss me, some boys hug me\
6	I think they're okay\
7	If they don't give me proper credit\
8	I just walk away\
9	\
10	They can beg and they can plead\
11	But they can't see the light (that's right)\
12	[='=]Cause the boy with the cold hard cash\
13	Is always Mister Right''
14	-->-- "Material Girl"
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16	''Like a Virgin'' is the second studio album recorded by American {{pop}} musician Music/{{Madonna}}. It was released through Creator/SireRecords on November 12, 1984.
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18	With her second album, Madonna sought for some more creative independence--something [[Creator/WarnerBrosRecords Warner Bros. Records]] was not ready to surrender. She partially got around it by choosing Music/{{Chic}} guitarist Nile Rodgers, hot off the heels of Music/DavidBowie's megahit ''Music/LetsDance'' from the previous year, to assist with production. She was able to write half of the album, mostly with assistance from Stephen Bray.
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20	The album was Madonna's breakthrough, putting her in the American consciousness with hits such as "Into The Groove" (which was added to the 1985 re-release of the album), "Material Girl", and the TitleTrack. The last two would both become {{Signature Song}}s.
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22	The album would ultimately top both the Billboard 200 and Official Charts Company album charts. It has sold 21 million copies worldwide, being certified Diamond by the RIAA, and triple-Platinum by the BPI.
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24	The TitleTrack would be her first #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and the album would see three singles go Top 5 on that chart. "Into the Groove" was disqualified from the Hot 100 since it was the B-side to "Angel", but did top the UK pop chart (her first #1 there) and the Billboard Dance chart.
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26	"Love Don't Live Here Anymore" would be released as a single in 1996 in connection with her second GreatestHitsAlbum, ''Something to Remember''.
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28	!! Track listing
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30	'''Original 1984 release'''
31
32	[[AC:Side One]]
33	# "Material Girl" (4:04)
34	# "Angel" (3:57)
35	# "Like A Virgin" (3:39)
36	# "Over And Over" (4:13)
37	# "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" (4:51)
38
39	[[AC:Side Two]]
40	# "Dress You Up" (4:02)
41	# "Shoo-Bee-Doo" (5:18)
42	# "Pretender" (4:31)
43	# "Stay" (4:09)
44
45	'''1985 re-release'''
46
47	[[AC:Side One]]
48	# "Material Girl" (4:04)
49	# "Angel" (3:57)
50	# "Like A Virgin" (3:39)
51	# "Over And Over" (4:13)
52	# "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" (4:51)
53
54	[[AC:Side Two]]
55	# "Into The Groove" (4:43)
56	# "Dress You Up" (4:01)
57	# "Shoo-Bee-Doo" (5:16)
58	# "Pretender" (4:30)
59	# "Stay" (4:07)
60	-----
61	!!''I'm gonna dress you up in my tropes:''
62	* BreakupSong: An example of CoveredUp (originally by Rolls Royce) "Love Don't Live Here Anymore", where the protagonist has just been left by her former partner.
63	* CanonDiscontinuity: Madonna doesn't perform "Material Girl" during concerts anymore since the late 1980s, due to the MisaimedFandom of the song and the way that the media and fans basically used the title as their ''de facto'' nickname for Madonna. Many people thought the song glorified consumerism and materialism, while she actually intended it as a satire. It was performed on the Re-Invention Tour, but only because she couldn't learn how to play the chords for "Dress You Up" in time, and the tour director (Jamie King) convinced her to put the song on the set list.
64	* CatholicSchoolGirlsRule: Madonna flirts with her Catholic faith by openly wearing crosses on the album cover.
65	* CoverVersion: "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" by Music/RoseRoyce.
66	* DancingIsSeriousBusiness: "Into the Groove"
67	* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The album cover.
68	* DestructiveRomance: "The Pretender", where the protagonist knows the object of her desire is a pretender, but she still wants to try and change him. Of course, she is left behind as well.
69	* FaceOnTheCover: Madonna in wedding dress, lying in bed.
70	* FairytaleWeddingDress: Madonna wears a wedding dress on the album cover, whether it's fairytale-like is up to you.
71	* FemmeFatale: Madonna on the album cover.
72	* IntercourseWithYou: Arguably a huge theme, including in "Dress You Up".
73	** Subverted in "Stay"
74	--> ''I wanted more than just a one night stand''.
75	* MadonnaWhoreComplex: Madonna's public image as a cross between a pious and chaste holy mother image and a confrontational sex kitten was pioneered on this album. She even toys with it on the album cover:
76	-->''"I have always loved to play cat and mouse with the conventional stereotypes. My ''Like a Virgin'' album cover is a classic example. People were thinking who was I pretending to be—the Virgin Mary or the whore? These were the two extreme images of women I had known vividly, and remembered from childhood, and I wanted to play with them. I wanted to see if I can merge them together, Virgin Mary and the whore as one and all. The photo was a statement of independence, if you wanna be a virgin, you are welcome. But if you wanna be a whore, it's your fucking right to be so."''
77	* MsFanservice: Check the album cover.
78	* NatureAdoresAVirgin: The obsession and scandalous atmosphere surrounding the title track can only be explained by this trope. The album cover also plays this up. The lyrics of the title track make it clear, however, that feeling "like a virgin" and actually ''being'' a virgin are two different things.
79	* OneTrueLove: "Like a Virgin" and "Angel", both about having found Mr. Perfect.
80	* OneWomanSong: "Material Girl".
81	* OneWordTitle: "Angel", "Pretender", "Stay".
82	* TheParody: Music/WeirdAlYankovic spoofed the title track and its music video as "Like a Surgeon". (The idea came from Madonna herself).
83	* PepTalkSong: "Over and Over" in which Madonna tells her listeners that failing isn't a disaster, "you start again over and over".
84	* PleaseDontLeaveMe: "Stay".
85	--> ''But if you go I'd rather think of dying instead''
86	--> ''I never want you to leave''
87	* [[ThePowerOfRock The Power of Music]]: ''"Music can be such a revelation. Dancing around you feel the sweet sensation"'' - "Into The Groove".
88	* RecordProducer: Nile Rodgers, Madonna, and Stephen Bray.
89	* SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud: "Shoo-Bee-Doo".
90	* SexyPackaging: On the album cover we see Madonna lying in bed, dressed in a wedding dress with notable décolleté and her bride bouquet near her, all suggesting that she's a new bride ready for her groom.
91	* ShoutOut:
92	** The intro to "Like a Virgin" was directly inspired by "Can't Help Myself" by Music/FourTops.
93	** The music video to "Material Girl" was a shout-out to Creator/MarilynMonroe in ''Film/GentlemenPreferBlondes'' during the "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friends" sequence.
94	** A famous scene in ''Film/ReservoirDogs'' had the character Mr. Brown discuss the PublicSecretMessage behind "Like a Virgin".
95	** In ''Film/TheProfessional'', Mathilda Lando wears Madonna's costume from "Like A Virgin" and sings the titular song while playing dressup with Leon.
96	* StopAndGo: "Material Girl" has one.
97	* SublimeRhyme: Madonna wears a belt with the words "boy toy".
98	* [[TechnicalVirgin Technical Non-Virgin]]: The narrator of "Like a Virgin" has clearly gone all the way with men in the past, but her new paramour makes her feel pure and innocent again.
99	* TitleTrack:
100	--> ''Like a virgin, hey, touched for the very first time!''
101	--> ''Like a virgin, with your heartbeat next to mine.''
102	* UsefulNotes/{{Venice}}: The music video for "Like a Virgin" was filmed in the CityOfCanals.
103	* VirginPower: "Like a Virgin"
104	--> ''Yeah, you made me feel... shiny and new''
105	--> ''Like a virgin!''

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