Line #42 Music/ImBreathless


1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/m_breathless_3357.jpg]]
2	[[caption-width-right:350:''Don’t just stand there, let’s get to it\
3	Strike a pose, there’s nothing to it'']]
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5	''I'm Breathless'' is the soundtrack album created for the 1990 film ''Film/DickTracy''. It was released through Creator/SireRecords on May 22, 1990.
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7	The album was co-produced and recorded by Music/{{Madonna}}, who also co-starred in the film. It features 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.[[note]]"Back in Business" shares its name with a song from the film, but has a completely different tune and lyrics.[[/note]] 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.
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9	''I'm Breathless'' would sell seven million copies worldwide, being certified Double-Platinum by the RIAA. "Vogue" would reach #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 (her eighth) and the UK pop chart (her seventh).
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11	!!Track listing
12	# "He's The Man"
13	# "Sooner Or Later"
14	# "Hanky Panky"
15	# "I'm Going Bananas"
16	# "Cry Baby"
17	# "Something To Remember"
18	# "Back In Business"
19	# "More"
20	# "What Can You Lose"
21	# "Now I'm Following You (Part 1)"
22	# "Now I'm Following You (Part 2)"
23	# "Vogue"
24	-----
25	!! Strike a trope! There's nothing to it!
26	* AlliterativeTitle: "'''B'''ack in '''B'''usiness".
27	* BadGirlSong: "Back In Business", only here her badness is established in being a villain.
28	* BookEnds: Feather fans at the beginning and end of the video for "Vogue".
29	* BreakupSong: "Something To Remember", where the protagonist is left behind by her loved one.
30	* ConceptAlbum: Consists of pastiches of songs from TheRoaringTwenties. Only "Vogue" doesn't fit because it was released before the album.
31	* DanceSensation: "Vogue", named for the dance style that was popular in the ballroom drag scenes of NY and other major cities in the black LGBTQ community.
32	* DatedHistory: When her song "Vogue" was released on March 20, 1990, more than half of the people on her list were still alive (Creator/GretaGarbo, Creator/MarleneDietrich, Joe [=DiMaggio=], Creator/MarlonBrando, Creator/GeneKelly, Creator/GingerRogers, Creator/LaurenBacall, Creator/KatharineHepburn, and Creator/LanaTurner). 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.
33	* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The "Vogue" music video.
34	* {{Determinator}}: “Sooner or Later” expresses Breathless Mahoney’s determination to get Dick Tracy to fall in love with her, no matter what the cost.
35	* DontLookAtMe: "Vogue", particularly the single version and the later-released ''Immaculate Collection'' version.
36	--> "Whattayoulookingat?"
37	* FaceOnTheCover: Madonna and Warren Beatty. Also alluded to in "Vogue":
38	--> ''Marlon Brando, Jimmy Dean''
39	--> ''On the cover of a magazine''
40	* {{Greed}}: The subject of "More".
41	* IWantSong: "More", where the protagonist wants more.
42	* KinkySpanking: The subject of "Hanky Panky".
43	* LetsDuet: "What Can You Lose" with Mandy Patinkin and "Now I'm Following You" with Warren Beatty.
44	* ListSong: "Vogue" features a list near the end of the song of famous celebrities from UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood.
45	* 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).
46	* MenDontCry: The subject of "Cry Baby" is a man who cries, which annoys the singer to the point where she might cry herself.
47	* OneWordTitle: "More", "Vogue".
48	* PunnyTitle: Madonna plays Breathless Mahoney in ''Dick Tracy'', so she's breathless and Breathless.
49	* 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 bites are later used at the end of "Now I'm Following You (Part 2)".
50	* RearrangeTheSong: "Now I'm Following You (Part 2)" is a rearrangement of Part 1 to make it a more 1990s-style dance song.
51	* RecordProducer: Madonna, Patrick Leonard, Bill Bottrell, Kevin Gilbert, and Shep Pettibone.
52	* RecordNeedleScratch: At the beginning and end of "Now I'm Following You (Part 2)".
53	* 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.
54	* ShoutOut: "Vogue" references glamorous Hollywood actors and actresses: Creator/GretaGarbo, Creator/MarilynMonroe, Creator/MarleneDietrich and Monroe's husband baseball star Joe [=DiMaggio=], Creator/MarlonBrando, Creator/JamesDean, Creator/JeanHarlow, Creator/GraceKelly, Creator/GeneKelly, Creator/FredAstaire, Creator/GingerRogers, Creator/RitaHayworth, Creator/LaurenBacall, Creator/KatharineHepburn, Creator/LanaTurner, Creator/BetteDavis ("we love you")
55	* SpecialGuest: Creator/MandyPatinkin in "What Can You Lose" and Creator/WarrenBeatty in "Now I'm Following You".
56	* StockPose: "Vogue"
57	--> ''Strike a pose!''
58	* VillainSong: "Back In Business", where the girl protagonist is a villain.
59	* VoiceClipSong: "Now I'm Following You (Part 2)", which uses various Madonna and ''Dick Tracy'' voice clips, even Madonna saying "Dick" pitch-shifted into notes for the song's melody.

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