How Madonna Made "Like a Virgin" (Original Studio Multitracks)

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  • Опубликовано: 5 ноя 2024

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  • @gibbneckel
    @gibbneckel 4 дня назад +39

    RAY OF LIGHT NEXT!!! It's a total musical odyssey!!

    • @weekhas
      @weekhas 3 дня назад

      Best one!

    • @federicochang3249
      @federicochang3249 2 дня назад

      I think deconstructing a "late 90s" but extremely "EMDish" song such as Ray of Light would be close to impossible... probably a zillion unrecognizable electrotracks and a couple (including vocals and strings at the beginning) that would make sense to the common ears.

  • @RonaldoChevalier
    @RonaldoChevalier 6 часов назад

    Every time someone says that I put too much instrumentation into my songs/productions, I point them to your channel to show how meticulous and detailed the greatest hits are in practically every aspect. From the instrumental arrangements to the vocal arrangements, everything was very well thought out (and played, obviously).
    I mentioned this in another video: your excitement with each of the tracks (regardless of the song, style or artist) is exactly what I feel when I listen to my playlist on a daily basis.
    Thank you for your analysis, all of this only makes us improve as musicians or producers.

  • @IndustrialCake
    @IndustrialCake 4 дня назад +34

    You can totally hear how Madonna influenced Britney.

    • @ITHINKDAFUCKNOTYOUTRICKASSBITC
      @ITHINKDAFUCKNOTYOUTRICKASSBITC 3 дня назад

      exactly the oooh aaaahhh

    • @millennialart4975
      @millennialart4975 3 дня назад +2

      I agree. I hadn't noticed the vocal influence until now. Madonna's voice post LAV sounds more mature and polished.

    • @hackapump
      @hackapump 3 дня назад +1

      Ironically she was probably emulating Tom's falsetto on the demo.

    • @c.t.4837
      @c.t.4837 3 дня назад

      That was my first thought !

    • @samharvel
      @samharvel 3 дня назад

      I had this same thought as well! Instantly heard Britney's voice.

  • @lutalice
    @lutalice 3 дня назад +8

    Your excitement is so contagious, a joy to watch 😁😁😁
    Great job, keep em coming!!!
    Oh and Madonna's raw vocal sounds incredible! So full of character

  • @Argiriosk
    @Argiriosk 4 дня назад +8

    Greetings from Greece!!! I really enjoyed this so much! Kudos for such a nicely presented video! Hearing all the different parts it's amazing how we often don't realize how many different music pieces - synth or not - make up a song. Another thing I like about your videos is the positive feeling you radiate all through the video. You are very considerate and respectful to the artist's work and to all the work that went into making the song from all the talented people. I also want to emphasize the fact that Madonna's vocals had no auto-tune effects as so many vocals today do.

  • @JOSEGARCIA-ch2jp
    @JOSEGARCIA-ch2jp 3 дня назад +4

    A very good work. Congratulations! The music of 80's and end of 70's was and always will be the best.

  • @ShaneReacts
    @ShaneReacts 3 дня назад +3

    The joy you bring to each video is infectious. Well done. I loved this!

  • @martianmonk
    @martianmonk 3 часа назад

    I was 18 when this came out. I'm nearly 60 now. It's great that a new generation is appreciating this song. You cannot understand the impact this had on the musical landscape.

  • @ten3353
    @ten3353 4 дня назад +4

    Dude! Your energy and enthusiasm is infectious. Loved hearing the stems breakdown…. @1:08 cowbell had me bouncing off the walls. ✌🏻🎉😎

  • @lt2143
    @lt2143 3 дня назад +2

    This is just so layered, joyful, passionate, and full of life then and even now.

  • @Anticipatingcolossus
    @Anticipatingcolossus 2 дня назад +1

    What I love about these videos is how you get to see how a 'sound' comes together even if some tracks are not recognizable on the final mix. As a huge fun. This song has been updated on every Madonna tour. From the confessions sound to the incredible ballad version from MDNA. Just admirable.

  • @mm_xx8827
    @mm_xx8827 2 дня назад +2

    This was incredible to hear! I would LOVE to hear MATERIAL GIRL, INTO THE GROOVE, ANGEL and the single version of BORDERLINE. All of those have so many mesmerizing sounds layered on top of each other as they bubble along!

  • @hackapump
    @hackapump 3 дня назад +14

    I wonder if regular listeners notice how many notes in Madonna's vocal track are technically off, meaning had they been recorded today they would have been pitch corrected, (eg. auto-tuned). Back then, when we had no pitch correction, we did vocal takes until we had a track that sounded good. (Which this vocal obviously does). The difference today is we correct pitch regardless if it's really needed or not. Instead of listening to the vocal in context and decide if it's sounds good as is. It has become a trap similar to the "Loudness Wars" before streaming took off: No one wants to be the odd one out caught with a bum note. But I do think it robs contemporary music of life.

    • @DepressedMode
      @DepressedMode 3 дня назад +1

      I believe they also had her sing it with the tape slowed down and then pitched it back up to make her sound more youthful or sing in that higher register without too much strain

    • @hackapump
      @hackapump 3 дня назад +1

      @@DepressedMode I don't know, I feel she played a lot with her voice in those early years, going from this very girly voice to that deeper, elongated larynx voice - sometimes within the same phrase. It doesn't seem she needed the tape speed trick to get to this. Of course I could be wrong.

    • @TheJDUBMedia
      @TheJDUBMedia 3 дня назад +2

      Yeah it's why music is so sterile these days

    • @hackapump
      @hackapump 3 дня назад

      @@TheJDUBMedia One of the reasons. Don't get me started... ;)

    • @redsfab
      @redsfab 2 дня назад

      I remember she sang it pretty well live, though

  • @duane_313
    @duane_313 2 дня назад +2

    Nile Rogers is a genius. Using big live “rock” drums on such a light pop song in the 80’s when they could’ve easily used a basic drum machine to be with the times-risk taking production!

  • @britneyspearsstar
    @britneyspearsstar 4 дня назад +3

    OMG I DON'T THINK THAT YOU GONNA SHOW THAT OLD SONGS ❤️‍🔥 Madonna such an icon

  • @hesselklijnstra4188
    @hesselklijnstra4188 3 дня назад +3

    Like the way you present this with all your enthousiame

  • @GoodOlAllisonHarvard
    @GoodOlAllisonHarvard 3 дня назад +3

    Oh wow! I didn’t know there’d be another Adelaidean™ around my age who knows and appreciates pop masterpieces like you do! (I’m so thankful my feed recommended me _“Love Will Never Do [Without You]”_ a while back now, it’s been on repeat ever since!) 😄🙌🏾👌🏾💃🏽🎶☀️✨
    Hope to see you examine _“Sittin’ Up In My Room”_ by Brandy, or the _✨Sugababes’✨_ renown hits, I’m going to see them this January in Melbourne with my Brother, and we’re so dang excited!!!!! 🥳🙌🏾🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉💃🏽💃🏼💃🏻🎙️🔥🎶🪩🌟✨

  • @lutalice
    @lutalice 3 дня назад +5

    That strange "baby" sample was used in the extended dance remix, which by the sounds of it are the actual stems you're listening to. The remix is very similar, just a few overdubs by Jellybean and an extended intro, outro and mid-section.

  • @kevmoolah
    @kevmoolah 4 дня назад +3

    Hung Up seems like a massive undertaking but would be so fun to see broken down. On that note, would you ever do an ABBA song?!

  • @federicochang3249
    @federicochang3249 4 дня назад +2

    This one was very well deconstructed. Congrats on ur videos (specifically this one!). I used to do the same with the stems I am able to get (just for fun) and it is specially amazing when they are songs so-well known like this one which you know by heart (bit by bit). Now, in these track, u have the drums intro of the extended version of Like a Virgin and a couple of synth tracks for that version too. On the outro, several of the tracks are not used in the album or single version, only on the 12” which was played on the radio like A LOT bcs it was not really that long so single and 12” were very interchangeable, but personally I had a preference for the 12” which has just grown over the years (bcs thru the decades it didnt come on the radio or streaming any more). It is not in the vynil and then they added it as a bonus in the remastered cd. Keep bringing us songs like this… and when the vocals are intricated focus on the main and background vocals too!!!

    • @eduvinyl
      @eduvinyl 2 дня назад +1

      I was thinking exactly the same as I watched the video. Many takes here are actually from the 12" Extended Dance Remix by John Jellybean Benitez (strings, cowbell, synth fills, the vocal samples) and are not heard in the album version. I keep an original copy from 1984 in my 12" collection.

    • @federicochang3249
      @federicochang3249 2 дня назад +1

      @@eduvinyl That's the one (the extended dance remix by Jellybean)! but in my cd, it is still quite long (over 6 mins) - so in my poor memory it was like that 12" but not as long for radio (as if they had cut the instrumental parts for the 2nd verse, the unnecessary repetitions etc... trim here and trim there to make it more radio friendly time wise)...but the instrumental synth bridge is like imprinted in my brain. Of course, almost 40 yrs ago - my memory is not to be trusted 100% - they also played the OG version like 3 times in a row some times... Maybe 6+ mins were not as much :)

    • @eduvinyl
      @eduvinyl 2 дня назад

      @@federicochang3249 It was the heyday of Extended Versions. 12" singles were everywhere, people loved them and dance to them in clubs. Even radios received promo copies for broadcasting, so it was not unusual to hear the longer mixes, even if they were well over 6 or 7 minutes long. The Extended Version of "Open Your Heart" from 1986, by Steve Thompson and Michael Barbiero, was over 10 minutes long. :)

  • @toriackley8402
    @toriackley8402 4 дня назад +1

    Lovely ! Madonna is one of my favorites!!!

  • @euluix
    @euluix 4 дня назад +4

    please i need to hear the like a prayer's multitracks!!! bring it to ussssss

  • @LiohaK
    @LiohaK 3 дня назад +1

    That was awesome and so nostalgic ❤

  • @IndustrialCake
    @IndustrialCake 4 дня назад +1

    You have fast become one of my favorite RUclipsrs. We have such similar music tastes. And the way you completely break these songs apart gives me this brand new fascination I've never had before. Amazing job!
    EDIT: If you ever get the chance, I would LOVE to see one of these with Britney Spears' Stronger. She had such unique vocals on the choruses of that album, I've always been curious about how it was achieved.

  • @remuloraniery3873
    @remuloraniery3873 3 дня назад +2

    AAAMMMAAAAAZZZING VIDEO!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @eliroby9109
    @eliroby9109 3 дня назад +1

    Oh shit! Yours video are amazing!!

  • @GeorgeAmodei21
    @GeorgeAmodei21 3 дня назад +1

    So Glad I was in a BAND @17 yrs old when this came out & buying ALL THISE GREAT SYNTHS that we all recognize today. ROLAND JUPITER, Juno… YAMAHA DX7… a MUST HAVE!🎹🎚🎧☺️

  • @laraschwinkowski2945
    @laraschwinkowski2945 День назад

    Loved this video the vocals were it for my ears you are so good at what you do and how’s that playlist of everyone’s songs going? Liked and subbed as always 😊😊😊😊

  • @Phil0609
    @Phil0609 3 дня назад +1

    oh fuck yes! more 80s songs like this! ❤❤❤

  • @TheJDUBMedia
    @TheJDUBMedia 3 дня назад +1

    That bassline played for real

  • @randomuser2071-r2b
    @randomuser2071-r2b 2 дня назад

    Sammy!!!! Amazing as always 💕💕💕

  • @giancarlo5316
    @giancarlo5316 2 дня назад +1

    No autotune people !!!! You got to love her dont you? ❤

  • @duane_313
    @duane_313 2 дня назад

    My favorite song of all time!!!!

  • @teralmiles
    @teralmiles 2 дня назад

    As a huge M fan since 1983 I always wondered what the quirky synth noises were a breakdown of from the 12” single (Extended dance mix) and you played them at 7:15 - 8:00 and it’s her voice saying “Baby” Thank you so much for this. I adore vocal chops. They were always so prominent in her 80’s mixes, especially by Shep Pettibone. PLEASE do Into the Groove next, the You can Dance remix. I beg of you!!! 💙🙏💙

  • @StevieP.
    @StevieP. 2 дня назад +1

    Sidenote: there's an iconic scene in the film Reservoir dogs with the "Like a virgin monologue" where he gives this theory on what the song is about 😳

  • @zutalors960
    @zutalors960 День назад +1

    I'd be interested to see how you'd break down GAMBLER from Madonna.

  • @albertosworld7580
    @albertosworld7580 День назад

    Amazing 🙌

  • @aubreycrawley
    @aubreycrawley 2 дня назад

    Love this ❤

  • @lukaivezic
    @lukaivezic 4 дня назад

    Interesting video as always! I definitely think Get together from her confessions album or Frozen would make for a great breakdown since they both have some really interesting and unique melodies/components.

  • @jkae91
    @jkae91 3 дня назад

    So cool to be able to hear parts of the song in isolation. Really enjoying all of these videos on your channel! I’m curious, where are you finding these multitracks? I thought they were owned by the record label (who are reluctant to give people access?)

  • @Dr_Madonna
    @Dr_Madonna 2 дня назад

    The Queen of Pop

  • @DepressedMode
    @DepressedMode 3 дня назад

    Yeah I downloaded these stems as well and discovered that the song actually has a pretty long outro/ jam session that was cut out on the final track but it was cool to hear

    • @m.younis9849
      @m.younis9849 День назад

      oh wow .. please .. i'm a statring music maker .. two inquireis:
      1-Where do we buy stems from?
      2-can we use any of the stems commercially?.. like to use one - or more- of the stems in a song that you wanna launch.. for maybe a band jinlge or even a regular song ?
      Thanks in Advacne !

  • @weekhas
    @weekhas 3 дня назад

    You are so wholesome! Thank ypu

  • @aphelionravi
    @aphelionravi 3 дня назад

    Please break down :
    -- "Frozen" & "Nothing really matters" by Madonna
    -- "On a night like this" by Kylie Minogue
    -- "Genie in a bottle" by Christina Aguilera
    I love your videos, even though I know nothing about music. It's therapeutic to watch them!

  • @mauricio.nascimento
    @mauricio.nascimento 3 дня назад +1

    Just, wow

  • @victorfaccio5715
    @victorfaccio5715 4 дня назад +2

    LIKE A PRAYER!! LIKE A PRAYER!!!! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE or the extremly incredible EXPRESS YOURSELF........🤞🏼🙏🏻

  • @angel88994
    @angel88994 4 дня назад

    I havent seen the video yet but i saw madonna and i liked ❤

  • @roywoolnough
    @roywoolnough 2 дня назад +1

    Can you do a breakdown of Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Two Tribes? That song must have so many layers

  • @mens4joao
    @mens4joao 3 дня назад

    More Madonna always! ❤

  • @blueeyes4910
    @blueeyes4910 4 дня назад

    hello, I was waiting for this video for a long time

  • @Hellab0i
    @Hellab0i 3 дня назад

    So inspiring!! Madonna is the best!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️. I'd looove to see so many Madonna's video. La isla bonita, like a prayer, erotica, hung up, frozen... hahaha on and on and on...
    But whatever you decide to do next Im sure is gonna be amazing. Always looking foward to the next video. Thank you again for this

  • @javieribanez2251
    @javieribanez2251 4 дня назад

    The Queen of pop !!!!

  • @jackkolero
    @jackkolero 4 дня назад

    Omg this is a surprise ❤

  • @colinmackillop
    @colinmackillop 3 дня назад

    I’m subscribing for more Madonna content please 🙏

  • @omarmakki7025
    @omarmakki7025 День назад

    Do more madonna!!!!

  • @mikemachan4949
    @mikemachan4949 3 дня назад +1

    Sammy please do Like A prayer & can you tell me which software you use please?

  • @chilechile2633
    @chilechile2633 3 дня назад

    You are incredible

  • @LulaPeep96
    @LulaPeep96 4 дня назад

    Queen

  • @bobbyorlando10
    @bobbyorlando10 4 дня назад

    Which program do you use on MAC here? DAW?

  • @hereq
    @hereq День назад

    Nice video, however I hoped for some more in depth look, what synths were used, how to recreate the sounds. This is just playing back multitracks and listening along?
    I understand that would be much harder but worthier ;-)

  • @kinnytramell
    @kinnytramell 3 дня назад

    Can you do “Nothing Really Matters” next?

  • @luizribeirooo
    @luizribeirooo 4 дня назад +1

    Please....do Frozen or Ray Of Light or even better : I Want You

  • @oliveoilisdelicious
    @oliveoilisdelicious 4 дня назад

    hoping you'll do ariana grande stuff !! a lot of her stuff leaked the past few months including stems and pro tools sessions with all the recording takes . i think it'd make for an interesting video 🤷‍♂️

  • @Sergio6077
    @Sergio6077 4 дня назад

    2:57 it actually haves a sample from the song, cause jellybean was producer in both.

  • @atrocchia
    @atrocchia 3 дня назад

    Please do a video on I FEEL LOVE by Donna Summer and Giorgio Moroder.

  • @bjarnyg
    @bjarnyg 3 дня назад

    madonna was always smart with a great ear. how many artists do you think would have cut that song?

  • @gibbneckel
    @gibbneckel 4 дня назад +3

    what is that on 7:15 😂😂 i never heard that on the track

    • @luisyepezg
      @luisyepezg 4 дня назад

      That sound belongs to the "Extended Dance Remix"

    • @hackapump
      @hackapump 3 дня назад

      Sounds like a sample of Madonna singing "baby". When samplers were a new thing, it was a popular production technique to load a vocal sample and play it kind of like this. Examples: Sex Crime by Eurythmics, and the intro to Chaka Khan's I Feel For You.

  • @jppennypincher9051
    @jppennypincher9051 3 дня назад

    Nile played guitar right?

  • @soaribb32
    @soaribb32 4 дня назад

    Interesting, I watched Demi Moore talk about The Substance and I thought of her...

  • @oredim1351
    @oredim1351 День назад

    do Breathe on Me by Britney! ;)

  • @mergirlll
    @mergirlll 4 дня назад

    Like a Prayer, please

  • @Russkivol
    @Russkivol 4 дня назад

    Well, since you did this "Like", you have to do the *other* "Like"--Like A Prayer

  • @RonaldoChevalier
    @RonaldoChevalier 6 часов назад

    If you get the tracks, make some Prince music

  • @luizribeirooo
    @luizribeirooo 4 дня назад +9

    Pre autotune times...just REAL voice

    • @federicochang3249
      @federicochang3249 4 дня назад

      They left them raw on purpose (I mean her vocals). And seems that they were taken in one long lonely take… she didn’t control her breathing well and so she panted a lot between each verse (which adds to the sensuality of Like A Virgin)… when it’s all mixed it is hard to hear, but the heavy panting is there!

  • @gxramirez
    @gxramirez 3 дня назад

    You’re nerdy 🥰😍

  • @Jason-ml3vs
    @Jason-ml3vs 3 дня назад

    Could you analyze “Jesus to a Child”?

  • @vomitermind8829
    @vomitermind8829 2 дня назад

    We want paper planes. Bad girls.

  • @bmcovers3265
    @bmcovers3265 4 дня назад

    Maaaaaan can u do any song by Selena Quintanilla??? Pleaaaase❤😊

  • @tiagojvideos
    @tiagojvideos 4 дня назад

    Like a virgin heyyyyy....oh oh oh

  • @theequeenb_
    @theequeenb_ 4 дня назад

    can you do Love Don’t Cost a Thing by JLo

  • @PopNerd-c9c
    @PopNerd-c9c 4 дня назад

    Do Deeper And Deeper

    • @PopNerd-c9c
      @PopNerd-c9c 4 дня назад +1

      also Nelly Furtado's Say It Right!

  • @MadeInMaidstone
    @MadeInMaidstone 21 час назад

    Isn’t this the 12” Dance mix… it’s not the standard Album Track!?

  • @GovernmentGaGa
    @GovernmentGaGa 4 дня назад

    We need Bad romance next!❤

  • @philfrite5324
    @philfrite5324 5 часов назад

    one of those synth pads was very noisy,

  • @jtrover
    @jtrover 3 дня назад

    Oooh they clearly sped up her voice I can hear.

    • @A_Fathomless_Blue
      @A_Fathomless_Blue 2 дня назад

      Not sped up, but maybe raised the pitch. She was also singing in a falsetto.

  • @LeBa-zd6wt
    @LeBa-zd6wt День назад

    those are not strings, just another synth😂

  • @RebeccaTurner-ny1xx
    @RebeccaTurner-ny1xx 3 дня назад

    Not one of the highlights of Nile Rodgers' career, really, despite its popularity. I thought it tinny and poorly produced in 1984 and I've not changed my mind since.

  • @ramonkiddo
    @ramonkiddo 4 дня назад

    All Saints - Pure Shores
    Spice Girls - Wannabe
    Please!

  • @alexkap1618
    @alexkap1618 4 дня назад

    Please realize “Frozen”! 🫶🏻