Madonna - Oh Father [Official Music Video]
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- Опубликовано: 25 окт 2009
- You're watching the official music video for "Oh Father" directed by David Fincher from Madonna's album 'Like A Prayer' released on Sire Records in 1989. Buy/Stream the 'Like A Prayer' album here: Madonna.lnk.to/LikeaPrayer
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Lyrics:
It's funny that way
You can get used to the tears and the pain
What a child will believe
You never loved me
You can't hurt me now
I got away from you
I never thought I would
You can't make me cry
You once had the power
I never felt so good about myself
Seems like yesterday
I lay down next to your boots and I prayed
For your anger to end
Oh father, I have sinned
You can't hurt me now
I got away from you
I never thought I would
You can't make me cry
You once had the power
I never felt so good about myself
Oh father, you never wanted to live that way
You never wanted to hurt me
Why am I running away?
Oh father, you never wanted to live that way
You never wanted to hurt me
Why am I running away?
Maybe someday
When I look back, I'll be able to say
You didn't mean to be cruel
Somebody hurt you too
You can't hurt me now
I got away from you
I never thought I would
You can't make me cry
You once had the power
I never felt so good
You can't hurt me now
I got away from you
I never thought I would
You can't make me cry
You once had the power
I never felt so good about myself
#OfficialMusicVideo #Madonna #OhFather #WeAreWarnerRecords 
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Madonna Like A Prayer 1989
1989
Present. Hi.
Madonna
I had a turntable to sell, I rediscovered this title by putting the LP on to try it. Hello from Belgium 🙂🙋♂️
I suffered sexual abuse for many years, from my childhood until my teenage years. I met Madonna when I was 13, and this was one of the first songs I heard from her through the album "Something to Remember". This song saved me, healed me, showed a light that didn't come from anywhere else. The chorus of this song became my feat of war to chase away the demon that abused my body and hurt my soul. Today I'm 36 years old, and sometimes that wound still hurts, so I come back here, and this song heals me again. Thank you, Madonna. You saved countless lives with your art, mine included.
My father is a narcissistic, abusive and his entire family is toxic. My dad abuses my mother , my siblings . I cry and wish to die after seeing the dark bruises and the reason behind is his family. My Mom says its OK he is your father . Fuck you both go to hell . I want to be orphan . Leave me . His toxic family is too big .
Went through same. Glad you came out OK. ❤
i hope you're doing better now. And i hope you have only the good people around you to help with that. You deserve peace.
Bless you, allow me to embrace you from the distance.
Daniela
❤
When she says "you didn't mean to be cruel, somebody hurt you too." ...chills.
That hit so deep
That part is so painful.
Continuous cycles of abuse: the abused usually grows up to become the abuser. Sad, but true.
Madonna
@@Babydollmaddiee 1989
David Fincher made a beautiful short movie, not just a music video.
It’s some of his best work. Next to Freedom 90, Janie’s Got a Gun, Vogue and Straight Up. He was a master at his craft in the 80’s and 90’s.
This song and video prevented me from committing suicide as I had been bullied at school and also by my father repeatedly. As long as I live I will adore and respect and cherish Her for what she has offered to so many people, without even, Her, knowing about it. She is not just my idol, she is not just an icon, she is part of my life as I truly still exist because of Her.
♥️♥️♥️
no one deserves what you went through Alexandros. we love you !
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Because she sings with the heart and heals people
I'm so glad to hear that. I hope you're doing fine. ❤🌻
“Maybe someday, when I look back I’ll be able to say You didn’t mean to be cruel, somebody hurt you too”….
That line hits home in so many ways… break generational curses
Right. But the trauma amd pain stay.
Oh yes, so true.
We still gotta try and break generational trauma. It's so deep and painful.
My favorite part also…
I felt pity for my father and this line cemented it in my mind as a child. As a mother, I can't forgive any longer. I can't excuse the abuse. I suffered too, I was hurt but I changed the tide. I won't do that my child. Never will I make her hurt like I did. I'd rather cut out my tongue
My mother died when this song came out in 1989 . My stepmother and my father were so abusive to me . At felt overwhelmed and suicidal this song made me realize the greatest pop star in the world knew what this feeling was like and if she could make it I could too. 32 years later tears Run down my face when I hear it
madonn's father issues. no wonder she acted that way and looks the way she does now
Ms. The world would by far be a Lesser place without you.
I very glad you're still here ...
This hand of Friendship reaches out should you ever need a friend to talk to,, I'm on youside spiritually and feel your pain .
I hope you can feel my enjoyment in writing this to you where ever you are or might Be.
May the Light of the World Shine His Light onto your Face , and into your Heart .
Shiloh The Savior has come .
The Prince of Peace the Lord of Lords.
Always
DH.
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Not a Madonna fan, but always felt this was one of her most underrated songs.
Madonna took us to her childhood where her mother died, and she was disconnected to her father. Lyrically this song is phenomenal. She deserves more respect as a song writer, she’s brilliant.
Madonna is Our Icon and Good mother In one word SHE IS THE BEST
O.M.G.WHAT A SONG....WOW !!!!!!!!☺☺☺❤❤❤
@@spidermanbestmoments6503 Madonna - Oh Father 👨 [Official Music Video] 1989
@@spidermanbestmoments6503 Madonna Like A Prayer 1989
Madonna
One of Madonna's BEST songs and videos. God, this is life.
agree...it is stunning
I was about to comment the same thing, "Stunning...."
Cheers. I wondered why she got so heavy, Mettlehead.
@@goosefarm3602 Madonna Oh Father 1989
1989
The best part of this video is the confessional scene, the gravesite, and her deceased mother. NO ONE has ever been this bold in a video either before or since! This is why Madonna is one of the greatest American artists who changed pop music history. 🎵
Ah, back in the days when popular music actually had intelligent lyrics, broached difficult subjects and had meaning.
One of the most underrated songs by Madonna. So powerful.
This song is hauntingly beautiful, some of Madonna's strongest vocals
sure
I totally agree with you.
Is writen by her true story in the infant Life... Sorry ,but someday...before to give your Life Votage...PLS learn the story ....
Over 40yrs & she still able to reach people across the world. What a woman. What a human being!
I remember watching this video as a kid when my mother was being abused by a live-in boyfriend. As young as 10 years old I was suicidal and hated my life. This is one video that got me through. Thanks Madonna.
By my dad not a boyfriend...
@@tammyfields4270 ??? They are right?
I hope you are in a much better place now 💜💜
Madonna
@Gorgeous George why are you talking about genes???
This isn't one of Madonna's best songs, it's simply one of the THE best songs ever made. The opening chord progression carries more emotion with it than any other I've ever heard. The video really adds to the song fantastically. Brilliant piece of work.
I miss these days when so much time and attention was put into music videos.
Essa música me lembra um passado não muito distante em as músicas eram românticas e boas de se ouvir.
Yes! This video was truly a work of art, imo!!
It's over but go one in RUclips
@@paulosidney3692 es verdad
Madonna doesn't sing with high notes, she sings with her soul tho, that's more important
Yes
A masterpiece. There's something about that turn she makes when she's leaving her dad. The little shadow girl on the wall juxtaposed against the powerful woman in the snow "never felt so good about myself" What an inspiration for all survivors. Here is where all the tables turned. Here is where the survivor is born.
Agreed, my favourite part of the song and the video. Whether you're a survivor or not, it's an astonishing example Fincher's sensitivity. This video is as good as Vogue and yet seems overlooked these days.
@@soin74 Agree you don't need to be a survivor to appreciate! Overlooked? Perhaps because it's such a heavy subject? I don't know. Regardless, it's art. Livable, breathing art.
Yeah, it's a great scene. The whole video is just so amazing. People thought this was biographical, and in some ways it is. I think Madonna's mother dying really, really messed Madonna up. She was jealous of the housekeepers that tried to run the house, and I can't imagine how she felt when Tony married Joan. I'm sure he loves her very much, and I think he was upset when this video came out. I don't think he ever abused her, but I think she couldn't understand that he still had to live his life, and he moved on. I think Madonna has too, in some ways, but in some ways not.
Interesting fact. The beautiful little girl in the video I think didn’t awesome job acting turned out to be a professor in therapy. I know because she was my professor in my marriage and family therapy grad program :-) she’s really nice and she looks the same!
@@formerlyarandompropernameb9327 Wow! Thanks for sharing that. Glad to hear she's doing well and is quite successful.
I always believe I was the only person who went through child abuse, now I see I'm not alone.
This song feels different after losing my Mother. The pain never goes away. You just learn to live with it.,
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@@crtpitt3722❤❤❤❤¢#№¢¢¢❤
Yes
I lost my mom a year ago. Besties. The pain will never leave. But, she would be the one to say (carry on)
Oh honey, I'm so sorry. I lost my mom two months ago and this video has me crying like a baby, it just hurts so bad sometimes. Mom, if you're watching over me, I love you so much and I will miss you forever.
A true artistic achievement. In the span of a few minutes, we are told a story about childhood pain carrying over into adulthood, and finally forgiveness. An incredibly sensitive and sad video.
Such a great song about overcoming grief, surviving child abuse, and forgiveness. Every few years I come back to this song and it still makes me cry.
I'm kind of confused about what this song is about is Madonna talking about her father mistreating her? did that really happen?
Yeah, it's a lovely song!
Stanley Woodward Yes. Mental abuse.....
Ursine ComicGeek Agree my friend, its lovely. For the same feelings, please find Kate Bush's .'Moments Of Pleasure'. Touches all the same feelings.
Ursine ComicGeek Somehow it helps me cope with my owng grief...If I knew He was in peace with the Lord (not that I wish that) but not knowing His wereabouts makes it even harder these days and always you know? I do not know if I will be able to forgive Him. No matter what life might spit at you, why do kids or sons have to suffer what is unknown to us....???
Unfortunately a lot of people don’t remember this song at all…Especially the younger generation…It surprises me that it doesn’t get the recognition it deserves….
They do now as you did 😅
I Definitely Remember This Song, I've Always Loved lt.
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I spent years as a child singing this song at the top of my voice trying to exorcise the ghosts, pain, grief and fear of child abuse (I still do when the memories get too much). This song was the only way I could express my emotions, my pain and memories. It gave me an element of control over those emotions. Although my abuser wasn't my dad but another family member, it still spoke to me, still articulated the things I didn't dare say
Music can be such a catharsis, help us capture and express the pain and torment deep within us which is seeking expression and a way out!! It meant a lot to me, too, helped me dispel some of my own anger and grief and pain.
...I wish it is all long gone away from You now 😙
@@cathylindeboo.9598 Madonna
I'm sorry you had to go through it, too. But I'm glad you are still here.
All I can day is..same here
It breaks my heart that people don't know this song...
I knew the SIA version but didn't know it was a cover till now!
There are songs that are not meant to be hits, just little treasures for those who loves the artist that made them... this is one of these
I'm today's years old for this...
This was a TOP20 HIT on Billboard HOT100 in 1989-1990
ikr
This song makes me cry! A masterpiece! Unfortunately so many people don't know it yet. Madonna is incredible!
Same for Madonna's Thgis Used To Be My Playground, Promisse To Try and To Have And Not To Hold
@@ginasousabranco5637 Madonna
1989
Madonna Love The 1989
Me to 😢😰
This must be Madonna's best song though underrated. She touched many people with it. And you can feel she sings from the bottom of her soul.
Agreed, it's doubtlessly one of her best songs, but not her best song... And I'm getting tired of the word "underrated". Who determines which songs are underrated?
@@GeorgeKuenzli underrated because generally not the 1st song that comes to mind when thinking about this artist. Just an opinion.
@mriyefa2196 Totally agree with you. It's a criminally underrated song. If this song was given its due upon release it would have gone to number 1 immediately. But it didn't do as well as all the other singles from Like. A Prayer, maybe the subject matter was deemed too heavy at the time. That being said, the song is amazing regardless of its commercial appeal. You can just gage by reading these comments how much this song means to countless people.
This is her masterpiece in my view. It's here that we glimpse the real woman and her feelings. It's such a powerful song, perhaps too much so, which is why it didn't do well on release. The Madonna we see today is a million miles away from this, sadly.
This is was the most haunting songs Madonna did. Her father took out all his rage over her mother's death. Absolutely beautiful music and lyrics.
Yea, that's how itcwas for me . I can fully relate to what she sings about.
I have heard otherwise. Her brother disputes this
the queen of marketing - she got all of us broken kids. Im sure her mothers death really messed her and her father up.
“maybe someday, when I look back I’ll be able to say, you didn’t mean to be cruel, somebody hurt you too” 😥
My brother... Was hurt by my father now it is he whom hurts his family...
Thats applicable alot of times not even just in the case of a father...alot of people never shown ANY love or someone that hurt them, they either are not capable of real love or go on to hurt someone else who doesn't deserve because they themselves were hurt..
@@marswmnwhoever2188 The lines “You didn’t mean to be cruel...somebody hurt you too” is the dictionary definition of moving.
And that's the line that I thought of about my Dad and it was true. And we have the best relationship ever now. Not saying that it was down to Madonna lol, but those particular lyrics always resonated with me.
Yes, that part breaks my heart
This woman lost her mother at such a young age. I couldn't imagine that feeling of loss. Her pain comes out in her music in many ways. God bless you, Madonna.
Doubtful
Madonna worships Lucifer and the baphomet. She got to evaluate her life and make biiiiig changes if she ever wants to be back under God’s good graces
@@adsromek ok, lunatic. Have a nice day.
@@adsromek oh do shut up Abby, !!!
@@adsromek Thats not true.The captains of the music industri are forcing her to do that.Michael Jackson.complained aboud that too.
@@adsromek shut up.
i'm a classic rock and punk fan but man this is one of the most powerful songs ever! Madonna has a wonderful voice and meaningful lyrics. thanks Madonna.
It's incredible but lots of hard rock or punk fans love Madonna. I have been a fan of hers forever and she has always kept a punk attitude no matter what kind of songs she has written and produced. She started playing and singing rock/ska/pop punk songs in New York before she got a superstar and that background has never gone away from her. You can feel that attitude in everything she says and does, that's possibly why lots of rock and punk fans respect her. And yes, this song is an absolute masterpiece ❤
Progressive metal fan here. Still eagerly listening to several songs of her, the one included.
@@sebastianocostantino1 Madonna
Same here, bro.
@@garycarr3857😊
This classic needs the 4K treatment asap!
Madonna's best song in my opinion. It's a shame it wasn't a bigger success as a single.
I don't think too many people "Got it." But, you and I did, didn't we, Arzi124. :) This is her best song.
It was the only song that didn't hit #1. I don't think viewers were in a hurry to request such a sad song
I think you're right about that. At least we "got" it, right, Hali? :)
perhaps as it was released at xmas! maybe the controversy was slightly out timed - deffo not a xmas season song (a wrong decision t that point), had it been anther time if would have been appreciated.
This song is so much better than all the Billboard top 10 hits right now!
Right?! 90% of what they call "music" these days is just garb anymore! It all slowly went downhill after the 90's
And right now too!
Madonna has reinvented herself so many times and created so much, but her exceptional talent for ballads has always remained with us xx
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When I lost my mother… My father totally changed into a very abusive man… He didn’t deal with his grief and essentially he left me as my father. He started to date very quickly and basically abandoned his family he was grieving. This is a weak man. And therapy I’m learning he was weak all along. It took me 50 years to realize it. And now everything’s come full circle…I’m able to see how my relationship with my father my whole life was behind all the horribly abusive relationships I had with men. This song is so healing
The fathers grief for the mother dying, was taken out on her.....she then has abusive relationships later in life with men but then goes on to forgive her father , when she's a woman and he's an old man..a beautifully, sad, dark classic from Madge.
This video is very personal, about her mothers death as a child, her troubled relationship with her father and then her marriage to Sean Penn.
Listening to a lot of Madonna lately.
She's fantastic.
She has an amazing body of work - music , tours and videos . You are in for a treat 😍
@@garycambridge5513 Madonna
1989
Madonna Love The 1989
x100
It's still helping and it will forever. My father died three years ago and I stll find very hard to forgive him. Haven:t heard this song in a long time, and now it's helping me...Thanks a billion Madonna, a true artist, there's nobody like you now❤
So many good songs/ Madonna has … but this stands out!! What has happened to music ? We need more like this
1989: Hit.
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2020: Still a Hit.
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2083: Hit forever.
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TIMELESS!!!
If I watched this in front of Madonna, my only reply would be "I feel you". One of her most undervalued songs. A gem. The video and the song. Both a masterpiece. There may be Beliebers who are Swiftly Gaga over more recent pop sensations, but never is it ever Beyond-say'n that Madonna and Michael Jackson Still remain as the Queen and King of Pop!
oh please... do you really believe that!? MJ has the Guiness Record for charities, one of the very few big personalities in this world that truly cared about children
about the artist part, I really can't decide which of the two is the greatest, it's true though that Madonna's music feels a bit more pure, where MJ's was more 'made perfect to sell' and that's what he did
I agree!! This is one of Madonna's best.
You realize it was written by Sia don't you?? and not by Madonna. Sia is a master about writing songs about pain and sometimes victory at the same time even when tragedy may also occur.
O_O you are DRUNK
the only Sia related thing in this song is that she made a good cover, that got absolutely nowhere
you are beautiful.
I connect with this song for all the abused I went through all my love.Only my mom was loving ...and I couldn't have her...till this day I missed the only one gave me love...my mom
My mum's step dad sexually assaulted my mother as a child till early teens. She has her good days and her bad, but I'm always there comforting her. (I struggle with it sometimes too)
It makes sense why my mum listened to your music growing up... So thank you Madonna for giving my mum strength to carry on living her life through your music. ❤ She has two daughters and a loving partner. It's her 60th birthday on 8th April. 🎉🎂😊
I'm a metalhead and even to me this song alone sends a strong message,well done.
Only Madonna could write such an emotional and deep song and sing it with a touching voice.
Say what you will about this woman ! She is a legend and her songs are so raw . Keep it together , bad girl, til death do us part
This used to be my playground which was really about nyc and aids the power of goodbye ur frozen Spanish eyes and her prequel to oh father her ultimate song LIVE TO TELL
Agree❤❤❤❤❤
I remember crying and crying to this song when my stepfather was abusing me..in all forms. Listening to it right now..the tears are flowing. I feel those emotions. That despair. But, I made it ❤ This is the most powerful song I know.
Same, girl. Same. I'm glad you made it. 💜
I feel so sorry for the abuse you have been through and glad and relieved you are over it now (meaning physically as I know the scars never go away).
Same gurl, same 😿😿😿😿😿😿💯
that backhand I got that a lot from moms hubby number 2. fucker
This song is a prime example of what separates Madonna from all of her wannabees, and all the mainstream female acts that came before her.
Amen
Right on!
+Allison Le
totally she was ahead at this time in her life writing meaningful songs
Totalmente de acuerdo, entre Madonna y las demás hay un gran abismo
For the second and last time, I walked away from my family due to it's toxicity and dysfunction. This song resonates so much with what I was dealing with in my life.
I HOPE you are okay now, Love Always😘
Same here sis
An amazing career but this may have been her best work. When she is gone I think people will come back to this video. Posted November 2023.
Agree
I used to dislike Madonna's singing in this song. I've finally realized that her voice, though not perfect, is raw, honest and successfully conveys her sadness.
Madonna is no-nonsense singer. She never belt it out her voice just to sugarcoat an average song.
This song and video are a work of art.
Oh Father should've been a bigger hit than Like a Virgin.
Different music genres. Like a Virgin is 100% pop and catchy. Oh Father is a pop ballad
Mark Millsaps yes but oh father is way deeper and more powerful and moving.,
One of Madonna's masterpieces. I always cry when I listen to and watch this video. 😢❤❤❤
@@ginasousabranco5637 live to tell was also a pop ballad and was a hit. This should've been a hit. All her songs deserved to be hits
This was the first Madonna video I'd had exposure to, as a young teen. Oh, I'd heard her songs on the radio before but I didn't watch a lot of TV until 1989/90. Basically it's the song that got me "into" Madonna. For that reason this song has always struck a very nostalgic chord with me. Definitely her most emotional song, and at the same time so very different than anything else she'd recorded up to that point aside from Live To Tell. It's almost like it came from a different artist, it was so different. But I agree, it should have been a much bigger hit, I was shocked when I started doing chart research it basically broker her top 10 streak. But that may be nostalgia speaking, and still speaking 30 years (ugh!) later.
Madonna's most beautiful, soulful and heart-wrenching song. The video belongs to Madonna's "Icon" phase when she lifted the music video from a form of promotion to an art form deserving of the highest praise. I played this for my father when I was a teenager but he was too distracted by work to know what the lyrics were or how deliberate I was being. This wasn't a big hit for Madonna - nothing this personal and powerful ever is. But only a person with the tinnest of ears and shallowest of hearts can say a negative word about this song.
still giving goosebumps in 2024..
👏👏👏 Everything you said x 💯!
I can imagine this song brings up very painful memories to the father/daughter relationship they may have had in their life?
There's a lot of redemption in this song. My relationship with my Father was beyond difficult throughout my childhood and adolescence, but as an adult we've learned to communicate openly. We don't get to choose our parents, and must remember they aren't perfect either. I understand now, he didn't mean to be cruel...somebody hurt him too.
xoxo
Can I get another Amen?!
Powerful comment & I've felt your words
Honest
Articulate & heartfelt thanks for sharing 💜❤
I love you! Thank you for sharing, and forgiving, and never giving up! Perspective is rich!
The chain has to be broken at some point. If you accept that a father was cruel because someone had hurt him, so you accept you can be a bad father yourself, because you've been hurt too, and so on... I do understand your point, but this goes on and on if we just accept it! All the best to you!
Madonna's true artistry has always been showcased in her ballads. You can feel the pain and longing in her voice.
So true!! And without the annoying vocal range battle like most of her female peers
and plus she writes her own lyrics
Absolutely
I totally agree with all of you
Very true
"...oh father I have sinned.." Many abused often feel it was their fault. I often felt that way; that somehow I caused it. Scarred for life; never able to escape.
You're here because so much time has passed and it still hits hard. One of her best songs.
Oh Father, Ghosttown, Secret, The power of good-bye, This used to be my playground, Bad girl, Live to tell, Rain, Take a bow, You'll see, Masterpiece ♥
yes !,absolutamente
+Miłosz Płóciennik i suggest adding "Look of Love" to that list.
And frozen,nothing fails,falling free,...
+Miłosz Płóciennik She maybe known for her dance records but the woman writes spectacular ballads.. Oh Father is no exception.
Pray For Spanish Eyes, Crazy For You, Messiah, Love Don't Live Anymore, Time Stood Still
A masterpiece. Truly.
Madonna has so many masterpiece songs and its videos: Bad Girl, Ghosttown, Like a Prayer, Express Yourself, Papa Don't Preach, The Power of Goodbye, Rain , This Used To be My Palyground, Crave, Batuka, ...
Manajaj aí love you cuerno de discraça v
Facts
Those who grew up with this are SHAPED BY THE MUSIC. when she passes, a part of me will go as well.....my god it all feels so surreal....2020 is monumental and I know she's not like dying or anything but it's just all so raw.....
Because its a sia song
This will forever be Madonna’s best song and video
Pravdu máš
This song is incredibly healing for me. As someone who suffered abandonment from my biological father this hits home. He left when I was still a toddler. But became involved in my life when I was 17 years old. Unfortunately he was a narcissistc alcoholic. The "relationship" we had was the type of relationship you have with a party friend. And emotionally abusive to say the least. But I took my power back.
I told him I deserved healthy relationships in my life and ended the abuse he subjected me to. Decades later, we still have no contact. But I can truly say I've forgiven him. He was a product of his own upbringing. He didn't love himself, and therefore could not love others. I'm so glad I went through therapy and now see him in a different way. I finally feel free from the bondage I allowed to consume me for decades. I'm sure this song was incredibly healing for Madonna 💜
Very happy for you for surviving and recovering!! We can and do heal and learn to break the destructive cycles!!
Everything about this is perfect: the lyrics, Madonna's tone, the melody, the video, the story behind the song... absolutely snubbed and underrated song.
Agree. Madonna was early here... It was really in the 90s when Tori Amos and Fiona Apple tapped into this level of dark, brutal honesty that songs of this kind actually gained broad acceptance...
And of course the angry christians hated it back then, which makes it even better!!!
This song has so much meaning to me.. having grown up with an abusive father I know what it is like to have no where to run... I am pregnant now and unlike my mother I will do all that I can to protect my child from the scars... I will do whatever it takes and that is a promise
I grew up as a gay little boy with a very abusive dad. He'd hit me with a belt, throw my mother down the stairs, punch us, I was terrified of setting him off. I would get in trouble at school because I couldn't do my homework, and I'd be way to scares to ask my dad for help. And God bless my mother, she was amazing, but she isn't the cleverest. I started to rebel around age 14, I stopped going to school, got into drugs etc. I remember the first ever time I hit my dad back. He battered me for it, but it felt good. I might have been skinnier, but i was taller than u now dad. At 16 the legal age we leave school in the UK, my dad put me out. Now he wasn't obligated by the law to make sure I attend school etc, I could leave. I had nowhere to go. I'd walk the street all night aimlessly. I'd sit in parks, light the bin on fire. I started to sell myself, I'd go to the gay bars in town and would throw myself at any guy who was half decent. I had no respect for myself, I'd always been put down, called stupid, I'd never amount to anything etc. I'd sell myself for anything at first, a bed for the night, some cigs and drinks. I got older and started doing 'well' for myself, I became a good earner within the sex trade. But it never fulfilled me, I was always sad really, no matter how good I looked or how in shape I was. I was obsessed with my image, as I felt because I'm stupid and haven't gotten much to offer if I look good, and people wanna sleep with me, I'll feel better, i never did. So after about ten years, my mum had gotten ill with cancer and passed away. I as devastated. I tried to reconnect with my dad but I just couldn't forgive him. Another few years pass, I end up in jail for 18 months. My boyfriend at the time was dealing, and the police busted our flat. I was sentenced for possession of heroin. I didn't know who to call, I was very ill, I rang my sister and my she got in touch with my dad. He came and visited me. He seemed sad, said my mum would be devastated as she always wanted the best for me. She wanted me to have everything she didn't. As he was going to leave, my dad turned and said to me, I'm sorry boy. As he left the visiting I burst into tears. I didn't see him again til I came out. I went to visit him and he opened the door and again I began to cry. He said I'm sorry Alex. I said daddy I'm sorry too. He went on to tell me how his dad had beat him black and blue, I knew his dad was an alcoholic but he would never talk about him. He told me that an adult male close to my grandmother had sexually abused him as a kid. He told me he never felt like he knew how to show me he loved me. And the fact I was an effiminate little boy made it harder for him. Man I fell off the chair, I couldn't believe what he was saying. He cried, apologised over n over. He told me he'd always been so angry, and it had caused him to loose sight of what really matters etc. I looked at my dad, and I said daddy I'm sorry for letting u down. I'm sorry for embarrassing u, I felt like that little boy again. And then I told him, dad I forgive u. I didn't realise all these years that ur anger had come from a place of deep hurt. U hurt me, coz someone had hurt u too. I cried and balled when I got home. I don't know why my dad mellowed out as he got older, but I'm so glad he did. I was released from prison in 2012 and have rebuilt my life. I'm a hairstylist now. And have a loving amazing boyfriend. And yes, me and my dad are ok. We don't talk all the time, but we're good. He told me he loved me and I don't know why, even as a grown man, I felt so good. I needed to hear it. My mum had always said he loved us, he provides for us etc, but doesn't know how to show it. And I think now that yeah, she was right. Sorry this is so long, I've never ever unburdened myself like this before. Sending love from the UK x
Alex Carlson I don’t know you, but I’m proud of you! Continued success and happiness.
@@kittyglitter5376 thank you ever so much. The same to you! X
me too
Thank you for sharing Alex. ❤️
For the first time at 59, I get to fully understand the pain of walking in the shoes of those who have been victims of chilhood abuse. My last 2 relationships showed me the results of living with those emotional scars. This song is hitting deeper today more than ever.
Every time I saw the video on MTV, it stopped me dead in my tracks
After 14 years of child abuse, I connected with this song like no other. Thank you Madonna for making me feel like you were walking beside me in the late 80s. Nothing but love to you for this song and respective its album. Such soul. Such power xxx
Oh I feel ya hon! It’s been 6 years since I severed ties with my father, a few months after this song came on my car radio & I immediately had to pull over because I was sobbing so hard. It totally resonated with me in all aspects! My father was mentally physically and emotionally abusive to me and I lived through 13 years of hell because of him. So I understand how you feel sweetie. No one ever truly understands how difficult it is to process what happened to us let alone try to cope with the aftermath. I hope that you are well and thriving 🥰❤️ always remember that there is always light 💡 at the end of the tunnel ☺️ god bless you sweetie! ☺️🤜🏼🤛🏼
This song always makes me cry😪
me too, and promise to try
Me too. 😥
Me too when she says oh father if you never wanted to live that way if you never wated to hurt me why am i runned
Whe can shake hands.
I cry from a broken childhood.
It’s a song simultaneously sad and empowering. A rare achievement in music. I remember hearing it when it came out when I was a child and it has never ceased to make me cry since.
The song makes me cry always as well. But the brilliance of the video is perfection. From the casting of that beautiful little girl, to all the imagery... I could go on and on about that. I wish the world could see this. I think it would be very healing to a lot of people
@@Rainbow-yh6ov Madonna Like A Prayer 1989
Yep
I never will forget this song as I was going through the mental and sexual abuse for years.
😔😔😔
32 years later, this still breaks my heart.
This was one of the most important albums of my life due to this song. Proprs to Madonna to translating such personal, yet universal pain to all of us.
when MTV was about MUSIC.....
Yes...
+Drake Patton When you were given the chance to have a different taste in music...everything sounds so equal today
mtv was never about music
MTV = Madonna TV
Sooo, True
Damn, Madonna as a pop artiste Madonna sang some deep song that touches the heart. Many children suffered at the hands of a parent, mental, physical abuse and also abandonment, which happened to me. As an adult, I have forgiven her let go. Because as the song said, .." maybe someday I'll be able to say, you didn't mean to be cruel, somebody hurt you too.." as an adult, I learned that my mom was r@ped at 14yrs, by a family friend. The family kept it a secret.we need to expose abuse of any kind and deal with it, for the benefit of the individuals and their generations.
Still the only Madonna song that brings me to tears to this day. This song’s emotional core. I know this feeling all too well.
She's a creative genius.
Exactly!
agreed
She is an interpretative genius of a song written by Sia.
Sia did not write this song. Madonna did!
sia? wtf? this song is old
It doesn’t matter what mood I am in, this song *always* brings the tears. I don’t even necessarily have a personal connection to the themes, it’s just that I feel Madonna’s pain and sorrow coming through so incredibly powerfully
Same for me, I just did my makeup and now I'm crying like a baby.
I feel the same , it's an emotional expression of her life... Something powerful and beautifully written.
Have you seen oh father the dark ballet version?
@@drcokepepper , I haven't I will listen thank you.
they say that when a song makes you cry then is a masterpiece
I am 40 years old I just saw this video after 30 years by the youtube algorithm, and my childhood passed before my eyes, when I saw it back in 1989 and I was a child, it left me shocked, I felt that it was my life, the lights, the shadows, that angry man, it was my life I was a beaten child, I felt like in my 10 years I was aware of being someone beaten and that someone felt what I felt, now I see it, and my eyes fill with tears eyes, we are broken children raised by parents who are broken at the same time, but the meaning of life is to overcome it and that the following generations overcome it, that is the real challenge, for a better world, today I can cry, but not anymore pain
As someone who grew up with a tough childhood experiencing both mental and physical abuse, this song/video really hits harder now that I have a daughter of my own. I will protect her with all I have until the day I die.
I don't understand the ones who say Madonna isn't important. I don't understand the ones who think Madonna career is over. For the ones who think the last points, I want you to say that she's creating music all the time. She's a Music genius and a really great female. No one does it like she did . NO ONE HAS THE SAME IMPACT SHE HAD WHEN SHE RELEASED HER ALBUMS IN THE 80'S AND 90'S. PLEASE, GOD.
Agree . Her catalog from the 80s n 90s is incredibly unique n timeless .
Whoever is saying that is full of it. Madonna is ICONIC. The press never understood her, and still don’t. Sadly they ignore her now. Her influence in music is everywhere.
If she never releases another Song noone Alive can surpass her!
Im.sorry how could you forgot her 2000s stuff thats how she turned into art
It's that she's so trashy" she's been a slut her whole life. She's blasphemed the Holy spirit. Yes her talent is undeniable" no doubt about it.
This little gem was hiding in her Like a Prayer album and never got the attention it deserved. I'm flaky when it comes to ranking my favorite Madonna songs over the years, but this one comes out on top frequently. I think it resonates more with people who have gone through this kind of abuse. I lived through a couple nasty stepfathers.
Facts.
@d I don't believe she's ever gotten specific about any abuse in her childhood, but the song is inspired by her childhood being raised by her father after her mother died (when she was just 5).
the lyrics are wonderful but what sets this song apart from others is the orchestra behind her. whoever composed that piece needs to be acknowledged, as well.
Masterpiece
This song has always meant so much to me. My father left my mother brother and I when I was 5. It used to hurt when he wasn't there for all my milestones in my life but then I stopped trying to win his affections and loved those who loved me and I stopped hurting as much.
Without a doubt, is her most beautiful song. And she has many dope songs, but this one is the one that touches anyone more than any other of her great jams
Good shout but I’d add ‘The Power of Goodbye’ too.
I don’t relate to this song at all, But I fell in love with it the very first time I heard it. I feel for
All those who have been through this awful pain but somehow survived it. Be proud of yourself !!!
Chills every time when the piano and the strings begin. Such a beautiful and moving song about the cycles of familial trauma.
Madonna's vulnerable vocals in this songs is the perfect example why her music is so beloved.
Even if she’s singing of characters, her gasps and shivers gave voice to the complex dynamic so many children have with their parents.
Absolutely
I like that at the end you see an adult Madonna standing next to an older man, presumably the father in the video, also symbolizing Madonna's own father and the idea that she has made peace and reconciled with him. The child is spinning in happiness again and has been set free from her demons.
Madona, I love you
The inner child metaphor is just so powerful as it never really dies
Haunting and ridiculously underrated. Live to tell is another fav
braktuun Stop! Don't use the word "Underrated" when you talk about a Madonna 👑 song she never gonna have nothing underrated is the most selling female artist all time! Come on....
@@grard4141 but this song is underrated, is a beautiful song with one of the best music videos OF ALL TIME, yet it was overlooked by: Grammys, MTV VMAS, AMAs, The Charts, and even Madonna herself who only performed it once and no even the full version of in a medley. DEF UNDERRATED.
IThinkTheFuckNot YoutrickassBitch Is a Classic bro and Classics don't need awards or whatever you think 🙄 and again Madonna don't now the word underrated she is the most excess full artists all time 💎💎💎
@@grard4141 calm down bobo
Her two best songs
Who still watches this in 2019?
I do!
Now me
I am! 🤘
@Candyman me too. I'm 41. l can relate to the lyrics completely. Sadly.
of course. Madonna s Ballads are something special. Wished she released more on her latest Albums.
Watching it and crying like I’m 5 again
This is one of my favorite Madonna songs.
I can't listen to this song without crying. By the time she gets to the line "Somebody hurt you too" I completely lose it. My mother abandoned us when I was an infant and it left my dad with a lot of trauma. He wasn't the perfect father but he did have great taste in music, and this album was one he would play.
It's very difficult not to cry while watching this. Especially when it brings some memories of the past.
You have reason :(. Beautiful and sad song.
Same, and u r not alone
@@narugara9 thank you 😇
Such a haunting song. the part with that statue angle started singing, "you can't hurt me now." always makes me cry.
Yeah, M's voice go into deep there.
That´s true, Loakum
bobo semlimit
true that gets me every time
One of the reasons I will always respect Madonna as an artist....❤
Chorando horrores com os comentários! 🥹
E me vem a certeza de que uma boa mãe jamais será substituída!
Talvez, se a mãe dela estivesse viva ou morresse bem depois dos seus 5 anos, ela não seria a Madonna, rainha do pop, mas certamente teria tido uma infância e juventude mais feliz.
The real soundtack of my life is Madonna and I'm already 40 hahaha...I really love this lady
Well if you’re 40 you better go way back to early 80s to call yourself a Madonna fan