Madonna Sire

RELEASED: 07/27/1983
LABEL: Sire/Warner Bros.
RIAA CERT.: 5 x PLATINUM
Release Summary
Madonna's 1983 debut, produced by Reggie Lucas, collected some of her early 12" dance club hits ("Everybody" and "Burning Up/Physical Attraction") along with the soon-to-be smashes "Borderline," "Holiday" and "Lucky Star." "Everybody" was her first single out of the gate, hitting Billboard's Disco chart in late 1982. The track, produced by Mark Kamins, topped out at No. 3. The double-sided 12" "Burning Up/Physical Attraction" followed, and climbed to No. 3. Finally, in 1983, "Holiday" burst onto pop radio, and the single became her first top 40 hit, peaking at No. 16 on The Billboard Hot 100. It was followed by "Borderline" (No. 10) and "Lucky Star" (No. 4). The album climbed to No. 8 on The Billboard 200, spending a whopping 168 weeks on the chart. Madonna wrote five out of the eight songs on the album, which has now sold over five million copies in the U.S. alone.
Song Titles
- Lucky Star
- Borderline
- Burning Up
- I Know It
- Holiday*
- Think of Me
- Physical Attraction
- Everybody**
Credits :
PRODUCERS
Reggie Lucas
* John "Jellybean" Benitez
** Mark Kamins
ENGINEER
Michael Hutchinson - Engineer, Mixing Engineer
Butch Jones - Engineer
Jay Mark - Remixing, Mixing, Mixing Engineer
Notes :
- Madonna - Vocals, Vocals (bckgr), Cowbell
- Gwen Guthrie - Vocals (bckgr)
- Paul Pesco - Guitar
- Bob Malach - Sax (Tenor)
- Reggie Lucas - Guitar, Programming, Producer, Drum Programming
- Tina B - Vocals (bckgr)
- Bashiri Johnson - Percussion
- Jim Dougherty - Engineer
- Christine Faith - Vocals (bckgr)
- Dean Gant - Synthesizer, Piano, Piano (Electric)
- Anthony Jackson - Bass (Electric)
- Leslie Ming - Programming, Drum Programming
- Ira Siegel - Guitar
- Ed Walsh - Synthesizer
- Brenda White - Vocals (bckgr)
- Norma Jean Wright - Vocals (bckgr)
- Fred Zarr - Synthesizer, Piano, Arranger, Drums, Piano (Electric), Moog Synthesizer, Fender Rhodes, Co-Arranger, Moog Bass
- Curtis Hudson - Guitar, Arranger
- Raymond Hudson - Bass
- Carin Goldberg - Art Direction
- Gary Heery - Photography