Bedtime Stories
RELEASED: 10/25/1994
LABEL: Maverick/Sire/Warner Bros
RIAA CERT.: 2 x PLATINUM
Release Summary
Collecting a gaggle of producers (Babyface, Nellee Hooper, Dallas Austin and Dave "Jam" Hall) Madonna turned out her sixth studio album in the fall of 1994. The album was immediately greeted warmly on the charts, with its first single, "Secret," reaching No. 3 in the U.S. The album's second release, "Take A Bow," became her biggest U.S. hit, spending seven weeks at No. 1 in the spring of 1995. Later that year, Madonna won the best female video trophy for "Take A Bow" at the MTV Video Music Awards. "Bedtime Story" (No. 42) and "Human Nature" (No. 46) were the third and fourth singles from "Stories"; in the U.K. the singles hit Nos. 4 and 8, respectively. In the U.S., the album hit No. 3 and sold over two million units and garnered a Grammy nomination for best pop album.
Song Titles
- Survival
- Secret
- I'd Rather Be Your Lover
- Don't Stop
- Inside of Me
- Human Nature
- Forbidden Love
- Love Tried to Welcome Me
- Sanctuary
- Bedtime Story
- Take a Bow
Credits :
PRODUCERS
Babyface, Madonna, Dallas Austin, Nellee Hooper, Dave "Jam" Hall
ENGINEER
Michael Fossenkemper, Brad Gilderman, Darin Prindle, Alvin Speights, Mark "Spike" Stent
Notes :
- Michael Fossenkemper, Brad Gilderman, Darin Prindle, Alvin Speights, Mark "Spike" Stent
- Extra Notes
- Babyface - Synthesizer
- Donna Delory - Vocals (bckgr)
- Dallas Austin - Drums, Keyboards
- Nikki Harris - Vocals (bckgr)
- Suzie Kattayama - Conductor
- Tommy Martin - Guitar
- Me'Shell NdegéOcello - Bass
- Colin Wolfe - Bass
- Jessie Leavey - Conductor
