I made it through the wilderness
Somehow I made it through
Didn't know how lost I was
Until I found you
I was beat incomplete
I'd been had, I was sad and blue
But you made me feel
Yeah, you made me feel
Shiny and new
Chorus:
Like a virgin
Touched for the very first time
Like a virgin
When your heart beats (after first time, "With your heartbeat")
Next to mine
Gonna give you all my love, boy
My fear is fading fast
Been saving it all for you
'Cause only love can last
You're so fine and you're mine
Make me strong, yeah you make me bold
Oh your love thawed out
Yeah, your love thawed out
What was scared and cold
(chorus)
Oooh, oooh, oooh
You're so fine and you're mine
I'll be yours 'till the end of time
'Cause you made me feel
Yeah, you made me feel
I've nothing to hide
(chorus)
Like a virgin, ooh, ooh
Like a virgin
Feels so good inside
When you hold me, and your heart beats, and you love me
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Ooh, baby
Can't you hear my heart beat
For the very first time?
Structure
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Lyric
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Madonna
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Chris Elliot |
Intro
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Bass riff, chord stabs
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No musical intro; script anticipates song chorus |
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Ambiguous F6/Dm7 harmony
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Two-bar syncopated rhythmic pattern
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Verse 1
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'I made it through...' |
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Zidler. Spoken, light underscoring
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F6/Dm7 ambiguity + Gm7
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Melodic phrases cadence on F
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'I was beat...' |
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Singing begins, light underscore, recit-like |
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F6/Dm7
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More harmonic movement |
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'But you made me feel...'
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Gm7+Dm7 alternation, strong bass underpinning
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Bridge cadence
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'...shiny and new' |
Elaborated perfect in F
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Gentle underscore |
Chorus
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'Like a virgin...' |
F6/Dm7 ambiguity + Gm7
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Solidly in F |
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Melodic phrases cadence on D
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Orch rhythms derived from intro stabs |
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Show-tune orchestration |
Verse 2
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'Gonna give you...' |
As before
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As chorus |
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'You're so fine... make me strong...'
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Replaced with v.3 lyric |
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'Oh, your love thawed...' |
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Bridge cadence
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'...scared and cold' |
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Chorus
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'Like virgin...' |
" |
Extended lyric, as for chorus 3 |
Middle 8
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'Ooo...' |
G major+Dm7 alternation
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G major+Dm7 alternation |
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Vocal melody cadences on D
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Orch riff cadences on G |
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Stab rhythms |
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Break in action: cutaway to Satine ill; |
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underscore derived from Satine's motif (Lamb: 'Gorecki') |
Verse 3
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'You're so fine... I'll be yours...' |
NB abbreviated verse
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Duke. Replaced with v.2 lyric |
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Barbershop accompaniment |
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''Cause you made me feel...' |
As before
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Replaced with v.2 lyric |
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Barbershop accompaniment |
Bridge cadence
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'...nothing to hide' |
As before |
Played twice, with bolder orchestration |
Chorus
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'Like a virgin...'
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Extended lyric into coda... |
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Extended lyric into coda... |
Coda
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'When you hold me...' |
Fade out on F6/Dm7 harmony, with bass riff
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Hammed up, showy coda |
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Melodic phrases cadence on D |
'Grand operatic' cadence firmly in F |
