14. Holy Water
Madonna
This bop was to me one of those songs that just slay you at first listen, and you know you're going to be
obsessed with. The production is dark and edgy, the lyrics are explicit and make for the perfect hater-defying sex anthem from the queen of controversy herself. "
Kiss it better, make it wetter, don't it taste like holy water." Let's be real, only the queen of pop could really pull this off. Others could and have tried, but it didn't work. You're not a sexual icon, Madonna is.
Also, who else is iconic enough with a remembered back-catalogue that enables her to sample
herself? No one. The "Vogue" part slots in so seamlessly, and breathes new life into both that and "Holy Water."
p.s. Pocari Sweat is a sports drink in Japan. Thought it was appropriate cause it's a sport drink (Madonna is the queen of fitness after all, her body + Hard Candy gyms hello) and cause of the colour of the drink. Looks like holy water indeed.