Appreciation: "Vogue" was topping Hot 100 on this day in 90'
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"Vogue" was #1 song in America on this day back in 1990. In late 1989, after her album Like a Prayer had spawned three U.S. hits—the title track, "Express Yourself" and "Cherish" Madonna and producer Shep Pettibone decided to compose a new song to be placed on the flipside of "Keep It Together" and quickly produced "Vogue". The song and video were inspired by the dance of the same name, performed in New York clubs in the underground gay scene, in which dancers used a series of complex hand gestures, body poses and movements to imitate their favourite Hollywood stars as well as the cover models from Vogue magazine. After presenting the song to Warner Bros. executives, all parties involved decided that the song was too good to be wasted on a B-side and that it should be released as a single. After its release, "Vogue" topped the Billboard Hot 100 for 3 weeks, reached number one in over 30 countries worldwide and become one of Madonna's signature songs. It was also the best-selling single of 1990 with sales of more than two million, and has sold more than six million copies worldwide to date.
