Madonna‘s “Like a Virgin” is undoubtedly one of the best dance songs of the 1980s. However, the hit version of the song is not the best version out there. The Material Girl created a better recording ...

Pop music history is filled with roads not take. Madonna’s “Like a Virgin” could have been recorded by one of many other artists. The musical geniuses who wrote the track revealed what they thought of ...

We all know it like an anthem: that prowling bassline, the peek-a-boo synth and Madonna’s girl-like voice wafting in on the fourth measure. It’s been 39 years since “Like a Virgin” hit the top of the ...

Madonna is one of the most popular entertainers of all time, however, her song “Like a Virgin” is a true dark horse. It was written by Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly, who also wrote “True Colors” for ...

Madonna’s 1984 album remains arguably her greatest work, an era-defining record that changed pop music forever.

Like a virgin / Touched for the very first time / Like a virgin / When your heart beats next to mine, plays the ear-worming lyrics to “Like a Virgin.” Tom Kelly and Billy Steinberg were the pair ...

American singer Madonna in a loft on Canal Street, New York City, December 1982. (Photo by Peter Noble/Redferns/Getty Images) A version of this story originally ran on November 12, 2014, for Like a ...

The video to “Like A Virgin” – and her live performance of the song on the 1984 MTV Video Music Awards - helped create Madonna’s first No. 1 single. Screengrab from the official video for 'Like A ...