True Blue (Lied)

Vorlage:For Vorlage:Infobox Single "True Blue" is the third single from Madonna's album of the same name in October 1986.

Song information

The song can be described as a blend of 1950s bubblegum pop combined with 1980s teen pop. "True Blue" was a hit in the US, peaking at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100, as well as in the UK, where it reached #1. The song was composed and produced by Stephen Bray and Madonna. A limited quantity of the single was pressed in blue vinyl. The B-side of was the song "Ain't No Big Deal", which was previously used as a B-side to the overseas release of "Papa Don't Preach". The song was written for her then-husband Sean Penn; since their 1989 divorce, Madonna has not performed the song in concert. Because of this, "True Blue" was only performed on one of Madonna's tours, the Who's That Girl World Tour of 1987.

Sweet girl-group tune that features Madonna at her chirpiest and most flirtatious, beginning with a pert call to attention (echoed in the later "Express Yourself"), which goes from coy rejoinder to bossy command.

Despite being a respectable hit, the song has yet to appear on any Madonna singles compilation, making it somewhat of a forgotten hit. This has been seen by as some as the result of her divorce from Penn, to whom the song was dedicated.

This was the first song used in a Japanese TV commercial series deal launched in early 1987 with "Mitsubishi" for their Hi-FI VCR players. Mitsubishi, a Japanese tele-visual giant, would later go on to sponsor the Japanese leg of Madonna's "Who's That Girl" tour. The model promoted in this commercial was the "HV F-11". Madonna would go on to continue to promote more Mitsubishi VCR systems. The campaign eventually gained its own tag-line; "Dreams Come True". In early 1988 the endorsement ended with the Japan-only single "Spotlight". This promotion generated incredible amounts of album and ticket sales for Madonna in Japan, a country that remains a difficult but loyal fanbase.

Music videos

There are two different music videos for "True Blue":

US version

The winners of MTV's Make My Video competition were Ángel Gracia (which later directed Enigma's Out from the Deep music video in 1992) and Cliff Guest, whose submission became the official US video for the song (although both versions were played in the US). MTV spent a whole day showing some of the better submissions to the contest. Madonna does not appear in this version.

• Directors: Ángel Gracia, Cliff Guest
• Producers: Ángel Gracia, Cliff Guest
• Director of Photograhy: Ángel Gracia
• Editors: Ángel Gracia, Cliff Guest

European version

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Madonna in "True Blue" video directed by James Foley.

Madonna's own music video for the song was directed by James Foley. The James Foley version features Madonna with three dancers and a 1950s car in an all-blue studio. Two of Madonna's close friends, Erica Bell (who also appears in the videos for "Lucky Star" and "Papa Don't Preach") and Debi Mazar ("Papa Don't Preach" and "Music"), both appear in the video. This version has never been commercially released, but was included on the promotional-only video compilations It's That Girl and She's Breathless.

• Director: James Foley
• Producers: David Naylor, Sharon Oreck
• Director of Photography: Michael Ballhaus
• Production Company: O Pictures

Charts

Chart	Peak Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	3
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay	3
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales	4
U.S. Billboard Club Play	6
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary	5
Australia	5
Belgium	3
Brazil	3
Canada	2
France	6
Germany	6
Israel	2
Italy	3
Japan	1
Netherlands	4
Spain	12
United Kingdom	1

Track listings

U.K. 7" Single

1. "True Blue (Remix a.k.a. Remix/Edit)"++
2. "Holiday (Edit)"

U.S. 7" Single & U.S. 7" Blue Vinyl

1. "True Blue (Album Version)"
2. "Ain't No Big Deal"

12" Single, 12" Picture Disc, 5" CD Single (Re-Issue)

1. "True Blue (The Color Mix)"
2. "Holiday"

12" Maxi Single, Cassette Maxi Single

1. "True Blue (The Color Mix)"
2. "True Blue (Instrumental)"
3. "True Blue (Remix/Edit)"++
4. "Ain't No Big Deal"

Japanese / Australian 5" Compact Disc E.P

1. "True Blue (The Color Mix)"
2. "Everybody (Dub Version)"
3. "Papa Don't Preach (Extended Remix)"
4. "Everybody (Extended Mix)"
5. "Live To Tell (Instrumental)"

++ = features bonus vocals of Madonna saying: "Hey! Hey...Hey, you guys? Gee whiz, nobody's paying any attention to me!" Which is then punctuated with a giggle. All of this occurs while the background singers teasingly continue singing the song without her.