Editing Like a Virgin (album) (section)

=== Singles ===
[[File:Madonna - Rebel Heart Tour 2015 - Paris 1 (24093034076).jpg|left|thumb|Madonna performing title track "[[Like a Virgin (song)|Like a Virgin]]" on the [[Rebel Heart Tour]] (2015–2016). The song became her first number-one single on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]].]]
In the United States, title track "Like a Virgin" was released as [[lead single]] on October 31, 1984.<ref>{{cite web |title=American single certifications - Madonna - Like a Virgin |url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Madonna&ti=Like+a+Virgin&format=Single&type= |publisher=Recording Industry Association of America |access-date=April 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230205003850/https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Madonna&ti=Like+a+Virgin&format=Single&type=#search_section |archive-date=February 5, 2023}}</ref> In most European countries, it was issued on November 11.<ref>{{cite web |title=Madonna - Like a Virgin |url=https://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Madonna&titel=Like+a+Virgin&cat=s |publisher=Les classement single |access-date=April 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100201185411/https://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Madonna&titel=Like+a+Virgin&cat=s |archive-date=February 1, 2010 |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Madonna - Like a Virgin |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/titel-details-1189 |publisher=Ultratop 50 |access-date=April 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150620003205/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/titel-details-1189 |archive-date=June 20, 2015|language=nl}}</ref> Upon release, it received generally positive reviews from critics, who singled out Madonna's vocals and deemed it her first [[signature song]].<ref name=Slantrank>{{cite web |title=All 82 Madonna singles ranked |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/all-82-madonna-singles-ranked/2/ |work=[[Slant Magazine]] |access-date=April 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200421130225/https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/all-82-madonna-singles-ranked/2/ |archive-date=April 21, 2020 |date=April 14, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Reviews: Feature Picks |magazine=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]] |date=November 17, 1984 |volume=48 |issue=24 |page=7 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1984/CB-1984-11-17.pdf#page=7 |access-date=April 5, 2024}}</ref><ref name="Radiodebut&review">{{cite magazine |last1=Chin |first1=Brian |title=Hot 100 singles radio action / Dance Trax |magazine=Billboard |date=November 17, 1984 |volume=96 |issue=46 |pages=14 and 42 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/80s/1984/BB-1984-11-24.pdf |access-date=April 5, 2024 |issn=0006-2510}}</ref> Additionally, it became her first number-one hit on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]].<ref name="Madonna40Biggest">{{cite magazine |last1=Caulfield |first1=Keith |title=Madonna's 40 biggest Billboard hits |url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/madonnas-40-biggest-billboard-hits/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=April 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211119184248/https://www.billboard.com/lists/madonnas-40-biggest-billboard-hits/ |archive-date=November 19, 2021 |date=August 16, 2017}}</ref> The accompanying [[music video]] was directed by [[Mary Lambert (director)|Mary Lambert]], and shows the singer sailing down the canals of [[Venice]] in a [[gondola]], and roaming around a castle in a white wedding dress.<ref name="LATMary">{{cite web |last1=Yamato |first1=Jen |title=Original 'Pet Sematary' director Mary Lambert on her horror classic, Madonna videos and meetings with Stephen King at Denny's |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-pet-sematary-mary-lambert-director-stephen-king-madonna-20190404-story.html |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=April 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404120612/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-pet-sematary-mary-lambert-director-stephen-king-madonna-20190404-story.html |archive-date=April 4, 2019 |date=April 4, 2019}}</ref><ref name="Kallen">{{harvnb|Kallen|2012|p=87}}</ref>

Second single "Material Girl" was first released in the US on November 30, whereas in Europe it was published on February 18, 1985.<ref>Citations regarding the release date of the "Material Girl" single:
*{{cite web |title=Madonna.com > Discography > Material Girl |url=http://madonna.com/discography/index/album/albumId/36/ |publisher=Icon: Official Madonna website |access-date=April 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100102052357/http://madonna.com/discography/index/album/albumId/36/ |archive-date=January 2, 2010}}
*{{cite web |title=Madonna - Material Girl |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/titel-details-1236 |publisher=GfK Entertainment charts |access-date=April 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151014092404/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/titel-details-1236 |archive-date=October 14, 2015 |language=nl}}
*{{cite web |title=Madonna - Material Girl |url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl///song/4d4/Madonna-Material-Girl |publisher=Ultratop 50 |access-date=April 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904083514/https://www.ultratop.be/nl///song/4d4/Madonna-Material-Girl |archive-date=September 4, 2014 |language=nl}}</ref> [[AllMusic]]'s [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] said it's one of the songs that made Madonna an icon, along with "Like a Virgin".<ref name="AllMusicLAV">{{cite web |last1=Erlewine |first1=Stephen Thomas |author1-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |title=Madonna > ''Like a Virgin'' > Overview |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/like-a-virgin-mw0000190879 |work=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=April 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120602091203/https://www.allmusic.com/album/like-a-virgin-mw0000190879 |archive-date=June 2, 2012 |date=November 12, 1984}}</ref> Commercially, it was successful, reaching the Hot 100's second spot, and the third spot of the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref name="Madonna40Biggest"/><ref name="UK" /> The music video, also directed by Lambert, is a homage to [[Marilyn Monroe]]'s performance of "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" from the 1953 film ''[[Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953 film)|Gentlemen Prefer Blondes]]''.<ref name="SlantVideos">{{cite web |title=Madonna's 25 greatest music videos |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/madonna-greatest-music-videos-ranked/ |work=Slant Magazine |access-date=April 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006153013/https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/madonna-greatest-music-videos-ranked/ |archive-date=October 6, 2022 |date=October 6, 2022}}</ref>

"Angel" was released as the third single on April 10, 1985.<ref>{{cite web |title=Madonna.com > Discography > Angel|url=http://madonna.com/discography/index/album/albumId/35/ |publisher=Icon: Official Madonna website |access-date=April 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100102062928/http://madonna.com/discography/index/album/albumId/35/ |archive-date=January 2, 2010}}</ref> It received generally mixed reviews from critics, with some calling it a "classic" and others deeming it sub-par compared to the singer's previous works.<ref>{{harvnb|Fouz-Hernández|Jarman-Ivens|2004|p=60}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Leland |first1=John |title=Singles |magazine=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |date=August 1985 |volume=1 |issue=4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TZaFMCee5HQC&pg=PA36 |access-date=April 7, 2024 |issn=0886-3032}}</ref> "Angel" became Madonna's fifth consecutive top-five single on the Hot 100.<ref name="Madonna40Biggest"/><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Grein |first1=Paul |title=Chart Beat |magazine=Billboard |date=June 29, 1095 |volume=97 |issue=26 |page=6 |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/80s/1985/BB-1985-06-29.pdf#page=6 |access-date=April 7, 2024 |issn=0006-2510}}</ref> "Into the Groove" was released in the UK on July 15.<ref name="DigITG">{{cite web |title=Into The Groove: The story behind Madonna's floor-filling song |url=https://www.thisisdig.com/feature/into-the-groove-madonna-song-story/ |publisher=This is Dig! |access-date=April 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220803105539/https://www.thisisdig.com/feature/into-the-groove-madonna-song-story/ |archive-date=August 3, 2022 |date=August 3, 2022}}</ref> It wasn't given a release in the US, instead it was issued as [[A-side and B-side|B-side]] to the 12-inch maxi-single of "Angel", thus was ineligible to enter the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Trust |first1=Gary |title=Weekly Chart Notes: Fall Out Boy covers … Fall Out Boy, Taylor Swift, Pink Floyd set marks |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/1559990/weekly-chart-notes-fall-out-boy-covers-fall-out-boy-taylor-swift |magazine=Billboard |access-date=April 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130601055543/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/1559990/weekly-chart-notes-fall-out-boy-covers-fall-out-boy-taylor-swift |archive-date=June 1, 2013 |date=April 28, 2013}}</ref> "Angel"/"Into the Groove" reached the first spot of the [[Dance Club Songs]] chart.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Murray |first1=Gordon |title=Madonna earns 48th No. 1 on Dance Club Songs Chart with 'I Rise' |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/madonna-48th-number-1-dance-club-songs-chart-i-rise/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=April 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108144853/https://www.billboard.com/pro/madonna-48th-number-1-dance-club-songs-chart-i-rise/ |archive-date=January 8, 2022 |date=August 23, 2018}}</ref> ''Billboard'' readers voted "Into the Groove" the best dance single from the 1980s decade.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Flick |first1=Larry |title=Michael Jackson, Madonna are top in 'Decade' poll |magazine=Billboard |date=May 26, 1990 |volume=102 |issue=21 |page=36 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1990/BB-1990-05-26.pdf#page=34 |access-date=April 7, 2024|issn=0006-2510 }}</ref>

Final single "Dress You Up" was released on July 24, 1985.<ref>{{cite web |title=Madonna.com > Discography > Dress You Up |url=http://madonna.com/discography/index/album/albumId/34/ |publisher=Icon: Official Madonna website |access-date=April 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100102061009/http://madonna.com/discography/index/album/albumId/34/ |archive-date=January 2, 2010}}</ref> Critics reacted positively towards the track, referring to it as irresistible.<ref name="SlantLAV">{{cite web |last1=Cinquemani |first1=Slant |title=Review: Madonna, ''Like a Virgin'' (Remaster) |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/madonna-like-a-virgin-remaster/ |website=Slant Magazine |access-date=April 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122034241/https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/madonna-like-a-virgin-remaster/ |archive-date=January 22, 2021 |date=September 9, 2001}}</ref> Despite positive feedback, "Dress You Up" was added to the [[Parents Music Resource Center]]'s "Filthy Fifteen" list due to perceived sexual innuendo in its lyrics.<ref name="RS15">{{cite magazine |last1=Grow |first1=Kory |title=PMRC's 'Filthy 15': Where are they now? |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/pmrcs-filthy-15-where-are-they-now-60601/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=April 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221210113808/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/pmrcs-filthy-15-where-are-they-now-60601/ |archive-date=December 10, 2022 |date=September 27, 2015}}</ref> It fared well commercially, reaching the fifth spot on both the Hot 100 and the UK Singles Chart.<ref name="Madonna40Biggest"/><ref name="UK" /> A [[Promotional recording|promotional]] two-sided [[Single (music)#7-inch format|7-inch single]] of "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" and "Over and Over" was released in Japan in March 1986.<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Love Don't Live Here Anymore / Over and Over|others=Madonna|year=1986|type=Japanese 7-inch single liner notes|publisher=[[Sire Records|Sire Japan]]|id=P-2041}}</ref>