Since I wasn't here for Madonna's 50th birthday...

[Coventina]

I'm going to list Madonna's all time 50 greatest songs!! I'm going to include re-mixes, since some of them (IMHO) are better than the originals.

Madonna haters, flame away, I won't bother to respond. Here, I'll even give you the most obvious, "Madonna has 50 great songs?!?!?"

Okay, here I go!

1. Ray of Light (Album version or Radio edit)
2. Music Inferno ("Music" as performed on her "Confessions" tour)
3. Like A Virgin (over-played, but one of the greatest pop songs ever)
4. American Life (becomes more true to life each passing day)
5. Human Nature (I'm not your bitch, don't hang your sh*t on me!)
6. Express Yourself (got me through a painful break-up)
7. Holiday
8. Love Profusion (I'm especially fond of the Rock Mix)
9. Hung Up
10. Like It Or Not (probably her best statement about herself & her career)
11. Drowned World/Substitute for Love (2nd best statement about herself)
12. Vogue (album version - one of the greatest dance records of all time)
13. American Life (as done live on the Re-invention tour)
14. Imagine (cover of Lennon's song on the Re-invention tour)
15. Hollywood (Madonna's admission that it never worked out for her)
16. Physical Attration (a burning slow groove that still smokes)
17. Waiting (one of the few good tracks from the mostly-bad Erotica)
18. Burning Up (silly, but lots of fun)
19. Nothing Really Matters (Club 69 Speed Mix)
20. Material Girl
21. Like A Prayer (album version - another stand-out song & video)
22. Music (any version, all the mixes are great!)
23. La Isla Bonita
24. Everybody (her first single, and still makes me dance & sing)
25. X-Static Process (I think American Life is her masterwork)
26. Don't Stop (makes me want to do "The Bump")
27. Future Lovers (one of my favs from COADF)
28. Candy Perfume Girl (one of my favs from Ray of Light)
29. Erotica (as done live on the Confessions tour - better than the original)
30. Lucky Star (as done live on the Confessions tour)
31. Frozen (album version or edit - got me through another failed romance)
32. Take a Bow (another great broken heart song)
33. What It Feels Like For A Girl
34. Lucky Star (another great pop song)
35. Into the Groove (the ORIGINAL mix!!)
36. Live to Tell (as performed live on the Confessions tour - completely misunderstood by the fundies)
37. Borderline
38. Justify My Love (I didn't like it originally, but it's grown on me)
39. Dress You Up
40. Shoo-Be-Doo (one of my favs from Like A Virgin)
41. Runaway Lover (one of my favs from Music)
42. Nobody Knows Me (one of her best - should have been a single)
43. Secret (album version)
44. The Power Of Goodbye
45. Intervention (from American Life)
46. Easy Ride (from American Life)
47. Bedtime Story
48. Open Your Heart
49. Get Together (an overlooked gem from COADF)
50. Sorry (The Pet Shop Boys' mix)