"Borderline" presented a change in Madonna's normal vocal tone. The passion that she put into that song, I thought, there's no stopping this girl". Upon hearing the final version, Seymour Stein, head of Sire Records, declared, "I dared to believe this was going to be huge beyond belief, the biggest thing I'd ever had, after I heard 'Borderline'. The singer asked Funhouse DJ John "Jellybean" Benitez to remix "Borderline" and two of the other recorded tracks. This led to a dispute between the two and, after finishing the album, Lucas left the project without altering the songs to Madonna's specifications. Madonna and Lucas had a meeting at the loft apartment of her then-boyfriend, artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, and he brought two of his own compositions, "Borderline" and "Physical Attraction." Īfter recording "Borderline" in February 1983, Madonna was unhappy with the final version, feeling that Lucas used too many instruments and did not consider her ideas. Madonna had already composed three songs when Warner Brothers contacted producer Reggie Lucas about working on her debut album. Madonna performing the song with an electric guitar during the Sticky & Sweet Tour (2008) Madonna performed the song in two of her concert tours: Virgin (1985) and Sticky & Sweet (2008) it has been covered by artists such as Duffy, Jody Watley, Counting Crows and The Flaming Lips. According to some critics, the video helped establish Madonna's early success, and she was credited for resisting the taboo of interracial relationships within it. It generated academic interest for its use of power as symbolism. The accompanying music video portrayed Madonna as the girlfriend of a Hispanic man, to whom she returns after being enticed to pose and model for a white photographer. The song reached the top 10 or 20 in numerous European nations, while topping the singles chart of Ireland. In the United Kingdom, it peaked at number two after it was re-released as a single in 1986. In the United States, "Borderline" became Madonna's first top-ten hit on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number ten in June 1984. It received critical acclaim contemporary critics and authors called it the most harmonically complex track from Madonna, and lauded the singer's vocals. Lyrically, the track talks about an unfulfilled love and finds the singer using refined and expressive vocals. Written and composed by its producer Reggie Lucas, the song was remixed by Madonna's then-boyfriend John "Jellybean" Benitez.
It was released on February 15, 1984, by Sire Records as the album's fifth single and, years later, was also included on the singer's greatest hits albums The Immaculate Collection (1990) and Celebration (2009).
" Borderline" is a song by American singer Madonna from her 1983 self-titled debut studio album.
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