DEDICATED TO NILE RODGERS
Last Friday I felt privileged to see Nile Rodgers and Chic perform live in Buenos Aires. They were opening act for the Pet Shop Boys. I was plesantly surprised at the close contact he kept with the audience, and most of all his humbleness, this guy is pretty much a living legend in the pop music industry. They sounded as funky as ever, this man is 57 years old and had more energy than me!
The band played some Chic songs like “Le Freak”, “Good Times” and did a great mash-up of their “Soup For One” with Modjo’s “Lady” which sampled from the track. The band also played songs from other artists which Nile produced, such as Sister’s Sledge “We Are Family”, “Thinking Of You”, Diana Ross’ “I’m Coming Out”, David Bowie’s “Let’s Dance”, and Madonna’s “Like A Virgin”.
All in all, his show was a shot of good vibes, funk, and humbleness.
Thanks for the music!
Biography
Influential guitarist, songwriter and producer, born 19 September 1952 in New York City. A leading light of the disco scene in the late 1970’s, he recorded as part of Chic and with bandmate Bernard Edwards produced many of the most popular and memorable disco hits of the 1970’s and 1980’s. You can take a look at the entry Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers for a more complete list of their works together. Rodgers produced artists like Sister Sledge, Diana Ross, David Bowie, Madonna, Duran Duran, Mick Jagger, INXS, Thompson Twins, Grace Jones, B-52’s, The and Beavis & Butt-Head and is responsible as either artist, producer or writer of songs that have accounted for sales of over 100,000,000 records.
Rodgers is also the first African-American to own his own national music distribution company Sumthing Else MusicWorks, Inc., which is a leader in the distribution of video game soundtracks.
Nile produced the entire “Like A Virgin” album, playing guitar on all tracks and the synclavier on “Material Girl” and “Stay”. As a producer, this collaboration was among his biggest achievements.
Song Information
“Like a Virgin” is the first single by Madonna from the homonymous album and was released on November 6, 1984 by Sire Records.
The song slammed onto the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart the week of November 17, 1984 at #48, and shot up the chart rapidly, reaching #1 by its sixth week, December 22, 1984. It was the first of four top five singles from the album. “Like a Virgin” remained in the Top 10 for nine weeks, in the Top 20 for eleven weeks, and in the Top 40 for fourteen weeks.
Internationally, the song was a Top 5 hit and reached the top spot in numerous countries. In the UK it was a massive hit reaching No.3 and selling over 760,000 copies, becoming Madonna’s second best-selling single in the UK to date. It was her first number one single in Australia, Canada and Japan.
The Remix/Edit
There was no 7″ remix released for “Like A Virgin”, the album version was the hit version. An extended dance remix for the 12″ single was commissioned to John “Jellybean” Benitez.
Six years later, a remix was done by Shep Pettibone for 1990’s “The Immaculate Collection“. Since all these versions are easily obtainable, I thought it more fun to include an edited version of the dance mix I did years ago.
Hope you enjoy it!
Label:
Sire Records Company
Track Listing and Details:
1. Like A Virgin (Remix/Edit) (4:00) (unofficial)
Rip Information:
Source: CD
Format: mp3
Bitrate: 320 kbps
Password: steptothebeat
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