While there is some trauma surrounding Madonna’s release of ‘Secret’ thirty years ago today, there is also celebration, as in this whirling remix by legendary DJ Junior Vasquez – then Madonna’s premiere remix collaborator (a title he would hold until reportedly pissing her off with that ill-advised ‘If Madonna Calls’ track, wherein he used a recording of her answering machine message to him without her knowledge or approval). Remixes like this primed the club kids in the years leading up to the ‘Ray of Light’ album, and would bridge the dips and troughs of her career; Madonna has always found safety and salvation on the dance floor – see her epic legacy of club hits. As for whether I danced to this in the club when it came out, I must sadly admit that no, it never happened.
That doesn’t mean we can’t dance now.
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