How did "Justify My Love" by MADONNA make it to mainstream radio?

[@infin8reactions]

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[@fuzzykyrra]

Making my way through your reaction vids - brilliant stuff! I was 15 years old when this song was released and bought the VHS video single when it was banned on TV like the dirty little bastard I was hehe. Your reaction was hilarious mate! Thanks for chuckles!

[@redmuttly75]

this was banned by mtv so she released it on vhs as a video single, it sold millions.

[@softshallow7435]

yes first ever star to do it. She created the concept of video single.

[@teralmiles]

“Yeah so lucky me”

[@crichards3533]

First time ever to have video single release. Still have my copy.

[@Ni00C]

This is her Majesty defending women's right to sexuality! ❤

[@infin8reactions]

Totally!! 😁👌

[@jennifersmith8046]

This video came out in 1990! Banned on TV so she sold it as a VHS single and sold millions- she said in an interview she wanted to show that all kinds of sexual fantasies are okay, not just heterosexual sexuality. She really pissed a lot people off with this one, but she was all about pushing boundaries, and not caring what the establishment thought. This was ahead of its time….. the reason female singers( Britney, Christina, Lady Gaga, etc) can be openly sexual in their videos is because of Madonna. She paved the way for people to express themselves the way they want!

[@todddepue681]

We basically did pay to see it! $9.99 i believe it was, for the first ever VHS video single. Famously banned by MTV, which led to her appearing on Nightline, a very serious ABC news show, to defend herself and explain her motivations...which she handled very well. She stood her ground, and unlike lesser artists of today, she never caved under the pressure and apologized for expressing herself.

[@infin8reactions]

Wow that's interesting! Thanks for sharing that info with me 😁 sounds like a peculiar situation back in the day !

[@TheBasedCanadian]

Her career never fully recovered in the US after this Lol

[@graphiquejack]

‘Yah, so lucky me!’ 🤣🤣🤣

[@kristianberg4264]

@@TheBasedCanadian-What are you talking about? This was not the work that caused problems, that would come later on her Erotica album & sex book.

[@maxsiqueira666]

owww.... Is that why she's on tour in the US now? @@TheBasedCanadian

[@JamesWood-ef1rg]

This was the beginning of Madonnas sexual revolution! She went there, the video could only be seen on MTV after midnight on MTV! and was sold on VHS video as a video single. It sold millions and went to Number 1 in the U.S.A and Number 2 in the United Kingdom! Madonna was pushing the envelope mixing sexuality and religious symbolism in the video the first person she was having fun with was a woman and the guy she met in the corridor was watching. His name was tony ward and they dated for a while he was in George Michaels fast love video too, Madonna caused a outrage with this tune, always pushing for gay equality etc. love her what a icon she is, great track and video but this was only the start, as Erotica and her sex book followed. Hence the words at the end poor is the man whos pleasures depend on the permission of another, meaning sexually it is ok to be straight gay trans bisexual. Art of the highest degree.

[@Matuteilcapo]

The best selling video in music history! She broke and rebuilt the rules and broke them again over and over again!! All Hail the Queen!

[@Guy-lo3ld]

One of all time favorite Madonna videos! The trsck is actually very unique as well

[@oceanlover3530]

We love a raunchy Madonna. Thanks for posting! ✌🏻👍🏻✌🏻

[@infin8reactions]

Haha deffo and you're welcome! 😁

[@tinkler4]

I remember this. Was banned on MTV. Was only played late at night on other cable network and ABC. It did top the US charts. Lenny Kravitz wrote the music and did the background vocals. Madonna wrote the lyrics.

[@JAA369]

“Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another”

[@Realparisgirl]

OMG! I'm actually crying from laughter. Your reactions and comments are awesome. Too funny

[@infin8reactions]

Lmao!! Glad you enjoy my videos!! 😂😂😂😂😂

[@graphiquejack]

Someone was getting… entertained. 🤣🤣🤣

[@lizziev4510]

Ok Lee… let me explain… when a mommy and a daddy love each other _very much…_

[@amd313]

This reaction is so fun to watch 😂😂😂. Lee you are blushing 😁

[@infin8reactions]

😂😂😂😂 I need a subscription! 😂😂😂

[@amd313]

@@infin8reactions 😂😂😂😂

[@graphiquejack]

Are we sure his blood rushed to his cheeks? 🤣🤣🤣

[@tapanim6576]

Madonna forever!

[@infin8reactions]

Can see why some people call her the queen 😁

[@danielgomez2933]

Your reaction is so funny!😄 I don´t want imagine when you see Erotica😂😂

[@infin8reactions]

I've reacted to it but it currently in copyright jail 😂😂😂

[@ednajoseph8601]

You’ve got the best reaction of this video I’ve ever seen. You had me crying laughing 😂. Brilliant!

[@claudeghanimeh1728]

BEST FEMALE VIDEO OF ALL TIME🎉 IT WAS RELEASED IN 1990❗️MADONNA PAVED THE WAY TO ALL THE ARTISTS 💯👌

[@moonstone1159]

This video was super controversial. But she brilliantly defended its artistic merit and freedom of artistic expression in interviews at the time. After this scandal, the soft-porn 'Erotica' video, followed by her coffee table book SEX, was even more controversial. People lost their minds about it and she was attacked relentlessly, as a result. Later, she would respond to her critics with the song and video "Human Nature." What an era! You're funny!

[@annacostanzo5307]

When this came out, she Hosted Saturday Night Live and they did a whole Wayne’s World skit along to this song.. hilarious.

[@annukkas]

Have to say, this was fun. 🤣 Being so confused and even embarrased and still trying to analyze the lyrics. So funny. 😅

[@infin8reactions]

😂😂😂 glad you got some enjoyment from my torment 😂😂😂😂

[@annukkas]

@@infin8reactions Definitely 🤣

[@sebastian5903]

this video is pure art! my favourite video!!! love it!

[@softshallow7435]

Lenny Kravitz wrote this for Madonna and did the backing vocals.

[@ValerioChiurchiu]

this is art. The song is amazing and it went to n.1

[@StephenMitchell-yw4od]

'Poor is the man whos pleasures depends on the permission of another' means don't let anyone judge you for what you do consensually for pleasure!

[@helenpeterson]

Great reaction Lee. I was laughing all the way through especially when u didnt pick up on the women in the video. When I first saw this video I was like u. I am no prude and I was shocked but that is what Madonna likes to do.

[@infin8reactions]

Haha the amount of people who have told me it was a woman is funny to me 😂😂😂😂 glad you enjoyed the reaction! 😁

[@helenpeterson]

@@infin8reactions always enjoy your reactions.

[@softshallow7435]

This was when Madonna grew up if you wanna call it. By the way that earlier dude was a woman. This song was a precursor for her Erotica sound.

[@Johnnyboytoy12]

Nervous laughing level: 10/10

[@dalee72]

That was a woman who was on top of Madonna kissing her. Her name is Amanda Cazule. She was also the woman who was being caressed by the male model Tony Ward towards the end of the music video. He was Madonna's boyfriend at the time. The backing beats were sampled from a James Brown song which the rap group Public Enemy used as well.

[@foxesamu]

This was a hilarious reaction 😂

[@infin8reactions]

😂😂😂😂😂 thanks!! 😁

[@bexyweewaggys]

She paved the way for all of these other female artists to push the boundaries and be sexual. I do find it amusing that you're so shocked when you see the kind of videos that cardi b puts out 😅 in comparison this is classy silent movie 1920s erotic art and Madonna was called a witch and a s*** and throughout this period was subject to massive insults and degradation by the media. She took one of the biggest creative risks any artist has ever taken she was already top of her game and she risked losing everything under right wing American morality. The female singers today are singing about me too in a world when they don't need to it's almost preaching to the converted converted. You will be very very shocked by erotica especially if you watch the x-rated version. She then turned it all around with Evita I just don't think we fully comprehend how amazing this woman 😊

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Thanks for the bio!!! And to be fair, I've never watched a cardi b video or ever listened to their music lol 😂😂😂

[@graphiquejack]

@@infin8reactionsunless you paid a subscription for it 🤣

[@MrJ0NE5]

In the twilight of the 20th century, specifically around September or October of 1990, a provocative music video titled "Justify My Love" made waves in the global entertainment scene. The audacious video, produced by the pop icon Madonna, was so controversial that it drew a ban from the popular music channel MTV, turning it into a hot topic for media outlets worldwide. The banishment of the video from television sparked a maelstrom of controversy, propelling it to the front pages of newspapers and becoming a subject of intense discussion in international markets. Madonna's audacious creative endeavor had crafted a visual narrative that was deemed too bold for TV, consequently inciting her ire. However, this seeming setback didn't deter the music icon. In an innovative marketing move, Madonna circumvented the TV ban by releasing the video in VCR format, a strategy rarely adopted for music videos at the time. Priced at $10 a copy, the video single was sold directly to the public and ended up being an unprecedented financial success. This unique distribution method not only generated substantial revenue but also marked it as one of the first video singles to leverage this marketing strategy. Yet, the controversy surrounding the video didn't quell. The public responded fiercely, with some even going as far as to label Madonna as a threat to younger generations. Publications were churning out extensive articles on safeguarding children from her influence, and no matter where one turned, Madonna was omnipresent. Her audacious actions, whether they were seen or simply heard of, were the subject of constant media scrutiny, making her a recurrent figure in headlines. Madonna's daring approach to her music and public image was something that had rarely been seen before, especially from a woman in the music industry. Despite the uproar, she was unflinching in her resolve, breaking barriers and challenging norms, and in doing so, she undeniably paved the way for future women in the industry.

[@gabrielh815]

Check "Deeper and Deeper"

[@tomasperezgonzalez7055]

Masterpiece

[@Johnnyboytoy12]

You can actually see him blushing as the video progresses. hahaha

[@tateurdina]

Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another

[@northernstar7162]

The video: In short, she went to a hotel room ☆rgy/👀 show, the other man is actually another woman, she didn't do s3x with the man, it was the camera angle and I believe that the dark dancing figure is to represent sin as she was very much labelled a sinner by the church back in those days for being too sexy and pushing boundaries. I was a huge Madonna fan back then, a lot less so these days but she is still a legend for all the work she has put out over the years. Btw, Lenny Kravitz wrote this track and it's his voice you can hear in the background.

[@Dammm2503]

My favourite music video ever!

[@caranofarusoliveirasousafa844]

MADONNA ❤❤❤❤

[@timothydeweese6931]

The ealier "dude" is Ingrid Cesare in drag. She was one of Madonna 's playmates at the time.

[@ITHINKDAFUCKNOTYOUTRICKASSBITC]

the Cuban Lezb0

[@crichards3533]

This was the first video single to be released. This was banned on all terrestrial tv platforms.

[@d.r.rothschild6354]

The "earlier dude" was a woman

[@ToddJumper]

This song got me through puberty.

[@MichelKulmann]

I still have my VHS video single of Justify My Love released back in 1990. It is a shame they have censored the niples on the Celebration DVD.

[@Vertigotheatre1]

Lol earlier 'dude' is a woman.

[@JadeK297]

It’s always so funny how many people miss that fact. They are even wearing a bra lol 😂

[@martykey1574]

This was released at midnight New Years Eve 91, I was in a Club in Austen Texas called Back street and this came on the theatre screen everyone stopped and watched it was pretty raunchy until Erotica hit a few years later

[@Realparisgirl]

"Madonna got a headache". I can't 😂

[@infin8reactions]

😂😂😂😂😂😂 say what you see eh? 😁

[@davidbarnes1113]

I still have my VHS single Copt till this day. I’ve had folks offer to buy it 😂

[@rayraus]

Perfeito 🤩

[@Kelly30stm]

You've not seen her truth or dare video or her sex book. 🤣 The 90's were wild. Or so I heard. I'm still 24.

[@infin8reactions]

Lies!! 😂😂😂😂

[@mickypescatore9656]

Hi, Lee! Oooooh, you poor boy! I know that was a bit crazy. The 90 `ies ....... It was always important to Madonna to look at things (including sex) artistically, but also to address them. Especially because she has an ambivalent relationship with the Catholic Church. She has dealt a lot with the topic of “sin” and always wanted to rebel against it. She just made it a bold and provocative thing, in a very aesthetic artistic way. She has also become very “emancipated”. Very cool!

[@SuperQueenMadonna]

That wasn’t another dude, 😂

[@infin8reactions]

Haha so many people are telling me so 😂😂😂 mind you, it was a lot to take in on a first listen 😂😂😂

[@luispineda9255]

I love how MADONNA makes people uncomfortable while watching what is really human nature. We all have sex. The moral police really had their panties in a bunch lmfao 😂

[@StacyPledge]

Hahaha, that was hilarious. Bless you, you were blushing 😂😂😂💯

[@infin8reactions]

Felt like I needed to watch that after midnight 😂😂😂😂

[@StacyPledge]

​@@infin8reactions 😂😂😂

[@alexedi]

it also has tinges of Kubrick`s The Shining, with the haunted Overlook Hotel, I think that was also an inspiration - sexed up, of course. Content aside, this is an incredibly well filmed video. A cult classic, as they say. Trivia: the cooing male vocals in the backgroumd - Lenny Kravitz. Nice reaction :)

[@ITHINKDAFUCKNOTYOUTRICKASSBITC]

and you know copycat Beyonce copied this step by step

[@andreiandrei6493]

Madonna ❤

[@bazkeen]

Fatal Attraction will always be known as The Bunny Boiler Movie 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@infin8reactions]

FACTS!!! 😂😂😂😂😂

[@JohnPaul-hm2ys]

I loved this stage of Madonna. She just needed a change. Just dirtier than Christina. My favorite video from the time is Human Nature. One of my performance buddies is one of the dancers in that, so I do have a little prejudice. I actually have an unopened copy of the S.E.X books and an open copy for people to peruse. Madonna was not shy, an attribute Big Daddy Kane shared

[@jessicaadams1479]

My best friend loved Madonna and I got him a copy of the sex book. It was awesome! I loved the cover being metal, didn’t expect it at all.

[@JohnPaul-hm2ys]

@@jessicaadams1479 I was a really great concept piece.

[@stephencrellin3088]

It was number 2 in the charts

[@MiguelMikeLopez]

What I most enjoy between you and Madonna, is your laughing 😂❤. It's contagious 🤗

[@elektrobix]

Just wait till you see erotica! 😂 (And be sure to check out ‘Human Nature’ afterwards for her response to the massive backlash she received 😋

[@infin8reactions]

Erotica is coming 😂😂😂😂😂

[@j.c6204]

Basic instinct 😊

[@resonantstorm771]

Seems so visually mild now, compared to videos like WAP or Cobra or, or, or...

[@DarkshadowKY]

She was kissing a woman while he was watching. It was banned on MTV because of a "lesbian" kiss. It was a crazy time, but Madonna paved the way for future generations of women.

[@Zlatkohmmm]

you got to see Madonna - Erotica :)

[@cleberquadros]

The American Puritanism banned this masterpiece from mtv. If you think this is controversial nowadays, imagine 30 years ago. It was the beginning of a pop culture revolution!

[@Robinsonpawlack]

😆😆

[@bar5radass]

I think your head would explode if you checked out Erotica! 😂

[@hallson2917]

Beacause all wsan´t so commersialized then:P

[@SunShine-qk4rb]

Lee Have you reacted to Madonna Human Nature?

[@WilUnleashed]

Looking back, while the song was played on radio, I don't feel it was played as much as her past hits. I think this charted the way it did, due to the sales of the single and video single. She just came off the huge hit Vogue and JML was part of her very first "Greatest Hits" Immaculate Collection. Lenny Kravitz was starting to get a lot of attention as well, so I'm sure it played part in it's commercial success. The song wasn't so much the problem as much as the video was though. But if anything, she helped Hip Hop become more mainstream.

[@infin8reactions]

Thanks for the mini history will, it made an interesting read

[@markhenderson7634]

I may be wrong but the Earlier "dude' is a women with a drawn on mustache

[@purpledragonfly313]

Haha, this was fun :D This was an earth quake when it came out. MTV banned it, we ran out to buy the single on VHS (first time that happened to a single), after a while you could see it between 2 AM and 3 AM, haha :P It was different, it was fun and over the top sexy, nobody could do it but her. Then came Erotica... Books sold in silver packing and kept under the counter in the music store, music and video for Erotica too hot to handle for press and MTV. Again. Fun times! Then there was a Madonna backlash and she got SO much sh**, but she kept going like she always does. Human Nature from Bedtime Stories is a great one to see and listen to after Erotica (it had a lot of great songs on it, but was very underrated at the time).

[@MisterCiccone]

This was only the beginning... after this came 'Erotica' and her book SEX. I can't believe after more than 30 years this is still controversial. This is not porn, this is so classy you don't see anything, it's all suggestive. I bought the single video to watch it on VHS.

[@rumunek7729]

Next one ( Rescue me ) doesn't have a video, DON'T miss it .

[@PINK66FM]

The beat is from an early My Bloody Valentine song, later sampled by Public Enemy (1988), then Lenny Kravitz, who was dating Madonna at the time, got permission to use the beat and that male voice you hear in the background of the whole song? Yea, That's Lenny, he's got a producer credit. The song and the video are about sexual freedom. MTV banned the video back in 1990, it is tame by todays standards. In 1990, heaven forbid, people be told they have all the sexual freedom they want. So Madonna released it on VHS and it went platinum. One of the biggest selling VHS's of all time. Good job Madonna. I mean, No way Brits are this prudish. Was it for effect?

[@pollyxoxo-j8b]

and to think this vedio was banned for "being too sexy"! lol now days people can hump the floor be half naked and still its OK

[@thebeardedseeker5633]

It's funny, and kinda strange, to see younger generations seemingly cringe when they see videos like this. You'd think growing up with the internet they would've stumbled upon a lot of stuff they shouldn't have, as opposed to us old Gen Xers whose only option was to find our dad's stash of Playboy.

[@lizziev4510]

I feel like I have to ask… would you listen to the song if you were blind?

[@teralmiles]

If that’s the reaction of a straight guy in 2023, you can see how it was banned by MTV 33 years earlier. 😂

[@Dreams4U2]

I'm not sure, but this guy looks a lot like her daughter's father.

[@renenielsen92]

heddes, she certainly has a type. itsTony Ward though they dated for a while.

[@FindingMadonna]

Similar yeah. This was Tony Ward, who she met when he appeared in her Cherish video. They dated for a minute. HOT couple.

[@gopies1456]

Funny thing is that the other dude your taking about was a women lol! The guy watching Madonna make out on a bed was actually with another woman NOT a man 😂

[@Thomas-mc1jw]

that other dude was actually a woman haha. madonna is very marlene dietrich here

[@itsakittyting]

Yeah I kinda fell out of love with Madonna when this came out...the song is okay but the album was not my cup of tea

[@FindingMadonna]

This was a new song on her first greatest hits album The Immaculate Collection. Maybe you're thinking of her next album Erotica?

[@magaliedeconto1682]

So sad there is not "OH FATHER". So sad, don't understand.....

[@magaliedeconto1682]

@@Raider714 ok thanks 😢

[@allenrenfro8837]

The video is racy, but the lyrics are sexy, I don't hear anything in the lyrics that would merit it being banned from radio.

[@lucien839]

Lol your reaction was funny to see, brace yourself for erotica 🤭

[@infin8reactions]

Haha I've done erotica.... It's in copyright jail currently 😁

[@lucien839]

You're kidding, well hopefully it won't be in jail too long lol will be fun to see your next reaction 🤭

[@randyhunsuckerhunziker]

I was 21 when this came out. Was a full blown international scandal that made top news headlines. BTW, “the dude”, the second one, is a woman.

[@ShaneSpears6969]

Are ppl that shocked with this video. I mean have they not seen porn lol I always love how vanilla ppl are and what shocks them. I guess I've done and seen everything , this video is def G rated for me. Like a child getting shocked at this i would kind of get. But adults 🥱🤨🙄🤭