LISTEN: You might not know Kylie Minogue has a sister. But she does! And this mashup she did with Madonna is a total bop
Neon Nights, which had produced three hit singles: “Who Do You Love Now?”, “Put the Needle on It”, and “I Begin To Wonder”, all of which made a notable impact in the European club scene and on various dance charts around the world.For the album’s fourth and final single, she decided to switch things up by releasing a remix.
While working on Neon Nights, Dannii co-wrote “Don’t Want To Lose This Feeling” with long-time collaborator Terry Ronald and a team of other writers.
For the single, however, she had the track mashed up with Madonna‘s “Into The Groove” by Al Stone of production team Smoothside.As the story goes, Dannii initially didn’t think Madonna would give her permission to sample her 1985 bop.
After all, she was just a dance-pop singer with a few club hits under her belt and who was arguably more famous for being someone’s sister than for her own music, and Madonna was the reigning Queen of Pop.As luck would have it, however, Madge was in the middle of promoting her album American Life in Europe when the ask came in and so she signed off on it, giving Dannii her blessing to use both a sample of the music and her vocals from the “Into The Groove.” (For a fee, of course.)As a longtime admirer of Madonna, Dannii later described getting her permission as “the biggest, most amazing thing.” (Fun fact: As a teenager, Dannii performed Madonna’s song “Angel” on the Australian variety show Young Talent Time.
