Today officially marks 40 years of Madonna and ‘Everybody’ is celebrating
For fans of the ever-wild “Queen of Pop”, today is tantamount to a national holiday. And honestly, if we took a holiday, took some time to celebrate just one day out of life, it would be so nice.As of October 6th, Madonna‘s hit debut single “Everybody” has turned the big 4-0.
Looking back, it was a minor hit for her. Number three on the dance charts is nothing to scoff at for a debut — though it is a bit moreso for the singer who now has fifty number one dance chart singles spanning decades.For a track kicking off such an illustrious career, it really was just a cute little ’80s pop track about having everybody dance and sing.Get into the original groove:Related: Matthew Rettenmund on his 676-page ‘Encyclopedia Madonnica’, the much-dreaded Madonna biopic, and moreThe anniversary has folks reminiscing on the past forty years of her reign.
She’s kind of had it all; enduring hits, iconic beefs, cone bras and erotica and the one recent vagina NFT. A career this long is bound to have a couple misfires, okay?For the most part, people are just getting their nostalgia on.Let’s check in with the stans:40 years ago today, madonna debuted into her career… and the rest is history pic.twitter.com/8kSQ3Rt6Vh— pop culture moments (@notgwendalupe) October 6, 202240 years of madonna pic.twitter.com/IfGj1uRla3— Madonna Archive (@Madonnarchive) October 6, 2022Four decades of Madonna and every single one a complete and utter slayage. ✨#Madonna40 pic.twitter.com/EOxCQ2lD13— elly. (@bi_madge) October 6, 2022‘She cant be stopped’ – 40 Years of Madonna (thread) pic.twitter.com/sTwD62RRRM— (@QueenofPopMUSlC) October 6, 2022On this day 40 years ago, the biggest woman in music history made her debut with ‘Everybody’.
