Open Your Heart
Madonna | Artist Essentials
First released: 1986 (year verified)
Original 1986 studio recording
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First released: 1986 (year verified)
The selected original recording is documented on True Blue (1986). Year precision does not substitute a later single, video, remaster or annual-list date.
Recording: Original 1986 studio recording
Credit: Madonna
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original album: True Blue
True Blue - official original album catalog
Documents the original 1986 album. Original album membership includes Live to Tell, Papa Don't Preach, Open Your Heart, True Blue and La Isla Bonita. Later single years do not move these album recordings. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
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About Madonna
Madonna is a singer, songwriter and producer whose first single, Everybody, appeared in 1982. Her early albums connect dance rhythms with concise pop songs; later records range from the ballads of Bedtime Stories to the electronic settings of Ray of Light and Music. Film work added songs such as Crazy for You and You Must Love Me to her catalog. More recent collaborations include Medellín with Maluma and Popular with The Weeknd and Playboi Carti, extending the range of voices around her.
Artist background sources
Everybody - official original single release history
Explicitly identifies Everybody as the first commercial Madonna single and states that the original 12-inch was released in fall 1982, before its inclusion on the 1983 debut album. It separately identifies the dub version and credits original producer Mark Kamins. Year precision avoids equating chart debut with first release. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Madonna - official original album catalog
Documents the original 1983 album. The original track list includes Holiday, Borderline, Lucky Star and Burning Up. Its account of Everybody's late-1982 chart appearance is not used as independent release-date evidence; the separate original-single page supports Everybody's first release. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Bedtime Stories - official original album catalog
Documents the original 1994 album. Original album contains Secret, Take a Bow, Human Nature and Bedtime Story; subsequent singles and videos are later associations. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Ray of Light - official original album catalog
Documents the original 1998 album. Original album contains Frozen, Ray of Light, Drowned World/Substitute for Love, The Power of Good-bye and Nothing Really Matters. The producer credits include William Orbit. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Music - official original album catalog
Documents the original 2000 album. Original album contains Music, Don't Tell Me, What It Feels Like for a Girl and Impressive Instant. Later single or dance-remix releases are not substituted for the selected original performances. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Crazy for You - official original single history
Identifies the original 1985 Vision Quest recording and single. Its separate 1991 UK reissue and later track-list additions do not change the original release year. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
You Must Love Me - official original single catalog
Identifies the original Madonna studio single for Evita in 1996, distinct from later stage, tour and concert performances. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
4 Minutes - contemporaneous official single announcement
The April 2008 announcement confirms 4 Minutes had already been released before the scheduled Hard Candy album; it names Justin Timberlake and Timbaland as collaborators. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Madame X and Medellín - contemporaneous Interscope/Universal announcement
The April 17, 2019 label announcement makes Medellín with Maluma available to download and stream before the June album, and lists God Control on that original album. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Popular - Republic/XO/Apple Music original single metadata
The original June 2023 single credits The Weeknd and Madonna as lead artists and Playboi Carti as featured. Its full original collaboration is retained even though the annual catalog orders those names differently. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-17. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
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