Ghosttown
Madonna
2015
Annual listening-list association, not an original-release-date field. Original release year reconciled with reviewed recording-specific Artist Essentials evidence in v3.6.
Release: 2014
Release: 2014Source checked | Recent carryover
V3.6 reconciles the original release year with the reviewed Artist Essentials entry for this exact retained recording ID. Year precision is used; an album-first release is not silently replaced by a later single, reissue or annual-list year. The finished original recording was officially available to buy and stream in December 2014, before the 2015 album, single promotion and retained annual association. The earlier supplied year 2015 is retained in the attribute-change audit.
The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.
Owner-supplied release annotations
Reported dates in 2015.html. Not independently established; neighboring dates can reflect album/single or regional differences.
Rebel Heart - contemporaneous official six-song advance release
The December 2014 announcement explicitly makes Living for Love and Ghosttown available as official purchases/streams among six finished tracks before the 2015 album. Unfinished leaked demos and the inconsistent day in the page header are not the selected releases.
Rebel Heart - official original album catalog
Documents the original 2015 album. Parent album contains Living for Love and Ghosttown; both were officially released in the six-track December 2014 advance, so the album's 2015 date is not their first release.
Inspiration and background
Supplied note - not independently verified
This note came with the supplied collection and has not been independently verified.
The song explores themes of love and survival in a post-apocalyptic world.
Evidence scope: Attributed owner-supplied note; NOT independently verified songwriter testimony
Sources for this information
Owner-supplied 2015.html, position 141
Original annotation, retained with an explicit unverified label
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Textual recording candidate, not an audio fingerprint or pressing-level verification.
An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
Supplied annual selection; independent annual corroboration remains open
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Owner-supplied 2015.html
Supplied annual selection, not independently corroborated.
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