Madonna ‘s songs have provoked many controversies over the years, but only one was accused of promoting violence against women. The Material Girl interpreted the track differently. Notably, the tune in question was from a hit movie that starred Madonna and a major movie star she was dating at the time.
Madonna wrote a controversial song at the request of Warren Beatty One of Madonna’s most famous movie roles was the femme fatale Breathless Mahoney in the comic book adventure Dick Tracy . In that film, Madonna’s then-boyfriend Warren Beatty played the title character. The film inspired the album I’m Breathless , which is most known for the house song “Vogue.
” I’m Breathless also included another hit single: the jazz tune “Hanky Panky.” “Hanky Panky” is a rather risque paen to ..
. spanking. Madonna co-wrote the tune with Patrick Leonard .
During a 1991 interview with Rolling Stone , she said she wrote all her sad songs with Leonard, such as “Live to Tell.” That’s odd, considering that “Hanky Panky” has an upbeat sound and lyrics that aren’t serious. The Queen of Pop explained “Hanky Panky.
” “The spanking thing started because I believed that my character in Dick Tracy liked to get smacked around and that’s why she hung around with people like Al Pacino’s character,” she said. “Warren asked me to write some songs, and one of them — the hanky-panky song — was about that. I say in the song, ‘Nothing like a good spanky,’ and i.
