Madonna ‘s “Cherish” sounds like a normal, if abnormally infectious, hit song. Notably, the Material Girl said she was not in a normal frame of mind when she wrote it. The track has an interesting connection to several other Madonna hits.

Madonna revealed what she thinks when she writes hit songs In the late 1980s, Madonna’s image became even more provocative. With the release of her album Like a Prayer , the singer attacked the church with the album’s title track, embraced feminism with “Express Yourself,” and denounced her father in the tune “Oh Father.” One of the least inflammatory tracks on the album is the peppy love song “Cherish.

” While much of Like a Prayer sounded current and hip, “Cherish” sounds like it’s from the 1950s or early 1960s. During a 1991 interview with Rolling Stone , Carrie Fisher asked Madonna if she had ever written tunes during a manic high. “I have written songs in that state,” she replied.

The Star Wars actor then asked Madonna if she wrote “Cherish” during such a state. “Yeah, in a super-hyper-positive state of mind that I knew was not going to last,” she said. Interestingly, Madonna penned “Cherish” with Patrick Leonard.

Leonard is the same unsung musical genius who co-wrote “Like a Prayer,” “Frozen,” and “La Isla Bonita.” The Material Girl said she wrote all of her sad songs with Leonard. That’s an odd comment since “Cherish” is one of her sweetest bubblegum songs.

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