• Source: List of cover versions of Madonna songs

      • Various musical artists have recorded covers of one or more songs written and recorded by American singer and songwriter Madonna. Many began covering her songs since her debut in the 1980s. These covers are in several different languages and genres, and some have received positive reviews from music critics and featured on record charts.
      With regard to being a source of numerous covers, Mayer Nissim of Digital Spy stated, that "her influence has spread like a spider web into the wider (and weirder) world of music". Similarly, Guinness World Records listed Madonna as the most remixed and sampled act, arguing, that "is a testament to just how incredibly influential she is". With covers from Glee: The Music, The Power of Madonna entering into Billboard charts in 2012, Gary Trust from the magazine said, that "Madonna's songs have found a place atop a Billboard ranking even when she's not singing them", adding also, that this reinforces, that her music "continues to reign among each new generation".
      A subject of diverse listicles, media outlets, such as Paste, StyleCaster, Rolling Stone, Digital Spy, and Stereogum have created best-of lists covers of Madonna songs. Writing for The Guardian, Peter Robinson noticed several covers made by male musicians, including Marilyn Manson, Marc Almond, KMFDM and Teenage Fanclub. One of the most commercially successful releases is the version of "Like a Prayer" by Mad'House, which marked the debut of the band and sold 2 million copies throughout Europe according to Dutch agent Jan Vis; in France alone, Charts in France reported sales of 326,000 copies as of 2014. Similarly, singers Kelly Osbourne ("Papa Don't Preach") and Cristina Scuccia ("Like a Virgin") made their musical debut covering a Madonna song. In 2023, the staff of Rolling Stone placed Miley Cyrus's rendition of "Like a Prayer" among her best 50 songs.


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      Selected list




      Charted cover songs




      See also


      List of Madonna tribute albums
      Dancemania Speed 6
      Like a Version


      Notes




      Sources




      Book sources



      Barcella, Laura (2012). Madonna and Me: Women Writers on the Queen of Pop. Soft Skull Press. ISBN 978-1-59376-475-3.
      Cooke, Mervyn; Ford, Fiona (2016). The Cambridge Companion to Film Music. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1107094512.
      Dimery, Robert (2011). 1001 Songs: You Must Hear Before You Die. Hachette UK. ISBN 978-1844037179.
      Forman-Brunell, Miriam (2001). Girlhood in America: A-G. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 1576072061.
      Janjatović, Petar (2001). Ilustrovana YU rock enciklopedija: 1960-2000 (in Bosnian).
      Kaplan, Arie (2012). American Pop: Hit Makers, Superstars, and Dance Revolutionaries. Twenty-First Century Book. ISBN 978-1467701488.
      Los Prieto Flores; Muguruza, Isa (2021). Madonna. Una biografía (in Spanish). Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial. ISBN 978-8417809829.
      Oleksy, Elżbieta H.; Rydzewska, Joanna (2004). Representing Gender in Cultures. Peter Lang. ISBN 0-820-46546-1.
      Reighley, Kurt (2015). Marilyn Manson. St. Martin's Publishing Group. ISBN 978-1250098764.
      Rolling Stone (2001). Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll: Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll. Touchstone Books. ISBN 0743201205.
      Saucerman, Linda (2004). Ozzy Osbourne and Kelly Osbourne. The Rosen Publishing Group. ISBN 1404202625.


      External links


      Official website
      Madonna at AllMusic
      Covers of Madonna songs and/or songs covered by Madonna on WhoSampled

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