Rescue Me (song)

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Rescue Me
Cover
Madonna
publication February 25, 1991
length 5:31
Genre (s) Pop , dance
Author (s) Madonna , Shep Pettibone
album The Immaculate Collection

Rescue Me is a pop song by the American pop singer Madonna . It was released in February 1991 as the second single from their greatest hits album The Immaculate Collection (1990). In the UK , the song was released in April 1991 as the third single on the album.

Information about the song

The text of the song speaks of the salvation of a person through love. In desperate words, the singer wants to be rescued from her current situation by a loved one and saved ( Save me, it's hard to believe that I'm drowning, baby, throw me your rope ). The song wasn't released in the UK until April 1991, after the remix version of Crazy for You was released in February of that year . For the remix version of Rescue Me , vocal excerpts from True Blue , Open Your Heart , Justify My Love and Vogue were used.

Commercial win

Rescue Me debuted on March 2, 1991 at number 15 on the American Billboard Hot 100 , which is the highest entry since Michael Jackson's debut with Thriller on February 11, 1984 at number 20.

Rescue Me peaked at # 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was another top ten hit for Madonna in the US. On May 24, 1991, the single was awarded gold by the RIAA . Rescue Me went straight to number 3 in the UK charts with 134,764 units sold. A video of the song's appearance four years earlier on the Who's That Girl tour was used to promote the single. Otherwise, Rescue Me became a top success for Madonna worldwide with many top 5 placements.

Charts

Charts Top ranking Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK) Germany (GfK) 21st (13 weeks) 13
Switzerland (IFPI) Switzerland (IFPI) 11 (9 weeks) 9
United Kingdom (OCC) United Kingdom (OCC) 3 (9 weeks) 9
United States (Billboard) United States (Billboard) 9 (8 weeks) 8th

Cover versions

In 2000 Adeva recorded a cover version of Rescue Me .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. release date
  2. magistrix.de  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.magistrix.de  
  3. Madonna database , riaa.com
  4. a b c d Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US