Song · Madonna
“Justify My Love” by Madonna
Released 1990
“Justify My Love” by Madonna appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations in 1990. It was first released in 1990. Its best result is #53 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1990. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #99 alternative song of 1990.
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"Justify My Love" was the lead single from The Immaculate Collection, Madonna's first greatest-hits album, released in November 1990 on Sire and Warner Bros. Lenny Kravitz and Ingrid Chavez wrote it, Madonna added lyrics of her own, and Kravitz produced it with André Betts: a hazy blend of hip-hop, dance and trip-hop over which Madonna mostly speaks rather than sings, voicing sexual fantasies from the side of a woman fully in control.
It became her ninth number one on the Billboard Hot 100. The Jean-Baptiste Mondino video, shot in Paris as a tribute to the 1963 film Bay of Angels and co-starring her then-boyfriend Tony Ward, was banned by MTV for its sexual content; sold instead as a VHS single, it went multiplatinum in the US, something no short-form video had managed before.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 53 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1990 | 91 |
| 1990 | 59 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON | CFNY Top 90 Songs of 1990 | 90 |
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