Artist	Song
Tori Amos	Like A Prayer
from Hammersmith Apollo, London, U.K. 6/4/05 (2005)
Berlin	Live to Tell
from Virgin Voices - A Tribute to Madonna (2005)
A Flock of Seagulls	This Used To Be My Playground
from The World's Greatest 80's Tribute to Madonna (2006)
Ofra Haza	Open Your Heart (Die Krupps Remix)
from Virgin Voices - A Tribute to Madonna (2005)
Information Society	Express Yourself
from Essential '80s Masters (1999)
John Wesley Harding	Like a Prayer (Album Version)
from God Made Me Do It: The Christmas EP (1989)
KMFDM	Material Girl
from Industrial Metal For Fitness (1999)
Loop Guru	Cherish
from Virgin Voices - A Tribute to Madonna (2005)
Chester	crazy for You
from Something's Gotta Change (2001)

Comment:

Madonna's musical tentacles snake out not only across [i]genres[/i], but also across [i]generations[/i] — the only glue holding this playlist of Madonna covers together is the gravitational influence of an artist who pulls everything into her orbit. Kelly Osbourne's hard-rock, fuzz-drenched version of "Papa Don't Preach", recorded with Mike Einziger and Jose Pasillas from Incubus (and produced by brother Jack Osbourne), carries a bludgeon where A Flock of Seagulls' slightly sinister, retro-new wave take on "This Used to Be My Playground" prefers the scalpel. And whereas Jody Watley approaches "Borderline" from the cocktail lounge, Showoff comes at it from the skate-park. From Atom and His Package's synth-slathered take on "Open Your Heart" to worldbeat/techno fusion duo Loop Guru's off-centre cover of "Cherish", these tracks take liberties with — but never wholly elude — their source.

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