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Chaps, it looks like Madonna's made a very good pop song

  • November 28, 2014
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Well there was always a chance the new Madonna stuff would be really good and it's starting to look like she might have pulled it off. We know this sort of talk is deeply irre­spons­ible but if you give this just-leaked snippet of 'Rebel Heart' a bit of a listen…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5GEhqxM9ls

…is it too much of a stretch to say you can hear a nod to 'Call The Shots' and a nod to 'With Every Heartbeat' and a nod to Madonna's best (or second-best depending on your mood) album, 'American Life', ie three of the best pop things of the last twenty years?

Let's explain using science:

rebel-hert-triangle

This single could be really good, right?

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