Madonna (Alisha Chinai album)

1989 studio album by Alisha

Madonna

Studio album by

Alisha

Released| 1989
Studio| Old Court House Street, Calcutta
Genre| Indipop
Length| 34:10
Label| Gramophone Company India
Producer| Rajesh Jhaveri
Alisha chronology
| Babydoll
(1988)  | Madonna
(1989)  | Kamasutra
(1990)

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Madonna is a 1989 Hindi-language platinum-selling pop album by Indipop star Alisha Chinai.[1]

The album is mainly Hindi-language covers of songs by the American singer Madonna, and the cover shows Alisha wearing provocative clothes similar to Madonna's at the period.[2][3] The album was promoted with a four city tour.[4] The Indian press reported that the American singer had actually acknowledged Alisha's tribute,[5] but a reaction came from Indian rapper Baba Sehgal who responded to Alisha's tour and album with a lampoon song "Madonna", where he also dressed as the American singer.[6]

## Track listing

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All lyrics are written by Shyam Anuragi; all music is composed by Rajesh Jhaveri[7]

Side ANo.| Title| Original songwriter(s)| Length

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1.| "Dheere Dheere" ("Material Girl")|

* Peter Brown
* Robert Rans

| 4:02
2.| "Dekho Dekho" ("Like a Virgin")|

* Thomas Kelly
* William Steinberg

| 3:25
3.| "Papa" ("Papa Don't Preach")|

* Brian Elliot
* Madonna

| 3:48
4.| "Tere Bina" ("Live to Tell")|

* Madonna
* Patrick Leonard

| 5:24
Total length:| 16:39

Side BNo.| Title| Original songwriter(s)| Length

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|
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1.| "Pyaara Awaara" ("Dress You Up")|

* Andrea LaRusso
* Peggy Stanziale

| 3:49
2.| "Aabhijaa" ("La Isla Bonita")|

* Madonna
* Patrick Leonard

| 3:26
3.| "Todo Na Mera Dil" ("Borderline")| Reggie Lucas| 4:16
4.| "Aake Chhoole" ("Lucky Star")| Madonna| 5:31
Total length:| 17:02

## References

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1. ^ Kasbekar, Asha (May 2006). "Pop Culture India!". Media, Arts, and Lifestyle: 34. OCLC 1851096361. "Alisha Chinai (1972– ) is the pioneer and undisputed Queen of Indipop—that's the verdict of the music industry. Her first major hit album was Jadoo (Magic). Further platinum albums included Aah Alisha, Baby Doll, Madonna, and Kamasutra, but it was Made in India that established Indipop as a discrete genre and Chinai its prime proponent"
2. ^ Connell, John; Gibson, Chris (2003). Sound Tracks: Popular Music, Identity, and Place. Routledge. p. 68\. ISBN 9780415170284. "For example, the prominent North Indian singer, Alisha Chinai, successfully released a Madonna tape, with Hindi- language versions of Madonna's songs, and a cover depicting Alisha dressed in a gaudy bra and no shirt"
3. ^ Manuel, Peter (1993). Cassette Culture: Popular Music and Technology in North India. University of Chicago Press. p. 234\. ISBN 9780226504018. "Some current hit cassettes — both film and nonfilm — borrow Western tunes, such as Alisha Chinai's Madonna tape, consisting of Hindi-language versions of her idol's songs, with a cover depicting Alisha dressed, appropriately, in a gaudy brassiere and no shirt."
4. ^ "Alisha Chinai: material girl". India Today. 14 (5–8): 202. 31 March 1989. ISSN 0254-8399. Retrieved 19 August 2022. "The belly button looks familiar. As do the clothes. And the sex-appeal. And the songs. And the voice? Well, not quite, but close enough for Alisha Chinai to pass off as India's answer to rock queen Madonna — and pack in the crowds at her just- concluded four-city singing tour. Chinai's Madonna imitations have already led to an album called, what else, Madonna, and the tour is to promote the record. Chinai's ambitions to recreate the Madonna magic do not .."5–8&rft.pages=202&rft.date=1989-03-31&rft.issn=0254-8399&rft_id=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/eyecatchers/story/19890331-rekha-to-play-sten-gun-wielding-female-don-of-the-underworld-in-madame-x-815905-1989-03-31&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Madonna+(Alisha+Chinai+album)" class="Z3988">
5. ^ "Top-of-the-line". The Illustrated Weekly of India. 110 (40–53): 39. 1989. ISSN 0019-2430. "The traders of Punjab and the sharp minds of Gujarat, quick to sense opportunity, carved out the brand new domain of Hindi pop, dominated by the likes of 'Baby Doll' Alisha Chinai, who achieved the ultimate accolade of being acknowledged by Madonna herself as her most faithful imitation on earth"40–53&rft.pages=39&rft.date=1989&rft.issn=0019-2430&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Madonna+(Alisha+Chinai+album)" class="Z3988">
6. ^ Booth, Gregory D.; Shope, Bradley (2014). More Than Bollywood: Studies in Indian Popular Music. Oxford University Press. p. 174\. ISBN 9780199928842. "Baba Sehgal as Madonna may seem even more improbable than his appropriation of "Ice Ice Baby." However, Seghal does not imitate Vanilla Ice or Madonna so much as he uses their iconic images in a self-reflexive manner, in order to reinvent himself perhaps, but also to take playful jabs at the proclivity of Indian pop singers for the appropriation of the foreign. In this case, his primary target was Indipop superstar Alisha Chinai, who gained notoriety as "the Indian Madonna." In fact ..."
7. ^ Chinai, Alisha (1989). Madonna (Cassette). Alisha Chinai. Calcutta: The Gramophone Company Of India Ltd. p. 2\. STHVS 40227.

## External links

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* Alisha Chinai – Madonna at RajeshJhaveri.com

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Remix albums|

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* The Immaculate Collection
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* Like a Virgin & Other Big Hits!
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Video releases|

* Madonna Live: The Virgin Tour
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* 1994 Late Show with David Letterman appearance
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