The Tracks — True Blue, 1986, Track 02
Open Your Heart
Let me in.
At a Glance
Title
Open Your Heart
Record
True Blue (1986) | Track 02
Single
Fourth single | 19 November 1986
Writers
Madonna | Gardner Cole | Peter Rafelson
Producers
Madonna | Patrick Leonard
Video
Directed by Jean-Baptiste Mondino
Chart peaks
US No. 1 | UK No. 4
A pop-rock love song with one of the most stylish videos of the decade.
The Song
Gardner Cole and Peter Rafelson wrote the song that became “Open Your Heart”, and Madonna reshaped it with her own lyrics. Patrick Leonard co-produced its driving, bright arrangement.
The Video
Jean-Baptiste Mondino directed Madonna as a dancer in a peep-show booth, in a black bustier, who leaves at the end with a young boy — dancing away down the street.
The Charts
It became her fifth US No. 1 and reached No. 4 in the UK.
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