Just leave tomorrow…
Madonna’s second US number one single was the enduring ballad Crazy For You. Following Like A Virgin and Material Girl, it was the third single in a row to be released which had no writing involvement by Madonna.
The song, written by John Bettis and Jon Lind and taken from the soundtrack to the movie Vision Quest, was released on the Geffen label and sported the same picture sleeve throughout the world of Madonna taken from her cameo in the film. The rear of the sleeve, however, was left to be designed as seen fit internationally, and it was thanks to the Brazilian Geffen design team that the world came to discover that the song originally had a third verse, once which Madonna’s hit version omitted. The rear of the Brazilian sleeve, shown below, included the lyric to the song and included this mysterious extra verse of lyrics.
They are as follows :
Just leave tomorrow, ’til tomorrow,
Let’s concentrate on what we got here and now,
I want it all, and I want it with you
Here tonight all I’m tryin’ to say is that I’m crazy for you…
This mysterious extra verse remained unheard until 1988 when a compilation LP, featuring the original songwriter demos of huge 1980s hits, was released. ‘Number One With A Bullet‘ contained the original demo sung by the original songwriter and is the only place you can hear how strange the song sounds with the extra lyrics compared to what we’re used to hearing as Madonna sings it.
Fact of the day is brought to MadonnaTribe readers by Tony from London.