Wednesday, April 23, 2025

“Deadpool and Wolverine” Puts Madonna’s “Like a Prayer” Back on the Singles Chart 35 Years Later

Madonna hasn’t had a chart hit for quite some time — like years, really.

But today, her 1989 song, “Like a Prayer,” is number 43 on iTunes.

The song appears in the movie, “Deadpool and Wolverine.” But I told you last week that “Like a Prayer” is not on the “D&W” soundtrack album.

Madonna wouldn’t allow the inclusion. Instead, she’s releasing a 35th anniversary version of the “Like a Prayer” album this fall.

So, to paraphrase, “Life is a mis-er-ee.”

Just ahead of “Like a Prayer” at 39 is “Bye Bye Bye” by NSync. That song is included on the soundtrack.

Will Madonna include the “D&W” remix on her anniversary album? Doesn’t seem like it. She is tone deaf when it come to contemporary marketing, which is odd because she was so good at it when she was younger.

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Roger Friedman began his Showbiz411 column in April 2009 after 10 years with Fox News, where he created the Fox411 column. His movie reviews are carried by Rotten Tomatoes, and he is a member of both the movie and TV branches of the Critics Choice Awards. His articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. He is also the writer and co-producer of "Only the Strong Survive," a selection of the Cannes, Sundance, and Telluride Film festivals, directed by DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus.

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