Vogue

This version heavily interpolates "Vogue" and has Beyonce paying homage to Madonna, her sister Solange Knowles, and her Destiny's Child bandmates Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams, along with prominent black women in music, and ballroom houses such as House of Xtravaganza, House of Aviance and House of LaBeija as a celebration of empowerment.
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'Vogue (song)' is in Category:Songs about James Dean (subject: James Dean, human)
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This version heavily interpolates "Vogue" and has Beyonce paying homage to Madonna, her sister Solange Knowles, and her Destiny's Child bandmates Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams, along with prominent black women in music, and ballroom houses such as House of Xtravaganza, House of Aviance and House of LaBeija as a celebration of empowerment.
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This version heavily interpolates "Vogue" and has Beyonce paying homage to Madonna, her sister Solange Knowles, and her Destiny's Child bandmates Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams, along with prominent black women in music, and ballroom houses such as House of Xtravaganza, House of Aviance and House of LaBeija as a celebration of empowerment.
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The song was later performed at the 1990 MTV Video Music Awards, where Madonna and her dancers were clad in 18th century-inspired fashions, inspired by Marie Antoinette, with sexual innuendo in the performance.
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'Vogue (song)' is in Category:Songs about Marilyn Monroe (subject: Marilyn Monroe, human)
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On Encyclopedia Madonnica, author Matthew Rettenmund stated that the lyrics "baptize the dance floor as a place where no boundaries exist"; he described a dance floor as a place where "rebirth is possible, where a new life based on gesticulation can replace motionless and emotionless reality and anyone can become if only for the duration of a song – or of one's stamina – a 'superstar'"; it is further evidenced by the lyrics "It makes no difference if you're black or white, if you're a boy or a girl".
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This version heavily interpolates "Vogue" and has Beyonce paying homage to Madonna, her sister Solange Knowles, and her Destiny's Child bandmates Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams, along with prominent black women in music, and ballroom houses such as House of Xtravaganza, House of Aviance and House of LaBeija as a celebration of empowerment.
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In 2012, Madonna and Pettibone were sued by VMG Salsoul based on the accusation that they had sampled a 0.23-second segment of horns from the song "Love Break" by the Salsoul Orchestra without permission.
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This version heavily interpolates "Vogue" and has Beyonce paying homage to Madonna, her sister Solange Knowles, and her Destiny's Child bandmates Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams, along with prominent black women in music, and ballroom houses such as House of Xtravaganza, House of Aviance and House of LaBeija as a celebration of empowerment.
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It leans on static iconography, including shots inspired by works by painter Tamara de Lempicka and several Hollywood photographers.
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