Madonna is reflecting on the biggest hits of her career — including one of the most iconic television performances of all time.
In an interview on on Wednesday, Madge showed off her musical skills with a Classroom Instruments performance, boasted about her skills on the drums, and played a naughty word association game with the host.
She also shared the true story behind her jaw-dropping performance at the inaugural 1984 MTV Video Music Awards which, she said, nearly cost her her career.
Noting that she had «no say» in what singles were released by her label at the time, Madonna expressed her surprise at the choice to promote «Like a Virgin» at the time «because I thought it was quite controversial,» she told Fallon. «It turned out that the controversial thing wasn't the song itself, it was my performance at the MTV Awards.»Madonna remembers how, as she descended the steep steps of an oversized wedding cake on the stage, one of her shoes fell off. «I was trying to do this smooth move, like, dive for the shoe and make it look like choreography and my dress flipped up and my butt was showing,» she recalled. «Can you imagine?
Read more on etonline.com