BY: PROVOKR Staff

We picked our 6 favorite most provocative, sexy and controversial music videos by Madonna. Even though there are lots of credits to writers, directors and actors you know Madonna was the real director of all her work. Here in no particular order are most arousing, exciting and shocking work in music videos from Mistress M.

Papa Don’t Preach

“Papa Don’t Preach” was released in 1986 and is a song off the album True Blue. The video is directed by James Foley and the genius lyrics of the song hammer home the tale of a wanted adolescent pregnancy. The song and video were widely criticized. It is a haunting and heartfelt, which at the time was shocking to most of the world.

Like A Prayer

“Like a Prayer” is a real departure for Madonna in her blend of gospel and pop. The lyrics are brilliant. The video was released in 1989 and was directed by Mary Lambert. It was to premiere on ET but a few minutes before it was to be shown the video arrived. ET’s producer deemed it too controversial to show and instead ran parts of it behind the closing credits. MTV took the (Pepsi) challenge and aired the video in all it’s controversial glory. Religious boycotts of Madonna’s products were called, the Pope hated it and criticized it publicly, and Pepsi canceled a huge deal for a commercial campaign tied to the video and the underwriting of her tour. Might have been Madonna making out with the black saint who came to life from a wax statue and her dancing in front of all those burning crosses. Madonna seemed to care less.

Erotica

“Erotica” was released in 1992 and is an ode to S&M directed by fashion’s favorite art director Fabien Baron. Madonna plays a very convincing dominatrix name Dita who introduces her lover to new pain and pleasure. Completely arousing. Madonna’s performance is flawless down to the gold tooth gold tooth and the cameos by Naomi Campbell, Tony Ward, Helmut Berger, Isabella Rossellini and others make for a very hot erotic mix of various sexual tastes.

Justify My Love

“Justify My Love” is directed by Jean-Baptiste Mondino and features Madonna’s then boyfriend model Tony Ward. The music video was released in 1990 and the song was written by Lenny Kravitz, Ingrid Chavez and Madonna. This is the perfect sex fantasy. Madonna is seduced by both a man and a woman in a mysterious hotel in Paris. The song is spoken and whispered very sexually. She walks down a hallway from room to steamy room. Sprinkling in S&M, voyeurism, and bisexuality this music video is considered one of the the sexiest of all time.

Vogue

“Vogue” turned us onto a whole new world of dance movements from the black drag world of voguing, competition Balls and Harlem. Madonna’s presentation of this world of rhythm, movement and freedom was perfect. Released in 1990 and directed by David Fincher, “Vogue” broke new ground in showcasing LGBTQ performers and was an amazement to watch. The song is sensational. Strike a pose!

God Control

“God Control” is a thundering statement against guns and for gun control. Released last week from the Madame X album, Jonas Akerlund directed a very disturbing video. It is violent and graphic in its presentation of the Orlando Pulse nightclub shooting. The shocking short film is extremely well crafted and edited beginning with the typewriter sequence and the warning. Though very hard to watch at times the resolution of her statement and the quote from Angela Davis is abundantly clear. This is the first Madonna music video that shows us as an artist she doesn’t care about awards or record sales. She wants to stop the violence. Emma Gonzalez may have hated it but we need to remember the horror and wake up.