Borderline (1984)

    

FORMATS: 7" Vinyl, 12" Vinyl

HISTORY AND NOTES: "Borderline" was the fourth single released from the debut album in early 1984.

Commercially, "Borderline" was released as a collectible fold-out poster sleeve 7" vinyl, which featured a new 7" remix, and was backed with the album track "Think Of Me". The 12" featured new extended mixes of "Borderline" and "Lucky Star". An Instrumental Dub mix was only released promotionally.

"Borderline" went even further than "Holiday" on the charts by becoming Madonna's first Top 10 hit and spending an incredible 30 weeks on the Hot 100. The single was also certified Gold. This was also Madonna's first appearance on the Adult Contemporary chart.

CERTIFICATION: Gold


TRACKLISTINGS:

7" Vinyl
A Borderline (7" Remix)
B Think of Me (Album Version)

Promo 7" Vinyl
A Borderline (7" Remix)
B Borderline (7" Remix)

12" Vinyl
A Borderline (New Mix)
B Lucky Star (New Mix)

Promo 12" Vinyl
A Borderline (New Mix)
B Borderline (Instrumental Dub)


CHARTS:

BUBBLING UNDER HOT 100 SINGLES
Debut Date: March 3, 1984
Peak Date: March 3, 1984
Peak Position: #7
Week-by-week Rundown: 7-// (1 week total)
Final Week on Chart: March 3, 1984

THE BILLBOARD HOT 100
Debut Date: March 10, 1984
Peak Date: June 16, 1984
Peak Position: #10
Week-by-week Rundown: 76-62-54-50-46-40-37-35-29-25-22-18-12-11-10-11-12-15-19-30-52-56-61-66-83-86-88-91-94-98-// (30 weeks total)
Final Week on Chart: September 29, 1984

The Billboard Hot 100 Top 10: June 16, 1984 (the week that “Borderline” peaked at #10)
1. Cyndi Lauper “Time After Time”
2. Duran Duran “The Reflex”
3. Deniece Williams “Let’s Hear It For The Boy”
4. Steve Perry “Oh, Sherrie”
5. Night Ranger “Sister Christian”
6. Huey Lewis And The News “The Heart of Rock N Roll”
7. Laura Branigan “Self Control”
8. The Pointer Sisters “Jump (For My Love)”
9. Bruce Springsteen “Dancing In The Dark”
10. Madonna “Borderline”

HOT DANCE MUSIC / CLUB PLAY
Debut Date: March 24, 1984
Peak Date: May 12, 1984
Peak Position: #4
Week-by-week Rundown: 67-43-20-14-10-8-5-4-9-19-30-41-49-68-75-// (15 weeks total)
Final Week on Chart: June 30, 1984

ADULT CONTEMPORARY
Debut Date: June 2, 1984
Peak Date: July 14, 1984
Peak Position: #23
Week-by-week Rundown: 38-35-31-28-28-25-23-23-28-28-27-31-32-37-46-49-// (16 weeks total)
Final Week on Chart: September 15, 1984