FORMATS: 7" Vinyl, 12" Vinyl, Cassette Single, CD Single, CD Maxi-Single
HISTORY AND NOTES:
"Take A Bow" was the second Bedtime Stories single released in late 1994. The ballad was co-written and co-produced by Babyface, who wrote and produced many hits in the 90's for other artists.
On the commercial front, 5 physical formats were again available in stores. All of them featured R&B remixes and Instrumental versions of the track.
"Take A Bow" was a smash hit in the USA. It spent a total of 7 weeks at #1 on the Hot 100. It is still her longest-running #1 on that chart to this day, and is tied with "Borderline" as the Madonna song with the most total weeks on the Hot 100 with 30. It could have spent more weeks on the chart, but by now Billboard had a rule that songs that had spent 20 weeks on the chart and were currently out of the Top 50 were removed from the chart. "Take A Bow" was also huge over at Adult Contemporary, spending 9 weeks at #1! The song also made some showings on the R&B charts. "Take A Bow" is definitely one of Madonna's biggest U.S. hits, if not THE biggest. Funnily enough, "Take A Bow" was one of Madonna's least-successful UK singles at the same time. Go figure! The song has been featured on 3 of Madonna's compilation albums: 1995's Something To Remember, 2001's GHV2, and 2009's Celebration.
CERTIFICATION: Gold
TRACKLISTINGS:
7" Vinyl / Cassette Single
A Take A Bow (Album Version)
B Take A Bow (InDaSoul Mix)
CD Single
1. Take A Bow (Album Version)
2. Take A Bow (InDaSoul Mix)
CD Maxi-Single
1. Take A Bow (InDaSoul Mix)
2. Take A Bow (InDaSoul Instrumental)
3. Take A Bow (Album Version)
4. Take A Bow (Album Instrumental)
5. Take A Bow (Silky Soul Mix)
Promo CD
1. Take A Bow (InDaSoul Edit)
2. Take A Bow (InDaSoul Mix)
3. Take A Bow (Album Edit)
4. Take A Bow (InDaSoul Instrumental)
5. Take A Bow (Album Instrumental)
12" Vinyl
A1 Take A Bow (InDaSoul Mix)
A2 Take A Bow (InDaSoul Instrumental)
B1 Take A Bow (Album Version)
B2 Take A Bow (Album Instrumental)
B3 Take A Bow (Silky Soul Mix)
CHARTS:
THE BILLBOARD HOT 100
Debut Date: December 17, 1994
Peak Date: February 25, 1995
Peak Position: #1 (7 weeks)
Week-by-week Rundown: 45-18-14-12-8-5-5-4-4-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-4-6-11-11-15-21-21-28-27-31-37-44-44-// (30 weeks total)
Final Week on Chart: July 8, 1995
The Billboard Hot 100 Top 10: February 25, 1995 (the week that “Take A Bow” peaked at #1)
1. Madonna “Take A Bow”
2. TLC “Creep”
3. Boyz II Men “On Bended Knee”
4. Real McCoy “Another Night”
5. Brandy “Baby”
6. Soul For Real “Candy Rain”
7. Des’ree “You Gotta Be”
8. Brownstone “If You Love Me”
9. 4PM “Sukiyaki”
10. Hootie & The Blowfish “Hold My Hand”
HOT 100 SINGLES SALES
Debut Date: December 24, 1994
Peak Date: February 18, 1995
Peak Position: #4
Week-by-week Rundown: 27-20-19-13-11-7-8-8-4-4-4-5-6-8-10-13-13-15-22-24-35-40-45-47-54-63-// (26 weeks total)
Final Week on Chart: June 17, 1995
HOT 100 AIRPLAY
Debut Date: December 17, 1994
Peak Date: February 18, 1995
Peak Position: #1 (9 weeks)
Week-by-week Rundown: 35-18-10-8-8-6-4-3-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-3-7-11-12-21-20-19-20-29-29-// (30 weeks total)
Final Week on Chart: July 8, 1995
HOT DANCE MUSIC / MAXI-SINGLES SALES
Debut Date: December 24, 1994
Peak Date: December 24, 1994
Peak Position: #7
Week-by-week Rundown: 7-16-21-30-34-29-30-NC-23-36-25-42-44-41-// (13 weeks total)
Final Week on Chart: March 25, 1995
Note: NC=Did not chart that week
ADULT CONTEMPORARY
Debut Date: December 31, 1994
Peak Date: February 18, 1995
Peak Position: #1 (9 weeks)
Week-by-week Rundown: 28-23-21-18-5-2-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-3-3-3-5-6-5-8-8-9-13-13-18-19-18-18-15-16-18-// (35 weeks total)
Final Week on Chart: August 26, 1995
TOP 40 MAINSTREAM
Debut Date: December 17, 1994
Peak Date: February 25, 1995
Peak Position: #1 (5 weeks)
Week-by-week Rundown: 33-17-8-8-5-4-4-4-3-3-1-1-1-1-1-2-4-4-7-7-15-23-26-29-35-// (25 weeks total)
Final Week on Chart: June 3, 1995
HOT R&B/HIP-HOP SINGLES AND TRACKS
Debut Date: February 4, 1995
Peak Date: February 25, 1995
Peak Position: #40
Week-by-week Rundown: 57-58-44-40-40-40-43-51-56-67-69-71-76-84-87-94-// (16 weeks total)
Final Week on Chart: May 20, 1995
BUBBLING UNDER R&B/HIP-HOP SINGLES
Debut Date: January 21, 1995
Peak Date: January 28, 1995
Peak Position: #2
Week-by-week Rundown: 3-2-// (2 weeks total)
Final Week on Chart: January 28, 1995
HOT R&B/HIP HOP SINGLES SALES
Debut Date: February 4, 1994
Peak Date: March 11, 1995
Peak Position: #14
Week-by-week Rundown: 27-30-19-17-17-14-18-19-22-27-32-36-42-47-51-56-58-64-// (18 weeks total)
Final Week on Chart: June 3, 1995
RHYTHMIC TOP 40
Debut Date: December 17, 1994
Peak Date: March 4, 1995
Peak Position: #4
Week-by-week Rundown: 32-24-20-16-13-13-12-9-8-6-6-4-6-6-6-9-9-13-15-21-24-25-28-30-39-// (25 weeks total)
Final Week on Chart: June 3, 1995
ADULT TOP 40
Debut Date: October 7, 1995
Peak Date: October 7, 1995
Peak Position: #35
Week-by-week Rundown: 35-// (26 weeks total)
Final Week on Chart: October 7, 1995
Note: The week of October 7, 1995 was the week the Adult Top 40 chart was first published. Unfortunately, it was also “Take A Bow” ‘s first and last week on the chart since it was already running out of steam by that point. '26 weeks total' represent how many weeks “Take A Bow” would have spent on the chart if it had existed in months prior. All titles on that week’s chart were listed as new entries.
HOT 100 RECURRENT SINGLES
Debut Date: July 15, 1995
Peak Date: July 15, 1995
Peak Position: #1 (3 weeks)
Week-by-week Rundown: 1-1-1-4-4-6-5-5-5-7-13-12-12-12-16-16-18-17-20-21-22-26-28-30-NC-NC-23-NC-NC-NC-NC-NC-NC-NC-28-25-28-//
Final Week on Chart: March 23, 1996
Note: NC=Did not chart that week
HOT 100 RECURRENT AIRPLAY
Debut Date: July 15, 1995
Peak Date: July 22, 1995
Peak Position: #2
Week-by-week Rundown: 3-2-3-4-4-5-5-7-7-13-16-17-18-18-19-17-25-20-19-23-21-25-NC-NC-NC-NC-19-NC-NC-NC-NC-NC-NC-NC-NC-23-// (24 weeks total)
Final Week on Chart: March 16, 1996
Note: NC=Did not chart that week
ADULT CONTEMPORARY RECURRENTS
Debut Date: September 2, 1995
Peak Date: September 2, 1995
Peak Position: #1 (1 week)
Week-by-week Rundown: 1-3-4-4-4-6-5-5-6-6-5-4-5-6-5-5-NC-NC-7-6-10-NC-NC-NC-NC-NC-NC-8-NC-10-NC-10-9-NC-10-10-6-9-7-4-3-5-6-NC-7-9-NC-8-NC-7-NC-10-9-// (38 weeks total)
Final Week on Chart: August 31, 1996
Note: NC=Did not chart that week
ADULT TOP 40 RECURRENTS
Debut Date: October 14, 1995
Peak Date: November 18, 1995
Peak Position: #5
Week-by-week Rundown: 7-8-10-6-7-5-NC-6-8-// (8 weeks total)
Final Week on Chart: December 9, 1995
Note: NC=Did not chart that week
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