Who's That Girl (1987)

FORMATS: 7" Vinyl, 12" Vinyl, Cassette Single, Cassette Maxi-Single

HISTORY AND NOTES: "Who's That Girl" was released in the Summer of 1987 as the first single from the soundtrack to Madonna's film of the same name. Madonna had contributed 4 songs to the soundtrack and this was the first of its two singles.

This was Madonna's first single to be released in other formats besides vinyl, in this case, cassettes. All formats were backed with the True Blue album track "White Heat" (which had curiously already been used as a B-side for "Open Your Heart"). The maxi formats featured the Extended Version of "Who's that Girl" as well as a Dub version, which was strangely not listed on the outer tracklistings of either the 12" vinyl or maxi-cassette.

"Who's That Girl" was Madonna's sixth #1 single on the Hot 100. It also hit #1 on the Singles Sales and Airplay charts, and was another Top 5 on the Adult Contemporary chart. The remix wasn’t very strong in the clubs and only spent 2 weeks on the Club Play chart, peaking at #44. "Who's That Girl" was Madonna's only #1 hit to not be included on 1990's The Immaculate Collection greatest hits album. It was, however, later included on 2009's Celebration retrospective.



TRACKLISTINGS:

7" Vinyl / Cassette Single
A Who's That Girl (Album Version)
B White Heat (Album Version)

12" Vinyl / Cassette Maxi-Single
A1 Who's That Girl (Extended Version)
B1 Who's That Girl (Dub)
B1 White Heat (Album Version)
(all 3 tracks repeat on both sides on cassette maxi format)


CHARTS:

THE BILLBOARD HOT 100
Debut Date: July 11, 1987
Peak Date: August 22, 1987
Peak Position: #1 (1 week)
Week-by-week Rundown: 43-33-26-11-7-2-1-2-3-9-20-34-45-67-70-89-// (16 weeks total)
Final Week on Chart: October 24, 1987

The Billboard Hot 100: August 22, 1987 (the week that “Who’s That Girl” peaked at #1)
1. Madonna “Who’s That Girl”
2. Los Lobos “La Bamba”
3. Suzanne Vega “Luka”
4. Richard Marx “Don’t Mean Nothing”
5. George Michael “I Want Your Sex”
6. U2 “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”
7. Debbie Gibson “Only In My Dreams”
8. The Whispers “Rock Steady”
9. T Pau “Heart And Soul”
10. Michael Jackson with Siedah Garrett “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You”

HOT 100 SINGLES SALES
Debut Date: July 25, 1987
Peak Date: August 22, 1987
Peak Position: #1 (1 week)
Week-by-week Rundown: 30-20-9-4-1-2-4-12-17-25-36-// (11 weeks total)
Final Week on Chart: October 3, 1987

HOT 100 AIRPLAY
Debut Date: July 11, 1987
Peak Date: August 15, 1987
Peak Position: #1 (2 weeks)
Week-by-week Rundown: 32-24-18-9-5-1-1-2-2-9-19-40-// (12 weeks total)
Final Week on Chart: September 26, 1987

HOT DANCE MUSIC / CLUB PLAY
Debut Date: August 22, 1987
Peak Date: August 22, 1987
Peak Position: #44
Week-by-week Rundown: 44-49-// (2 weeks total)
Final Week on Chart: August 29, 1987

Notes: Charted as “Who’s That Girl” (Remix)

HOT DANCE MUSIC / CLUB PLAY BREAKOUTS
Debut Date: August 8, 1987
Peak Date: August 8, 1987
Peak Position: #1 (1 week)
Week-by-week Rundown: 1-// (1 week total)
Final Week on Chart: August 8, 1987

HOT DANCE MUSIC / MAXI-SINGLES SALES
Debut Date: August 8, 1987
Peak Date: September 19, 1987
Peak Position: #2
Week-by-week Rundown: 51-21-8-8-7-4-3-2-3-10-39-// (10 weeks total)
Final Week on Chart: October 10, 1987

Notes: Charted as “Who’s That Girl” (Remix)

The #51 position listed in the beginning is for its debut as a “bubbling under” single. The Hot Dance Music / Maxi-Singles Sales chart only had 50 positions at that point.

HOT R&B SINGLES AND TRACKS
Debut Date: August 22, 1987
Peak Date: September 5, 1987
Peak Position: #78
Week-by-week Rundown: 88-81-78-89-96-// (5 weeks total)
Final Week on Chart: September 19, 1987

ADULT CONTEMPORARY
Debut Date: July 18, 1987
Peak Date: August 29, 1987
Peak Position: #5
Week-by-week Rundown: 37-30-21-14-7-7-5-7-8-10-17-20-30-40-// (14 weeks total)
Final Week on Chart: October 10, 1987

HOT CROSSOVER SINGLES
Debut Date: July 18, 1987
Peak Date: August 15, 1987
Peak Position: #1 (4 weeks)
Week-by-week Rundown: 26-12-6-3-1-1-1-1-7-9-19-23-// (12 Weeks Total)
Final Week on Chart: October 3, 1987