Living For Love (2014)

FORMATS: Digital Download

HISTORY AND NOTES:
"Living For Love" was the first single from Madonna's 2015 album, Rebel Heart. In December of 2014, the song was leaked along with several other demos from the album. While originally planned to be released on Valentine's Day 2015, the premature leak of the songs prompted Madonna and her team to rush-release "Living For Love" to iTunes along with 5 other album tracks.

While receiving good reviews from both critics and fans, "Living For Love" struggled on the charts. A one-week radio deal secured an appearance on the Pop Songs chart (Mainstream Top 40), but sales never surged enough to place the song on the Hot 100. Instead, the song scraped a single week on the Bubbling Under chart at #8. Thus, this was the first time since Madonna's 1983 debut that the lead single from one of her albums failed to chart on the Hot 100. Once the radio deal was completed, radio stations abandoned the song.

Remixes of the track were eventually released in February which pushed "Living For Love" to the top of the Club Play chart, becoming a historic milestone for Madonna. With this #1 (her 44th overall), Madonna tied the record for most #1's on any singular chart (the other record-holder being George Strait, with 44 #1 Country singles).



TRACKLISTINGS:

Digital Maxi-Single
1. Living For Love (Djemba Djemba Club Mix)
2. Living For Love (Erick Morillo Club Mix)
3. Living For Love (THRILL Remix)
4. Living For Love (Offer Nissim Living For Drama Mix)
5. Living For Love (Offer Nissim Dub)
6. Living For Love (DJ Paulo Club Mix)
7. Living For Love (Mike Rizzo's Funk Generation Club)
8. Living For Love (Dirty Pop Remix)

Promo CD Maxi
1. Living For Love (Djemba Djemba Club Mix)
2. Living For Love (Offer Nissim Living For Drama Mix)
3. Living For Love (Mike Rizzo's Funk Generation Club)
4. Living For Love (THRILL Remix)
5. Living For Love (DJ Paulo Club Mix)
6. Living For Love (Paulo & Jackinsky Full Vocal Mix)
7. Living For Love (Dirty Pop Remix)
8. Living For Love (Michael Diamond Mix)
9. Living For Love (Erick Morillo Club Mix)

WEEK-BY-WEEK DIGITAL SALES:
January 3, 2015: 10,000 (approximate)
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February 28, 2015: 17,000 (approximate)
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April 25, 2015: 3,000 (approximate)


CHARTS:

HOT DANCE / ELECTRONIC SONGS
Debut Date: January 3, 2015
Peak Date: February 28, 2015
Peak Position: #9
Week-By-Week Rundown: 16-13-27-29-31-27-21-13-9-11-12-21-14-20-26-27-27-39-// (18 Weeks Total)
Final Week On Chart: May 2, 2015

NC=Did Not Chart

DANCE / ELECTRONIC DIGITAL SONGS
Debut Date: January 3, 2015
Peak Date: February 28, 2015
Peak Position: #5
Week-By-Week Rundown: 12-17-40-NC-NC-NC-NC-11-5-15-20-30-31-24-// (10 Weeks Total)
Final Week On Chart: April 4, 2015

NC=Did Not Chart

BILLBOARD TWITTER TOP TRACKS
Debut Date: January 10, 2015
Peak Date: February 21, 2015
Peak Position: #11
Week-By-Week Rundown: 24-NC-NC-NC-NC-NC-11-12-18-28-46-NC-50-// (7 Weeks Total)
Final Week On Chart: April 4, 2015

NC=Did Not Chart 

DANCE CLUB PLAY BREAKOUTS
Debut Date: January 17, 2015
Peak Date: January 17, 2015
Peak Position: #1 (1 Week)
Week-By-Week Rundown: 1-// (1 Week Total)
Final Week On Chart: January 17, 2015

DANCE CLUB SONGS
Debut Date: January 24, 2015
Peak Date: March 7, 2015
Peak Position: #1 (1 Week)
Week-By-Week Rundown: 32-18-11-6-4-2-1-2-6-7-14-28-38-49-// (14 Weeks Total)
Final Week On Chart: April 25, 2015

Dance Club Play Top 10: March 7, 2015 (The week that "Living For Love" reached #1)
1. Madonna "Living For Love"
2. Pitbull & Ne-Yo "Time Of Our Lives"
3. Axwell & Ingrosso "Something New"
4. The Ting Tings "Wrong Club"
5. Iggy Azalea feat. M0 "Beg For It"
6. Bea Miller "Young Blood"
7. Mary J. Blige "Right Now"
8. Beyonce "7/11"
9. Jenevieve X "Move"
10. Dave Aude feat. Jessica Sutta "I'm Gonna Get You"

BUBBLING UNDER HOT 100
Debut Date: February 28, 2015
Peak Date: February 28, 2015
Peak Position: #8
Week-By-Week Rundown: 8-// (1 Week Total)
Final Week On Chart: February 8, 2015

POP DIGITAL SONGS
Debut Date: February 28, 2015
Peak Date: February 28, 2015
Peak Position: #40
Week-By-Week Rundown: 40-// (1 Week Total)
Final Week On Chart: February 28, 2015

HOT SINGLES SALES
Debut Date: February 28, 2015
Peak Date: February 28, 2015
Peak Position: #3
Week-By-Week Rundown: 3-// (1 Week Total)
Final Week On Chart: February 28, 2015

POP SONGS (MAINSTREAM TOP 40)
Debut Date: March 7, 2015
Peak Date: March 7, 2015
Peak Position: #36
Week-By-Week Rundown: 36-// (1 Week Total)
Final Week On Chart: March 7, 2014

DANCE / MIX SHOW AIRPLAY
Debut Date: March 7, 2015
Peak Date: March 21, 2015
Peak Position: #25
Week-By-Week Rundown: 35-33-25-30-// (4 Weeks Total)
Final Week On Chart: March 28, 2015