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Playlist: Happy Birthday, Madonna!

DJ Ed Bailey picks his essential Madonna playlist for the pop icon's 60th birthday

Madonna

“Ray Of Light”
Ray Of Light (1998)
Fun Version: Bizarre Light Triangle Mash-Up

“Keep It Together”
Like A Prayer (1990)
12″ remix

“Holiday”
Madonna (1983)
Fun Version: Stardust Remix

“4 Minutes”
Hard Candy (2008)
Fun Version: Sunloverz Remix

“Music”
Music (2000)
Fun Version: Music Inferno Confessions Tour 2006 Mix

“Get Together”
Confessions On A Dance Floor (2005)
Fun Version: 7Up’s House bootleg

“Into The Groove”
Like A Virgin (1985)
Fun Version: Madonna vs Cassius Toop Toop Groove Mash-Up

“Express Yourself”
Like A Prayer (1989)
12″ remix

“Dress You Up”
Like A Virgin (1984)
Fun Version: Liam Keegan 2011 Remix

“Everybody”
Madonna (1983)
Fun Version: House Of Clapping Hands Mix

“Hung Up”
Confessions On A Dance Floor (2005)

“Like A Prayer”
Like A Prayer (1989)
Classic 12″ Extended Mix

“Miles Away”
Hard Candy (2008)
Album Version

“Beautiful Stranger”
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)
Fun Version: Victor Calderone Vocal Remix

“Rain”
Erotica (1993)

DJ Ed Bailey is the co-owner of Trade and Number Nine. His Madonnarama party has not only been a legendary DC event since the early 90s, but has also toured all over the U.S. and Europe.

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