Talk:Everybody (Madonna song)

message: Could somebody, once and for all please clarify the actual release date of this single in the United States. April 24 must be wrong because - in 1982, April 24 was a Saturday. October 6 is also wrong because - in 1982, October 6 was in fact a Wednesday. Isn't the standard release date in the USA Tuesday? Can we please have citation for a least the correct month?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Janged (talk • contribs) 15:58, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Everybody" 

message: Even though the release date of April 24, 1982 comes from Liz Rosenberg in a 2007 statement, it is actually incorrect information. 
Depending on the source, Madonna was either signed to Sire/Warner in April, 1982 - or more likely July, 1982 if these collectors items are indeed authentic: http://oi51.tinypic.com/2uf979y.jpg. So how could it be recorded and released to radio in April, 1982? Everybody was released in October, 1982 and hit #7 on Billboard's Bubbling Under charts in the December 25, 1982 issue of Billboard. It peaked at #3 on the Billboard's Dance/Club Play chart on January 8th, 1983. Burning Up/Physical Attraction was released as her 2nd single in March, 1983. Considering the pacing of her single releases during this era, it is not logical that she would have had a year gap between the release of her first and second singles.
It had always been reported that Everybody was released in October, 1982 until Liz's erroneous 2007 statement. Madonna.com's information on the single shows the October release date (http://www.madonna.com/discography/index/album/albumId/33/). Madonna appeared on her first magazine cover (Island Magzine) in October, 1982 to coincide with the release. 
Here is Everybody's chart trajectory:
BUBBLING UNDER HOT 100 SINGLES
Debut Date: December 25, 1982
Peak Date: January 22, 1983
Peak Position: # 7
Week-by-week Rundown: 9-9-9-10-7-7-7-10-// (8 weeks total)
Final Week on Chart: February 12, 1983
HOT DANCE MUSIC / CLUB PLAY
Debut Date: November 6, 1982
Peak Date: January 8, 1983
Peak Position: #3
Week-by-week Rundown: 40-20-10-8-8-7-5-4-4-3-3-3-19-37-47-58-71-// (17 weeks total)
Final Week on Chart: February 26, 1983  
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Sonicboy19 (talk • contribs) 23:58, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Everybody (Release Date) 

message: Leaving it here for expansion. —Indian:BIO · [ ChitChat ] 11:59, 21 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: The Quietus review

message: *a construção da imagem pública e da idolatria a Madonna | Academic journal Comunicação & Cultura — Universidade Católica Portuguesa (n.11, pp 99-115, 2011): "Everybody" 82,000 copies in 1982 and later increased to 250,000 units with the video release.
--Apoxyomenus (talk) 03:45, 16 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  REFS 

message: The article states that Madonna's original demo tape with "Everybody" that she recorded with Stephen Bray had three songs. That information is cited to "Madonna: The Complete Guide to her Music" by Rikky Rooksby. In the book, he states that the other two songs on the demo were "Ain't No Big Deal" and "Burning Up." However, I think this is probably incorrect. Stephen Bray released these recordings in the late '90s on the collections "Pre-Madonna" and "In the Beginning." In the liner notes for both collections, Bray clearly states that the demo tape had 4 songs (not 3) and they were, in order, 1) "Ain't No Big Deal", 2) "Everybody", 3) "Don't You Know?" and 4) "Stay". Given that Bray is the one who recorded these songs with Madonna, this should be considered a more authoritative source than Rooksby's book. 
Ww adh77 (talk) 12:56, 11 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Original Demo Tape