Special Notes (where indicated by superscript):

¹ Though a low-budget video was made, "Holiday" was never officially released.

^{2, 5} Both "Crazy For You" and "Gambler" were fashioned from film footage from "Vision Quest."

³ "Into The Groove" was made up entirely of clips from "Desperately Seeking Susan."

^{4, 6} In 1985 "Like A Virgin" got its second release, though this time it was a live version, taken from "Madonna: The Virgin Tour Live." The "Dress You Up" clip was also culled from the tour.

⁷ There are two different videos for "True Blue." MTV held a "Make My Video" contest, asking viewers to make their own video for "True Blue." The winners were Angel Gracia and Cliff Guest; their video was the U.S. release. Madonna's version, directed by James Foley, was the international release.

⁸ When "Express Yourself" was completed, it was the most expensive video ever made (estimated cost: $1 million). In addition, it was the first time Madonna worked with director David Fincher, who would later go on to direct "Alien³," "Seven" and "The Game."

⁹ The video for "Dear Jessie" was only released overseas. The clip later surfaced on U.S. television in occasional Madonna retrospectives. The video was animated, featuring, among other things, pink elephants (Madonna does not appear in the video).

¹⁰ "Justify My Love" was banned from MTV and subsequently released as the first-ever commercially available video single.

^{11, 12} "Like A Virgin" and "Holiday" were released in 1991 as part of a promotional push for "Truth or Dare," the videos were the performances taken directly from the film.

¹³ At the time of its production, "Bedtime Story" was the most expensive video ever made (estimated cost: somewhere around $2 million).

¹⁴ When "You Must Love Me" was shot, Madonna was eight months pregnant with her daughter Lourdes Maria. In the video, Madonna's stomach is hidden behind a piano.

¹⁵ "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" is made up entirely of scenes from "Evita." In fact, the video is the exact same sequence as seen in the film itself.

¹⁶ "Ray Of Light" won six 1998 MTV Music Video Awards. The clip garnered nods for Best Video of the Year, Best Female Video, Best Direction in a Video, Best Choreography in a Video and Best Editing in a Video. It also won a 1998 Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video. In addition, the clip was released as a limited edition video single, the first time Madonna had released a video single since 1990's "Justify My Love."

¹⁷ "Beautiful Stranger" is from the soundtrack to "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me." Not coincidentally, the soundtrack was released on Maverick, Madonna's record label. "Stranger" was a new song specifically recorded for the film.

¹⁸ "American Pie" was included on the soundtrack to the Madonna film, "The Next Best Thing." Her cover of the Don McLean classic plays over the closing credits of the film. An original Madonna song, "Time Stood Still," is also featured on the album. The soundtrack was released on Maverick.

¹⁹ "Music" was the first video Madonna released as a DVD single. Two of her previous efforts, "Justify My Love" and "Ray Of Light," were both issued as VHS cassette singles. The DVD single for "Music" includes two versions of the video: an edited clip, and an uncut version. The latter sports a bit more partying with the female strippers featured in the video, but nothing overly racy.

²⁰ Even though the video for "American Life" went through numerous rumored edits and reshoots, the clip never aired in the U.S. Madonna pulled the video before it had a chance to air, due to its sensitive material. Outside of the U.S., the clip did air, at least briefly. In the U.S., a new music video was completed out of Madonna performing against a blue screen with various country flags from around the world behind her. It was pretty boring, frankly.

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