It wasn’t the 33-couple wedding that made Keith Urban cry during last night’s Grammys– it was Madonna’s voice. The Material Girl sounded just a bit off during her brief version of “Open Your Heart,” but I suppose it wasn’t nearly as bad as Metallica’s horrendous version of “One.” At least we know she wasn’t lip-syncing…
Let’s cleanse our Madonna palates with the original 12″ “Open Your Heart” single, shall we?
Madonna: “Open Your Heart” 12″ single
Sire Records, 1986
Vinyl rip courtesy of the Analog Kid
1. “Open Your Heart” [Extended Version] (Madonna/Cole/Rafelson)
2. “Open Your Heart” [Dub] (Madonna/Cole/Rafelson)
3. “White Heat” (Madonna/Leonard)
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Bonus Tracks!
The first rule of The Analog Kid blog is that if you write about a song on the Analog Kid blog, you share the song on the Analog Kid blog.
Metallica: “One” (Hetfield/Ulrich)
From the album …And Justice For All
Elektra Records, 1988
The Analog Kid 
eh, she’s never really been much of a singer. she’d do wel to check out the classic Shatner/Rollins duet “I can’t get behind that.”
She really improved after “Evita,” but in recent years she’s taken a few steps back. Still a fine entertainer though– we saw her about a year and a half ago and it was worth every penny. And it cost a LOT of pennies,