But when Madonna premiered the actual music video for “Like a Prayer” on MTV the following day, viewers were singing a different tune. The video’s imagery, which included burning crosses ...

Thirty-six years ago today, Madonna started a three-week run at the top of the Hot 100 amid a firestorm of controversy.

When the music video for Madonna's Like A Prayer premiered on MTV in ... scenes of her dancing in front of white-supremacist ...