You Must Listen To This!
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Former Savage Garden singer Darren Hayes has done the most exquisite remake of the Madonna classic Dress You Up.
You can listen to it below and click here to download it for free, courtesy of Mr. Hayes.
Darren explained his reinterpretation on his blog.
He says:
In 1985 the Her Madgesty released a song that made me want to dance, sing and get up and do my thing.
I recently performed a live version of it at my New Years Eve show last year and fulfilled a lifelong indulgent ambition.
In celebration of the Queen's show in London this week Justin Shave and I recorded a studio version based on an original tour demo floating around from the Reinvention Tour era that I believe was scrapped. My vocals pay homage to the way the Boy Toy adlibed them during the Virgin Tour.
It's sooooooo good!
Listen NOW.
The Queen of Pop will be quite pleased.
dont know who this guy is…
LUV IT
I LOVE it!!!!!!!!!! the best GAY song ever!!!!!!!! I love you andy!!!!!!!!!
I HATE HIS SHAKY VIBRATO. no. sit down savage garden.
mediocre.
and perez, you were owned by Tom Lycus yesterday on his show. He called u a queeny ugly loser who was obviously so tormented in highschool, that ur now lashing out like a 13 year old girl–the 13 year old girl part is the reason why they had you on the MTV/VMA awards, because you fit the demographic (11 year old girls from Scarsdale.) He also accused you of incompetence w/regards to your Fidel Castro debacle.
his voice is SO creepy!
HOT! i thought Andy 27 was on much needed time out!
cute at best
Amazing! This is my alltime fave Madonna song. It's been my ringtone for months!
Love it!!! Darren Hayes has a superb voice.
I love it, very sexy and a good song
This is bad. And not in a good way.
I eff'ing LOVE it. Was a big fan of that song back the days, but this remake really does make it shine a lot brighter. Love that guys voice!!!!
I LOVE IT! SOUNDS GREAT!
boring and redundant.
a completely uninspired version of this song.
there have been others who have taken a light and fluffy madonna tune and reworked it into something meaningful and worth listening.
sorry, this is too gay even for me.
tired of seeing that racist shit andy posting his pathetic messages here.
i used to have the biggest crush on darren
It's ok, nothing special.
Loving this!!!!
I LOVE Darren Hayes, always have, always will. I didn't know he was such a big Madonna fan.
Darren Hayes is God's gift to music. He is fucking fantastic. I adore him. I'm not a Modonna fan really, but his version is delish!
Boring. He hasn't added anything 'exquisite' to that song. He's just made it totally gay which is naturally why you like it Perez.
Awesome!
I've ALWAYS loved Savage Garden and Darren Hayes!!! Yum! This song is delicious!
Why, why, WHY is he gay???? Such a waste.
I LOVE BOTH DARREN & MADGE!!!!!!
Madonna is starting to look like Joan Rivers.
I actually LOVED this. The Virgin Tour version is my FAVE anyways and I love this guy's version. I never lover covers but this is an exception
LOVE this - thanks Perez for the link, you rock my music world!
I have to agree. It's cool if your in a club drinking where you don't care what the music is. He came off to gayish. too dramatic..i rather listen to the real one.
I have SUCH the crush on this scrumptious man.
Finally, a piece of music Perez likes that doesn't suck. Hated Savage Garden but this was nice, in a nostalgic way.
I must confess… I got goosebumps while listening to this. I have no idea why.
Too gay for my taste.
I like it!
Darren Hayes, is sexy in so many ways. I totally agree with those of you saying that. He's also amazingly talented. His newest CD, and live DVD are awesome. I'm an avid fan and follower. He does amazing work.
YOU DONT KNOW HIM?! SINGER FROM SAVAGE GARDEN!!! LURV HIM
perez, you reminded of Savage Garden and now i"ll have truly madly deeply stuck in my head all night. thanks
-_-
I just came…
I looooooovve Darren Hayes and Savage Garden
I absolutely love Darren Hayes, he was a huge star in Australia years ago in his band Savage Garden and I had a huge crush on him. He has since gone gay but who cares. He has always adored Madonna and has mentioned her heaps in interviews. I can't remember exactly but once he mentioned that he sang another one of her songs (brilliantly I might add) and she saw it. She didn't comment which I take to mean that she didn't like the fact that he sang it better then her.
I don't see why everyone is so in love with Madonna. She isn't good looking, she is full of herself and a little weird and her music is only ok.
loved it!
Sounds like a Queen ripping off the Queen. Horrible!
OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHh
MY GOD
I LOVE DARREN HAYES!!!
savage garden has been one of my favorite bands since I was 8.
holy crapppppppp I love his voice.
I remember now. The Madonna song Darren sang was Ray of Light and he sang it as a warm up and Madonna saw it. Its weird because if you look at the actual clip in Youtube you can't leave a comment. You get this message
"Adding comments has been disabled for this video." Why is that, is Madonna worried about all the comments he's getting that he sings it better then her?
Love Darren Hayes, Madonna… Not so much anymore.
i hated savage garden and this song sounds the same as the original…except the original is way better!
I LOVE IT!
Oy, I could only handle maybe 2 seconds of that. Ugh.
LOVE IT! I bet you didn't know this is like one of my favorite songs ever.
He is so amazing, Darren Hayes is by far one of my fave artists!! I loved him ever since Savage Garden. I just wish he was more popular in the US! I'd give anything to be able to go see him live! He's true talent…
and his voice is NOT creepy, that man is seriously amazing!
Its gay as hell. But I actually like it. But then again, SG actually had talent. Perez, this is a better pick than most of the elevator music you usually are fisting on us.
I'll D/L it now.
IT TAKES SOME MAJOR BALLS TO DO A COVER OF THE QUEEN,RIRI DOING VOGUE FOR FR,KATTY P, LIKE A VIRGIN ON VMAS…….THE BITCH IS NOT DEAD YET,,,NEEDLESS TO SAY IT WAS OK……..
LONG LIVE THE QUEEN !!!!!!!!!!!!LONG LIVE THE QUEEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!LONG LIVE THE QUEEN !!!!!!!!!!!!LONG LIVE THE QUEEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!LONG LIVE THE QUEEN !!!!!!!!!!!!LONG LIVE THE QUEEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ok, I've got it in iTunes. Did he make a video? I can just visualize him at one of the clubs in Hillcrest. Prancing like a pretty pony. LOL.
haaaaaaaaaate it. it is barely a remake. just sounds like he's singing karoake or something. awful.
nice cover and freaking hot pic of Madonna - too hot
This track totally sucked and did not do justice
i've brrn in love with darren hayes for many, many years. i hope he finally gets the recognition he deserves. please post more about him!!
nothing beats Madonna's version
I have been trying to download this song all day from the link you posted Perez. It won't let me. What's up with posting a broken link. I LOVE Darren Hayes. I know him well. He dated a friend of mine. He is SO sweet.
Great version!!! OMG totally gonna get my old Madonna albums out when i get home and do a dress up sing along!!!
Excellent feel good song xx
Darren can sing the pants off Madonna. Uh, wait…
Anyway, I like his rendition, I'm dancing and I'm gonna play it again. Go Darren!
Fantastic! I love this song and he does a great version of this. Such a fun dance song!
Great cover of a classic Madonna tune.
He's hot, she's not.
Love it! Great cover of Madonna's original song!
awww…. I love Darren Hayes, he's my favourite openly gay pop star! (out of a possible 3??)
I fuckin' hate Madonna and I wish her old ass would just go away. I can't understand how someone who is such a poser ( and so fuckin' ugly) could stay around this long.
Madonna is a geriatric tranny!
Yo That Shizz Was Slammin'….DAYUM!!!
Alright, I liked it… took me a second to get into it but it was groovy. From your head down to your toe-ow-ows HA!
Darren Hayes is the most beautiful and talented singer, EVER! He was just doing a cover of a crappy song in the first place, but how about checking out HIS music before you judge.
its nice but i noticed nobody ca sing Madonna better than herself , strange but true
This jsut got me so pumped for the London show tomorrow night! Shit I will never sleep tonight! What the hell am I going to wear?
I'm not usually one for covers, but you nailed it Mr Hayes! Well done
Love this version of the song, especially as it is so close to the original live version from the Virgin Tour - like Darren, this song is one that is guaranteed to get me on the dancefloor. As is the case with any Madonna song. "Into the Groove" is my personal favourite. Wish Madonna would come to Australia though…its been too long!
Love it! But I still love the original better.