Emmy - Drowning [Studio Demo] (early Madonna)

Studio demo of "Drowning" by Emmy, a post-punk rock band led by a pre-fame Madonna circa 1980-1981. This is song number 4 on their 4-track official "demo tape" that was recorded on November 30, 1980 at the Music Building in New York City.

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• Madonna
• Emmy
• Emmys
• Demo
• Rare
• Early
• Drowning
• Unreleased
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• Pre-Madonna
• Madge
• Band

[BiggDaddyGregory]

Has that Devo sound in the beginning.the song "Whip it"....Yeah,it's really a fantastic song.I hope there was old footage of these times,that'll even be better.Maybe soon something will happen,perhaps leak onto youtube.I'd LOVE to see old performances of Emmy.

[GentlyBlipMe]

Amen to that, brother! Would love to see more of that footage that was shot for "In Artificial Light" that was shown (brfiefly) in BTM and Naked Ambition. Somebody's gotta have it somewhere...

[HotGayBoi85]

it became Burning Up

[Samadhiatman500]

So New Wave to me. Cool.

[Sheanicky]

Being this early on in her career, the vocals are surprisingly pretty strong here.

I am most impressed and the Rock sound is fitting.

[madeyes4u]

@treasuretrove3000 Yeah a few songs, like this one, are a lot stronger than her 1st record release. I wish she had been closer to her "Rock" roots with that release, but I guess what she wouldn't do musically (at that time) she made up for in her attitude/persona. She's a rocker at heart.

[TheThomasOfficial]

@BiggDaddyGregory Omg... Devo is my favorite band lol. I think Madonna was the best before her record deal.

[BluBel123]

Like this old classic

[baroondiwand]

QUEEN OF POP

[MDolla008]

Me encanta este tema <3

cuando estaba en una banda hicimos la version en español =)

[treasuretrove3000]

very cool song. i really like her emmy stuff but this one has remarkably stronger construction than some of the others.

[CIGARPIGSKIN6]

my new favorite

[cambiodenick]

sounds like a porno .midi soundtrack