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Papa Don't Preach is a Dance-pop act. Their sound grew out of Donna Summer, Aretha Franklin, Michael Jackson, Sex Pistols and Graham Parker. Those roots explain a lot about how Papa Don't Preach arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as That Don't Impress Me Much, La Isla Bonita, Don't Speak, Girls Just Want to Have Fun and Losing My Religion, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Kelly Osbourne, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 13 connections around Papa Don't Preach, reaching back through Donna Summer and forward to Kelly Osbourne. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
"Papa Don't Preach" is a song by American singer Madonna from her third studio album, True Blue (1986). Written by Brian Elliot and co-produced by Madonna and Stephen Bray, the song was inspired by teenage conversations Elliot overheard outside his recording studio. Originally penned for a singer named Christina Dent, it was later offered to Madonna after Warner Bros. executive Michael Ostin intervened. Madonna adjusted portions of the lyrics and was credited as a co-writer. Musically, the track blends dance-pop with elements of baroque, post-disco and classical music, and its lyrics tell the story of a teenage girl who becomes pregnant and chooses to keep her baby, despite her father's objection.
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Papa Don't Preach grew out of Donna Summer, Aretha Franklin, Michael Jackson and Sex Pistols, shares an orbit with That Don't Impress Me Much, La Isla Bonita, Don't Speak and Girls Just Want to Have Fun, went on to shape Kelly Osbourne. 13 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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