Express Yourself

"Express Yourself" was written and produced by Madonna and Stephen Bray, released on May 9, 1989, as the second single from her fourth studio album Like a Prayer. The song peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 and became Madonna's eighth number-one hit on the Eurochart Hot 100 Singles chart. The music video, directed by David Fincher and inspired by the 1927 film Metropolis, had a total budget of $5 million, making it the most expensive music video made up to that time.