I mean, it was a good thing.

And he put on f—ingThriller[laughs]," Rodgers recalled.

So he said, ‘Well can you put a little more bass on it?’

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And all Madonna did was just write [the words] ‘Bass Up’ on the record.

We never changed a thing.

She just wrote it on the box the next time."

“Those are the days when I had no say in anything.

Can you imagine those days even existing?”

Those were the days when you shouldn’t show your butt to have a career.

Now it’s the opposite.

(Obviously, her manager was wrong.)

Madonna’s latest compilation album,Finally Enough Love: 50 Number Ones, is available now.

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