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Breihan, Tom (January 21, 2022). "The Number Ones: Madonna's "This Used To Be My Playground" ". Stereogum. Archived from the original on January 21, 2022 . Retrieved January 21, 2022.Madonna wrote this with Shep Pettibone, a New York producer who she collaborated with on her Erotica album, including " Vogue" and the ballad " Rain." Pennanen, Timo (2021). "Sisältää hitin: 1 January 1960 – 30.6.2021" (PDF) (in Finnish). Musiikkiarkisto. pp.156–157. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 22, 2022 . Retrieved September 5, 2022.

Light and airy, with only the faintest whiff of pathos or self-importance, A League of Their Own offers a refreshingly buoyant vision of America’s favorite pastime. Unburdened by the grandiose mythologizing of movies like The Natural and Field of Dreams, the film regards baseball with a breezy, wide-eyed innocence that captures the uniquely languid joy of the sport. Every time I hear this song I think of her. And I think of those times that I wish she was still standing here and we were laughing, on one of our excursions. Madonna – This Used to Be My Playground" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved March 29, 2015. a b c "Billboard Archive: Year End issue 1992" (PDF). Billboard. December 26, 1992. pp.73, 91 . Retrieved February 24, 2016. a b " Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 1936." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved March 29, 2015.The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1992 . TOP 50 POP SINGLES". Cash Box. December 28, 1992. Archived from the original on December 28, 2012 . Retrieved April 10, 2021. Smith, Liz (July 18, 1992). "Rumors of writes & The New Yorker". The Toledo Blade. Archived from the original on May 10, 2022 . Retrieved February 18, 2016. a b Trust, Gary (August 3, 2015). "This Week in Billboard Chart History: In 1992, Madonna Sported the No. 1 'This Used to Be My Playground". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 12, 2015 . Retrieved September 18, 2015.

This Used To Be My Playground” is exactly the wrong song for a singer like Madonna. In its glassy texture, “Playground” sounds like something that a grand ‘90s balladeer might sing, but Madonna is not a grand ’90s balladeer. She doesn’t have the pipes of a Whitney Houston or a Celine Dion, and she doesn’t have that kind of hammy squaresville delivery, either. She can’t make the song dramatic, and she doesn’t really try. Instead, she tries to give the song a poised, understated reading, but there’s no spirit in her delivery, no personality. She also over-enunciates a bit — a possible early warning of the fake British accent that she’d start using in the years ahead. (For my money, the exaggerated New York accent that she uses in A League Of Their Own is way more charming.) a b Lwin, Nanda (2000). Top 40 Hits: The Essential Chart Guide. Music Data Canada. p.173. ISBN 1-896594-13-1. a b "British single certifications – Madonna – This Used to Be My Playground". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved March 29, 2015. The Irish Charts – Search Results – This Used to Be My Playground". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved March 29, 2015.Top 10 Sales in Europe" (PDF). Music & Media. September 5, 1992. p.16. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 23, 2020 . Retrieved March 20, 2018. Does anyone associate “This Used To Be My Playground” with A League Of Their Own? I don’t. I barely remember that the song and the movie had any relationship. A League Of Their Own is an antic gee-whiz period piece about triumphant women in a different time, while “This Used To Be My Playground” is a morose torch ballad. Also, nobody ever refers to a baseball field as a “playground.” There’s some sad nostalgia at the end of League, so maybe “Playground” didn’t make a terribly incongruous end-credits song. But I just don’t associate that song with Tom Hanks yelling that there’s no crying in baseball. They exist completely independently of each other in my mind. There’s no overlap. Maybe that’s me.

Quiroga Lavié, Humberto. "Secretos y Misterios de Hombres y Mujeres"[Secrets and Mysteries of men and women] (essay) (in Spanish) . Retrieved November 15, 2015. {{ cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= ( help) There’s things I don’t wanna do anymore and there’s places I don’t want to go anymore because she’s not around and it would be too difficult to do the same things. I just don’t want to now. This Used to Be My Playground" also reached peak positions of number two on the Hot 100 Airplay and number four on the Adult Contemporary charts. [42] On September 10, 1992, it was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments of 500,000 copies. [43] Billboard ranked it at number 22 on their list of "Madonna's 40 Biggest Hits" on the Hot 100. [44] In Canada, the song debuted at number 60 on the RPM Top Singles chart on July 4, 1992. [45] After seven weeks it reached the top of the chart and was present for a total of 19 weeks. [46] [47] It also reached number two on the RPM Adult Contemporary chart. [48] Promis, Jose F. (July 27, 1999). "Madonna > This Used to Be My Playground". AllMusic. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016 . Retrieved February 18, 2016.

a b Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDFed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p.174. Yes, “This Used To Be My Playground” is a ballad. It has a slow, mournful melody and emotional lyrics. The song is meant to be a reflection of the past and the pain of losing something that was once so important. 4. Was “This Used To Be My Playground” a hit when it was released? Top 10 Sales in Europe" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol.9, no.34. August 22, 1992. p.22. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 17, 2020 . Retrieved March 21, 2018.