Madonna - Borderline (5.1 surround sound mix)

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I created this 5.1 mix from 22 (24Bit) tracks. Madonna recently released her Immaculate Collection in Dolby Atmos & there was a handful of songs on there that weren't discrete surround mixes, more than likely they were UPmixes; so I decided that I'm going to try and mix some of these songs myself, along with some songs that weren't included in that release. This one in particular was sourced from pretty raw multi-tracks, ...meaning none of the effects were present & the "studio magic" that gives the finished song it's "polished sound" had to be reverse-engineered by me & I'm a surround mixer, not an audio engineer so I did my best in the time that I wanted to devote to this & gave it my best shot. My finished product is not as polished as the official stereo version but it is a discrete surround sound mix & I doubt you've heard it presented in this way so I hope you enjoy it.

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"Borderline" is a song by American singer Madonna from her debut studio album Madonna (1983). Written and produced by Reggie Lucas, the song was remixed by John "Jellybean" Benitez. It was released by Sire Records as the fifth and final single from the album on February 15, 1984. The song is also included on Madonna's greatest hits albums The Immaculate Collection (1990) and Celebration (2009).

Lyrically, the track talks about unrequited love and finds the singer using refined and expressive vocals. The song received critical acclaim; contemporary critics and authors called it the most harmonically complex track from Madonna, and lauded the singer's vocals. In the United States, "Borderline" became Madonna's first top-ten hit on the Billboard Hot 100.

"Borderline" was placed at No. 2 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Singles of 1984. Pitchfork ranked it among the 200 best songs from the 1980s. Madonna performed it on two of her concert tours: Virgin (1985) and Sticky & Sweet (2008).

Upon release, "Borderline" was acclaimed by music critics. Author J. Randy Taraborrelli, in his biography of Madonna, said it was, alongside "Holiday", one of the "key recordings" that helped to establish the singer in the music industry; he also added that her "sober" vocals made the track "as close to an old Motown production as a hit could get in the dance-music-driven eighties". Author Maury Dean, in his book Rock 'n' Roll Gold Rush, called the song "echoey boogie" with "saucy-style and come-hither magnetism". On The Complete Guide to the Music of Madonna, Rikky Rooksby deemed it the most "harmonically complex" track of the album. Commentator Dave Marsh, author of The Heart of Rock & Soul, said that the "music's too damn good to be denied, no matter whose value system it disrupts". Journalist Roxanne Orgill in her book Shout, Sister, Shout!, commented that "Borderline" was the song that made Madonna "the star that she is".