BEDTIME STORIES found Madonna collaborating with a variety of high-profile – and highly commercial – producers, including Dallas Austin, Babyface, Dave “Jam” Hall, and Nellee Hooper, and she approached the proceedings with an eye (and an ear) toward a more mainstream sound than she’d pursued on her previous album, Erotica.
As a result, BEDTIME STORIES was both a commercial and a critical success, with “Secret” going top-5 in both the US and the UK, “Take a Bow” topping the Billboard Hot 100, and both “Human Nature” and the album’s title track making their way into the UK Top 10.
