brit ies . ▁L yr ically , ▁the ▁song ▁is ▁about ▁enjo ying ▁ones elf ▁on ▁the ▁dance ▁floor ▁no ▁matter ▁who ▁one ▁is , ▁and ▁it ▁contains ▁a ▁theme ▁of ▁esc ap ism . ▁ ▁Crit ically , ▁" V og ue " ▁has ▁been ▁met ▁with ▁appreci ation ▁ever ▁since ▁its ▁release ; ▁review ers ▁have ▁pra ised ▁its ▁anth em ic ▁nature ▁and ▁listed ▁it ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁Madonna ' s ▁career ▁highlight s . ▁Com mer cially , ▁the ▁song ▁remains ▁one ▁of ▁Madonna ' s ▁biggest ▁international ▁hits , ▁to pping ▁the ▁charts ▁in ▁over ▁ 3 0 ▁countries , ▁including ▁Australia , ▁Canada , ▁Japan , ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom , ▁and ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁It ▁became ▁the ▁world ' s ▁best - s elling ▁single ▁of ▁ 1 9 9 0 , ▁s elling ▁over ▁six ▁million ▁copies . ▁ ▁The ▁music ▁video ▁for ▁" V og ue ", ▁directed ▁by ▁David ▁Fin cher , ▁was ▁shot ▁in ▁black - and - white ▁and ▁takes ▁sty list ic ▁insp iration ▁from ▁the ▁ 1 9 2 0 s ▁and ▁ 1 9 3 0 s . ▁Madonna ▁and ▁her ▁d anc ers ▁can ▁be ▁seen ▁v og uing ▁to ▁different ▁ch ore ograph ed ▁moves . ▁The ▁video ▁has ▁been ▁ranked ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁greatest ▁of ▁all ▁time ▁in ▁different ▁critic ▁lists ▁and ▁pol ls ▁and ▁won ▁three ▁awards ▁at ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 0 ▁MTV ▁Video ▁Music ▁Awards ▁out ▁of ▁a ▁total ▁of