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OPEN YOUR HEART

Madonna: How I Made It to the Top

In this 1985 Spin cover story, Madonna opens up about her penniless years, struggle for success, the men she loved, used, and felt passionate about, and why she’d be a nun if she wasn’t a singer.

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OUT OF CONTROL

Ike Turner: Why I Beat Tina

<p><em>Spin</em>’s classic interview with Ike Turner isn’t just full of his pathetic excuses for his abuse of Tina Turner but is also an unflinching portrait of a man consumed by bitterness as Tina’s star rises.</p>

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