Vogue

Vogue by Madonna is featured in The Power of Madonna, the fifteenth episode of Season One. It is sung by Sue, with Kurt and Mercedes singing as back-up.

Sue sang this song with help from Mercedes and Kurt to try and find her perfect look, after Will insulted her. Before the song, Sue told Kurt and Mercedes that she was jealous of Will because Will's curly hair is similar to Madonna's hairstyle, which she wanted throughout the song.

After the song, it turned out that Sue did not stick with any of the looks, but she decided to be exactly how she was.

Lyrics[]

Sue:
Strike a pose!
Strike a pose!

Kurt and Mercedes:
Vogue, Vogue
Vogue, Vogue

Sue (Kurt and Mercedes):
Look around everywhere you turn is heartache
It's everywhere that you go (Go go go woah)
You try everything you can to escape
The pain of life that you know (Life that you know)
When all else fails and you long to be
Something better than you are today
I know a place where you can get away
It's called a (with Kurt and Mercedes: Dancefloor,) and here's what it's for, so

Come on, vogue (Huh)
Let your body move to the music (Move to the music)
Hey, hey, hey!
Come on, vogue (Huh)
Let your body go with the flow (Go with the flow)
You know you can do it

All you need is your own imagination,
So use it, that's what it's for (That's what it's for)
Go inside, for your finest inspiration
Your dreams will open the door (Open up the door)
It makes no difference if you're black or white
If you're a boy or a girl
If the music's pumping it will give you new life

Mercedes and Sue with Kurt:
You're a superstar, yes, that's what you are, you know it!

Sue (Kurt and Mercedes):
Come on, vogue (Huh... Vogue)
Let your body move to the music (Move to the music)
Hey, hey, hey!
Come on, vogue (Huh)
Let your body go with the flow (Go with the flow)
You know you can do it

Beauty's where you find it (with Kurt and Mercedes: Not just where you bump and grind it)
Soul is in the musical
That's where I feel so beautiful
Magical, life's a ball
So get up on the dance floor

Come on, vogue (Huh... Vogue)
Let your body move to the music (Move to the music)
Hey, hey, hey!
Come on, vogue (Huh... Vogue)
Let your body go with the flow (Go with the flow)
You know you can do it

Vogue (Vogue)
Beauty's where you find it (Move to the music)
Vogue (Vogue)
Beauty's where you find it (Go with the flow)

Greta Garbo and Monroe, Dietrich and DiMaggio
Marlon Brando, Jimmy Dean
On the cover of a magazine
Grace Kelly, Harlow, Jean
Picture of a beauty queen
Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire
Sue Sylvester, dance on air
They had style, they had grace
Rita Hayworth gave good face
Lauren, Katherine, Lana too
Will Schuester, I hate you!
Ladies with an attitude
Fella's that were in the mood
Don't just stand there, let's get to it
Strike a pose, there's nothing to it

Vogue (Vogue Vogue Vogue)
Vogue (Vogue Vogue Vogue)
Vogue (Vogue Vogue)
Vogue (Vogue Vogue)

Oooh, you've got to
Let your body (with Kurt and Mercedes: move to the music)
Oooh, you've got to just
Let your body go with the flow
Oooh, you've got to just

Vogue! (Vogue Vogue Vogue)

Trivia[]

This is Sue's first song, and solo, in the series.
Brittany and Santana are the hands at the "Soul is in the musical, That's where I feel so beautiful, Magical, life's a ball" part of the song. Source
Brittany wears the cone bra at "Not just where you bump and grind it." Source
Some of the lyrics were changed to fit the plot, like "Sue Sylvester, dance on air," and "Will Schuester, I hate you!"
This is one of the performance which is slightly similar to the official music videos. The others being: I'm a Slave 4 U, Me Against the Music, Baby One More Time, Scream, Black or White, It's Not Right But It's Okay, Mamma Mia, This Is the New Year, Nasty/Rhythm Nation, Take on Me and Thousand Miles.