For Idolator 's Mike Wass, the song is Madonna's seventh best lead single, and one of her most "wildly experimental" and interesting. She concluded her review by deeming the video a "litany of television taboos [rather] than a titillating expression of her sexual fantasies".

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J. Randy Taraborrelli, author of Madonna: An Intimate Biography, pointed out that "['Erotica'] wasn't a surprise for anyone who had been paying attention to [Madonna's] recent music. The sound quality on this release is unspeakably great, which amazes me considering it's a picture disc! The song also saw success on Billboard 's Dance Singles Sales and Dance Club Songs charts, reaching the first position of both; [61] [62] it became Madonna's 13th chart-topper on the latter chart. Going from sultry spoken word in the verses to a postcoital purr in the chorus, it’s the sound of sex — and sleaze — with Madonna introducing herself as Mistress Dita long before there was a Madame X.The performance from the August 15–16 London concerts was included on the singer's second live album The Confessions Tour (2007). And always the same crap with coloured vinyl, who cares about the sound quality when you can sell boxes like that with coloured vinyl. In the case of the title track, the producer revealed that it underwent "numerous radical changes" during the recording process, with four different version being recorded; Madonna would first sing it one way, and then decide to erase everything and start all over again.

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Erotica" reached the first position of both the European Hot 100 Singles chart and the European Dance Radio Chart.

In the United Kingdom, "Erotica" debuted at the 11th position of the UK Singles Chart on October 17, 1992, and, 2 weeks later, peaked at number 3; it spent 9 weeks on the chart overall. She had been doing just that right from the get-go, penetrating what was forbidden, relentlessly, but this time not without great penalty. All in all, this isn't very important, but I think it's interesting how we're quickly losing accuracy on those dates. Arnold also pointed out that with "Erotica", the singer "introduced the pop-diva alter ego: Before Mariah gave us Mimi and Beyoncé gave us Sasha Fierce, [Madonna] gave us the dominatrix Dita".

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Finally Enough Love: 50 Number Ones - available now on both streaming and physical formats - dominated album charts around the world following its release this summer.

In 2005, a cover by Adam Marano was recorded for Tribute to Madonna (Golden Sound); [129] three years later, "Erotica" was covered by Clueless and The Sunset Lounge.