Context

This line is from the song "Material Girl" by Madonna from the album Like a Virgin (1984).

Madonna, doing her best "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend," dances with a bunch of tuxedoed charmers and lets people know that she'll only dance and play with guys who have their pockets stuffed with cold hard cash.

Hey, it was the 80s. Maybe she should've hooked up with Michael Douglas's character from Wall Street.

Where you've heard it

Madonna is sometimes known as "the material girl" precisely because of this song and its symbol of 1980s excess.

Here are a couple more "Material Girl" materials:

• A clothing line.
• A magazine.
• An episode of The Good Wife called "Material World."
• A PBS docu-series.

Pretentious Factor

If you were to drop this quote at a dinner party, would you get an in-unison "awww" or would everyone roll their eyes and never invite you back? Here it is, on a scale of 1-10.

You're pretty much saying that you'll only date someone with money.