Take a Bow is a song.
`` Take a Bow '' is a song by American singer Madonna from her sixth studio album Bedtime Stories ( 1994 ) . Recorded at The Hit Factory Studios in New York , `` Take a Bow '' was backed by a full orchestra . It received favorable reviews from music critics , who praised the song 's soulful , poetic lyrics . In 2016 , she added the song to the setlist of the Asian and Oceanian legs of her Rebel Heart Tour and her one-off Sydney concert Madonna : Tears of a Clown .