Music (Madonna song)

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"Music"
Single by Madonna
from the album Music
Released	August 21, 2000
Format	DVD single CD single CD maxi single Video single Cassette single 7" Single 12" Maxi-single
Recorded	2000
Genre	Electro Pop
Length	3:45
Label	Maverick Records Warner Bros. Records WEA International
Writer(s)	Madonna Mirwais Ahmadzaï
Producer(s)	Madonna Mirwais Ahmadzaï
Chart positions
#1 (Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Eurochart, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, U.S., UK, UWC) #2 (Finland, Germany, Sweden) #4 (Netherlands) #5 (Austria) #6 (Belgium) #8 (France)
Madonna singles chronology
"American Pie" (2000)	"Music" (2000)	"Don't Tell Me" (2000/2001)

"Music" is a song by American singer Madonna from her 2000 album Music. The song was released as a single in August 2000. The male-sounding voice at the beginning of the song is in fact Madonna's voice heavily transformed. It was nominated for Record of the Year, but lost to U2's Beautiful Day. Audio sample (help·info).

Contents 1 Song information 2 Music Video 3 Official Versions 4 Remixes 5 Chart performance 6 Certifications 7 Notes

[edit] Song information

On May 27, 2000 an unauthorized copy of the song leaked onto the internet. In a few days it spread all over the web through forums and Napster. Madonna's spokesperson Liz Rosenberg reacted with the comment that the material was a "work-in-progress which was stolen". After the release of the single, it would become clear that it was in fact the finished version that leaked onto the web, but only the first three and a half minutes of it.

The song shot to the top of the charts very quickly. It went to number one in the USA, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and many other countries. It was Madonna's twelfth number one in the USA. By reaching number one, it made Madonna the second artist (behind Janet Jackson) to achieve number one hits in the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s in the USA. (Coincidentally, the single preceding "Music" at number one was Jackson's "Doesn't Really Matter", which gave Jackson the record.) Eventually it went platinum, selling over a million copies, proving to be one of her biggest-selling singles.

The song was her first number-one hit in the USA since "Take a Bow" went number-one in 1995.

In 2004, Canadian tech-metal band Out of Your Mouth released a cover version, which reached the Top 40 in Canada.

The United World Chart ranked "Music" as the 11th most successful single since 1999 with sales/airplay^[1] (3.63/3.63) of 7.414 million points in the main sales areas globally,^[2] and as the most successful single of 2000 with the most number of points in a single week.^[3]

Music has appeared in all three of Madonna's tours since it was released (Drowned World Tour, Re-Invention Tour, and Confessions Tour). The first two of the three concerts, Music was placed in the encore, being the final song in The Drowned World Tour, and being the first encore in the Re-Invention Tour. Music opened the last segment of her record-breaking Confessions Tour, with Saturday Night Fever-inspired clothing and surroundings, Music was mixed with the Trammp's Disco Inferno, thus creating the hedonistic Music Inferno.

[edit] Music Video

The music video was shot in Los Angeles by Swedish director Jonas Åkerlund. It features Madonna in a fur coat with a cowboy hat and a golden medallion, together with friends Niki Haris and Debi Mazar. The girls are escorted in a golden limousine, driven by British comic Sacha Baron Cohen in the guise of his Ali G character. He takes them to a club, where the girls enjoy a female strip act (of which MTV censored parts). In the middle of the song there's an animated part with Madonna as some kind of superwoman, flying through the sky, trashing her old song titles and DJ-ing at a party. Madonna was five-months pregnant with her son Rocco during the filming of the video, which is why an animation section was included.^{[citation needed]} In the middle of the video, Ali G interrupts the song to demonstrate his rap skills in order to persuade Madonna to include him on her next single. An annoyed Madonna asks him to stop and to put her music back on.

The video is a bit of a Hip hop parody, and it borrows ideas from the famous "Windowlicker" music video by electronic music artist Aphex Twin.^{[citation needed]} Two versions of the video exist: a "regular version" and an "extended version", which features additional scenes with Ali G. Both versions are available on the single's DVD release.

Since its release the video has won multiple awards in including: Best Pop Clip Of The Year at the Billboard Video Awards in 2000 and Best Dance Video at the International Dance Music Awards in 2000.

The music video was parodied on MADtv. The parody was called Movies, and featured Mo Collins as Madonna and Aries Spears as Ali G. The video poked fun at Madonna's filmography.

[edit] Official Versions

1. Album Version - 3:45
2. Video Version (Long Version) - 4:45
3. Video Version (Short Version) - 4:23

Others:

1. Grammy's Screen Version
2. Drowned World Tour DVD End Credits Version
3. Drowned World Tour Sessions
4. I'm Going To Tell You A Secret Live Version - 4:54
5. Music-Inferno (Confessions Tour Version) - 7:40
6. Confessions Tour Sessions

[edit] Remixes

1. Deep Dish Dot Com Remix - 11:23
2. Deep Dish Dot Com Radio Edit - 4:15
3. Deep Dish Dot Com Remix (U.S. Edit) - 4:28
4. Deep Dish Dot Com Remix (UK. Edit) - 3:58
5. Groove Armada's 12" Mix - 5:29
6. Groove Armada's Club Mix - 9:30
7. Groove Armada's 7" Edit - 3:37
8. Groove Armada's Bonus Beats - 4:53
9. Calderone Anthem Mix - 11:57
10. Calderone Radio Edit - 4:28
11. The Young Collective Club Mix - 13:17
12. The Young Collective Radio Mix - 3:42
13. Richard "Humpty" Vission Phunkatron Remix (Not approved for release) - 6:13
14. Richard "Humpty" Vission Phunkatron Radio Edit Mix (Not approved for release) -
15. Richard "Humpty" Vission Phunkatron Dub (Not approved for release) - 6:12
16. Dave Aude Rubber Combo Mix (Not approved for release) -
17. Dave Aude Rubber Dub (Not approved for release) - 7:30
18. Dave Aude Vocal Anthem (Not approved for release) - 8:20
19. Dave Aude Vocal Anthem Edit (Not approved for release) -
20. HQ2 Main Club Mix - 8:46
21. HQ2 Radio Mix - 4:06
22. HQ2 Acappella Mix - 7:14
23. Robbie Rivera Club Mix - 6:45

[edit] Chart performance

Chart (2000)[4]	Peak Position
Argentina Top 40 Singles	1 (3 weeks)
Australian ARIA Top 50 Singles	1 (4 weeks)
Austrian Top 75 Singles	5
Belgium Top 50 Singles	6
Brazilian Hot 100 Singles	1
Canadian Billboard Top 100 Singles	1 (7 weeks)
Dutch Top 40 Singles	4
Eurochart Hot 100 Singles	1 (5 weeks)
Finnish Top 20 Singles	2
France Top 100 Singles	8
German Top 100 Singles	2
Japanese (Foreign) Singles Chart	1 (1 week)
'Tokio Hot 100'	1 (7 weeks)
New Zealand RIANZ Top 40 Singles	1 (1 week)
Norweing Top 20 Singles	1 (4 weeks)
Swedish Top 60 Singles	2
Swiss Top 100 Singles	1 (5 weeks)
UK Official Top 75 Singles	1 (1 week)
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	1 (4 weeks)
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales	1 (4 weeks)
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play	1 (5 weeks)
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Singles Sales	1 (5 weeks)
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream	2
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Tracks	2
U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40	9
United World Chart	1 (12 weeks)

[edit] Certifications

Country	Certification
Australia	2x Platinum
France	Gold
Germany	Gold
UK	Gold
USA	Platinum

[edit] Notes

Preceded by "Doesn't Really Matter" by Janet Jackson	Billboard Hot 100 number one single September 16, 2000- October 7, 2000	Succeeded by "Come on Over Baby (All I Want Is You)" by Christina Aguilera
Preceded by "Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)" by Spiller featuring Sophie Ellis-Bextor	UK number one single September 2, 2000	Succeeded by "Take On Me" by A1