Music is the song of the American singer Madonna . Released on August 21, 2000 via Maverick Records , as the first single from the self-titled album . Also, the song was added to the collections of hits: " GHV2 " and " Celebration ". The authors and producers of the song were Madonna herself and Mirwe Ahmadzai , who later became the producer of another album of the singer “American Life”. “Music” is a pop and electro-pop song. Reviews about the song were mostly positive, critics also praised the club atmosphere of the song. The song reached the first line of the Billboard hot 100 chart . The song became very successful in the USA . The song was nominated for "Record of the Year" and " Best Female Pop Performance " of the Grammy ceremony.
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| Madonna's Single from the album Music | ||||
| Side B | "Cyber-Raga" | |||
| Released | August 21, 2000 | |||
| Format | DVD single, CD single , maxi single, video single , cassette single, 7 "single , 12" maxi single | |||
| Recorded by | 1999 | |||
| Genre | Dance Pop , Electropop | |||
| Duration | 3:44 | |||
| Producer | Madonna, Mirwe Ahmadzai | |||
| Composer | ||||
| Songwriter | Madonna, Mirwe Ahmadzai | |||
| Labels | and | |||
| Timeline of the Madonna Singles | ||||
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Content
Commercial Success
The song became the number 12 single on the Billboard hot 100 chart. The song took Madonna to a new level in music. Also, the song took the first lines in other charts. See the Charts section for more details.
Live Performances
The song has been performed on almost all Madonna tours since its release. So, Madonna closes her Drowned World Tour with this song. In the Re-Invention tour, Madonna sings a song in the image of an indigenous girl in a Scottish tribe. In “Confession tour”, the song was performed in the remix of “Music Inferno”. In “ Sticky & Sweet Tour ” Madonna performed the song in all two versions of the tour. “ MDNA Tour ” became a tour where Madonna didn’t sing a song, but on November 14, 2012 Madonna sang a medley of “Give it2me” and “Music” and “Gangnam Style” together with the Korean artist PSY.
For the first time, the song was performed at MTV Europe Music Awards 2000. At the Grammy ceremony in 2001, Madonna also sang this song in the image from the clip “What it feels like for a girl”. It was also performed during the promotion tour in honor of the Hard Candy album, namely on the Hard Candy Promo Tour. At the Super Bowl XLVI ceremony, Madonna sang a medley of her best hits, including the song Music.
Music video
The clip was directed by Jonas Auckland. Filmed in Los Angeles in April 2000. In the video, in addition to Madonna, Sasha Baron Cohen starred in the image of Ali G.
The video was released on MTV on August 2, 2000. During the video, Madonna gets into the car to Ali G, and drives around the city at night. She calls at a strip club, where new girls come out with her. The clip also has an animated part.
The goal of the clip is to show that everyone can have fun.
Record Members
- Madonna - vocals, producer, lyrics.
- Mirve Ahmadzai - text, producer.
- Keeling Lee is a guitar.
- Jonathan White is the bass.
- Patrick Deves - drums.
- Dan Hewson - sheet music.
- Jean-Baptiste Mondino - photographer.
- Kevin Rigen - art director, designer.
Charts
| Chart (2000) | Peak |
|---|---|
| Australian singles chart | one |
| Austrian singles chart | five |
| Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders) | 6 |
| Belgian Singles Chart (Walloon) | four |
| Canadian Singles Chart | one |
| Danish singles chart | four |
| Finnish singles chart | eight |
| French singles chart | eight |
| Irish singles chart | 7 |
| Italian Singles Chart | one |
| New Zealand Singles Chart | one |
| Norwegian singles chart | one |
| Spanish singles chart | one |
| Swedish Singles Chart | 2 |
| Swiss singles chart | one |
| UK Singles Chart | one |
| US Billboard Hot 100 | one |
| US Billboard Hot Dance Music / Club Play | one |
| US Billboard Pop Songs | 2 |
End of Year Charts
| Chart (2000) | Position |
|---|---|
| Australian singles chart | four |
| Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders) | 45 |
| Belgian Singles Chart (Wallonia) | 21 |
| Dutch Singles Chart | 40 |
| French singles chart | 26 |
| German singles chart | 34 |
| Italian Singles Chart | 7 |
| Swedish Singles Chart | 32 |
| Swiss singles chart | nineteen |
| UK Singles Chart | 24 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 17 |
Charts at the end of the decade
| Chart (2000-09) | Position |
|---|---|
| Swedish Singles Chart | 2 |
Certification
| A country | Certification |
|---|---|
| Australia | 2 Platinum |
| Brazil | Gold |
| Germany | Gold |
| France | Gold |
| Sweden | Platinum |
| Switzerland | Gold |
| Great Britain | Gold |
| USA | Platinum |