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Music (Madonna song)
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"Music" is the first single by American singer-songwriter Madonna
from her 8th studio album Music
and was released on August 21, 2000, by Maverick Records
. It was also released on DVD
single, a debut in this format by Madonna. It earned two Grammy Award
nominations in 2001, for Record of the Year
and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
. In 2006, The song was remixed using "Disco Inferno
" by the Trammps and was re-named "Music Inferno" for the 2006 Confessions Tour
. This version appears on the 2007 live album The Confessions Tour.
It was ranked by Rolling Stone
at 66 in their list of the 100 Best Songs of the Decade and the best single for the year 2000. It was her first single to reach number one single in the United States
after 1994's "Take a Bow". Music remains Madonna's final US number one to date.
. In several days it spread all over cyberspace
through forums and Napster
. Madonna's spokeswoman Liz Rosenberg reacted with the comment that the material was a "work-in-progress which was stolen". To counter the trend of music piracy, Madonna actively campaigned against Napster with fellow performers from other genres, including hip-hop artist Dr. Dre
and drummer Lars Ulrich
of heavy metal
band Metallica
. Madonna later performed this song and several others on a promotional tour; her concert at Brixton Academy in London
was a live webcast on her website and was watched by a record 9 million people around the world. The Webcast was produced and broadcast by Chris Frampton's International webcaster MediaWave.
The opening line of the song ("Hey Mr. DJ, put a record on, I want to dance with my baby") features a male-sounding voice. The voice is actually Madonna's voice, heavily transformed. The song is written in the key of B♭ major and Madonna's voice spans from G3 to D5.
"Music" earned two Grammy Award
nominations in 2001, for Record of the Year
and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
.
, who had done the same achievement with "Doesn't Really Matter
", which preceded "Music" as the Hot 100's number-one single. "Music" also being the longest running number-one spot at Billboard Hot Dance Club Play
at the 2000s decade, with spent a longevity five weeks at number one. It eventually became the second most-successful dance song of the 2000s in the United States, reaching number two on the Dance/Club Play Decade-end Chart, behind Madonna's own "Hung Up
". "Music" went platinum in the country, selling over a million copies, proving to be one of her biggest-selling singles. It was the best-selling dance song of the 2000s decade in the United States. The song was her first number-one hit in the USA since "Take a Bow" went to number-one in 1995 and is her most recent number-one hit in the USA to-date. Music was the 24th best selling single of 2000 in the UK. According to The Official Charts Company, the song has sold 410,000 copies there.
In 2003, Madonna fans were asked to vote for their top 20 Madonna singles of all time by Q magazine. "Music" was allocated the #2 spot.
In 2004, Canadian tech-metal band Out of Your Mouth
released a cover version
, which reached the Top 40 in Canada.
was shot in April 2000 at A&M Stage and a nightclub in downtown Los Angeles by Swedish director Jonas Åkerlund
, who worked with Madonna in her video for "Ray of Light
". The video stars Madonna and her longtime backup singer Niki Haris
and actress Debi Mazar
as well as comedian Sacha Baron Cohen
as his famous character Ali G
. The video starts with Madonna along with her friends boarding Ali G's limousine. The song starts and Ali G is directed to take them to a club, and later to a strip-club, where he is denied entrance. An animated section follows where, Madonna attacks various neon signs with the names of many of her songs, including "Rain
", "Borderline
", "Lucky Star", "Bad Girl", "Vogue", "Fever", "La Isla Bonita
", "Express Yourself" and "Material Girl
". In the extended version, at the end of the animated section, Ali G. briefly interrupts the song to demonstrate his rap skills to persuade Madonna to include him on her next single. An annoyed Madonna asks him to stop and to turn the song back on. Madonna was heavily pregnant with her second child, Rocco, during the shooting and the animated section of the video was added as a result. The video ends with Madonna and her friends travelling in the limousine with many of the strippers and Ali G engaging in a rendezvous with them.
The video won several awards, 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. The video poked fun at Madonna's filmography, with an animated 'Madonna' attacking signs that had the names of her movies.
only and contains two versions of the music video: a standard version and an extended. It also includes a weblink to an official Madonna "Music" website, but the site is no longer active. The extended version includes the sequence during which Ali G
interrupts the song to demonstrate his rap skills.
's tours since it was released: Drowned World
, Re-Invention, Confessions
and Sticky & Sweet
.
For the Drowned World Tour, it was used as the final encore; Madonna wore tight black jeans and a customised Dolce & Gabbana
halter top that proclaims "Mother" in the front and "F*cker" in the back. She sang the song surrounded by her dancers, while imagery of her all-time music videos were displayed on backdrop screens.
"Music" was later added to the Re-Invention Tour as the fourth song of the Scottish segment; this mix of the song was slower, Hip-Hop-based. The same version was used at the 2005 Live 8
benefit concert
In the 2006 Confessions Tour, the song was mixed with The Trammps
' "Disco Inferno
", thus creating the hedonistic Music Inferno. It was preceded by the short video introduction "The Duke Mixes The Hits", and it sampled the chorus from "Where's The Party", a song from her 1986
album "True Blue". Madonna and her two female back-up dancers appeared onstage wearing Saturday Night Fever
-inspired John Travolta
outfits and started to sing "Music" together.
"Music" was part of the Hard Candy Promo Tour, in support of the Hard Candy
album; this version sampled Fedde le Grand
's "Put Your Hands Up for Detroit", getting a Dance
-version of the song. It was the last song performed during the 2nd act of her Sticky & Sweet Tour
, the Old School segment, where Madonna used the version of the promotional tour, with a sample of Indeep
's "Last Night A DJ Saved My Life
" at the beginning of the song.
released an eight-minute soul cover on their album Versions Excursions. Remixed eurodance
cover versions of the song have appeared on the Dancemania
series albums. Including an uptempo cover remix by Nancy And The Boys
on the 2001 album Dancemania Speed 6
.
Source
US cassette single (9 16826-4)
US 2 x 12" vinyl (9 44909-0)
US DVD single (38526-2)
EU DVD single (7599 38526-2)
EU Maxi-CD (9362 44898 2)
EU 12" vinyl (W 0537 T2)
EU 12" vinyl (picture disc)(W537TX1)
UK 12" vinyl (W 0537 T1)
UK CD single 1 (9362 44896 2, W 0537)
UK CD single 2 (W5372CD2)
UK Cassette single (W537C, 5439 16838 4)
GR CD single (5439 16838 2)
AU CD single 1 (enhanced)(9362-44925-2)
AU CD single 2 (9362-44926-2)
JP CD single (WPCR-10901)
JP Maxi-CD (WPCR-10902)
CA Maxi-CD (CD 44909)
US Maxi-CD (9 44909-2, 9 44909-2)
Madonna (entertainer)
Madonna is an American singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her debut album in 1983...
from her 8th studio album Music
Music (Madonna album)
Music is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Madonna, released on September 19, 2000 by Maverick Records and distributed by Warner Bros. Records...
and was released on August 21, 2000, by Maverick Records
Maverick Records
Maverick Recording Company is an American record label owned and operated by Warner Music Group, and distributed through Warner Bros. Records.-Company history:...
. It was also released on DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
single, a debut in this format by Madonna. It earned two Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
nominations in 2001, for Record of the Year
Grammy Award for Record of the Year
The Record of the Year is one of the four most prestigious Grammy Awards presented annually. It has been awarded since 1959.-History:The honorees through its history have been:*1959-1965: Artist only.*1966-1998: Artist and producer....
and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
The Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance is the latest in a series of awards recognizing superior vocal performance by a female in the pop category, the first of which was presented in 1959. The award goes to the artist...
. In 2006, The song was remixed using "Disco Inferno
Disco Inferno
Disco Inferno is a song by The Trammps.Disco Inferno can also refer to:* Disco Inferno , a 1976 disco album recorded by The Trammps featuring the song* Disco Inferno , a band formed in the late 1980s...
" by the Trammps and was re-named "Music Inferno" for the 2006 Confessions Tour
Confessions Tour
Confessions Tour was the seventh concert tour by American singer-songwriter Madonna. It supported her tenth studio album, Confessions on a Dance Floor. Madonna confirmed the possibility of going out on a tour as early as November 2005. Jamie King, Madonna's longtime collaborator, was then hired on...
. This version appears on the 2007 live album The Confessions Tour.
It was ranked by Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...
at 66 in their list of the 100 Best Songs of the Decade and the best single for the year 2000. It was her first single to reach number one single in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
after 1994's "Take a Bow". Music remains Madonna's final US number one to date.
Song information
On May 27, 2000, an unauthorized copy of the song leaked onto the InternetInternet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
. In several days it spread all over cyberspace
Cyberspace
Cyberspace is the electronic medium of computer networks, in which online communication takes place.The term "cyberspace" was first used by the cyberpunk science fiction author William Gibson, though the concept was described somewhat earlier, for example in the Vernor Vinge short story "True...
through forums and Napster
Napster
Napster is an online music store and a Best Buy company. It was originally founded as a pioneering peer-to-peer file sharing Internet service that emphasized sharing audio files that were typically digitally encoded music as MP3 format files...
. Madonna's spokeswoman Liz Rosenberg reacted with the comment that the material was a "work-in-progress which was stolen". To counter the trend of music piracy, Madonna actively campaigned against Napster with fellow performers from other genres, including hip-hop artist Dr. Dre
Dr. Dre
Andre Romelle Young , primarily known by his stage name Dr. Dre, is an American record producer, rapper, record executive, entrepreneur, and occasional actor. He is the founder and current CEO of Aftermath Entertainment and a former co-owner and artist of Death Row Records...
and drummer Lars Ulrich
Lars Ulrich
Lars Ulrich is a Danish drummer, and one of the founding members of the American thrash metal band Metallica. He was born in Gentofte, Denmark to an upper-middle class family. A tennis player in his youth, Ulrich moved to Los Angeles, California at age sixteen to pursue his training; though rather...
of heavy metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
band Metallica
Metallica
Metallica is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1981 when James Hetfield responded to an advertisement that drummer Lars Ulrich had posted in a local newspaper. The current line-up features long-time lead guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo ...
. Madonna later performed this song and several others on a promotional tour; her concert at Brixton Academy in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
was a live webcast on her website and was watched by a record 9 million people around the world. The Webcast was produced and broadcast by Chris Frampton's International webcaster MediaWave.
The opening line of the song ("Hey Mr. DJ, put a record on, I want to dance with my baby") features a male-sounding voice. The voice is actually Madonna's voice, heavily transformed. The song is written in the key of B♭ major and Madonna's voice spans from G3 to D5.
"Music" earned two Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
nominations in 2001, for Record of the Year
Grammy Award for Record of the Year
The Record of the Year is one of the four most prestigious Grammy Awards presented annually. It has been awarded since 1959.-History:The honorees through its history have been:*1959-1965: Artist only.*1966-1998: Artist and producer....
and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
The Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance is the latest in a series of awards recognizing superior vocal performance by a female in the pop category, the first of which was presented in 1959. The award goes to the artist...
.
Chart performance
The song shot to the top of the charts very quickly. It went to number one in 25 countries worldwide. It was Madonna's 12th number one single in the USA. By reaching number one, it made Madonna the second artist to achieve number one hits in the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s in the USA. The first was Janet JacksonJanet Jackson
Janet Damita Jo Jackson is an American recording artist and actress. Known for a series of sonically innovative, socially conscious and sexually provocative records, as well as elaborate stage shows, television and film roles, she has been a prominent figure in popular culture for over 25 years...
, who had done the same achievement with "Doesn't Really Matter
Doesn't Really Matter
"Doesn't Really Matter" is a song recorded by American R&B-pop singer Janet Jackson for the soundtrack to the 2000 film Nutty Professor II: The Klumps...
", which preceded "Music" as the Hot 100's number-one single. "Music" also being the longest running number-one spot at Billboard Hot Dance Club Play
Hot Dance Club Play
The Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs...
at the 2000s decade, with spent a longevity five weeks at number one. It eventually became the second most-successful dance song of the 2000s in the United States, reaching number two on the Dance/Club Play Decade-end Chart, behind Madonna's own "Hung Up
Hung Up
"Hung Up" is a song by American singer-songwriter Madonna. It was written and produced in collaboration with Stuart Price, and released as the first single from her tenth studio album, Confessions on a Dance Floor. Initially used in a number of television advertisements and serials, the song was...
". "Music" went platinum in the country, selling over a million copies, proving to be one of her biggest-selling singles. It was the best-selling dance song of the 2000s decade in the United States. The song was her first number-one hit in the USA since "Take a Bow" went to number-one in 1995 and is her most recent number-one hit in the USA to-date. Music was the 24th best selling single of 2000 in the UK. According to The Official Charts Company, the song has sold 410,000 copies there.
In 2003, Madonna fans were asked to vote for their top 20 Madonna singles of all time by Q magazine. "Music" was allocated the #2 spot.
In 2004, Canadian tech-metal band Out of Your Mouth
Out of Your Mouth
Out of Your Mouth was a Canadian hard rock band from Calgary, Alberta. The band consisted of vocalist Jason Darr, guitarist Jerrod Maxwell-Lyster, bassist Paule Sperman and drummer Rob Shawcross. Their debut album, Draghdad, was released in 2004, scoring a Canadian Top 40 hit with a rocked-up cover...
released a cover version
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
, which reached the Top 40 in Canada.
Music video
The music videoMusic video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
was shot in April 2000 at A&M Stage and a nightclub in downtown Los Angeles by Swedish director Jonas Åkerlund
Jonas Åkerlund
Jonas Åkerlund is a Swedish film and music video director, and drummer. He is best known for directing music videos, which are often mock forms of movie trailers and short films...
, who worked with Madonna in her video for "Ray of Light
Ray of Light (song)
A high-speed electronic dance song, "Ray of Light" has received stylistic comparisons to rave, psychedelic and acid music. The track contains strong techno elements, as well as disco, trance and Eurodance influences, and it sees Madonna deepen her dance roots and go for a more electronic sound...
". The video stars Madonna and her longtime backup singer Niki Haris
Niki Haris
Niki Haris is an American actress, dancer, and singer of pop, R&B, Dance music and jazz, perhaps best known for having been one of Madonna's backing vocalists from 1987 to 2001.-Early life and family:...
and actress Debi Mazar
Debi Mazar
Deborah "Debi" Mazar is an American actress, perhaps best known for her Jersey Girl-type roles; as sharp-tongued women in independent films; and for her recurring role as press agent Shauna Roberts on the HBO series Entourage.-Early life:...
as well as comedian Sacha Baron Cohen
Sacha Baron Cohen
Sacha Noam Baron Cohen is an English stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and voice artist. He is most widely known for his portrayal of three unorthodox fictional characters: Ali G, Borat, and Brüno...
as his famous character Ali G
Ali G
Ali G is a satirical fictional character invented and performed by English comedian Sacha Baron Cohen. Originally appearing on Channel 4's Eleven O'Clock show, Ali G is the title character of Channel 4's Da Ali G Show, original episodes of which aired in 2000 and on HBO in 2003–2004, and is the...
. The video starts with Madonna along with her friends boarding Ali G's limousine. The song starts and Ali G is directed to take them to a club, and later to a strip-club, where he is denied entrance. An animated section follows where, Madonna attacks various neon signs with the names of many of her songs, including "Rain
Rain (Madonna song)
"Rain" is a single by American singer-songwriter Madonna and was released on July 17, 1993 by Maverick Records. It was the fifth single release from her fifth studio album Erotica...
", "Borderline
Borderline (song)
"Borderline" is a song by American pop singer Madonna from her self-titled debut album. It was released on February 15, 1984 as the fifth single from the album, by Sire Records. Written and composed by producer Reggie Lucas, the song received remix treatment from Madonna's then boyfriend John...
", "Lucky Star", "Bad Girl", "Vogue", "Fever", "La Isla Bonita
La Isla Bonita
"La Isla Bonita" is a song by American singer-songwriter Madonna. It was released as the fifth and final single from her third studio album, True Blue, on February 25, 1987, by Sire Records. Originally written as a lament, the song was first offered to Michael Jackson before Madonna accepted it...
", "Express Yourself" and "Material Girl
Material Girl
"Material Girl" is a song performed by American singer-songwriter Madonna. It was released on January 30, 1985, by Sire Records, as the second single from her second album Like a Virgin. It also appears slightly remixed on the 1990 greatest hits compilation, The Immaculate Collection, and in its...
". In the extended version, at the end of the animated section, Ali G. briefly interrupts the song to demonstrate his rap skills to persuade Madonna to include him on her next single. An annoyed Madonna asks him to stop and to turn the song back on. Madonna was heavily pregnant with her second child, Rocco, during the shooting and the animated section of the video was added as a result. The video ends with Madonna and her friends travelling in the limousine with many of the strippers and Ali G engaging in a rendezvous with them.
The video won several awards, 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
MADtv
MADtv is an American sketch comedy television series. It licensed the name and logo of Mad, but otherwise had no connection with the humor magazine outside the animated Spy vs. Spy and Don Martin cartoon shorts and images of Alfred E. Neuman that the show featured during the late 1990s. Its first...
. The parody was called Movies, and featured Mo Collins
Mo Collins
Maureen "Mo" Ann Collins is an American actress and comedian. Collins is perhaps best known for being a member of the ensemble on FOX's sketch comedy series MADtv. She became well known for several characters during her tenure on the show...
as Madonna. The video poked fun at Madonna's filmography, with an animated 'Madonna' attacking signs that had the names of her movies.
- Director: Jonas Åkerlund
- Producer: Nicola Doring
- Director of Photography: Eric Broms
- Editor: Jonas Åkerlund
- Production Company: HSI Productions
DVD release
The video to the single was released on DVDDVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
only and contains two versions of the music video: a standard version and an extended. It also includes a weblink to an official Madonna "Music" website, but the site is no longer active. The extended version includes the sequence during which Ali G
Ali G
Ali G is a satirical fictional character invented and performed by English comedian Sacha Baron Cohen. Originally appearing on Channel 4's Eleven O'Clock show, Ali G is the title character of Channel 4's Da Ali G Show, original episodes of which aired in 2000 and on HBO in 2003–2004, and is the...
interrupts the song to demonstrate his rap skills.
- Music (4:26 version)
- Music (4:44 version)
Live performances
The first live performance of "Music" was at the 2001 Grammy Awards. Since then, "Music" has appeared in all four of MadonnaMadonna (entertainer)
Madonna is an American singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her debut album in 1983...
's tours since it was released: Drowned World
Drowned World Tour
The Drowned World Tour was the fifth concert tour by American singer-songwriter Madonna in support of her seventh and eighth studio albums Ray of Light and Music. It was also her first tour in eight years, following The Girlie Show World Tour in 1993...
, Re-Invention, Confessions
Confessions Tour
Confessions Tour was the seventh concert tour by American singer-songwriter Madonna. It supported her tenth studio album, Confessions on a Dance Floor. Madonna confirmed the possibility of going out on a tour as early as November 2005. Jamie King, Madonna's longtime collaborator, was then hired on...
and Sticky & Sweet
Sticky & Sweet Tour
The Sticky & Sweet Tour was the eighth worldwide concert tour by American singer Madonna to promote her eleventh studio album, Hard Candy. It began in August 2008 and was Madonna's first tour from her new recording and business deal with Live Nation. The tour was announced in February 2008, with...
.
For the Drowned World Tour, it was used as the final encore; Madonna wore tight black jeans and a customised Dolce & Gabbana
Dolce & Gabbana
Dolce & Gabbana is an Italian luxury industry fashion house. The company was started by the Italian designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana in Milan, Italy. By 2005 their turnover was €597 million....
halter top that proclaims "Mother" in the front and "F*cker" in the back. She sang the song surrounded by her dancers, while imagery of her all-time music videos were displayed on backdrop screens.
"Music" was later added to the Re-Invention Tour as the fourth song of the Scottish segment; this mix of the song was slower, Hip-Hop-based. The same version was used at the 2005 Live 8
Live 8
Live 8 was a string of benefit concerts that took place on 2 July 2005, in the G8 states and in South Africa. They were timed to precede the G8 Conference and summit held at the Gleneagles Hotel in Auchterarder, Scotland from 6–8 July 2005; they also coincided with the 20th anniversary of Live Aid...
benefit concert
Benefit concert
A benefit concert or charity concert is a concert, show or gala featuring musicians, comedians, or other performers that is held for a charitable purpose, often directed at a specific and immediate humanitarian crisis. Such events raise both funds and public awareness to address the cause at...
In the 2006 Confessions Tour, the song was mixed with The Trammps
The Trammps
The Trammps were an American disco band, who were based in Philadelphia and were one of the first disco bands. The band's first major success was with their 1972 cover version of "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart". The first disco track they released was "Love Epidemic" in 1973...
' "Disco Inferno
Disco Inferno
Disco Inferno is a song by The Trammps.Disco Inferno can also refer to:* Disco Inferno , a 1976 disco album recorded by The Trammps featuring the song* Disco Inferno , a band formed in the late 1980s...
", thus creating the hedonistic Music Inferno. It was preceded by the short video introduction "The Duke Mixes The Hits", and it sampled the chorus from "Where's The Party", a song from her 1986
1986 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1986.-January-June:*January 23 – The first induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame takes place...
album "True Blue". Madonna and her two female back-up dancers appeared onstage wearing Saturday Night Fever
Saturday Night Fever
Saturday Night Fever is a 1977 drama film directed by John Badham and starring: John Travolta as Tony Manero, an immature young man whose weekends are spent visiting a local Brooklyn discothèque; Karen Lynn Gorney as his dance partner and eventual friend; and Donna Pescow as Tony's former dance...
-inspired John Travolta
John Travolta
John Joseph Travolta is an American actor, dancer and singer. Travolta first became known in the 1970s, after appearing on the television series Welcome Back, Kotter and starring in the box office successes Saturday Night Fever and Grease...
outfits and started to sing "Music" together.
"Music" was part of the Hard Candy Promo Tour, in support of the Hard Candy
Hard Candy (Madonna album)
Hard Candy is the eleventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Madonna, released on April 19, 2008, by Warner Bros. Records. It was her final studio album with the record company, marking the end of a 25 year recording history. Madonna started working on the album in 2007, and collaborated...
album; this version sampled Fedde le Grand
Fedde le Grand
Fedde le Grand is a Dutch house DJ and producer whose single "Put Your Hands Up For Detroit" / "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" reached number one on the UK's singles and the top 5 in the Dutch singles chart, and spent five weeks in the Spanish dance chart...
's "Put Your Hands Up for Detroit", getting a Dance
Dance music
Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...
-version of the song. It was the last song performed during the 2nd act of her Sticky & Sweet Tour
Sticky & Sweet Tour
The Sticky & Sweet Tour was the eighth worldwide concert tour by American singer Madonna to promote her eleventh studio album, Hard Candy. It began in August 2008 and was Madonna's first tour from her new recording and business deal with Live Nation. The tour was announced in February 2008, with...
, the Old School segment, where Madonna used the version of the promotional tour, with a sample of Indeep
Indeep
Indeep was a 1980s New York-based R&B/New Wave group, best known for its post-disco song "Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life."-Career:The group was led by its songwriter-musician Michael Cleveland, and it was known for employing a strong disco-esque bass line and early hip hop lyrics backed by two...
's "Last Night A DJ Saved My Life
Last Night a DJ Saved My Life (song)
"Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life" is a song written by Michael Cleveland for R&B–New Wave–dance group Indeep. It features vocals from Reggie and Rose Marie Ramsey, and its protagonists recall how they were bored to death until a DJ played a hot song and saved their lives by giving new energy to the...
" at the beginning of the song.
Cover versions
In 2007 The DynamicsThe Dynamics
The Dynamics were an American R&B group from Detroit, Michigan.The Dynamics formed in the late 1960s, and were managed by Ted White, who married Aretha Franklin. The group released two full-length albums and charted three hits on the U.S...
released an eight-minute soul cover on their album Versions Excursions. Remixed eurodance
Eurodance
Eurodance is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in the late 1980s or early 1990s primarily in Europe. It combines many elements from House, Techno, Hi-NRG and especially Italo-Disco...
cover versions of the song have appeared on the Dancemania
Dancemania
Dancemania is a series of remix compilation albums by i-DANCE. The series deals primarily with dance music, especially eurodance. Despite its tracks have been made by various musicians from all over the world mainly from the European continent, the albums have been released exclusively in Japan.The...
series albums. Including an uptempo cover remix by Nancy And The Boys
CJ Crew
CJ Crew are a dance music DJ duo, consisting of Chris Bucknall and John Briely. Other aliases include Big Vin & Hugh Jardon, Chi K Monkey, Chi K Munki, Connie and the Plainsman, Demanche Noir, Muff and the Munchers, Nancy and the Boys, The Orff Ki Ensemble, Pyan Issim, Pynck Hobo, Terry and the...
on the 2001 album Dancemania Speed 6
Dancemania Speed
Dancemania Speed is a sub-series of Toshiba EMI's Dancemania compilation series. This series features faster, further remixed versions of recordings from previously released Dancemania albums or faster remixed covers of various famous songs...
.
Personnel
- Writing - Madonna, Mirwais Ahmadzai
- Producing - Madonna, Mirwais Ahmadzai
- Guitar - Keeling Lee
- Bass guitar - Jonathan White
- Percussion - Patrick Dawes
- Sting arrangement - Dan Hewson
- Photography - Jean-Baptiste Mondino
- Art/Direction/Design - Kevin Reagan
Source
Track listings and formats
US CD single (9 16826-2)US cassette single (9 16826-4)
- "Music" (Album Version) - 3:44
- "Cyber-Raga" - 5:31
US 2 x 12" vinyl (9 44909-0)
- A1 "Music" (HQ2 Club Mix) - 8:50
- A2 "Music" (Groove ArmadaGroove ArmadaGroove Armada is an English electronic music duo from London, England comprising Andy Cato and Tom Findlay. They are perhaps best known for their singles "I See You Baby" and "Superstylin'"...
GA 12" Mix) - 5:30 - B1 "Music" (CalderoneVictor CalderoneVictor Calderone is a house music producer, DJ and remixer.-History:Raised in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn, Calderone was introduced into New York City's nightlife by his older brother, Cesar, who was very active in the club music business. Calderone began to dabble with turntables and...
Anthem Mix) - 11:55 - B2 "Music" (Album Version) - 3:44
- C1 "Music" (Deep DishDeep DishDeep Dish is a duo of DJs and house-music producers consisting of Iranian-American members Ali "Dubfire" Shirazinia and Sharam Tayebi. Based in Washington, D.C., Shirazinia and Tayebi are well known for providing house or dance remixes of tracks of famous stars such as Madonna, Cher and Gabrielle,...
Dot Com Remix) - 11:21 - D1 "Music" (The Young Collective Club Mix) - 13:16
- E1 "Music" (Long Video Version) - 4:45
US DVD single (38526-2)
- "Music" (Long Video Version) - 4:45
- "Music" (Short Video Version) - 4:23
EU DVD single (7599 38526-2)
- "Music" (Short Video Version) - 4:23
- "Music" (Long Video Version) - 4:45
EU Maxi-CD (9362 44898 2)
- "Music" (Album Version) - 3:44
- "Music" (Groove ArmadaGroove ArmadaGroove Armada is an English electronic music duo from London, England comprising Andy Cato and Tom Findlay. They are perhaps best known for their singles "I See You Baby" and "Superstylin'"...
's 7" Edit) - 3:38 - "Music" (CalderoneVictor CalderoneVictor Calderone is a house music producer, DJ and remixer.-History:Raised in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn, Calderone was introduced into New York City's nightlife by his older brother, Cesar, who was very active in the club music business. Calderone began to dabble with turntables and...
Radio Edit) - 4:25 - "Music" (Deep DishDeep DishDeep Dish is a duo of DJs and house-music producers consisting of Iranian-American members Ali "Dubfire" Shirazinia and Sharam Tayebi. Based in Washington, D.C., Shirazinia and Tayebi are well known for providing house or dance remixes of tracks of famous stars such as Madonna, Cher and Gabrielle,...
Dot Com Radio Edit) - 4:15
EU 12" vinyl (W 0537 T2)
- A1 "Music" (CalderoneVictor CalderoneVictor Calderone is a house music producer, DJ and remixer.-History:Raised in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn, Calderone was introduced into New York City's nightlife by his older brother, Cesar, who was very active in the club music business. Calderone began to dabble with turntables and...
Anthem Mix) - 11:55 - A2 "Music" (HQ2 Club Mix) - 8:50
- B1 "Music" (The Young Collective Club Mix) - 13:16
- B2 "Music" (Deep DishDeep DishDeep Dish is a duo of DJs and house-music producers consisting of Iranian-American members Ali "Dubfire" Shirazinia and Sharam Tayebi. Based in Washington, D.C., Shirazinia and Tayebi are well known for providing house or dance remixes of tracks of famous stars such as Madonna, Cher and Gabrielle,...
Dot Com Remix U.S. Edit) - 4:29
EU 12" vinyl (picture disc)(W537TX1)
UK 12" vinyl (W 0537 T1)
- A1 "Music" (Deep Dish Dot Com Remix) - 11:21
- A2 "Music" (Album Version) - 3:44
- B1 "Music" (Groove ArmadaGroove ArmadaGroove Armada is an English electronic music duo from London, England comprising Andy Cato and Tom Findlay. They are perhaps best known for their singles "I See You Baby" and "Superstylin'"...
Club Mix) - 9:29 - B2 "Music" (Groove ArmadaGroove ArmadaGroove Armada is an English electronic music duo from London, England comprising Andy Cato and Tom Findlay. They are perhaps best known for their singles "I See You Baby" and "Superstylin'"...
GA 12" Mix) - 5:30
UK CD single 1 (9362 44896 2, W 0537)
- "Music" (Album Version) - 3:44
- "Music" (Deep DishDeep DishDeep Dish is a duo of DJs and house-music producers consisting of Iranian-American members Ali "Dubfire" Shirazinia and Sharam Tayebi. Based in Washington, D.C., Shirazinia and Tayebi are well known for providing house or dance remixes of tracks of famous stars such as Madonna, Cher and Gabrielle,...
Dot Com Radio Edit) - 4:15 - "Music" (CalderoneVictor CalderoneVictor Calderone is a house music producer, DJ and remixer.-History:Raised in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn, Calderone was introduced into New York City's nightlife by his older brother, Cesar, who was very active in the club music business. Calderone began to dabble with turntables and...
Anthem Mix) - 11:55
UK CD single 2 (W5372CD2)
- "Music" (Album Version) - 3:44
- "Music" (Groove ArmadaGroove ArmadaGroove Armada is an English electronic music duo from London, England comprising Andy Cato and Tom Findlay. They are perhaps best known for their singles "I See You Baby" and "Superstylin'"...
GA 12" Mix) - 5:30 - "Music" (Deep DishDeep DishDeep Dish is a duo of DJs and house-music producers consisting of Iranian-American members Ali "Dubfire" Shirazinia and Sharam Tayebi. Based in Washington, D.C., Shirazinia and Tayebi are well known for providing house or dance remixes of tracks of famous stars such as Madonna, Cher and Gabrielle,...
Dot Com Remix U.S. Edit) - 4:29
UK Cassette single (W537C, 5439 16838 4)
- A1 "Music" (Album Version) - 3:44
- A2 "Music" (Groove ArmadaGroove ArmadaGroove Armada is an English electronic music duo from London, England comprising Andy Cato and Tom Findlay. They are perhaps best known for their singles "I See You Baby" and "Superstylin'"...
's 7" Edit) - 3:38 - B1 "Music" (Album Version) - 3:44
- B2 "Music" (Groove ArmadaGroove ArmadaGroove Armada is an English electronic music duo from London, England comprising Andy Cato and Tom Findlay. They are perhaps best known for their singles "I See You Baby" and "Superstylin'"...
's 7" Edit) - 3:38
GR CD single (5439 16838 2)
- "Music" (Album Version) - 3:44
- "Music" (Groove ArmadaGroove ArmadaGroove Armada is an English electronic music duo from London, England comprising Andy Cato and Tom Findlay. They are perhaps best known for their singles "I See You Baby" and "Superstylin'"...
's 7" Edit) - 3:38
AU CD single 1 (enhanced)(9362-44925-2)
- "Music" (Album Version) - 3:44
- "Music" (Deep DishDeep DishDeep Dish is a duo of DJs and house-music producers consisting of Iranian-American members Ali "Dubfire" Shirazinia and Sharam Tayebi. Based in Washington, D.C., Shirazinia and Tayebi are well known for providing house or dance remixes of tracks of famous stars such as Madonna, Cher and Gabrielle,...
Dot Com Radio Edit) - 4:15 - "Music" (Groove ArmadaGroove ArmadaGroove Armada is an English electronic music duo from London, England comprising Andy Cato and Tom Findlay. They are perhaps best known for their singles "I See You Baby" and "Superstylin'"...
's 7" Edit) - 3:38 - "Music" (Deep DishDeep DishDeep Dish is a duo of DJs and house-music producers consisting of Iranian-American members Ali "Dubfire" Shirazinia and Sharam Tayebi. Based in Washington, D.C., Shirazinia and Tayebi are well known for providing house or dance remixes of tracks of famous stars such as Madonna, Cher and Gabrielle,...
Dot Com Remix) - 11:21 - "Music" (Groove ArmadaGroove ArmadaGroove Armada is an English electronic music duo from London, England comprising Andy Cato and Tom Findlay. They are perhaps best known for their singles "I See You Baby" and "Superstylin'"...
GA 12" Mix) - 5:30 - "Music" (Groove ArmadaGroove ArmadaGroove Armada is an English electronic music duo from London, England comprising Andy Cato and Tom Findlay. They are perhaps best known for their singles "I See You Baby" and "Superstylin'"...
Bonus Beats) - 4:51 - "Music" (Groove ArmadaGroove ArmadaGroove Armada is an English electronic music duo from London, England comprising Andy Cato and Tom Findlay. They are perhaps best known for their singles "I See You Baby" and "Superstylin'"...
Club Mix) - 9:29 - "Music" (Short Video Version) - 4:23
- "Music" (Long Video Version) - 4:45
AU CD single 2 (9362-44926-2)
- "Music" (Album Version) - 3:44
- "Music" (CalderoneVictor CalderoneVictor Calderone is a house music producer, DJ and remixer.-History:Raised in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn, Calderone was introduced into New York City's nightlife by his older brother, Cesar, who was very active in the club music business. Calderone began to dabble with turntables and...
Radio Edit) - 4:25 - "Music" (HQ2 7" Mix) - 3:59
- "Music" (The Young Collective Radio Mix) - 3:48
- "Music" (CalderoneVictor CalderoneVictor Calderone is a house music producer, DJ and remixer.-History:Raised in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn, Calderone was introduced into New York City's nightlife by his older brother, Cesar, who was very active in the club music business. Calderone began to dabble with turntables and...
Anthem Mix) - 11:55 - "Music" (HQ2 Club Mix) - 8:50
- "Music" (The Young Collective Club Mix) - 13:16
JP CD single (WPCR-10901)
- "Music" (Album Version) - 3:44
- "Music" (Groove ArmadaGroove ArmadaGroove Armada is an English electronic music duo from London, England comprising Andy Cato and Tom Findlay. They are perhaps best known for their singles "I See You Baby" and "Superstylin'"...
's 7" Edit) - 3:38 - "Music" (CalderoneVictor CalderoneVictor Calderone is a house music producer, DJ and remixer.-History:Raised in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn, Calderone was introduced into New York City's nightlife by his older brother, Cesar, who was very active in the club music business. Calderone began to dabble with turntables and...
Radio Edit) - 4:25 - "Music" (Deep DishDeep DishDeep Dish is a duo of DJs and house-music producers consisting of Iranian-American members Ali "Dubfire" Shirazinia and Sharam Tayebi. Based in Washington, D.C., Shirazinia and Tayebi are well known for providing house or dance remixes of tracks of famous stars such as Madonna, Cher and Gabrielle,...
Dot Com Radio Edit) - 4:15
JP Maxi-CD (WPCR-10902)
CA Maxi-CD (CD 44909)
US Maxi-CD (9 44909-2, 9 44909-2)
- "Music" (HQ2 Club Mix) - 8:50
- "Music" (CalderoneVictor CalderoneVictor Calderone is a house music producer, DJ and remixer.-History:Raised in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn, Calderone was introduced into New York City's nightlife by his older brother, Cesar, who was very active in the club music business. Calderone began to dabble with turntables and...
Anthem Mix) - 11:55 - "Music" (Deep DishDeep DishDeep Dish is a duo of DJs and house-music producers consisting of Iranian-American members Ali "Dubfire" Shirazinia and Sharam Tayebi. Based in Washington, D.C., Shirazinia and Tayebi are well known for providing house or dance remixes of tracks of famous stars such as Madonna, Cher and Gabrielle,...
Dot Com Remix) - 11:21 - "Music" (Groove ArmadaGroove ArmadaGroove Armada is an English electronic music duo from London, England comprising Andy Cato and Tom Findlay. They are perhaps best known for their singles "I See You Baby" and "Superstylin'"...
Club Mix) - 9:29 - "Music" (The Young Collective Club Mix) - 13:16
- "Music" (HQ2 Radio Mix) - 3:59
- "Music" (Calderone Radio Edit) - 4:25
- "Music" (Deep Dish Dot Com Radio Edit) - 4:15
- "Music" (Groove Armada GA 12" Mix) - 5:30
Charts
| Chart (2000) | Peak Position |
|---|---|
| Australia ARIA ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... Singles Chart |
1 |
| Austrian Singles Chart | 5 |
| Belgian Flemish Ultratop 50 Ultratop 50 Ultratop 50 singles, often just Ultratop 50, is the weekly chart of fifty best-selling singles in Flanders, Belgium, and is produced and published by the Ultratop organization. The chart has existed since March 31, 1995... |
6 |
| Belgian Wallonie Ultratop 40 Ultratop Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium, and it is also the name of most of those charts... |
4 |
| Canadian Singles Chart Canadian Singles Chart The Canadian Singles Chart is currently compiled by the U.S.-based music sales tracking company, Nielsen SoundScan . The chart is compiled every Wednesday, and is published by Jam! Canoe on Thursdays.... |
1 |
| Dutch Top 40 Dutch Top 40 The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting... |
4 |
| Eurochart Hot 100 Singles Eurochart Hot 100 Singles The European Hot 100 Singles has been compiled by Billboard and Music & Media magazine since March, 1984. The chart is based on national singles sales charts in 15 European countries: Austria, Belgium , Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden,... |
1 |
| Finnish Singles Chart | 2 |
| French SNEP Singles Chart | 8 |
| German Singles Chart | 2 |
| Irish Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured... |
7 |
| Italian FIMI Singles Chart | 1 |
| Japanese Oricon Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc... Weekly Singles Chart |
86 |
| Japanese Oricon Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc... International Singles |
1 |
| New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart | 1 |
| Norwegian VG-lista VG-lista VG-listen is a Norwegian record chart. It is weekly presented in the newspaper VG and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation program Topp 20. It is considered the primary Norwegian record chart, charting albums and singles from countries and continent around the world. The data is collected by... Singles Chart |
1 |
| Spanish Singles Chart | 1 |
| Swedish Singles Chart | 2 |
| Swiss Singles Chart Swiss Music Charts The Swiss Music Charts are Switzerland's main music sales charts. The charts are a record of the highest-selling singles and albums in various genres in Switzerland.The Swiss Charts include:* Singles Top 75... |
1 |
| UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Mainstream Top 40 (Pop Songs) Mainstream Top 40 (Pop Songs) The Mainstream Top 40 is an airplay chart from Billboard magazine, and is also known as Pop Songs on billboard.com. It was often mistaken for and confused with the now discontinued Pop 100 Airplay chart... |
2 |
End of year charts
| End of year chart (2000) | Position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 17 |
Certifications
| Country | Certification |
|---|---|
| Brazil | Gold |
| Germany | Gold |
| Sweden | Platinum |
| Switzerland | Gold |
| United Kingdom | Gold |
| United States | Platinum |
Chart procession and succession
Parodies
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' Dream Within a Dream TourDream Within a Dream TourThe Dream Within a Dream Tour was the third concert tour by American recording artist Britney Spears. It promoted her third studio album Britney in North America and Japan. The Dream Within a Dream Tour was promoted by Concerts West, marking the first time Spears did not tour with Clear Channel...
. - MADtvMADtvMADtv is an American sketch comedy television series. It licensed the name and logo of Mad, but otherwise had no connection with the humor magazine outside the animated Spy vs. Spy and Don Martin cartoon shorts and images of Alfred E. Neuman that the show featured during the late 1990s. Its first...
made a parody called "My Movies" making fun of the song's repetitive rhythms and Madonna's acting.