العربية
中国
Français
Deutsch
Ελληνική
हिन्दी
Italiano
日本語
Português
Русский
EspañolWHAT IT FEELS LIKE FOR A GIRL
{{Infobox Single
| Name = What It Feels Like for a Girl
| Cover = What It Feels Like For A Girl.jpg
| Artist = Madonna
| from Album = Music
| B-side = "Lo Que Siente La Mujer"
| Released = April 17 2001
| Format = DVD single
CD single
CD maxi single
Video single
Cassette single
12" single
| Recorded = 2000
| Length = 4:24
| Genre = Pop
Trance
| Label = Maverick, Warner Bros.
| Writer = Madonna
Guy Sigsworth
David Torn
| Producer = Madonna
Sigsworth
Mark Stent
| Last single = "Don't Tell Me"
(2000/2001)
| This single = "What It Feels Like for a Girl"
(2001)
| Next single = "Die Another Day"
(2002)
| Misc =
"'What It Feels Like for a Girl'" is a song by American singer Madonna from her 2000 album ''Music''. The song was released as a single in April 2001. The song was written by Madonna and Guy Sigsworth. It was produced by Madonna, Sigsworth, and Mark "Spike" Stent. An additional composer credit is included in the I'm Going To Tell You A Secret CD inner notes, with David Torn being the third composer. The track contains an excerpt from "The Cement Garden".
A Spanish version of the song was especially recorded for inclusion on the single as the B-side. "Lo Que Siente la Mujer" was released as a promo-only single in Europe. Later it was added to the two-disc Tour Edition of ''Music'' and the Mexican Edition of the album along with the remix of the same track replacing "American Pie", and was performed live on Madonna's Drowned World Tour in the same summer.
A maxi-single containing the Above & Beyond and Paul Oakenfold trance remix of the song was also released alongside the conventional single version. This remix was very popular in nightclubs, and was later shown on the Drowned World tour as a video interlude.
The song attracted attention because of its music video, which premiered on America Online, but was banned from TV broadcast in many parts of the world. The video features a blonde Madonna (later revealed to be a major felon and con artist) leaving her motel room and hotwiring a car to pick up an elderly woman (said in the ''GHV2'' liner notes to be her grandmother) from the Ol Kuntz Guest Home. Madonna then causes various degrees of mischief, including tasering a man withdrawing cash from an ATM, firing a silver water pistol at police officers and blowing up a gas station, before finally crashing her car at full speed into a pole. It was directed by Madonna's husband, filmmaker Guy Ritchie on February 13, 14 & 15, 2001 and filmed on location on Hill Street and 7th Street in Los Angeles, California. The video used an alternate remix edit by Above & Beyond which featured almost no vocals from the original song. This edit can be found on the European single.
Critics railed the video for being overly violent and graphic; Madonna defended the video, stating that male artists get away with the same, if not worse, in their own music videos. The video was nevertheless banned from most North American and European video stations including MTV and VH1, receiving only late-night play, if at all. The decision to ban the video was a source of argument, since it appeared to be no more violent than some television shows that aired at the time. Ironically, the video went into heavy rotation on the Oxygen channel and was streamed on America Online frequently. It was also later played frequently on VH1 Madonna programs, but in an edited format. Madonna released the video as a DVD single on April 17, 2001.
The video used the Above & Beyond remix of the track, which differs from the club-mix they produced. The remix was written in a small room hired out in the studios at the University Of Westminster by Jono Grant & Paavo Siljamki. The third member of the group, Tony McGuinness, joined the group as a result of the remix, having worked for Warner Music previously.
When aired on MTV and VH1, the video was given a TV-MA rating and when the DVD music video single was submitted to the MPAA, it received an R. Interestingly, the DVD single only received a 12 from the BBFC and a PG from the OFLC.
★ Director: Guy Ritchie
★ Producer: Lynn Zekanis
★ Director of Photography: Alex Barber
★ Editor: Michael Heldman
★ Production Company: DNA Inc.
★ The track was originally scheduled to be the second single from the album instead of "Don't Tell Me".
★ The intro of the song is spoken by actress Charlotte Gainsbourg. It is a quotation from the critically acclaimed novel ''The Cement Garden'', filmed starring Gainsbourg.
★ They sampled Donna Summer's I Feel Love for the interlude remix of the track for the Drowned World Tour with scenes from anime film ''Perfect Blue'' splashed on the TV screens.
★ Album Version (4:45)
★ Radio Edit (4:24)
★ Lo Que Siente La Mujer/Spanish Version (4:45)
★ Stephane Pompougnac Remix (4:36)
★ Paul Oakenfold Perfecto Mix (7:20)
★ Above & Beyond 12" Club Mix (7:26)
★ Above & Beyond Radio Edit (3:44)
★ Above & Beyond Video Version (4:21)
★ Tracy Young Club Mix (8:58)
★ Tracy Young Club Mix Instrumental (8:58) Unreleased
★ Tracy Young Cool Out Radio Mix (4:46)
★ Richard Vission Velvet Masta Mix (8:09)
★ Richard Vission Velvet Masta Edit (3:41)
★ Calderone & Quayle Dark Side Mix (6:44)
★ That Kid Chris Caliguila 2001 Mix (9:48) Promo Only
★ Saturday Night Mix (5:22) Promo Only
★ Thunderpuss Club Mix (11:22) Unreleased
★ Thunderdub (11:06) Unreleased
★ Thunderpuss Tribe-A-Pella (8:04) Unreleased
★ Mad-Eyes.net - "What It Feels Like For A Girl" Single Page
| Name = What It Feels Like for a Girl
| Cover = What It Feels Like For A Girl.jpg
| Artist = Madonna
| from Album = Music
| B-side = "Lo Que Siente La Mujer"
| Released = April 17 2001
| Format = DVD single
CD single
CD maxi single
Video single
Cassette single
12" single
| Recorded = 2000
| Length = 4:24
| Genre = Pop
Trance
| Label = Maverick, Warner Bros.
| Writer = Madonna
Guy Sigsworth
David Torn
| Producer = Madonna
Sigsworth
Mark Stent
| Last single = "Don't Tell Me"
(2000/2001)
| This single = "What It Feels Like for a Girl"
(2001)
| Next single = "Die Another Day"
(2002)
| Misc =
"'What It Feels Like for a Girl'" is a song by American singer Madonna from her 2000 album ''Music''. The song was released as a single in April 2001. The song was written by Madonna and Guy Sigsworth. It was produced by Madonna, Sigsworth, and Mark "Spike" Stent. An additional composer credit is included in the I'm Going To Tell You A Secret CD inner notes, with David Torn being the third composer. The track contains an excerpt from "The Cement Garden".
| Contents |
| Song information |
| Music video |
| Trivia |
| Official versions |
| Chart performance |
| Certifications |
| External links |
Song information
A Spanish version of the song was especially recorded for inclusion on the single as the B-side. "Lo Que Siente la Mujer" was released as a promo-only single in Europe. Later it was added to the two-disc Tour Edition of ''Music'' and the Mexican Edition of the album along with the remix of the same track replacing "American Pie", and was performed live on Madonna's Drowned World Tour in the same summer.
A maxi-single containing the Above & Beyond and Paul Oakenfold trance remix of the song was also released alongside the conventional single version. This remix was very popular in nightclubs, and was later shown on the Drowned World tour as a video interlude.
Music video
Madonna and the elderly woman she picks up from the Ol Kuntz Guest Home in "What It Feels Like for a Girl" music video.
The song attracted attention because of its music video, which premiered on America Online, but was banned from TV broadcast in many parts of the world. The video features a blonde Madonna (later revealed to be a major felon and con artist) leaving her motel room and hotwiring a car to pick up an elderly woman (said in the ''GHV2'' liner notes to be her grandmother) from the Ol Kuntz Guest Home. Madonna then causes various degrees of mischief, including tasering a man withdrawing cash from an ATM, firing a silver water pistol at police officers and blowing up a gas station, before finally crashing her car at full speed into a pole. It was directed by Madonna's husband, filmmaker Guy Ritchie on February 13, 14 & 15, 2001 and filmed on location on Hill Street and 7th Street in Los Angeles, California. The video used an alternate remix edit by Above & Beyond which featured almost no vocals from the original song. This edit can be found on the European single.
Critics railed the video for being overly violent and graphic; Madonna defended the video, stating that male artists get away with the same, if not worse, in their own music videos. The video was nevertheless banned from most North American and European video stations including MTV and VH1, receiving only late-night play, if at all. The decision to ban the video was a source of argument, since it appeared to be no more violent than some television shows that aired at the time. Ironically, the video went into heavy rotation on the Oxygen channel and was streamed on America Online frequently. It was also later played frequently on VH1 Madonna programs, but in an edited format. Madonna released the video as a DVD single on April 17, 2001.
The video used the Above & Beyond remix of the track, which differs from the club-mix they produced. The remix was written in a small room hired out in the studios at the University Of Westminster by Jono Grant & Paavo Siljamki. The third member of the group, Tony McGuinness, joined the group as a result of the remix, having worked for Warner Music previously.
When aired on MTV and VH1, the video was given a TV-MA rating and when the DVD music video single was submitted to the MPAA, it received an R. Interestingly, the DVD single only received a 12 from the BBFC and a PG from the OFLC.
★ Director: Guy Ritchie
★ Producer: Lynn Zekanis
★ Director of Photography: Alex Barber
★ Editor: Michael Heldman
★ Production Company: DNA Inc.
Trivia
★ The track was originally scheduled to be the second single from the album instead of "Don't Tell Me".
★ The intro of the song is spoken by actress Charlotte Gainsbourg. It is a quotation from the critically acclaimed novel ''The Cement Garden'', filmed starring Gainsbourg.
★ They sampled Donna Summer's I Feel Love for the interlude remix of the track for the Drowned World Tour with scenes from anime film ''Perfect Blue'' splashed on the TV screens.
Official versions
★ Album Version (4:45)
★ Radio Edit (4:24)
★ Lo Que Siente La Mujer/Spanish Version (4:45)
★ Stephane Pompougnac Remix (4:36)
★ Paul Oakenfold Perfecto Mix (7:20)
★ Above & Beyond 12" Club Mix (7:26)
★ Above & Beyond Radio Edit (3:44)
★ Above & Beyond Video Version (4:21)
★ Tracy Young Club Mix (8:58)
★ Tracy Young Club Mix Instrumental (8:58) Unreleased
★ Tracy Young Cool Out Radio Mix (4:46)
★ Richard Vission Velvet Masta Mix (8:09)
★ Richard Vission Velvet Masta Edit (3:41)
★ Calderone & Quayle Dark Side Mix (6:44)
★ That Kid Chris Caliguila 2001 Mix (9:48) Promo Only
★ Saturday Night Mix (5:22) Promo Only
★ Thunderpuss Club Mix (11:22) Unreleased
★ Thunderdub (11:06) Unreleased
★ Thunderpuss Tribe-A-Pella (8:04) Unreleased
Chart performance
| Chart (2001) | Peak Position |
|---|---|
| Australia ARIA Top 50 Singles | 6 |
| Austrian Singles Chart | 26 |
| Canada singles chart | 2 |
| Chile Top 20 | '1 (3 Weeks)' |
| Dutch Top 40 | 7 |
| European singles chart | 8 |
| France | 40 |
| Germany | 16 |
| Italian FIMI Singles Chart | 2 |
| Japan | 7 |
| Latvia | 8 |
| China Top Singles | 2 |
| UK | 7 |
| USA Billboard Hot 100 | 23 |
| USA Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play | 1 |
| USA Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales | 1 |
| USA Billboard Top 40 Mainstream | 14 |
| USA Billboard Top 40 Tracks | 18 |
| USA Billboard Adult Top 40 | 24 |
| USA Billboard Adult Contemporary | 27 |
| United World Chart | 3 |
Certifications
| Country | Certification |
|---|---|
| Australia | Gold |
| UK | Silver |
External links
★ Mad-Eyes.net - "What It Feels Like For A Girl" Single Page
This article provided by Wikipedia. To edit the contents of this article, click here for original source.
psst.. try this: add to faves
