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Performed by: Madonna
Written by: Mirwais Ahmadzai; Madonna

Credits: Ahmadzai, Mirwais (Songwriter); Madonna (Songwriter); 1000 LIGHTS MUSIC LTD (Publisher); WEBO GIRL MUSIC (Publisher)

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"Hollywood"
Single by Madonna
from the album American Life
Released July 3, 2003 (Europe)
July 8, 2003 (US)
Format CD maxi Single
12" maxi single
Recorded 2002
Genre Electropop
Length 4:24 (Album Version)
3:44 (Radio Edit)
3:56 (Video Edit)
Label Maverick, Warner Bros.
Writer(s) Madonna
Mirwais Ahmadzaï
Producer Madonna
Mirwais Ahmadzaï
Madonna singles chronology
"American Life"
(2003)		 "Hollywood"
(2003)		 "Me Against the Music"
(2003)

"Hollywood" was the second single by American singer-songwriter Madonna from her 2003 studio album American Life. It was released on July 3, 2003 by Maverick Records. The single charted in the top ten in Canada, UK, Finland and Italy, but failed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the first single by Madonna to do so in twenty years.

Madonna performed the song on the 2003 American Life Promo Tour and it was later used as a dancers interlude on the 2004 Re-Invention World Tour using a variation of the Jacques Lu Cont remix. The song was later included on the 2009 greatest hits album, Celebration.

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The song suffered from the anti-war message that the original music video of the album's predecessor single, "American Life", had displayed. "Hollywood" became Madonna's first single to miss the Billboard Hot 100 since she first appeared on to the chart twenty years prior with "Holiday".

In an interview, Madonna said of the song: "This song is like a metaphor for me. It's the city of dreams and superficiality. It's the place where you forget about the really interesting things in life. In Hollywood, you can lose your memory and your vision of the future. You can lose everything because you can lose yourself." [1]

The single featured remixes by Jacques Lu Cont, The Micronauts, Paul Oakenfold, Deepsky and Victor Calderone. Sander Kleinenberg's remix can be heard in the vinyl EP Confessions of an Icon: Remix EP, a bootleg record. Kleinenberg's remix is shortened for this release and is an edit of what he played on his radio show.

Madonna performed "Hollywood" on the MTV special, "On Stage and on the Record", as well as part of the "Like a Virgin"/"Hollywood" medley with Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera and Missy Elliott at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards, and as an interlude on her 2004 Re-Invention Tour. Both performances took Jacques Lu Cont's "Thin White Duke Mix" of the song as the main basis.

In 2004, a cover version of the song was recorded by indie dance-punk group CSS.

Chart performance

"Hollywood" failed to break onto the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States, but entered the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles Chart at number 103. However it peaked at number one on both the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play and Hot Dance Singles Sales charts.[2] The song did manage to break the top twenty in the singles charts of many other countries in which it was released. It peaked at #2 in the UK Singles Chart.[3]

Music video

Madonna in the music video for "Hollywood"

The music video for "Hollywood" was filmed on June 2 and 3, 2003 at Universal Studios in Universal City, California and directed by Jean-Baptiste Mondino. In the US, it premiered on June 23, 2003 on VH1 (along with a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the video), June 24 on yahoo.com and June 27 on MTV.

Two official remix videos of "Hollywood" were also released: the "Aviddiva Remix" created by Dustin Robertson was the more popular of the two remixes and featured unreleased footage from the video shoot. The second remix video entitled the "Paul Oakenfold Edit" was released by Warner Bros. Records as a promo-only and consisted mostly of clips from the original video. The video features Madonna in different styles and fashions highlighting the highs and lows of "Hollywood".

  • Director: Jean-Baptiste Mondino
  • Producer: Lynn Zekanis
  • Executive Producers: David Naylor, Sam Aslanian, Missy Galanida
  • Director of Photography: Pascal Lebegue
  • Editor: Dustin Robertson
  • Production Company: DNA Inc.

Into the Hollywood Groove

"Into The Hollywood Groove"
Madonna missy gap.jpg
"Into The Hollywood Groove" cover
Song by Madonna

from the album Remixed & Revisited
Recorded 1984
Genre Pop
Length 4:12
Label Maverick Records,Warner Bros. Records
Writer Madonna, Mirwais Ahmadzaï y Stephen Bray
Producer Nile Rodgers
Remixed & Revisited track listing
"Like a Virgin/Hollywood"
(5)		 "Into The Hollywood Groove"
(6)		 "Your Honesty"
(7)

In August 2003, the song was remixed with "Into the Groove" and performed with Missy Elliott under the title "Into the Hollywood Groove" as part of a promotional campaign for clothing store GAP. [4] Copies of the promotional CD were given away to customers, and were not available for individual purchase.[5] An extended mix (The Passengerz Mix) was also recorded and appears on the compilation Remixed & Revisited. A promotional video was also shot, which received negative reviews from advertising critics.[6] A parody of the commercial was featured on MADtv which poked fun at Madonna's age.

Track listings and formats

UK 12" vinyl (W 0614 T)[7]
  • A1 "Hollywood" (Radio Edit) — 3:42
  • A2 "Hollywood" (Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Mix) — 7:09
  • B "Hollywood" (Oakenfold Full Remix) — 7:01
UK 2 x 12" vinyl (W 0614 T2)[8], US 2 x 12" vinyl (42638-0)[9], GR 2 x 12" vinyl (9362 42638-0)[10]
  • A1 "Hollywood" (The Micronauts Remix) — 6:25
  • A2 "Hollywood" (Oakenfold Full Remix) — 7:01
  • B "Hollywood" (Calderone & Quayle Glam Mix) — 9:22
  • C1 "Hollywood" (Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Mix) — 7:09
  • C2 "Hollywood" (Oakenfold 12" Dub) — 7:01
  • D "Hollywood" (Deepsky's Home Sweet Home Vocal Remix) — 7:34
GR CD single (5439 16643-2)[11]
  1. "Hollywood" (Radio Edit) — 3:42
  2. "Hollywood" (The Micronauts Remix) — 6:25
UK CD single 1 (W 0614 CD1)[12]
  1. "Hollywood" (Radio Edit) — 3:42
  2. "Hollywood" (Oakenfold Full Remix) — 7:01
  3. "Hollywood" (Deepsky's Home Sweet Home Vocal Remix) — 7:34
UK CD single 2 (W 0614 CD2)[13]
  1. "Hollywood" (Radio Edit) — 3:42
  2. "Hollywood" (Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Mix) — 7:09
  3. "Hollywood" (The Micronauts Remix) — 6:25
US Maxi-CD (42638-2, 42638-2)[14], EU Maxi-CD (9362-42638-2)[15], AU Maxi-CD (9362-42638-2)[16]
  1. "Hollywood" (Radio Edit) — 3:42
  2. "Hollywood" (Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Mix) — 7:09
  3. "Hollywood" (The Micronauts Remix) — 6:25
  4. "Hollywood" (Oakenfold Full Remix) — 7:01
  5. "Hollywood" (Deepsky's Home Sweet Home Vocal Remix) — 7:34
  6. "Hollywood" (Calderone & Quayle Glam Mix) — 9:22

Into the Hollywood Groove

Swedish Promo CD (WMSPROM5017)[17]
  1. "Into the Hollywood Groove" (The Passengerz Mix) — 3:43
GAP Promo CD (RRC-G-0301)[18]
  1. "Into the Hollywood Groove" — 1:14
  2. "Hollywood" (Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Mix) — 7:09

Official versions

  • Album Version (4:24)
  • Radio Edit (3:44)
  • Aviddiva Remix (4:25)
  • Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Mix (7:10)
  • Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Mix Edit (3:57) (Promo Only)
  • Paul Oakenfold Full Mix (7:01)
  • Paul Oakenfold 12" Dub (7:01) (Promo Only)
  • Paul Oakenfold 7" Full Edit (3:43) (Promo Only)
  • Calderone & Quayle Glam Mix (9:19)
  • Calderone & Quayle Glam Dub (7:47) (Promo Only)
  • Calderone & Quayle Radio Edit (4:06) (Promo Only)
  • The Micronauts Remix (6:27)
  • The Micronauts Instrumental (6:27) (Promo Only)
  • The Micronauts Remix Edit (4:01) (Promo Only)
  • Deepsky's Home Sweet Home Dub (7:35) (Often mislabeled as the Vocal Mix)
  • Deepsky's Home Sweet Home Edit (4:00) (Promo Only)
  • Deepsky's Home Sweet Home Vocal Mix (7:55) (Promo Only)
  • Sander Kleinenberg Club Mix (11:15) (Rejected)
  • Sander Kleinenberg Dub (10:55) (Rejected)
  • Junior Vasquez Marathon Anthem (7:55) (In-House)
  • Like A Virgin + Hollywood Medley (Live At MTV 2003 Awards) (5:34)

Charts

Chart (2003) Peak
Position
Australia ARIA Singles Chart 16
Austrian Singles Chart 34
Canadian Singles Chart 5
Dutch Top 40 20
Eurochart Hot 100 Singles 3
Finish Singles Chart 8
France SNEP Singles Chart 22
German Singles Chart 21
Irish Singles Chart 10
Italian FIMI Singles Chart 3
Romanian Singles Chart[19] 8
Spain Top 20 Sales 1
Swedish Singles Chart 19
Swiss Singles Chart 15
UK Singles Chart 2
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles 3
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales 3
U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40 35
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play 1
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Singles Sales 1
U.S. ARC Weekly Top 40 18

References

  1. ^ http://www.last.fm/music/Madonna/_/Hollywood+(radio+edit)/+wiki
  2. ^ American Life singles chart positions AllMusic.com. Retrieved 29 June 2009.
  3. ^ UK Singles Chart info Chartstats.com. Retrieved 29 June 2009.
  4. ^ Sellout or smart marketing? | csmonitor.com
  5. ^ Bands to fit the brand / S.F. company's CDs sell for likes of Pottery Barn / S.F. company leading trend of 'lifestyle' CDs in nonmusic retailers
  6. ^ Madonna and Missy Elliott fall into the Gap. - By Rob Walker - Slate Magazine
  7. ^ Madonna - Hollywood
  8. ^ Madonna - Hollywood
  9. ^ Madonna - Hollywood
  10. ^ Madonna - Hollywood
  11. ^ Madonna - Hollywood
  12. ^ Madonna - Hollywood (CD 1)
  13. ^ Madonna - Hollywood (CD 2)
  14. ^ Madonna - Hollywood
  15. ^ Madonna - Hollywood
  16. ^ Madonna - Hollywood
  17. ^ Madonna - Into The Hollywood Groove
  18. ^ Madonna & Missy Elliott - Gap Promo - Into The Hollywood Groove
  19. ^ "Romanian Top 100" Please see "Issue 30" of the year 2003
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