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"Hollywood"
Single by Madonna
from the album American Life
ReleasedMay 27, 2003
Recorded2002
StudioOlympic Recording
(Barnes, London)
Genre
Length4:24
Label
  • Maverick
  • Warner Bros
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Madonna
  • Mirwais Ahmadzaï
Madonna singles chronology
"American Life"
(2003)
"Hollywood"
(2003)
"Me Against the Music"
(2003)
Music video
"Hollywood" on
YouTube

"Hollywood" is a song recorded by American singer

Hollywood, California, as a place of pop stars
and illusory dreams. Ahmadzaï did the main programming for the track and kept the track as simple as possible, without using too many instruments.

Several remixes of "Hollywood", done by DJs such as

Hot Dance Singles Sales
component charts. The debut of the "Hollywood" remixes on the Dance Singles Sales chart gave Madonna her longest stretch of chart-topping titles on this chart, "Hollywood" being her sixth in a row. It also reached the top ten in Canada, Finland, Italy, Romania and number two in the United Kingdom on the commercial charts.

An accompanying music video, directed by

acoustic version along with "American Life" and "Mother and Father" on a promotional tour for the album. In August 2003, Madonna opened the MTV Video Music Awards performing a medley of "Like a Virgin" and "Hollywood" with Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera and Missy Elliott. During the performance, Madonna kissed Spears and Aguilera on the lips, generating strong reactions from the media. "Hollywood" was later used as a dancers' interlude on the 2004 Re-Invention World Tour
.

Background and writing

When Madonna started working on her ninth studio album, the cultural mood of America was bleak and paranoid after the September 11 attacks.[2] There was discontent and fear all around as the terrorism and hatred took people by surprise, as they started questioning the feasibility of the American Dream. While developing the songs for American Life with producer Mirwais Ahmadzaï, Madonna interrogated and pondered upon those values.[2] The confusion, disorientation and the anger they created seeped into the making of each and every song, including "Hollywood". She later spoke about Ahmadzaï's downbeat existentialism and the long discussions they had about this, and society's obsession with fame and fortune.[2][3] In an interview with Q, in April 2003, she described the song as the allure of the beautiful life in Hollywood. The singer expressed her opinion about fame and celebrity culture, and how people think it to be a "wonderful life" but in reality is a "very powerful illusion".[4]

In the

Warner Bros. Records hastily wanted to save the album from dropping off the charts, and decided to release "Hollywood", believing the song had commercial potential.[6]

Recording

"Hollywood" was produced by Madonna, along with Ahmadzaï.

pitch shifter.[8] Madonna wanted Auto-Tune because she wanted "Hollywood" to have a more dance-like feel to it, although Ahmadzaï was against it.[8]
Describing the recording of the vocals, Ahmadzaï said:

"We used mainly analog compressors on the vocals, sometimes very cheap or mid-budget stuff, recorded with a Sony G800 tube mic, a Neve 8081 preamp and an LA-2A compressor/limiter. But everything is about the setting ... We experiment a lot with vocal sounds. For example, the pitch-down vocal at the end was initially much longer. The mix of this one was very hard — like almost all tracks — because there was so much stuff going on. This is why maybe the final version is so simple."[8]

Composition

"Hollywood" is a "bouncy"

beats per minute.[17] It is composed in the key of C major with Madonna's voice spanning from B3 to C5.[17] An abrupt shift of key takes place at about three minutes into the song, from B minor to C minor, which according to Rooksby was utilized to give the song's closing choruses a different treatment.[15] The song follows a basic sequence of Bm–D–A–G–Em as its chord progression.[17]

Lyrically, it discusses

American culture and greed, focusing on Hollywood as a place of pop stars and illusory dreams.[10][15] The bridge opens with Madonna saying, "Music stations always play the same songs/I'm bored with the concept of right and wrong".[18] Further, Madonna questions the Hollywood experience, singing, "How could it hurt you when it looked so good?".[19] Alexis Petridis of The Guardian noted Madonna's vocals in the song are "high-pitched [to sound like a] little-girl", with the intention of "[underlying] the notion of innocence lost".[20]

Remixes

Victor Calderone was one of the remixers of "Hollywood", which was named as "Calderone & Quayle Glam Mix".

Several remixes of "Hollywood", done by DJs such as

French & Saunders Christmas special.[27]

"Hollywood" was also remixed by American DJ duo Blow-Up. The remix was set to be included on Madonna's second remix album planned for 2004; however, it remained unreleased.[28] A Billboard review by Michael Paoletta considered it a "funky dark remix".[28] An unofficial remix was commissioned to DJ Junior Vasquez for designer Donatella Versace's spring/summer 2004 menswear show in Milan, in spite of the singer having a falling out with Vasquez, following the DJ releasing an unauthorized single titled "If Madonna Calls". The original version that Vasquez played at nightclubs contained an actual phone message from Madonna left on Vasquez's answering machine.[29][30] Madonna's publicist Liz Rosenberg confirmed that this did not mean the singer would collaborate with Vasquez in the future since the commissioning of the remix was just a "personal favor" for Versace.[30]

Critical reception

"Hollywood" received mixed reviews from music critics. Michael Paoletta from Billboard described the song as "punky" and compared it to "Ray of Light" (1998).[31] Dimitri Ebrlich of Vibe magazine gave a positive review for the song, describing it as "disarmingly self-deprecatory as it reflects on people's desperate attempts to make it in America's glamor industry", writing that it was a perfect fit for American Life.[14] Jude Adam of Third Way magazine gave the song a positive review, considering it as "quirky, sunny, and sweet in perfect measures."[32] Stephen Thompson of The A.V. Club considered the song as "actually catchy".[33] Alexis Petridis of The Guardian noted that Madonna divulges in the song that not everyone who wants to make it in the movies succeeds.[20] Jessica Winter from The Village Voice commented that in the song, "Madonna channels a generic teen-pop chanteuse".[34] Dennis Ferrera from Out, while interviewing Madonna for her 2005 album Confessions on a Dance Floor, described the song as a "killer single".[35] Another positive review by J. J. Evans from Naperville Sun described "Hollywood" as a track which best exemplifies Madonna's "silly way of writing" but felt that it worked in this case.[36] Chris Heath from Yahoo! Music commented that "'Hollywood' breaks free of its inferior siblings to strike out as a sexy sliver of dance pop that's as good as anything on Music".[37] Chuck Arnold from Entertainment Weekly found it ironic that Madonna was singing about Hollywood, given all her failed attempts at a successful movie career. Nonetheless, he concluded that "with its sweet guitar picking, this American Life single shines its light wherever you are".[38]

Ian Youngs of BBC News noted that the song was another diatribe about fame and how difficult it is being in the public eye.[39] He further added that it "ranks among the disappointments" on the album saying it feels lacklustre and commented about the "embarrassing rap".[39] Ed Howard from Stylus Magazine commented that barring Madonna's rapping, "Hollywood" is at least engaging.[40] Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine thought "following up 'American Life' with 'Hollywood' was nearly as ballsy" due to its lyrical content.[18] Edna Gundersen of USA Today noted that the song "attest[s] to her undiminished skills as a shrewd pop composer".[11] Michael Hubbard of musicOMH commented that everything rhymes with "Hollywood", and after commented the song would be better without these lazy lyrics, adding "[The song] has the name Madonna on it so it will sell, but it's hardly vintage stuff. Time for some musical reinvention to go with the incessant changes of image."[9] In another review, Chuck Taylor from Billboard expressed his disappointment with the song. He explained that "Hollywood" is "a far cry from the ingenious fortitude displayed on so many previous singles of [Madonna's] two decades of career".[6] He panned Ahmadzaï's limited electronic production and Madonna's excessive usage of acoustic guitar on the track, along with "whiney, preachy lyrics".[6] Writing for The Sydney Morning Herald, Bernard Zuel called Ahmadzaï a "one-trick pony" for his production, but felt he pulled it off "on the groove-rich 'Hollywood'".[41] Ben Wener from The Beaver County Times condemned the track as a "knowingly hypocritical attack on Hollywood".[42] Writing for The Guardian, Jude Rogers praised its "fantastic Roland bassline and reflective sun-dappled guitar", placing the song at number 47 on her ranking of Madonna's singles, in honor of her 60th birthday.[43]

Chart performance

A firedancer performing during the "Hollywood" interlude on the 2004 Re-Invention World Tour

"Hollywood" failed to enter the

Adult Pop Songs. In Canada, the song peaked at number five on Canadian Singles Chart.[44]

On July 19, 2003, "Hollywood" debuted at its peak of number two in the

Swiss Singles Chart, spending 13 weeks on the chart.[56]

Music video

Madonna portraying one of Guy Bourdin's works in the music video for "Hollywood". This scene, depicting Madonna with her legs spread on top of a TV set, was mentioned in the lawsuit against the video.

The

Universal Studios in Universal City, California and directed by Jean-Baptiste Mondino, who previously worked with Madonna on her videos for "Open Your Heart" (1986), "Justify My Love" (1990), "Human Nature" (1995), "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" (1996), and "Don't Tell Me" (2000).[57] In the United States, it premiered on June 23, 2003, on VH1.[57] Madonna had long been a fan of the work of French fashion photographer Guy Bourdin since about a decade ago, commenting on his photographs as "They're so sick and interesting. These girls, you have to see the look on their faces — they're really bizarre."[58] Arianne Phillips created the costumes for the video and she described Madonna's looks as an homage to old Hollywood glamour, while trying to be literal as well as conceptual.[59] She paid tributes to stars like Ginger Rogers, Jean Harlow and Mae West.[30]
According to Mondino's own words, the concept of the video was:

"Some kind of artifice that Hollywood can provide, that is so wide and has a graphic story-line about it as well as some humor about it, and to show the beauty, the scariness, the sexiness and the loneliness that one's success can be, 'cause everybody's dreaming about Hollywood, no matter what. The expectation can be very dangerous, and maybe for somebody like Madonna, who might be at a point, to realize that to be on the top is maybe not that important. That's what I feel about the video."[59]

The music video features Madonna in different styles and fashions. It also includes her dripping in twenty million dollars worth of vintage jewels and gowns in several transformations, including an original 25 carat ring and bracelet that was worn by West in the 1933 film, She Done Him Wrong.[30][57] A real doctor (Dr. David Kish) was hired by Madonna to administer the fake shots, since she wanted to make the scenes appear real.[60] The first day of shooting took place on June 2, 2003, and the scenes shot included the wall-of-mirrors, the massage, the botox injection and the ballet dancing sequences.[59] The next day started with the French maid, the motel TV, the telephone conversation and the glamour shot scenes.[59] Henry Keazor, one of the authors of Rewind, Play, Fast Forward: The Past, Present and Future of the Music Video, noted that Madonna exposed herself during the interventions portrayed in the video, by playing with the rumors and the stereotypes surrounding her.[61]

After the release of the music video for "Hollywood", Samuel Bourdin, the son of Guy Bourdin, filed a federal lawsuit that accused Madonna of ripping off the work of his father.

Independent Online disclosed the settled amount by Madonna to be $600,000.[65] In 2009, the video was included on Madonna's compilation, Celebration: The Video Collection.[66]

Live performances

Madonna kissing Britney Spears during the medley performance of "Hollywood" and "Like a Virgin" at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards

To start marketing American Life, Madonna performed the American Life Promo Tour. A performance on Tower's Fourth Street in Manhattan was presented to around 400 people and featured acoustic performances of "American Life", "Mother and Father", and "Hollywood".[67] On August 28, 2003, Madonna opened the MTV Video Music Awards performing a medley of "Like a Virgin" and "Hollywood" with Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, and Missy Elliott.[68] Spears appeared on stage atop of a giant wedding cake, wearing a wedding gown and veil; she sang the first few lines of "Like a Virgin" before Aguilera appeared from behind the cake and joined her.[69] Madonna then emerged from the cake wearing a black coat and hat and started singing "Hollywood" before proceeding to kiss Spears and Aguilera on the lips.[70] Missy Elliott came out from a wedding chapel to sing her song "Work It" halfway through the performance.[70] The whole performance was a tribute to Madonna and an homage to her performance of "Like a Virgin" at the awards' inaugural show in 1984.[71]

The kiss generated strong reaction from the media and the celebrities alike.

firedancer, a bellydancer, a tapdancer, and a skateboarder. The screens displayed animations of tarot cards.[78] The performance was included in the I'm Going to Tell You a Secret live album and documentary.[79] On the same tour, the performance of "Into the Groove" contained samples from the remix "Into the Hollywood Groove".[80]

Track listings and formats

Credits and personnel

Credits for "Hollywood" are adapted from American Life liner notes.[7]

Charts

Sales

Sales for "Hollywood"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
France 42,891[114]
United Kingdom 59,633[49]

Release history

Release dates and formats for "Hollywood"
Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United States May 27, 2003 Warner Bros. [115]
United Kingdom July 7, 2003
[116]
July 14, 2003
[117]
Australia CD single [118]
United States July 15, 2003 12-inch single [119]
Germany July 28, 2003 CD single [120]
August 4, 2003 12-inch single [121]

See also

  • List of number-one dance singles of 2003 (U.S.)

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