I Don't Search I Find

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"I Don't Search I Find"
Image divided into four squares; each square depicts a woman with white hair. The upper right and lower left are red colored and show the woman wearing sunglasses. The image has a white and red border around it. The words MADONNA and I DON'T SEARCH I FIND (REMIXES) are written in the middle.
Remixes EP cover
Single by Madonna
from the album Madame X
ReleasedMay 22, 2020 (2020-05-22)
Genre
Length4:08
LabelInterscope
Songwriter(s)
  • Madonna
  • Mirwais Ahmadzaï
Producer(s)
  • Madonna
  • Mirwais
Madonna singles chronology
"I Rise"
(2019)
"I Don't Search I Find"
(2020)
"Levitating (The Blessed Madonna Remix)"
(2020)
Licensed audio
"I Don’t Search I Find" on
YouTube

"I Don't Search I Find" is a song by American singer

Mirwais Ahmadzaï. It was released to Italian contemporary hit radio by Interscope Records as the fourth single from the album on May 22, 2020. Two EPs containing several remixes had previously been released to accompany the song. It is an EDM and house influenced track that takes inspiration from Madonna's previous works, including "Vogue" (1990), Erotica (1992) and Confessions on a Dance Floor
(2005).

"I Don't Search I Find" received generally positive feedback from

gay pride
party in June 2021.

Background and composition

In 2017, Madonna relocated to

Mirwais, who had previously contributed to her albums Music (2000), American Life (2003) and Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005), as well as Mike Dean, who served as a producer on Rebel Heart (2015), and Diplo.[2]

"I Don't Search I Find" was written by Madonna and Mirwais, who also handled production.[3] The track takes its title after a quote by Pablo Picasso,[4] and has been described as a disco and EDM song[5] with a "chunky '90s house percussion" and "rumbling" bassline;[6][7] the track draws influence from Madonna's previous works, such as "Vogue" (1990), Erotica (1992) and Confessions on a Dance Floor.[8][9] Throughout the song, Madonna repeats the hook "finally, enough love" and, with a "wide-eyed and awestruck" tone, she repeats the phrase "I found you, I found a new view".[10][11] Also included is a finger snapping sample, taken from "Vogue".[12] According to Paper, with the line "Platinum gold, inside your soul", Madonna was "affirming the beauty in others".[11] Paul Nolan, from Hot Press, considered "I Don't Search I Find" the "manifesto for Madame X".[13]

Release and promotion

On December 6, 2019, an

Honey Dijon was released for digital download and streaming through Interscope Records.[14] An additional EP that includes remixes by Chris Cox, Endor, DJLW, DJ Kue, and Offer Nissim, was released on May 2, 2020, by the aforementioned label.[15] In Italy, Universal Music Group released "I Don't Search I Find" as the fourth single from Madame X on May 22, 2020.[16]

"I Don't Search I Find" was featured on Madonna's 2019–2020

pride party at the Boom Boom Room of The Standard hotel in New York and performed the song; she wore a see-through mesh top, leather shorts, a vintage Jean Paul Gaultier corset, a blue wig and long pink fingerless gloves.[21] "I Don't Search I Find" was used as an interlude on Madonna's Celebration Tour (2023—2024).[22]

Reception

Critical response

Upon release, the song was met with generally positive reviews from

Idolator's Mike Wass wrote that "the fact that something as insane as 'I Don’t Search I Find' even exists is a miracle to begin with."[15]

In her review of Madame X, Alexandra Pollard from The Independent described the track as "a cross between Nina Simone's 'Feeling Good', a Nineties house track, and an orchestral Bond song."[26] Nicolas Hautman from Us Weekly deemed it "one of the fiercest '90s dance songs she has made" since the 1990s decade.[27] Louise Bruton from The Irish Times stated of Madonna's performance that "she reminds us that she always gets what she wants."[5] Robbie Barnett from the Washington Blade wrote: "if Music and American Life had a baby with Confessions on a Dance Floor as its stepmother, it would be the mid-tempo treasure 'I Don't Search I Find'", comparing it to Madonna's 1991 single "Rescue Me".[9] On a more critical note, The Hollywood Reporter's Jonny Coleman said that "even though it's a clear rip-off of 'Vogue', it's the closest thing [on the album] you can actually imagine human beings dancing to."[28] More negative was Pitchfork's Rich Juzwiak, who dismissed the song as a "loosely structured workout that sounds like it was ripped from The Rain Tapes."[6]

Commercial performance

In the United States, "I Don't Search I Find" became Madonna's 67th entry on Billboard's Dance Club Songs chart, where it debuted at number 54.[29][30] It eventually reached the summit, making Madonna the first act in history to score at least 50 number one songs on a single Billboard chart, as well as across five decades.[31] Madonna expressed her gratitude in a statement to Billboard; "dance is my first love [...] so every time one of my songs is celebrated in the clubs and recognized on the charts it feels like home".[32] That same week, the song peaked at number 30 on the US Dance/Electronic Songs chart.[33] In the United Kingdom, "I Don't Search I Find" entered the Singles Sales chart at number 66 on May 8, 2020.[34] It reached the fifth position on the Greece Digital Song Sales chart, and peaked at number 73 in Slovakia.[35][36]

Track listings

Honey Dijon remixes EP[14]

  1. "I Don't Search I Find" (
    Honey Dijon
    remix) – 6:58
  2. "I Don't Search I Find" (Honey Dijon Clubmix) – 6:07
  3. "I Don't Search I Find" (Honey Dijon Radiomix) – 5:22

Remixes EP[37]

  1. "I Don't Search I Find" (Endor remix) – 5:29
  2. "I Don't Search I Find" (DJLW remix) – 4:29
  3. "I Don't Search I Find" (Kue remix) – 6:25
  4. "I Don't Search I Find" (Chris Cox remix) – 6:53
  5. "I Don't Search I Find" (Offer Nissim remix) – 6:38

Credits and personnel

  • Madonna – writer, vocals, producer
  • Mirwais
     – writer, producer

Credits and personnel adapted from the Madame X album liner notes.[3]

Charts

Chart (2019–20) Peak
position
Greece Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[35] 5
Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[36] 73
UK Singles Sales (Official Charts Company)[34] 66
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[29] 1
US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard)[33] 30

Release history

Release dates and formats for "I Don't Search I Find"
Region Date Format(s) Version Label Ref.
Various December 6, 2019
Honey Dijon
remixes
Interscope [14]
May 1, 2020 Remixes [37]
Italy May 22, 2020
Radio airplay
Original Universal [16]

See also

References

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