She's Madonna

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"She's Madonna"
Single by Robbie Williams featuring Pet Shop Boys
from the album Rudebox
B-side "Never Touch That Switch"
Released 5 March 2007
Format CD single, DVD single
Recorded London, United Kingdom, 2007
Genre Pop
Length 4:16
Label Chrysalis Records–EMI
Writer(s) Robbie Williams
Neil Tennant
Chris Lowe
Producer Pet Shop Boys
Robbie Williams singles chronology
"Lovelight"
(2006)		 "She's Madonna"
(2007)		 "Bodies"
(2009)
Pet Shop Boys chronology
"Numb"
(2006)		 "She's Madonna"
(2007)		 "Integral"
(2007)
Alternative cover
UK CD2

"She's Madonna" is the third and final international single released from Robbie Williams's seventh studio album Rudebox. A collaboration with the Pet Shop Boys, it is a love song to pop star Madonna and was released on 5 March 2007.[1] A promotional copy was released to European radio in late January to precede the CD single. The song became one of Williams' lower-charting hits in the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number 16. Despite this, it is still regularly played on cable music video channels and radio stations in the UK. It was confirmed that this single was not going to be released in Latin America.[2] In spite of this, the single was released as a digital download in Mexico. The video was also aired on MTV Brazil and on other Brazilian music channels.

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[edit] History

"She's Madonna" was inspired by a conversation Robbie Williams had with Guy Ritchie's ex-girlfriend Tania Strecker, about the way Ritchie left her for Madonna. Strecker quoted Ritchie as saying, "Look, you know I really love you, but she's Madonna."[3] According to the BBC's Top of the Pops website, Williams had played the song to Madonna shortly after writing it, receiving a positive reaction.[3] According to the UK tabloid newspaper The Sun, Williams wanted Madonna to star alongside him in the video, but Ritchie, her husband at the time - they divorced in November 2008 - objected, having realised that the song with its chorus: "I love you, baby, but face it, she's Madonna. No man on earth could say that he don't want her" was based on the line he used to leave Strecker for Madonna.[4] Williams himself has commented: :In case anyone asks... There is nothing tongue in cheek about this song at all, I have always fancied Madonna.[5] Musically, the song was inspired by Kraftwerk's track "Tour de France" - Williams stated: :I played "Tour De France" by Kraftwerk and said “I like this, Can we do something like this, but not much like this", but then everything else came together pretty quickly. "She's Madonna" was the subject of a controversy after Ashley Hamilton claimed that he came up with part of the song with Williams.[6]

[edit] Music video

The music video was shot in Los Angeles[7] and features Williams as a professional drag queen in full regalia, as well as performing to drag queens in a nightclub, dressed in a white jacket. Alexis Arquette appeared as one of the drag queens.[7] The video was directed by Johan Renck, who had previously directed the videos for Madonna's "Nothing Really Matters" in 1999 and "Hung Up" in 2005.[7]

[edit] Tracklisting

UK CD1

  1. "She's Madonna" - 4:16
  2. "Never Touch That Switch" [Switch Remix] - 5:06

UK CD2

  1. "She's Madonna" - 4:16
  2. "She's Madonna" [Chris Lake Remix] - 5:43
  3. "She's Madonna" [Kris Menace Vocal Re-Interpretation] - 4:25
  4. "She's Madonna" [Kris Menace Dub] - 5:37

UK DVD Single

  1. "She's Madonna" [Video]
  2. "Never Touch That Switch" [Nightmoves Remix - Audio]
  3. "Never Touch That Switch" [Dark Horse Remix - Audio]
  4. "Photo Gallery & Video Clip"

[edit] Charts

Chart (2007) Peak
position[8][9]
Czech IFPI Chart[10] 2
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart 3
Dutch Top 40[11] 2
Italy Singles Chart[12] 3
Danish Singles Chart 4
European Hot 100 Singles[13] 4
Germany Singles Top 100[14] 4
Switzerland Singles Top 100[15] 8
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart 10
Billboard Hot Dance Club Play 12
Finnish Singles Chart 13
Austrian Singles Chart 14
UK Singles Chart[16] 16
Swedish Top 60 Singles[17] 20
Greece 25
Canadian Singles Chart 33
Ireland Singles Top 100 38

[edit] Year-end charts

Chart (2007) Rank
German Singles Chart[18] 36

[edit] Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[19] Gold 7,500^
Germany (BVMI)[20] Gold 150,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ "Pet Shop Boys official website". http://www.petshopboys.co.uk. Retrieved 2007-02-25. 
  2. ^ Discography>Singles>She's Madonna>Territory Info
  3. ^ a b M, Fraser (2006-07-24). "Ritchie Ditch". bbc.co.uk. http://www.bbc.co.uk/totp/news/news/2006/07/24/34229.shtml. Retrieved 2007-02-21. 
  4. ^ "Williams' 'She's Madonna' video is inspired by 'Bloodhounds of Broadway'". Yahoo.com. 2007-02-18. http://in.news.yahoo.com/070219/139/6c8p1.html. Retrieved 2007-02-21. [dead link]
  5. ^ Robbie Williams: Comments on "Rudebox", on the web site of EMi Music Switzerland. Accessed on May 11, 2007
  6. ^ Cummins, Fiona; Simpson, Eva (2007-02-14). "Torment of Robbie". The Daily Mirror. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/topstories/tm_headline=torment-of-robbie&method=full&objectid=18618579&siteid=89520-name_page.html. Retrieved 2007-02-21. 
  7. ^ a b c Newton, Victoria (2007-01-16). "Robbie's frocky horror show". The Sun. http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,4-2007020439,00.html. Retrieved 2007-01-16. 
  8. ^ "Music Square – "She's Madonna" World Charts". http://www.musicsquare.net/charts/song/11775. Retrieved November 12, 2006. 
  9. ^ "She's Madonna" World Charts
  10. ^ "ifpicr.cz". http://www.ifpicr.cz/hitparada/index.php?a=titul&hitparada=2&titul=144430&sec=5656f7f7fb2978d24809e93d8a70d3f9. 
  11. ^ "Top 40". Archived from the original on March 6, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070306022204/http://www.megacharts.nl/full.jsp. Retrieved March 9, 2007. 
  12. ^ "Italy Singles Chart". http://www.mtv.it/music/classifiche/chart_list.asp?id_chart=1. Retrieved March 8, 2007. 
  13. ^ "Robbie Williams Album & Song Chart History" European Hot 100 for Robbie Williams. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2010-07-22.
  14. ^ "Germany Singles Top 100". http://www.mtv.de/hitlistgermany/index.php. Retrieved March 9, 2007. [dead link]
  15. ^ "Switzerland Singles Top 100". http://www.mtv.de/hitlistschweiz/index.php. Retrieved March 9, 2007. [dead link]
  16. ^ "The Official UK Singles Chart". http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/singles.shtml. Retrieved March 12, 2007. 
  17. ^ "Swedish Top 60 Singles". http://www.swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Robbie+Williams+with+Pet+Shop+Boys&titel=She%27s+Madonna&cat=s. Retrieved September 3, 2007. 
  18. ^ http://www.mtv.de/charts/Single_Jahrescharts_2007
  19. ^ "Danish single certifications – Robbie Williams – She's Madonna". IFPI Denmark. http://www.hitlisterne.dk/default.asp?w=28&y=2007&list=t40. 
  20. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Robbie Williams; 'She's Madonna')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/?action=suche&strTitel=She%27s+Madonna&strInterpret=Robbie+Williams&strTtArt=single&strAwards=checked. 
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