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"4 Minutes"
Song

"4 Minutes" is the first single by American singer-songwriter Madonna from her eleventh studio album Hard Candy and was released on March 17, 2008 by Warner Bros. Records. It features American singer-songwriter Justin Timberlake and Timbaland who also co-wrote and co-produced the song.

Song information

The song is sometimes referred to as "4 Minutes to Save the World", including by Madonna herself.[2] The song received its first airing when co-producer Timbaland played part of the song at a concert on December 16, 2007 in Philadelphia.[3] After brief appearances on YouTube and Perez Hilton, Warner Bros. quickly acted to prevent further viewing.[4] Additionally, part of the song was played on a French radio station on February 29, 2008, later leaking online as a radio rip from the broadcast.[5]

The single officially debuted on radio on March 17, 2008, and was released digitally in the UK on the same day. It was released digitally worldwide (except USA) on March 18, 2008 and in the US on March 25 2008. [citation needed] The song was also used for a television advertisement for Sunsilk that began to air on March 17.[6]

The photography used on the cover is by Madonna's manager Guy Oseary.

Music video

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Madonna in the music video.

The music video was filmed at Black Island Studios in London from January 30 to February 2, 2008 with Timberlake and Timbaland, directed by French duo Jonas & François (Justice's "D.A.N.C.E."),[7] with choreography by Jamie King.[3]

The music video begins with Timbaland rapping his opening lines, in front of a screen showing exactly four minutes in the format of minutes:seconds:frames (NTSC). After some brief scenes of Madonna and Timberlake standing faced back to the camera, it shows Madonna leaning on car while pushing it back into a house where Timberlake and Madonna both sing while a removing a piece of clothing as the black background follows them both, the people living in the house seem oblivious to the black background as it removes their skin and part of their flesh. Madonna and Timberlake then jump out the window and end up in car junk yard where they begin to dance and evade the black shapes at the same time. After this they both run into a supermarket while the same black background follows them, Madonna and Timberlake begin singing in the aisle of the supermarket while shoppers carry on as normal. Madonna and Timberlake move on to start dancing on the conveyor belt at the checkouts. They then run into a bathroom and remove another piece of clothing while the black background follows outside, they then run out of the bathroom and appear to walk in to the same room Timbaland was seen in before, they immediately start performing choreography in front of the screen, now counting down from four minutes. They continually dance and remove a final piece of clothing from each other as the black background comes at them from both sides. The video ends with the black background finally catching up to them while they stop dancing and move closer to each other, as it starts to eat away at their skin and flesh.

The music video was released in some countries on iTunes Store on April 3, 2008. It also made a television premiere on MuchMusic at midnight on April 6, 2008 and on MTV's TRL on April 7, 2008.

  • Directors: Jonas & François
  • Producer: Greg Panteix
  • Director of Photography: Dan Landin
  • Editor: Danny Tull
  • Production Company: Soixan7e Quin5e

Reception

Rolling Stone described the song as having "a marching band aesthetic as blasting brass play a scale-like riff," and called the song "a loud, busy, energetic track."[3] Billboard reviewer and editor Chuck Taylor said the song "is poised to score her first top 10 hit since 2005's 'Hung Up.' ... There's an awful lot going on in the busy dance track ... but the trade-off chorus between Madge and Justin ... is hooky enough unto itself to sell the song."[8] BBC Music described "4 Minutes" as sounding "so futuristic it could realistically have been beamed in from the end of the world."[9] "4 Minutes" was called one of Hard Candy's saviors by The Independent, who noted that "the Mardi Gras marching-band bumping rumbustiously along" is one of the album's "most ambitious offerings."[10]

Radio success

The single broke a record in Canada when it debuted at number one on the Canadian CHR Audience chart. This was the first time any single debuted at the top of the chart. The song entered Canada's CHR Spin's Chart at number 5, the second song to debut within the top ten. This song also entered Canada's All Format Audience chart at number 2, the highest debut ever on the chart.[11]

"4 Minutes" debuted at number twenty-three on United States' CHR/Top 40 National Airplay radio chart. It was also that chart's most added song of the week, with over seventy new stations.[12] "4 Minutes" debuted at number eighteen on the Radio & Records Pop Chart on March 26, 2008. The single currently sits at number thirteen.[12]

Tracklistings and formats

Official versions

Original versions

  • Album Version – 4:04
  • Radio Edit – 3:10

Official remixes

  • Bob Sinclar Space Funk Remix – 5:39
  • Bob Sinclar Space Funk Edit – 3:23
  • Junkie XL Remix – 6:16
  • Junkie XL Remix Edit – 4:39
  • Junkie XL Dirty Dub – 4:52
  • Junkie XL Dirty Dub Edit – 4:05
  • Peter Saves London Remix
  • Peter Saves Paris Remix – 8:37
  • Peter Saves Paris Edit – 4:49
  • Peter Saves The World Remix
  • Rebirth Remix – 7:57
  • Rebirth Mix Edit – 3:42
  • Timbaland's Mobile Underground Remix – 3:22
  • Tracy Young House Mix – 7:55
  • Tracy Young Mixshow – 6:19
  • Tracy Young House Radio – 3:33
  • Tracy Young House Dub – 7:55

Release history

Region Date Format
Germany[13] April 11 2008 CD
France[14] April 14 2008 CD
Australia[15] [16] March 17 2008 Digital download
April 19 2008 CD
United Kingdom[17][18] March 17 2008 Digital download
April 21 2008 CD
Worldwide March 18 2008 Digital download
United States[19] March 25 2008 Digital download
April 15 2008 Remixes Digital download
April 29 2008 CD single

Chart performance

4 Minutes has already topped the charts in Canada, Denmark, Finland, and Norway and reached the top 5 in the United Kingdom, United States, Israel and Poland.

The song made its debut on the Official UK Singles Chart at number seven on 23 March 2008 based on download sales alone, reaching 21,106 within a week of it being released. Based on its first week of airplay, the song made its debut on the U.S. Mediabase Top 40/Pop Airplay Chart at number 23 with an airplay bullet of over 2000.[20] The single debuted at number three on the Australian Digital Tracks chart, and reached number one in its third week[21] . On April 14, 2008, the song debuted on the ARIA Singles Chart at number three, based on digital downloads alone.

In Latin America, the song scored the highest debut of the year in Brazil, entering the local Top 100 at number 22 and is currently #28 in its second week on the Brazilian Dance Club Play chart. In Mexico the song debuted at number five on the Digital Sales Chart, reaching number one on its third week of being available.[22]

In the Billboard issue dated April 12, 2008, Madonna surpassed Elvis Presley as the artist with the most U.S. top ten singles in the Rock Era with 37. "4 Minutes" went from number 68 to number three on the Billboard Hot 100 [23], spurred by digital download sales, and is now her highest-charting single since "Music" went number one in 2000. The song sold 217,000 in its first week of wide release and entered the Hot Digital Songs chart at number two. The single has reached #1 on both Hot Digital Songs and Hot Digital Tracks the following week. "4 Minutes" also sold the most one-week digital sales in Canada, moving her to number one on the Canadian Hot Digital Songs chart.[24]

"4 Minutes" has also been a success on Billboard's Hot Dance Airplay chart, peaking at #4. [25]

Charts

Chart (2008) Peak
Position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[26] 3
Austrian Singles Chart[27] 8
Brazilian Hot 100 Songs & Tracks[28] 9
Bulgarian National Top 40[29] 16
Canadian Hot 100[30] 1
Danish Singles Chart[31] 1
Dutch Singles Chart[32] 1
European Hot 100[33] 14
Finnish Singles Chart[34] 1
French Download Chart 1
Greek Airplay Chart[35] 20
Irish Singles Chart[30] 6
Israeli Singles Chart[36] 1
Italian Singles Chart[30] 1
European Hit Radio Top 40 (Latvia)[37] 9
Malaysian Top 30[38] 21
Malta Radio Airplay[39] 1
Mexican Download Chart[40] 1
New Zealand Singles Chart[41] 7
Norwegian Singles Chart[30] 1
Polish National Top 50 Chart[42] 5
Romanian Top 100 Chart[43] 95
Spanish Digital Singles Chart[44] 6
Swedish Singles Chart[30] 2
Turkish Billboard Top 20[45] 1
UK Singles Chart[30] 4
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[46] 3
U.S. Billboard Pop 100[47] 2
United World Chart[48] 2
Preceded by Hong Kong Singles Chart number-one single
March 20 2008 - April 03 2008 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Norwegian Singles Chart number-one single
March 25 2008 		Succeeded by
incumbent
Preceded by
"Mun Koti Ei Oo Täällä" by Chisu
 Finnish Singles Chart number-one single
April 1 2008 		Succeeded by
incumbent
Preceded by Dutch Singles Chart number-one single
April 5 2008 - April 12 2008 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Canadian Hot 100 number-one single
April 12 2008 		Succeeded by
incumbent

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  48. ^ United World Chart
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