Erotica (song)

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"Erotica"

Single by Madonna
from the album Erotica
Released	September 29, 1992
Format	CD, 7", cassette
Recorded	1992
Genre	Dance
Length	5:17
Label	Maverick Records Sire Records Warner Bros. Records WEA International
Writer(s)	Madonna Shep Pettibone
Producer(s)	Madonna Shep Pettibone
Certification	Gold (US)
Chart positions
#1 (Europe, Italy) #2 (Canada, Japan) #3 (UK, US) #4 (Australia, Spain) #8 (Switzerland) #13 (Germany) #15 (Austria) #23 (France)
Madonna singles chronology
"This Used to Be My Playground" (1992)	"Erotica" (1992)	"Deeper and Deeper" (1992)
Erotica track listing
	"Erotica" (1)	"Fever" (2)
GHV2 track listing
"Deeper and Deeper" (7" edit) (1)	"Erotica" (radio edit) (2)	"Human Nature" (radio version) (3)

"Erotica" was the first single from Madonna's 1992 album Erotica.

1 Song information
2 Music video
3 Official Versions of the "Erotica" song
4 Official Versions of the "Erotic" song
5 Chart performance
6 External links

[edit] Song information

"Erotica" debuted at number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100, and instead of zooming to number one as had been expected, it peaked at number three in its second chart week and began to move down the chart the following week, charting for a total of 18 weeks. "Erotica" made the highest debut in the history of the Hot 100 Airplay chart, entering at its peak position of number two (it reached number four on Hot 100 Singles Sales). Despite its relatively short chart tenure compared to some of Madonna's other hits, the single was nevertheless certified Gold by the RIAA.

There are 3 versions of "Erotica", the first being the album version. The second, entitled "Erotic", was included in Madonna's book Sex. The track includes alternate lyrics from the book. The remix by William Orbit of "Erotica" (titled WØ 12") also utilizes the lyrics from "Erotic".

The third is the original demo for the song, which still remains unreleased. The lyrics of this version differ from the original, and the introductory section, beginning "My name is Dita", is omitted. The chorus is also substantially different.

For Madonna's 2006 Confessions Tour, Madonna and Stuart Price created a mashup of Erotica, which used the demo chorus. This version mixes a different verse and chorus with the original album version's chorus ("Erotic/Erotic/Put your hands all over my body"). It also features the album version's intro and uses the bridge "Erotica/Romance/Erotica/I'd like to put you in a trance". While listed as "Erotica" in the Confessions Tour program, most fans know the song as "You Thrill Me" after its unique chorus:

You thrill me/Surround me, you fill me/You send me/You put me in a trance

You fill me/Inside me you take me/You thrill me/You put me in a trance

The album version of "Erotica" contains a sample of the 1974 hit single "Jungle Boogie", performed by Kool and the Gang.

The song has been remixed by William Orbit, who would later become Madonna's main collaborator on her 1998 album Ray of Light, and prolific DJs Masters at Work.

In the sleeve notes to I'm Going to Tell You a Secret and the live CD The Confessions Tour it credits an additional composer to have written this song; Antony Shimkin.

[edit] Music video

Madonna in a scene from the "Erotica" music video.

The music video for "Erotica" is one of Madonna's most infamous videos, directed by fashion photographer Fabien Baron. The American MTV aired it a total of three times (all of these in the "safe harbor") due to its highly charged sexual content, and was eventually Madonna's second video to be banned from airing by that channel. There are two versions of the video - the "standard" version which contains no nudity was released in the United States (it can be viewed on Madonna's official web page); and a more explicit version of the video was released only in Europe and Australia, which contained full-frontal nudity of Madonna and variation in the editing.

The footage for the "Erotica" video was shot during the Miami photo sessions for her infamous book Sex (many of the photographs in the book are actually stills from this footage) - an hour of this footage was compiled by Madonna and Baron for a film that was made for the party she gave at Industria in New York for the release of Sex, a film that included a soundtrack of French music from the 1920s and 30s that included songs from such singers as Charles Trenet, Mistinguett, Maurice Chevalier, Edith Piaf, and Josephine Baker. This film was also given by Madonna to her closest friends. It later leaked out to the public and copies of it were sold on eBay for some time. Today this film, known as the Sex Book Video is very hard to find and can go for prices as high as USD $500 - even more than the Sex book itself.

[edit] Official Versions of the "Erotica" song

01. Album Version
02. Album Version - Instrumental
03. Album Edit
04. Kenlou - B-Boy Remix
05. Kenlou - B-Boy Remix - Instrumental Edit
06. Kenlou - Madonna's In My Jeep Remix
07. Kenlou - Jeep Beats Dub
08. Masters At Work - Underground Club Mix
09. Masters At Work - Dub
10. Masters At Work - Bass Hit Dub
11. Masters At Work - House Mix Instrumental
12. Masters At Work - Underground Tribal Beats Dub

[edit] Official Versions of the "Erotic" song

01. Album Version
02. Album Edit
03. William Orbit - Remix
04. William Orbit - Dub

[edit] Chart performance

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1992	"Erotica"	Japan	2
1992	"Erotica"	Canada	2
1992	"Erotica"	UK	3
1992	"Erotica"	Australia	4
1992	"Erotica"	Austria	15
1992	"Erotica"	Sweden	3
1992	"Erotica"	Billboard Hot 100	3
1992	"Erotica"	Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales	1
1992	"Erotica"	Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	1
1992	"Erotica"	Billboard Rhythmic Top 40	5
1992	"Erotica"	Billboard Top 40 Mainstream	9