She's Madonna

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"She's Madonna"
"She's Madonna" cover
Single by Robbie Williams and The Pet Shop Boys
from the album Rudebox
Released March 5, 2007
Format CD single
DVD single
Recorded London
Genre Pop
Length 4:16
Label Chrysalis Records–EMI
Writer(s) Robbie Williams
Neil Tennant
Chris Lowe
Producer(s) Pet Shop Boys
Chart positions
Robbie Williams and The Pet Shop Boys singles chronology
"Bongo Bong and Je Ne T'Aime Plus"
(2007)		 "She's Madonna"
(2007)		 "The 80's/The 90's"
(2007)
"Numb"
(2006)		 "She's Madonna"
(2007)


Cover of the maxi-CD single
Cover of the maxi-CD single

"She's Madonna" is the third international single release from Robbie Williams's album Rudebox. A collaboration with the Pet Shop Boys, it is a love song to pop star Madonna and was released on March 5, 2007.[1]

A promotional copy was released to European radio in late January to precede the CD single. In March 2007, the track rose to number one on the European Airplay Chart after spending 4 weeks at #2.[2]

It has been confirmed that this single will not be released in Latin America.[3] Despite of this, the single was released as Digital Download in Mexico in four formats.[4][5]

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[edit] History

"She's Madonna" was inspired by a conversation Robbie Williams had with Guy Ritchie about the way Ritchie left his ex-girlfriend for Madonna.[6] According to the UK tabloid newspaper The Sun, Williams wanted Madonna to star alongside him in the video, but when Guy Ritchie realised the song was based on the line he used to leave Tania Strecker for Madonna — "I love you, baby, but face it, she's Madonna," — he dropped out of the project altogether.[7] According to the BBC website, Williams had played the song to Madonna shortly after writing it, receiving a positive reaction.[6]

"She's Madonna" was the subject of a controversy after Ashley Hamilton claimed that he came up with part of the song with Williams.[8]

[edit] Music video

The music video was shot in Los Angeles 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 appears as one of the drag queens.[9] 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.[9]

[edit] Formats and track listings

[edit] CD: Chrysalis / CDCHS5163 (UK)

  1. "She's Madonna"
  2. "Never Touch That Switch" (Switch Remix)

[edit] CD: Chrysalis / CDCHSS5163 (UK)

  1. "She's Madonna"
  2. "She's Madonna" (Chris Lake Remix)
  3. "She's Madonna" (Kris Menace Vocal Re-Interpretation)
  4. "She's Madonna" (Kris Menace Dub)

[edit] DVD: Chrysalis / DVDCHS5163 (UK)

  1. "She's Madonna" (Video)
  2. "Never Touch That Switch" (Nightmoves' Liars Club Remix)
  3. "Never Touch That Switch" (Dark Horse Dub Mix)
  4. Robbie Drag Interview
  5. She's Madonna Photo Gallery .

[2]


[edit] Charts

Chart (2006) Peak
position[10]
Eurochart Hot 100 Singles[11] 1
Euro Airplay Charts[2] 1
Ukraine Singles Chart[11] 1
Dutch Top 40[12] 2
Italy Singles Chart[13] 3
Germany Singles Top 100[14] 4
Latvian Airplay Top[15] 4
Russian Airplay Chart[16] 8
Switzerland Singles Top 100[17] 8
Finnish Singles Top 20[12] 13
UK Singles Chart[18] 16
Czech IFPI Chart[19] 15

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Pet Shop Boys official website. Retrieved on 2007-02-25.
  2. ^ a b c She's Madonna: #1 in European Airplay Charts. Orange.fr (2007-02-25). Retrieved on 2007-02-25.
  3. ^ Discography>Singles>She's Madonna>Territory Info
  4. ^ "She's Madonna" Mexican Digital Download
  5. ^ "She's Madonna" Mexican Digital Download (Format 4)
  6. ^ a b M, Fraser (2006-07-24). Ritchie Ditch. bbc.co.uk. Retrieved on 2007-02-21.
  7. ^ Williams' 'She's Madonna' video is inspired by 'Bloodhounds of Broadway'. Yahoo.com (2007-02-18). Retrieved on 2007-02-21.
  8. ^ Cummins, Fiona, Simpson, Eva. "Torment of Robbie", The Daily Mirror, 2007-02-14. Retrieved on 2007-02-21.
  9. ^ a b Newton, Victoria. "Robbie's frocky horror show", The Sun, 2007-01-16. Retrieved on 2007-01-16.
  10. ^ Music Square – "She's Madonna" World Charts. Retrieved on November 12, 2006.
  11. ^ a b Top position in Eurochart Hot 100 Singles. Retrieved on March 18, 2007.
  12. ^ a b Top 40. Retrieved on March 9, 2007.
  13. ^ Italy Singles Chart. Retrieved on March 8, 2007.
  14. ^ Germany Singles Top 100. Retrieved on March 9, 2007.
  15. ^ Latvian Airplay Top. Retrieved on March 18, 2007.
  16. ^ Russian Airplay Chart. Retrieved on March 22, 2007.
  17. ^ Switzerland Singles Top 100. Retrieved on March 9, 2007.
  18. ^ The Official UK Singles Chart. Retrieved on March 12, 2007.
  19. ^ Error on call to Template:cite web: Parameters url and title must be specified.
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