| "Love Profusion" | ||||||||
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| Single by Madonna | ||||||||
| from the album American Life | ||||||||
| A-side | "Nothing Fails" | |||||||
| B-side | "Nobody Knows Me" | |||||||
| Released | January 13, 2004[1] | |||||||
| Format | CD single (Worldwide) Vinyl single (United Kingdom) |
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| Recorded | 2002 London, England |
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| Genre | Electropop | |||||||
| Length | 3:38 | |||||||
| Label | Maverick, Warner Bros. | |||||||
| Writer(s) | Madonna, Mirwais Ahmadzaï | |||||||
| Producer | Madonna, Mirwais Ahmadzaï | |||||||
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"Love Profusion" is the fourth and final single by American singer-songwriter Madonna from her 2003 studio album American Life. It was released by Maverick Records on December 8, 2003 in the UK, Europe and Australia and in North America on March 16, 2004. The song failed to match the chart success of its predecessors from American Life, performing moderately in most countries. The song reached #3 in Canada, becoming her fifth top 10 Canadian hit from the album.
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"Love Profusion" was composed and produced by Madonna and Mirwais Ahmadzaï. It was originally released in Australia, Italy, and the United Kingdom on December 8, 2003, but was later released in North America and in France on March 16, 2004. Madonna's record label, Warner Bros., decided to wait with a single release of the song in North America to combine promotion for the single with the release of the Estée Lauder perfume commercial 'Beyond Paradise' which used the song. All North American CD Maxi-singles contained a perfume tester. The song was first heard on the AOL website on April 14, 2003.
The single did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, making it the third single from American Life to fail to chart within the Top 100 in the US. The song was a dance hit though, peaking at number one on Billboard's Hot Dance/Club Play chart. In the UK, the song missed the top 10, making it only the ninth Madonna single release ever - of more than 60 - not to chart in the UK top 10, after "Everybody" (didn't chart, 1982), "Lucky Star" (#14, 1984), "Take a Bow" (#16, 1994), "Oh Father" (#16, 1995), "One More Chance" (#11, 1996), "Hey You" (#187, 2007), "Miles Away" (#39, 2008) and "Revolver" (#130, 2010). Part of the reason behind this was that the video didn't premiere until 4 days before the official release, thus minimising the song's pre-release promotion. Madonna became the first artist to have 4 songs at the same time in Romanian Singles Chart: "Hollywood", "Nothing Fails", "Me Against the Music" and "Love Profusion".
The music video was directed by Luc Besson and shot on October 28, 2003 at Universal Studios in Universal City, California. It was shot alongside the Estée Lauder "Beyond Paradise" fragrance television advert to maximise sales of both the fragrance and single, Madonna provided the theme song to the commercial. Besson later directed Madonna in the 2007 animated film Arthur and the Invisibles. "There are a lot of special effects," Madonna said of the clip. "I talked to things that weren't there - which is what you do when you're doing green-screen or blue-screen stuff. There's going to be a lot of fairies dancing around me. Isn't that exciting?" she added, laughing. "I always have a lot of fairies dancing around me."[2] The video originally world premiered in Europe on December 4, 2003 and its US premiere was on February 11, 2004 on AOL's First View.
There are 4 remix videos: the Ralphi Rosario House Vocal - Extended, the Craig J's Good Vibe Mix, the Ralphi Rosario Big Room Vox - Extended and the Ralphi Rosario Big Room Dub
These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Love Profusion".
Australian CD single
French CD single
U.K. vinyl single
U.K. CD1 single W634CD1 9362 42692 2
U.K. CD2 single W634CD2 9362 42693 2
U.S. maxi CD single
U.S. vinyl single
| Chart (2003/2004) | Peak position |
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| Australia ARIA Top 50 Singles | 25 |
| Canadian Hot 100 | 3 |
| Euro Hot 100 | 41 |
| Estonia (Raadio Kadi Charts)[3] | 8 |
| France IFOP Top 100 Singles | 25 |
| Greece Top 50 IFPI Singles | 3 |
| Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[4] | 32 |
| Ireland IRMA Top 50 Singles | 22 |
| Italian Singles Chart | 5 |
| Romanian Singles Chart[5] | 99 |
| Spanish Singles Chart[6] | 1 |
| Swiss Singles Chart[7] | 31 |
| UK Singles Chart | 11 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales | 6 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play | 1 |
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