Album
Material Girl
1985 · Electronic, Pop
11 collectors on Gatefold own this
Material Girl is an Electronic album by Madonna, originally released in 1985. On Gatefold: 66 pressings tracked, owned by 11 collectors.
About
"Material Girl" is the second single from Madonna's second studio album, Like a Virgin (1984). The song consists of synth arrangements with a robotic-sounding voice chant repeating the hook, "living in a material world". The lyrics identify with materialism, with Madonna asking for a rich and affluent life, and only wanting to date men who can offer her this. The music video was a mimicry of Marilyn Monroe's performance of the song "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" from the 1953 film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. The mimicked scenes are interspersed with scenes of a Hollywood director trying to win the heart of an actress, played by Madonna herself. Discovering that, contrary to her song, the young woman was not impressed by money and expensive gifts, he pretended to be penniless and succeeded in taking her out on a date. She has performed the song in five of her world tours; most of her performances of the song on tour are mimicries of the song's music video.
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Tracklist
Side A
- AMaterial Girl3:56
Side B
- BPretender4:28
Sound DNA
- Electronic
- Synth-Pop / New Wave
- synthetic
- playful
- hedonistic
Credits
The people behind it.
Production & Engineering
- Nile RodgersPRODUCER
- Nile RodgersPRODUCER [PRODUCED BY]
- Melanie WestENGINEER [ASSISTANT ENGINEER]
- Melanie WestENGINEER [ASSISTANT]
- Michael HutchinsonENGINEER
- Michael HutchinsonENGINEER [REMIX ENGINEER]
- Michael HutchinsonENGINEER [REMIX]
Songwriting
11 collectors on Gatefold own this · 66 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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