Hollywood (song)
"
Hollywood" is the second single from
Madonna's ninth album
American Life, released in 2003. The single failed to chart in the U.S. becoming the first Madonna single in twenty years to not chart.
The song was the follow-up to the single "
American Life," but it suffered from the anti-war message that the song's original video had displayed. "Hollywood" became Madonna's first single to miss the Billboard Hot 100 since she first appeared on to the chart twenty years prior with "Holiday." "Hollywood" was released as the second
American Life single on
July 7,
2003 in
Europe and on
July 8 in the
United States.
The single featured
remixes by
Jacques Lu Cont,
The Micronauts,
Paul Oakenfold,
Deepsky and
Victor Calderone.
Sander Kleinenberg's remix can be heard in the vinyl EP
Confessions of an Icon: Remix EP, a bootleg record. Kleinenberg's remix is shortened for this release an is an edit from what he played on his radio show. In an interview, Madonna said of the song: "This song is like a metaphor for me. It's the city of dreams and superficiality. It's the place where you forget about the really interesting things in life. In Hollywood, you can lose your memory and your vision of the future. You can lose everything because you can lose yourself."
"Hollywood" failed to break onto the
Billboard Hot 100 in the
United States; it did manage some minimal pop and adult top 40 airplay.
In the UK it entered at number two, becoming her third consecutive top three entry from the
American Life album.
In the United World Chart it peaked at number three.
| Chart (2003) | Peak
Position | | Australia ARIA Top 50 Singles | 16 |
| Austria Top 75 Singles | 34 |
| Brasil Top 100 Singles | 21 |
| Canada Top 50 Singles | 5 |
| Eurochart Hot 100 Singles | 3 |
| Finland Top 20 Singles | 8 |
| France Top 100 Singles | 22 |
| Germany Top 100 Singles | 21 |
| Ireland Top 50 Singles | 10 |
| Italy Top 50 Singles | 3 |
| Spain Top 20 Singles | 2 |
| Sweden Top 60 Singles | 19 |
| Switzerland Top 100 Singles | 15 |
| Tokio Hot 100 | 31 |
| UK Top 75 Singles | 2 |
| USA Adult Top 40 | 35 |
| USA Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play | 1 |
| USA Billboard Hot Dance Singles Sales | 1 |
| USA Billboard Pop 100 | 90 |
| United World Chart | 3 |
| Australian ARIA Singles Chart | | Week | 01 | 02 |
|---|
| Position | 16| 37 | |
|---|
| Finland Top 20 Singles Chart | | Week | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 |
|---|
| Position | 18811| 19 | | | |
|---|
The video dealt with the often shallow world of
Hollywood. The video also features Madonna receiving
botox shots, now a symbol for the superficiality of the celebrity set. The video was based around recreations of the photographs of
Guy Bourdin.
Guy Bourdin's son didn't consider the video to be homage, but rather stealing, and sued Madonna for using the images by his father without permission. Although Madonna has frequently appropriated the work of other artists in her music videos without legal trouble, in this case she reportedly settled the lawsuit with a $600,000 pay out.
*Album Version (4:24)
*Radio Edit (3:44)
*Video Version (3:56)
*Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Mix (7:10)
*Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Mix Edit (3:57) Promo Only
*Paul Oakenfold Full Mix (7:01)
*Paul Oakenfold 12" Dub (7:01) Promo Only
*Paul Oakenfold 7" Full Edit (3:43) Promo Only
*Calderone & Quayle Glam Mix (9:19)
*Calderone & Quayle Glam Dub (7:47) Promo Only
*Calderone & Quayle Radio Edit (4:06) Promo Only
*The Micronauts Remix (6:27)
*The Micronauts Instrumental (6:27) Promo Only
*The Micronauts Remix Edit (4:01) Promo Only
*Deepsky's Home Sweet Home Dub (7:35) [Often mislabeled as the Vocal Mix]
*Deepsky's Home Sweet Home Edit (4:00) Promo Only
*Deepsky's Home Sweet Home Vocal Mix (7:55) Promo Only
*Sander Kleinenberg Club Mix (approximately 11:13) Unreleased [Leaked only in a live set]
*Sander Kleinenberg Dub Mix (10:55) Unreleased
*Blow-Up Mix (?:??) Unreleased [Originally made for Remixed & Revisited]
* Avid Diva Remix (4:25)
