Expert: Bong Santos - 5/18/2008

Question
I hear a lot of new songs that bring back memories of hearing the original songs from the 80' that the younger generation have never heard. The new song by Madonna called 4 minutes which uses music that used to be played on the radio in the 80's I think. If youv'e heard this song you may know what I'm talking about. Several people I've talked to know they have heard this music that Madonna is using but no one seems to remember the name of the song. Thank you for your help.

Answer
Dear Tim,

4 MINUTES by MADONNA featuring TIMBALAND & JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE officially only credits MADONNA, DANJA, TIMBALAND and JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE as songwriters meaning it wasn't ripped from another song. But if you listen to the song, you will be able to recall the song TUSK by FLEETWOOD MAC. A lot of people have been saying that. That's my initial reaction when I first heard it but when I checked on the credits, there was no mention of LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM who wrote TUSK which came from FLEETWOOD MAC's 1979 album TUSK.

Maraming salamat po!!

BONG M. SANTOS
Manila, Philippines