Music by Madonna
Artist: Madonna Weeks at #1: 4 weeks Chart dates: September 16, 2000 – October 7, 2000
About
“Music” is the title track and first single from Madonna’s eight studio album. A commercial success, it peaked at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 as well as other charts all over the world. The inspiration behind the track came from a Sting concert, where Madonna realised the effect that music has over people. The song’s music video was directed by Swedish director Jonas Åkerlund. It stars English comedian Sacha Baron Cohen as his famous character Ali G, American actress Debi Mazar, and Madonna’s longtime backup singer, Niki Harris. Years later, Åkerlund commented on the video: When we did the ‘Music’ video, it was a weird time. Madonna was pregnant and we didn’t want her to look pregnant — so we had to work around that. We had an idea to do a fun party video with her and her girls, make it a little bling and cowboy hats and all that. We wanted to have some comedy in there and I wanted to do some animation. “Music” was twice nominated at the Grammy Awards of 2001, for Record of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.
