Madonna - Material Girl

Material Girl by Madonna, Music Video, Lyrics and Review

“Material Girl” is the second single by pop singer Madonna from her second studio album, Like a Virgin.
It was released on January 30, 1985 by Sire Records. It also appears on the 1990 greatest hits compilation The Immaculate Collection.

Madonna - Material Girl Lyrics

Some boys kiss me, some boys hug me
I think theyre o.k.
If they dont give me proper credit
I just walk away

They can beg and they can plead
But they cant see the light, thats right
cause the boy with the cold hard cash
Is always mister right, cause we are

Chorus:

Living in a material world
And I am a material girl
You know that we are living in a material world
And I am a material girl

Some boys romance, some boys slow dance
Thats all right with me
If they cant raise my interest then i
Have to let them be

Some boys try and some boys lie but
I dont let them play
Only boys who save their pennies
Make my rainy day, cause they are

(chorus)

Living in a material world [material]
Living in a material world
(repeat)

Boys may come and boys may go
And thats all right you see
Experience has made me rich
And now theyre after me, cause everybodys

(chorus)

A material, a material, a material, a material world

Living in a material world [material]
Living in a material world
(repeat and fade)

Madonna - Material Girl Review and Song Info

The bassline in the song is reminiscent of The Jacksons’s “Can You Feel It”, which appeared on their 1980 album Triumph, and which is in itself highly reminiscent of “White Rabbit”, the 1960s song by Jefferson Airplane.

“Material Girl” became another Top 5 hit for Madonna on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and her third number-one single on Billboard’s Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. The song debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 during the week of February 9, 1985 at #43, when “Like a Virgin”, the previous single from the album, was descending out of the Top 10. The single climbed the Billboard Hot 100 quickly, jumping thirteen spots to number five the week of March 9, 1985, and eventually spent two weeks at number two, held off by REO Speedwagon’s “Can’t Fight This Feeling”. “Material Girl” was less successful on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart, failing to enter the Top 40. The single also reached the Top 5 in the UK, Canada and Australia, among other countries.

In the single’s music video, scenes of Madonna mimicking Marilyn Monroe’s performance of “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend” from the 1953 film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes are intersperced with scenes of a working class gentleman trying to win the heart of an actress, played by Madonna herself. After making the video, Madonna said she never wanted to be compared to Monroe.

The music video was shot on January 10-11, 1985 at Ren-Mar Studios in Hollywood, California, and directed by Mary Lambert. Actor Keith Carradine has a role in the video, and Madonna had a short affair with him during its shooting. Also in the film shoot was Sean Penn, her next boyfriend.
(Director - Mary Lambert, Producer - Simon Fields, Director of Photography - Peter Sinclair, Editor - Glenn Morgan, Production Company - Limelight Productions).

Released January 30, 1985 (worldwide), March 1985 (UK)
Format 12″ maxi single, 5″ CD single
Genre Pop
Label Sire, Warner Bros.
Writer Peter Brown, Robert Rans
Producer Nile Rodgers

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