I'll Remember...2000

'Music' topped the Billboard Hot 100 on September, 16, 2000.  It was her first Billboard Hot 100 since 1995 (and her 12th and most recent leader).  By reaching number one, it made Madonna the second artist to achieve number one hits on the Hot 100 in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. The first was Janet Jackson, who had done the same achievement with "Doesn't Really Matter", which preceded "Music" as the Hot 100's number one single. "Music" was also the longest-running number one song on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play in the 2000s, with a longevity of five weeks at number one.  It eventually became the second most-successful dance song of the 2000s in the United States, reaching number two on the Hot Dance Club Play Decade-end Chart, behind Madonna's own "Hung Up" (2005).

I'll Remember...2000

LIVE at Brixton Academy

For the Record...Don't Tell Me

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Hot 100 Chart Peak: 4

More ranch-hand glitch-hop from Music, except this time Madonna’s a lonesome troubadour defending her very being while invoking some tried-and-true country music imagery. The whole whirs and gyrates like a lasso, and it’s an unmistakable radio moment of the early 2000s.  

"Don't Tell Me" was the second single from the "Music" album and was co-written by Madonna's brother-in-law, recording artist Joe Henry. He would later release his own version of the track, re-titled "Stop," on his 2001 album "Scar."  Henry played the demo for his wife and she said, "You know, I can really hear Madonna singing this song. You should send it to her, you know, she's making a record in London right now." However, he claimed, "If I was going to pitch something to her, I could probably dig something up, but it certainly wouldn't be this." 

Later, his wife sent Madonna a copy of the demo, but it was so musically different from the record she was making that she didn't know how she could make any use out of it. After some time, he was talking to Madonna on the phone and she asked to rearrange the track to fit in better with the album, recording the song months later. Henry claimed in an interview that he was surprised that, lyrically, it remained completely intact.

I'll Remember...2000

On the Cover of a Magazine...2000

I'll Remember...2000

Rare 'Music' demo sessions with Madonna talking in the beginning, different lyrics,different vocal takes, rough vocals, and a different mix.

Video On Trial

Music

Madonna Samples...

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Never Young Again - Mirwais (2000)

 

HARD ROCK CAFE

Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

Here are some pictures of the car that Madonna used in her Grammy performance of 'Music' in 2001.  My buddy/coworker went to Punta Cana for our work conference and they stayed at the Hard Rock Hotel (yes, the same hotel from the reality show 'The Real Housewives of NJ').  He knows I am a big Madonna fan and took these pics for me, so I thought I would share with you. 

I think this car is awesome!  There are so many details that you would have missed from the performance on tv.