danniilo13
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Thank you. No matter how much promo she did, GMAYL was never going to hit #1. It was a shitty song that was catchy for about 2 seconds, until you realized how stupid it was. GGW was boring and pointless and just Celebration part 2, which also went nowhere. The only thing I'm grateful for with that release was the video. 
But, I'd gladly give it up for the singles I listed.I echo your sentiments the moment GMAYL was chosen as the lead single off MDNA. Had they started on the right foot by releasing GGW as the lead single in late 2011, Masterpiece on AC Radio during the Golden Globes nomination week, GMAYL as it was during the Superbowl and allocated at least a week each for UK and US traditional album promotion, it wouldn't have been as worse as the current predicament. TUTR must never be released. In its stead, I'm ADDICTED/GANGBANG double A-side would've done wonders. Then a final Love Spent release by X'mas time.
Presently, the only thing that redeems this era is the $ucce$$ful tour but even MDNA Tour's grosses do not match Sticky & Sweet's feat yet. Warner was indeed a significant force that sustained Madonna's prolific career. With them, her singles were given the necessary push to become authentic hits. All it took was the blunderous Guy O-Interscope tandem to reduce 3 decades of hit-making to rubble.
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Sales-wise, Give Me All Your Luvin' was within the Top 5 in about 13 countries and #1 in Canada (Top 40 in more) and Girl Gone Wild achieved modest Top 20 placements in about 10 countries (Top 40 in more). Only TUTR was the real failure. Masterpiece even got fair Airplay stats especially in Europe and Japan.
MDNA era is not a total failure. We can say Modest $ucce$$ but not a failure. We still need Love Spent for X'mas to close the era. Then we move on to the next project of which they will be 10 times more careful especially in promotion and branding.
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I don't think so at all... If anything, it sounds more like J-Lo (!!)
If anything, parts of I'm Addicted sound more Kylie to me.
Not Kylie, but Dannii Minogue. actually the instrumentations of I'M ADDICTED sound similar to a remix of Dannii's So Under Pressure.
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Awesome review!
it does sound like it'd feel right at home on ROL or maybe even Music.Thanxxx... MUSIC is where it should've belonged i.m.o.
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Does anyone have an update on USA radio?
Hmmm it appears it hasn't been released to US Radio yet.
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13.) With lyrics reeking of subtle spirituality: "The face of God that stands above, pouring over Hope and Love. That all of might, and life, and limb could turn around and love again," Madonna should keep taking this direction towards the light. Profound verses last heard in Ray Of Light strengthen the piece all the more. Falling Free is the brightly positive flipside to the haunting darkness of Mer Girl. This song glowingly ends the standard edition album. The vocals are somewhat nasal but compelling nonetheless. Listeners are treated to a harmony that puts
lingering in mind.Vocals: 2, Production: 2, Lyrics: 2, Chorus Strength: 2, Mainstream Appeal: 2 = (10/10)
other tracks on http://mymonumentali...nce-review.html
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US iTunes as of 08 August, 2012 9:25 AM
# 33 Turn Up the Radio (Remixes) - EP - Madonna
Canada iTunes as of 08 August, 2012 9:28 AM
# 26 Turn Up the Radio (Remixes) - EP - Madonna
Mexico iTunes as of 08 August, 2012 9:31 AM
# 14 Turn Up the Radio (Remixes) - EP - Madonna
Keep downloading North American Fans!
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Turn Up The Radio Remix Ep Right Now (iTunes-Albums): #1 Poland #2 Argentina #2 Greece #3 Finland #3 Italy #4 Brazil #4 Spain #5 France #6 Bulgaria #6 Venezuela #7 Belgium #8 Czech Republic #9 Netherlands #11 Taiwan #14 Slovakia #15 Panama #17 Portugal #17 Sweden #20 Switzerland #22 Costa Rica #23 Denmark #24 Chile #29 United Kingdom #34 Norway #45 Hong Kong #55 Australia #76 Singapore #110 Ireland #111 Thailand It's doing very well! I'm surprised! It's doing better then MC new single "Elephant" or something!
This is great ! the momentum must be maintained till the end of the week to see a good chart debut on the mainstream!
UK iTunes TUTR EP is currently at # 25. Very impressive for a third single. Has GGW even come close on iTunes?GGW was No. 1 on iTunes in Argentina Finland Spain Mexico and Poland when it came out.
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iTunes Chart Performance for Turn Up The Radio
UK iTunes as of 06 August, 2012 11:57 AM
# 32 Turn Up the Radio (Remixes) - EP - Madonna
Australia iTunes as of 06 August, 2012 11:59 AM
# 206 Turn Up the Radio (Remixes) - EP - Madonna
Listen to the mixes: http://mymonumentalicons.blogspot.com/2012/08/madonna-turn-up-radio-official-mixes.html and keep downloading UK & Oz fans!
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Turn Up The Radio blazes into the Top 10 of the US Dance Club Play Chart taking the # 8 slot! Just last week, it was duly noted to have amazingly jumped 20 spots from #39 to #19. Madonna is the all-time top-ranked artist on this niche chart and it appears she's aiming for another #1 soon with this single!
Listen to the mixes on : http://mymonumentalicons.blogspot.com/2012/08/madonna-turn-up-radio-official-mixes.html
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Ugly parts at 03:07, 03:15, 04:12, 4:16 horribly show the film equipments and crew! How could Tom Munro allow these to be seen?
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screenshots at http://mymonumentalicons.blogspot.com/2012/07/madonna-turn-up-radio-official-video.html#more
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I don't think so.
It doesn't have a cover, it was not released to sale as a "single" and her camp didn't make any comment regarding this.
Masterpiece was only pushed to radios on UK. That doesn't mean it was an official single.
alright then Masterpiece wasn't a single due to it's failure to follow the "usual" single release guideline as perceived by many. :-D
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4TH single????
Which one I missed?
3rd one was the UK single Masterpiece. TUTR is the 4th when it gets out soon.
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14.) After pouring her frustrations and anger out since the beginning of the album, Madonna offers an atonement song. "I'm sorry, je suis désolée. I wish I could take it back but I can't..." goes she while verbalizing numerous activities that could've transpired had the domestic split never occurred. I Fucked Up's affecting arrangement reminds me of Dannii Minogue's Hurt In Love that starts off with a fast beat then slows down in the middle and goes fast again till the end. The opposite pattern is done with IFU as it starts down-tempo then goes fast in the middle and slows down until it finishes. Had the "F"-word not been used, this track may be an AC Hit! A lot of synonymous words could have been used instead of it. However, Madonna's controversial creativity had to surface resulting to it remaining within the realms of the album's explicit edition only and never to be fielded for general appreciation.
Vocals: 2, Production: 2, Lyrics: 1, Chorus Strength: 2, Mainstream Appeal: 2 = (9/10)
other tracks on http://mymonumentali...nce-review.html
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4.) This has previously been confirmed to be the 4th single off the album which would seem a safe choice given the song's radio-friendly qualities: upbeat, danceable and positive vibes. Turn Up The Radio could be remotely similar to BEP's I Gotta Feeling and Craig David's Insomnia. The only drawback is the rather uninteresting chorus ("Turn up the radio, don't ask me where i wanna go. We gotta turn up the radio.") and the draggy bridge part between 2:16-2:50 which seems like an everlasting half-a-minute down-tempo interjection. It could've been cut to 15 seconds then compensated with chorus repetitions till the end because it is supposed to be a dance track! More of this when the single is out.
Vocals: 2, Production: 2, Lyrics: 1, Chorus Strength: 0.5, Mainstream Appeal: 2 = (7.5/10)
other tracks on http://mymonumentali...nce-review.html
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11.) The annoyingly amplified drum machine and intermitent electronic beeps ruin what could've been a very passionate ballad. If the instrumentation consisted of spanish guitar, keyboards, synths and violins prominently, Best Friend would be standing proud with the likes of You'll See, Love Don't Live Here Anymore or The Power Of Goodbye. Does this happen when club remixers attempt at down-tempo numbers? Madonna's chorus vocals remind you of her singing back in the early days when her attacks were raw and unabashed. The blending of voices from 2:20 onwards ("I lost my very best friend. Not gonna candy coat it and I don't want to pretend...") put in mind how she did it then in Bad Girl. The stumble in production notwithstanding, this is very tasteful. I'll be desperate for a trip-hop mix of this track!
Vocals: 2, Production: 1, Lyrics: 2, Chorus Strength: 2, Mainstream Appeal: 2 = (9/10)
other tracks on http://mymonumentalicons.blogspot.com/2012/05/madonna-mdna-album-performance-review.html
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7.) Now we're back to the MDNA theme with Beautiful Killer placed firmly in the middle of the album and not as a relegated bonus track. Solveig literally delivers the goods in this fine production harnessing the Queen Of Pop's fascination with the beautiful bad guy. Imagine Madonna back in the Papa Don't Preach storyline; the only difference is that she runs off in her slight baby bump with a handsome murderer! "Can't really talk with a gun in my mouth. Maybe that's what you've been dreaming about. Cause you're a beautiful killer, with beautiful eyes. A beautiful killer and I love your disguise." The song is structured the way most Madonna songs have been done in the past. You actually remember the chorus and want to hear it over and over again. The distinct strings : violin, viola and cello are prominently used instead of electrobeats giving it a late-90s-Suzie Katayama approach.
Vocals: 2, Production: 2, Lyrics: 1.5, Chorus Strength: 2, Mainstream Appeal: 2 = (9.5/10)]
other tracks on http://mymonumentalicons.blogspot.com/2012/05/madonna-mdna-album-performance-review.html
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Average Score for 17 Tracks
8 / 10
After defining each track in a revamped listing, MDNA is a strong return-to-form album that is undoubtedly Pop. This is rather unlike to Madonna's last outing, 2008's Hard Candy that leans heavily on Urban/R&B numbers. Strong as it is, MDNA would have benefited a lot more if it adhered to a majority producer. The album may be cohesive but the songs would be more unified if say, only one or two producers were doing the job. It actually has more than 4 producers whose works never resembled that of the other. One can tell that Orbit's outputs were audibly different to Solveig's whose songs also do not sound like Benassi's or The Demolition Crew's. The less number of producers doing more songs has already proven successful with her thematic past albums like Ray Of Light (William Orbit majority), Music (Mirwais Ahmadzaï majority), and Confessions On A Dance Floor (Stuart Price majority) as best examples. In this contention, an Orbit-Solveig pairing would have been as remarkable as the Benassi-Orbit or Solveig-Benassi combinations. The old adage: less is more would have made MDNA an equally formidable collection like it's predecessors if not better.
see track by track review at http://mymonumentalicons.blogspot.com/2012/05/madonna-mdna-album-performance-review.html
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Girl Gone Wild thankfully re-appeared at # 73 on the UK Charts with it's official release (it previously debuted at # 111). While airplay is nil, the physical and downloads sales managed to push it within the top 100. This is currently one of Madonna's lowest charting singles in the UK, her last one being Masterpiece which peaked at # 68.
see the rest of the week 11 tally : http://mymonumentalicons.blogspot.com/2012/05/madonna-girl-gone-wild-chart_21.html
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The Girl Gone Wild EP containing the remixes currently sits at # 75 in the UK iTunes Album Chart. The single bowed out of the Canadian charts after 9 weeks with a peak of # 42. Other countries have shown successful airplay peaks so far, notably Croatia, Poland and Hong Kong where it reached the #1 position...
(more on http://mymonumentalicons.blogspot.com/2012/05/madonna-girl-gone-wild-chart_17.html)
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The Girl Gone Wild Remixes EP was released on US iTunes last 20 April. The Avicii UMF Mix is notably the most downloaded of the lot as it was "promoted" via the "How many people in this crowd have seen Molly?" remark made at the Ultra Music Festival. Just imagine how $ucce$$ful the single would have charted had it been plugged traditionally! The Girl Gone Wild Remixes EP currently stands at # 60 on the US iTunes Album Chart.
more chart-run on http://mymonumentalicons.blogspot.com/2012/04/madonna-girl-gone-wild-chart_21.html
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Even though Girl Gone Wild flopped, the most-wanted Maxi-single containing the killer mixes are still nowhere to be found despite clubs heavily spinning them. Only Germany will be the first to see the overdue CD single on 27 April. However, the UK release was illogicaly pushed further to mid-May! By the time other territories see a release, Madonna would have already started her tour with another potential-blunder-of-a-single TURN UP THE RADIO unleashed, not to become a hit-single, but for the purpose of heralding the MDNA Tour only.
Chart Performance for Madonna - Girl Gone Wild Week 6
US iTunes as of 14 April, 2012 2:57 AM
# 506 Girl Gone Wild - Madonna
UK iTunes as of 14 April, 2012 3:00 AM
# 660 Girl Gone Wild - Madonna
US Hot 100
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US Dance Club Play
# 1
more at http://mymonumentalicons.blogspot.com/2012/04/madonna-girl-gone-wild-chart_14.html
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It did get radio play on Radio 2 which is more than GMAYL and GGW!
^^^ yes it was in fact A-listed and played well. it has run its course and is dropping now. the next chart issue will see it fall from it's current position.
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Please release it as a single!!!
You Must!
^^^^ Masterpiece is already a single in the UK. i doubt it if it will be in North America. without any promotion, it's tanking there. it would even do much worse in the US
http://mymonumentalicons.blogspot.com/2012/04/madonna-masterpiece-chart-performance.html
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^^^ yes the remix actually make it much bearable. i do hope a dub mix is in place soon. I loved what Eddie did with GI2M back then.
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