Revolver (song)

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"Revolver" was written by Madonna, Carlos Battey, Steven Battey, Lil Wayne, Justin Franks and Brandon Kitchen, and produced by Madonna and DJ Frank E. In an interview with Hiphopupdate.com, Frank E recalled that he had gone to the recording session two hours before his scheduled meeting with Madonna to set up and give the audio files to the recording engineer, and he said that the ensuing wait was incredibly nerve-racking for him. [11] [12] After Madonna arrived, they recorded her vocals and the song was finished the next day. Reminiscing about the session, he said: "I will never forget the feeling of leaving that session after vocal producing Madonna, and thinking to myself, 'It can’t it really get any harder than this.' I've taken that mentality into every other session I've been in, and it's helped me make the session and song more of a success. Unfortunately, the mix sounded like crap and the song flopped, but hey, you win some and you lose some." [11]

The audio mixing was done by Demacio Castellon while the Pro Tools editing was arranged by Ron Taylor from Warner Bros. Records. [13] The chorus of the song has Madonna singing the line "My love's a revolver, my sex is a killer, do you wanna die happy?" Wayne has a verse towards the end of the song, and sings the lines with reference to ammunitions, and Auto-Tune is used in his vocals. [7] According to Houston Chronicle , the song is electropop in its composition style. [14] The song is set in the time signature of common time, with a moderate tempo of 120 beats per minute. As per the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com by Alfred Publishing Co., Inc., the song is composed in the key of B minor, with Madonna's voice spanning from the tonal nodes of A3 to E5. [15] "Revolver" follows in the basic sequence of Bm–D–A–Bm–D–A as its chord progression. [15]

Critical reception

Lil Wayne's verse on the song was praised by most music critics. Lil Wayne.jpg
Lil Wayne's verse on the song was praised by most music critics.

Shaheem Reid from MTV called the song a "sugary ditty" and said that "Guest-verse sniper Weezy F. Baby (Lil Wayne) comes in later and gives himself loads of big-ups when it comes to the women." [6] After the original version of "Revolver" leaked onto the net, Daniel Kreps from Rolling Stone commented that "this cleaned-up version with its sirenesque synths is more befitting of the Queen of Pop." He also called it the most violent love song ever. [7] Rob Sheffield from the same magazine said that "[Madonna's] hitmaking genius is unmatched and — with the new Eurocheese blast 'Celebration' and the Lil Wayne duet 'Revolver' — undiminished." [16]

Joseph Brannigan Lynch from Entertainment Weekly was disappointed with the track and called it underwhelming. He added: "Anyone hoping this collaboration with Wayne would mean a new direction for [Madonna] will be disappointed. 'Revolver' is pretty standard Top 40 background listening—more of the same electro R&B she played around with on Hard Candy . [...] It’s not bad by any stretch, but it certainly won’t end up on the next greatest-hits collection she releases ten years from now." However, he praised the chorus line calling it Madonna's "unnerring knack for writing charmingly frivolous lyrics." [17] While reviewing the album, Leah Greenblatt of Entertainment Weekly called the song "glitched-out dance-floor stomper" and called the chorus a "lyrical come-on". [18] While ranking the singer's singles in honor of her 60th birthday, Jude Rogers from The Guardian placed "Revolver" at number 74, writing that "Madonna loves metaphors [but] there have been better ideas". [19]

Joey Guerra of Houston Chronicle said that the track was "more filler than truly fascinating." [14] Douglas Wolk from Pitchfork commented that the presence of "Revolver" on the Celebration compilation disc was pale compared to Madonna's previous sex-themed songs like "Justify My Love" (1990) and "Erotica" (1992). [20] Eric Henderson from Slant Magazine called the song a clumsy collaboration. [21] In August 2018, the same author placed it at number 78 on his ranking of the singer's singles, writing: "Forget the uncharacteristic desperate crassness of choosing the then-hot Lil Wayne as a collaborator. Also, ignore the half-heartedness of the track’s electroclash gestures. What you have left is a sex-equals-guns metaphor that, with each passing year in America, grows more and more tone deaf". [22] Sarah Crompton from The Daily Telegraph said that "Revolver" shows off Lil Wayne's skills as a singer better than Madonna's. [23] The One Love Club mix of the song, by David Guetta, won a Grammy in the Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical category of the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards. [24]

Chart performance

The song charted on the Canadian Hot 100 for one week at position 95 on the issue dated October 17, 2009, but fell off the chart the next week. [25] On the Billboard issue dated January 16, 2010, the song made a re-entry on the chart at a higher position of 47, and was the highest debut of the chart. [26] It made a top-20 debut on the official chart of Finland, at position nineteen [27] and moved to 18 after two weeks. In the United Kingdom, the song was initially positioned at number 188, but after a few weeks it jumped up to a position 130 on the UK Singles Chart. [28] The One Love remix of "Revolver", featuring David Guetta, debuted on the Belgian Singles Chart at Flanders region at position 37. After a few weeks, the song reached number 26 on the Flanders chart and 25 on the Wallonia chart. [29] The song debuted at number 41 on Billboard 's Hot Dance Club Songs chart on the issue dated January 16, 2010 as the highest debut of that week, [30] and reached a peak of four, staying for two weeks at the same position. [31] In Italy, the song reached number 12 on the singles chart and was certified gold by the Federation of the Italian Music Industry (FIMI) for shipment of 15,000 copies of the single. [32] [33] The song also charted in Ireland, at position 41. [34] In Spain the song reached 39 on the chart, for one week only. [35] In the Czech Republic, "Revolver" debuted at number 66, and reached a peak of number 22 after seven weeks. [36]

Live performance and controversy

Madonna and her dancers holding fake guns while performing "Revolver" on The MDNA Tour (2012) Madonna MDNA Tour Revolver performance (cropped).jpg
Madonna and her dancers holding fake guns while performing "Revolver" on The MDNA Tour (2012)

Madonna performed "Revolver" as the second song on The MDNA Tour in 2012. She performed it while holding a Kalashnikov rifle, a common weapon among many rebels, while one of her dancers held an Israeli Uzi submachine gun. [37] Madonna and four dancers then participated in a faux fight and pretended to shoot their weapons and fire bullets. During the performance Lil Wayne appeared on the backdrop screens to perform his verse. It was noted that during the performance Madonna resembled a gunfighter in the style of Kill Bill . [38] During her concert in Phoenix, Madonna pointed her rifle to their fans, while in Miami, she faked murdering her masked dancers. [39] [40] According to Jane Stevenson from Jam!, "[Madonna] really got our attention as she and her dancers wielded guns". [41] The wardrobe for the performance consisted of a black outfit fitted with an ample cleavage, gloves of the same color and heeled boots. [42] The performance of the song at the November 19–20, 2012, shows in Miami, at the American Airlines Arena were recorded and released in Madonna's fourth live album, MDNA World Tour . [43]

The use of fake weapons generated controversy. After the concert in Colorado, Madonna was criticised over the use of fake weapons, since the public was sensitized by the 2012 Aurora, Colorado shooting, which occurred at the premiere of The Dark Knight Rises . [44] Peter Burns, a radio broadcaster in the region, told The Hollywood Reporter that "You could see people kinda looking at each other. I heard the word 'Colorado', you know, 'Aurora', 'shooting'. You could hear people talking about it, and it was little bit unsettling. I saw two or three people get up and grab their stuff and actually leave their seats". [44] Ray Mark Rinaldi from Reverb website said that Madonna was "dancing with guns and shooting up bad guys during 'Revolver'. It was a bloody scene, particularly tasteless in Colorado these days, but all cartoon; if folks got upset, they were supposed to". [45] Daniel Brokman from The Phoenix said: "Madonna took the capacity crowd into a dark place that few were expecting minutes earlier from this queen of '80s pop music". [46] In a review of the concert, Ross Raihala from Twin Cities mentioned that there was "darkness hung over much of the first half of the show" because of the performances of "Revolver" and "Gang Bang." [47]

Meanwhile, Madonna commented on a letter published in Billboard: "I do not condone violence or the use of guns. Rather they are symbols of wanting to appear strong and wanting to find a way to stop feelings that I find hurtful or damaging. In my case, it's wanting to stop the lies and hypocrisy of the church, the intolerance of many narrow minded cultures and societies I have experienced throughout my life and in some cases the pain I have felt from having my heart broken." [44]

Track listing and formats

"Revolver"
Madonna - Revolver.png
Remix maxi-single cover
Single by Madonna featuring Lil Wayne
from the album Celebration
B-side "Celebration"
ReleasedDecember 14, 2009 (2009-12-14)
Recorded2009
Genre Electropop, Hip hop
Length3:40
Label Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Madonna singles chronology
"Celebration"
(2009)
"Revolver"
(2009)
"Give Me All Your Luvin'"
(2012)
Lil Wayne singles chronology
"4 My Town (Play Ball)"
(2009)
"Revolver"
(2009)
"Drop the World"
(2010)

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of the Celebration CD and "Revolver" Remixes Maxi-Single. [13] [50]

Charts

Certifications

Certifications and sales for "Revolver"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Italy (FIMI) [33] Gold15,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release dates for "Revolver"
RegionDateFormatLabel
United Kingdom [10] December 14, 2009 Digital download Warner Bros.
Europe [10] December 29, 2009
United States [10]
Australia [64]
Europe [10] January 22, 2010 CD single
Argentina [49] February 5, 2010
United States [10] February 16, 2010
Europe [10] February 5, 2010 12" Vinyl
United States [10] March 2, 2010

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