Who's That Girl (Madonna song)

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"Who's That Girl"
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Single by Madonna
from the album Who's That Girl
LanguageEnglish, Spanish
B-side "White Heat"
ReleasedJune 29, 1987
Genre
Length3:58
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Madonna
  • Patrick Leonard
Madonna singles chronology
"La Isla Bonita"
(1987)		"Who's That Girl"
(1987)		"Causing a Commotion"
(1987)
Music video
"Who's That Girl" on YouTube

"Who's That Girl" is a song by American singer Madonna from the soundtrack of the 1987 film of the same name. Written and produced by Madonna and Patrick Leonard, it was released in Europe as the soundtrack's lead single on June 29, 1987 and in the United States on 30 June 1987. An uptempo pop song, "Who's That Girl" continued the singer's fascination with Latin pop, a genre she had previously explored on her single "La Isla Bonita". It features instrumentation from drums, bass, and trumpets, and has lyrics sung both in English and Spanish. While shooting for the film, then called Slammer, Madonna had requested Leonard to develop a song that captured the nature of her character; the producer worked on a demo and, afterwards, Madonna added the lyrics and decided to rename the song, as well as the film, to "Who's That Girl".

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Upon release, the song received positive to mixed reviews from music critics; its similarities to "La Isla Bonita" were both praised and criticized. "Who's That Girl" became Madonna's sixth single to top the Billboard Hot 100, which made her the artist with the most number one hits in the 1980s decade. It was also successful overseas, reaching the top of the charts in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Italy, Ireland, and Belgium. The song was nominated for Best Song Written for Visual Media at the 1988 Grammy Awards, and for Best Original Song at the 45th Golden Globe Awards. The accompanying music video mixed together footage from Who's That Girl and scenes of Madonna wandering around a park, decked out in a Latin-inspired outfit. The track was included on the singer's Who's That Girl (1987) and Rebel Heart (2015―2016) concert tours, and has been covered for tribute albums.

Background and release

Patrick Leonard, one of the composers and producers of "Who's That Girl". Patrick Leonard.jpg
Patrick Leonard, one of the composers and producers of "Who's That Girl".

In October 1986, Madonna began filming her third motion picture, Who's That Girl . [2] James Foley, who had worked with the singer on her music videos for "Papa Don't Preach" and "Live to Tell" (1986), was chosen at her own request to direct the film. [2] [3] Originally titled Slammer, in the movie Madonna plays Nikki Finn, a young woman accused of homicide who, after being released on parole, becomes determined to clear her name. Along with Loudon Trott (played by Griffin Dunne), she gets caught up in "36 hours of high adventure", culminating in a scene where she interrupts a wedding to reveal the identity of the real murderer. [4] Madonna began working on the soundtrack in March 1987; having some specific ideas in her mind about the music of the film, the singer contacted Patrick Leonard and Stephen Bray, who had helped to write and produce her third studio album True Blue . [5] She wanted the soundtrack to "stand on its own as well as support and enhance what was happening on screen". [5]

The singer asked Leonard to create an uptempo title song that captured the nature of her character, so the producer created a demo while she worked on the melody and lyrics. [6] [5] However, Madonna couldn't come up with a word that rhymed with "Slammer", so she changed the song and the film's title to "Who's That Girl", considering it to be a better name. [7] Leonard, who supported the title change, recalled that it was recorded in one day, with the singer recording her vocals in one single take; the following day, additional instrumentation from guitars and percussions were added by both Leonard and Bray. [5] In Europe, "Who's That Girl" was officially released as the soundtrack's lead single on June 29, 1987. [8] The next day, it was released on the United States. [9] Years later, it was included on Madonna's third compilation album, Celebration (2009). [10]

Composition

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"Who's That Girl" was written and produced by Madonna and Leonard, while Michael Barbiero and Steve Thompson were in charge of mixing. [11] Daryl Easlea, one of the authors of Madonna: Blond Ambition, wrote that "Who's That Girl" continued the singer's exploration of Latin music, which she had already introduced on her previous single "La Isla Bonita". [6] It is a dance-pop song that's divided in three parts: Verse, refrain, and bridge. [1] [4] Its instrumentation includes a drum machine, trumpets, and a "bubbling bass synth line". [4] Modulation is used on the verse, while the vocals are "wonderfully multi-tracked", specifically in the phrase She's smiling/an invitation to the dance. [12] On the "earworm" refrain, Madonna sings both in English and Spanish, ¿Quién es esa niña?/Who's that girl?/Señorita, más fina/Who's that girl? [13] The bridge has Madonna singing the phrase What can help me now. [4] Several lines are combined on its fade out, a technique that had already been used by artists like The Beach Boys and R.E.M. [4]

According to the sheet music published by Alfred Publishing Inc., "Who's That Girl" is set in common time in the key of A minor with a medium tempo of 104 beats per minute. It is composed in the key of A minor, with Madonna's vocals spanning between G 3 to B 4. The song has a basic sequence of basic chord progression sequence of Am9–G–Csus2–Am9–G–Dm. [14] The lyrics, which are sung in the third person, talk about "how you should be careful around this extremely hot girl because she'll break your heart", according to Stereogum 's Tom Breihan. [15] "Who's That Girl" is one of Madonna's songs that reference her thoughts about "'girlhood' as powerfully productive", as noted by Santiago Fouz-Hernández and Freya Jarman-Ivens, authors of Madonna's Drowned Worlds. [16]

Critical reception

Upon release, "Who's That Girl" received generally positive to mixed reviews. Daryl Easlea said it was, "by far and away, the best song of the soundtrack". [6] Rikky Rooksby called it delightful, further adding that it was one of the singer's "best takes on her original music style". [4] On Matthew Rettenmund 's Encyclopedia Madonnica, he classified "Who's That Girl" as a "laid-back, effortlessly haunting" song. [17] On his biography of the singer, J. Randy Taraborrelli described it as "quintessential Madonna [...] funky, sassy and melodic". [18] Stephen Holden, from The New York Times , opined that, "[the movie] may not have burned up the box office, but [...] Madonna's bilingual title song has the buoyant bounce of an acrobat doing somersaults on a trampoline". [19] While Cashbox magazine named it "one of her most compelling musical efforts", Jim Zebora from the Record-Journal opined it was a "joy to hear". [20] [12] Robert Matthew-Walker wrote: "if 'light and airy' describes Madonna's performance [in Who's That Girl], such a phrase can also be aptly applied to the title song [...] a delightful mixture of English and Spanish/Puerto Rican [...] a generous compliment to mid-1980s New York". [21]

"Written solely for the purpose of promoting her lead role in the film of the same name [...] 'Who's That Girl', in many ways, represents two significant aspects of Madonna's career: 1. The side that sees her desperately trying to win the admiration of fellow thespians; and 2. Her ability to write and record wonderful thematic songs that oftentimes eclipse the movie for which they were written".

— PopMatters ' Enio Chola's review of "Who's That Girl" on the magazine's ranking of Madonna's 15 best songa. [22]

The song's similarity to "La Isla Bonita", was both praised and criticized. Billboard 's Andrew Unterberger pointed out that both songs share a "contagious chorus and sparkling production". [23] Rolling Stone 's Vince Aletti said that, "bobbing up in the wake of 'Isla', ['Who's That Girl'] grabs hold with its bright bilingual chant". [24] An opinion that was shared by Joe Brown, from The Washington Post , who added that, "truth be told, her Berlitz treatment does render the repetitiveness of the lyrics more lilting". [25] For Louis Virtel from The Backlot, "although [Madonna]'d give us a more timeless tune in that vein, 'Who’s That Girl?' is still a sexy little tribute to those minxes you just can’t catch up with". [26] Similarly, Joe Morgan from Gay Star News said that, despite not being "the best time [Madonna] was influenced by Spain, it certainly [isn't] the worst [...] [it's] a great fun song". [27] Both The Guardian 's Jude Rogers and Entertainment Weekly's Chuck Arnold deemed it inferior to "La Isla Bonita", nonetheless, the latter also deemed it a "tropical delight [...] pure enchantment". [28] [29] Writing for The A.V. Club , Stephen Thomas Erlewine felt that, even though it lacks the "freshness" of "La Isla Bonita", "there’s a slightly haunted quality to the delivery of the titular phrase that lets 'Who’s That Girl' linger after it’s done playing". [1]

Despite pointing out its "slick and strong" beats, Tom Breihan called "Who's That Girl" mediocre and uninspired, adding that it sounded as if "[Madonna and Leonard] had taken everything they'd just done on 'La Isla Bonita' and hit[ting] repeat". [15] The singer's vocals were criticized by Brown for being "electronically speeded up, smoothed, sweetened and split into Chipmunk harmonies [...] she comes out sounding like a computer-generated clone". [25] Breihan added that she did not sound "comfortable or fluid" singing in Spanish. [15] For AllMusic, Erlewine felt the song wasn't among Madonna's best work and called it forgettable. [30] On a similar note, it was named Madonna's "least-remembered No. 1" by Matthew Jacobs from the HuffPost . [31] The staff of The A.V. Club added that, "only hardcore fans [will] remember this lightweight [...] less ponderous sequel to 'La Isla Bonita'". [32] "Who's That Girl" was nominated for Best Original Song at the 45th Golden Globe Awards, and for the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media at the 30th ceremony. [33] [34]

Commercial performance

"Who's That Girl" debuted on the US Billboard Hot 100 at number 43 the week of July 11, 1987, becoming Madonna's 12th consecutive single to be named the week's top new entry. [35] [36] After it reached the chart's seventh spot on August 8, and gave the singer her 13th consecutive top 10 hit, it tied her with Lionel Richie as the singer with the longest string of consecutive top 10 hits in the 1980s decade up until that point. [37] "Who's That Girl" reached the Hot 100's first position on August 22. [38] As Madonna's sixth number one single, it gave her several records: She surpassed Lionel Richie, Hall & Oates, and Phill Collins as the artist with the most number one hits in the 1980s; [39] she became one of only two female singers to score six number ones ―and the only one to do it as a solo artist, and achieved her third number one from a movie, following "Crazy for You" ―from Vision Quest (1985)― and "Live to Tell" ―from At Close Range . [40] According to Warner Bros. Records executive Lou Dennis, "Who's That Girl" was the best-selling cassette single from the label up at that point. [41] The single peaked within the top five positions of the Adult Contemporary chart. [42] "Who's That Girl" came in at numbers 42 and 48 on the official Billboard year-end chart and Dance year-end chart, respectively. [43] In Canada, "Who's That Girl" debuted on the 83rd position of RPM 's Top Singles chart on the week of July 11, 1987 and, one month later, it peaked at number one. [44] [45]

In Music & Media 's European Airplay Top 50, "Who's That Girl" debuted at number 3 on July 18, 1987, the highest entry in the chart's history according to the magazine. [46] It topped the chart by August 8, and remained on that position for two weeks, [47] [48] her seventh number one there and "another unique achievement". [49] It peaked at number two, just behind Michael Jackson and Siedah Garrett's "I Just Can't Stop Loving You", on the European Hot 100 Singles chart. [50] "Who's That Girl" found success elsewhere: It reached the first position in Belgium, [51] Denmark, [49] Ireland, [52] and Italy. [49] In the latter country, it spent 11 consecutive weeks at the top of the Musica e dischi charts, and was the year's best-selling single. [53] [54] In the United Kingdom, "Who's That Girl" debuted at the third position of the UK Singles Chart on July 18, and, one week later, reached the first spot, becoming Madonna's fifth number one there; it spent 10 weeks on the chart overall, and was certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). [55] [56] According to Music Week magazine, over 376,498 copies of the single have been sold in the United Kingdom as of 2008. [57] It peaked within the top 5 of the charts in Germany, [58] Sweden, [59] Switzerland, [60] and New Zealand. [61] In Australia, "Who's That Girl" reached the top 10. [62]

Music video

Background and synopsis

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Madonna's look in the "Who's That Girl" music video (left) was compared to that of singer Michael Jackson (right)

Peter Rosenthal directed the music video for "Who's That Girl", which was shot over two days at A&M Soundstages in Hollywood, California. [63] Production was in charge of James Foley and Joel Stillman for Broadcast Arts Inc. [64] It alternates footage from Who's That Girl, with scenes of Madonna decked out as a "hip Latina", with an oversized grey jacket over a black bustier, short pants, pork pie hat, and spiky brown hair. [9] [17] [65]

It begins with Madonna entering a park, catching the attention of a man and a group of children. Interspersed footage of her singing the track, wandering around the park, and scenes of the movie, play next. The kids and the man then take her to a darkened room, where she meets a fortune teller; the woman shows Madonna the High Priestess tarot card, which displays a caricature of her character Nikki Finn. The singer looks up and discovers the woman's disappeared; she then finds a key to a chest containing a shiny white crystal, which reflects an animated sequence of the Nikki Finn caricature. The man and the children show up again, and the video ends with them dancing "adoringly" with Madonna. [17]

Release and reception

"Who's That Girl" premiered on MTV the week of July 4, 1987, and was one of the year's most heavily rotated clips on European television. [66] [67] Years later, "Who's That Girl" was included on Madonna's 2009 compilation Celebration: The Video Collection . [10] Upon release, critical reviews ranged from positive to mixed; Matthew Rettenmund compared the singer's appearance in the video to that of Michael Jackson, and applauded the clip for being "movie-plugging", yet strong enough to "stand[s] alone". [17] Nonetheless, he noted that it was "rarely played" the years following its release. [17] From website This Is Dig!, Mark Elliot also compared the singer's look to Jackson's and praised the "charming, low-key" video. [68] Elliot also noted nods to the Pied Piper of Hamelin, a character he felt Madonna had already referenced on her music video for "Open Your Heart" (1986). [68] In High Concept: Movies and Marketing in Hollywood, author Justin Wyatt pointed out that, throughout the clip, "Madonna, the singer, gazes longingly at Madonna, the comedienne/actress". [69]

A less favorable review came from Vincent Canby, writing for The New York Times; according to him, the video's purpose was to promote the film, but ended up showcasing "everything that's least attractive about it". [70] Canby was also critical of the persona Madonna adopted for the clip, comparing it negatively to her comedic performance in the movie: "It appeals neither to people who've never seen her before nor to anyone who's admired the sometimes brazenly erotic and funny performer [she] is in her best music videos", he concluded. [70]

Live performances and covers

Madonna singing an acoustic "Who's That Girl" on one of the concerts of 2015--2016's Rebel Heart Tour. Madonna - Rebel Heart Tour 2015 - Washington DC (23053529599) (cropped).jpg
Madonna singing an acoustic "Who's That Girl" on one of the concerts of 2015―2016's Rebel Heart Tour.

Madonna has performed the song on two of her concert tours: Who's That Girl (1987) and Rebel Heart (2015―2016). On the first one, it was sung as the concert's first encore. [24] The singer wore a bright red flamenco dress, and sang the track assisted by her backup singers Niki Haris, Donna De Lory, and Debra Parson. [71] [72] At the end of the performance, she stepped out to the front of the darkened stage and sang the phrase Who's that girl repeatedly in a "sad chant that became increasingly self-absorbed and haunting". [24] The number was deemed one of the concert's weaker moments by The Washington Post 's Richard Harrington. [73] Two different performances can be found on the videos Who's That Girl: Live in Japan and Ciao Italia: Live from Italy , filmed in Tokyo on June and in Turin on September, respectively. [74] [72]

An acoustic rendition of "Who's That Girl" was done on the singer's Rebel Heart Tour. [75] The number featured Day of the Dead iconography and found Madonna playing guitar. [76] [77] After finishing the song, she said: "I'm still trying to figure out who I am after all these years [...] Does anyone ever really know?". [78] For Rollling Stone's Rob Sheffield, "Who's That Girl" was the evening's "emotional highlight". [79]

In 1998, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra made an instrumental version of the song for Material Girl: RPO Plays Music of Madonna. [80] One year later, a sound-alike cover was done by The Countdown Singers, which was included on Hit Parade of 80's, Vol. 2. [81] American band The Bubonic Plague recorded a synth-pop rendition of "Who's That Girl" for the tribute album Through the Wilderness (2007); [15] this cover was criticized by Pitchfork's Stephen M. Deusner, who deemed it uninspired and felt was "beyond Bubonic Plague's ability to salvage it". [82] In 2021, the song was sampled by Dutch DJs Joe Stone and Jack Wins on their song "Light Up My Life"; Madonna herself approved of the sampling. [83]

Formats and track listing

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the Who's That Girl soundtrack liner notes. [11]

Charts

Certifications and sales

Certifications and sales for "Who's That Girl"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada—40,000 [121]
France (SNEP) [122] Gold500,000*
Japan (Oricon Charts)—35,650 [96]
United Kingdom (BPI) [56] Silver376,498 [57]
United States
Vinyl single & Cassette single 		—446,000 + 105,000 [41]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

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"Bad Girl" is a song by American singer and songwriter Madonna from her fifth studio album, Erotica (1992). It was written and produced by both Madonna and Shep Pettibone, with additional writing from Anthony Shimkin, and released by Maverick, Sire and Warner. In Australia and most European countries, the song was released as the album's third single on February 2, 1993; in the United States, a release was issued on March 11. "Bad Girl" is a pop and R&B ballad with lyrics that describe a woman trying to escape her reality through self-destructive behaviors, such as drinking and chain smoking.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">You'll See</span> 1995 single by Madonna

"You'll See" is a song by American singer Madonna from her ballads compilation, Something to Remember (1995). She wrote and produced the song with Canadian musician David Foster. "You'll See" was released on October 23, 1995, by Maverick Records as the lead single from the album. An acoustic pop ballad, "You'll See" features instrumentation from percussion, tremolo guitar and piano, while lyrically it speaks of independence after the end of a love affair.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">This Used to Be My Playground</span> 1992 single by Madonna

"This Used to Be My Playground" is a song recorded by American singer Madonna. It is the theme for the film A League of Their Own, which starred Madonna, and portrayed a fictionalized account of the real-life All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Madonna was asked to record a song for the film's soundtrack. At that time she was busy recording her fifth studio album, Erotica, with producer Shep Pettibone. They worked on some ideas and came up with "This Used to Be My Playground" in two days. Once presented to director Penny Marshall's team, the song was released as a standalone single on June 16, 1992, by Warner Bros. Records. However, it was not available on the film's soundtrack due to contractual obligations and was later added to the Olympics-inspired Barcelona Gold compilation album, released that summer. The song was included on Madonna's 1995 ballads compilation Something to Remember.

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