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Confessions on a Dance Floor

Confessions on a Dance Floor

Studio album by Madonna

Released November 11, 2005

Recorded 2005London, England(Shirland Road, Mayfair Studios)Stockholm, Sweden(Murlyn Studios)

Genre Pop, dance, electronic

Length 56:34

Label Warner Bros.

Producer Mirwais Ahmadzaï, Bloodshy & Avant, Madonna, Stuart Price

Madonna chronology

Remixed &Revisited

(2003)

Confessions on a DanceFloor(2005)

I'm Going to Tell You aSecret(2006)

Singles from Confessions on a Dance Floor

1. "Hung Up"Released: October 17, 2005

2. "Sorry"Released: February 28, 2006

3. "Get Together"Released: June 6, 2006

4. "Jump"Released: October 31, 2006

Confessions on a Dance Floor is the tenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Madonna. It was releasedon November 11, 2005 by Warner Bros. Records. The album was a complete departure from her previous studioalbum American Life (2003). The album includes influences of 1970s and 1980s disco, as well as modern-day clubmusic. Initially, she began working with Mirwais Ahmadzaï and recorded two tracks for the album. Madonna feltthat their collaboration was not going in the direction she desired. Madonna took her collaboration with Stuart Pricewho was overviewing her documentary I'm Going to Tell You a Secret. Being tired of all the political diatribes shehad included in her previous works, Madonna felt the need to relax and be in a happy mood. The album was mainlyrecorded at Price's home-studio where Madonna spent most of her time during the recordings.Musically the album is structured like a DJ's set. The songs are sequenced and blended together so that they areplayed continuously without any gaps. The title arrived from the fact that the tracklisting for the album consists oflight-hearted and happy songs in the beginning, and progresses to much darker melodies and lyrics describingpersonal feelings and commitments. Songs on the album use samples and references of music by otherdance-oriented artists like ABBA, Donna Summer, Pet Shop Boys, Bee Gees, and Depeche Mode. Madonnaincorporated references of her older work as well. One of the tracks, "Isaac", was not well received by some Israelirabbis who claimed that the song was about their noted sixteenth-century Kabbalah scholar Yitzhak Luria. Madonnaexplained that the song was named after Yitzhak Sinwani, who appeared as a featured vocalist for the song.

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Contemporary critics lauded the album calling it a return to form for Madonna. They complimented the fact thatMadonna chose to seek inspiration from the dance music which was reminiscent of her earlier work. Price's musicaldirection was also praised. Madonna was honored with a Grammy Award for "Best Dance/Electronic Album" in2007, as well as "International Female Solo Artist" at the 2006 BRIT Awards. After its release, Confessions on aDance Floor peaked at number one in 40 countries, earning a place in the 2007 Guinness Book of World Records asthe album topping the charts in most countries. Released in mid-November 2005, the album's success was such thatit still ranked as the sixth biggest-selling of the year. Worldwide sales of Confessions on a Dance Floor stand at 11million copies.Four singles were released from the album. "Hung Up", the first single, became Madonna's most successful singleworldwide by topping the charts in a total of 41 countries. It was followed by "Sorry" which was another charttopping success. It became Madonna's twelfth number-one single in the United Kingdom. "Get Together" and"Jump" were released as the third and fourth singles respectively, both becoming successful on the dance charts. Thealbum was promoted on the 2006 Confessions Tour, which became the highest grossing tour ever for a female artistat that time.

Development

Madonna performing "Jump" on the ConfessionsTour. The song talks about self-empowerment. Itwas released as the fourth single from the album.

Confessions on a Dance Floor is Madonna's tenth studio album.[1] Itmerged elements from 1970s disco, 1980s electropop and modern dayclub music. She decided to incorporate elements of disco in her songs,with the desire not to remake the music from the past, but to pay tributetowards artists like Bee Gees and Giorgio Moroder.[2] The songsreflected Madonna's thoughts on love, fame and religion, hence thetitle Confessions on a Dance Floor.[3] It was the complete oppositedirection from her previous studio effort American Life (2003).[3] Thesongs on that album were a form of diatribe directed at the Americansociety. However, Madonna decided to take a different direction withthis album. Regarding the development, Madonna commented:

"When I wrote American Life, I was very agitated by whatwas going on in the world around me, [...] I was angry. Ihad a lot to get off my chest. I made a lot of politicalstatements. But now, I feel that I just want to have fun; I want to dance; I want to feel buoyant. And Iwant to give other people the same feeling. There's a lot of madness in the world around us, and I wantpeople to be happy."[3]

She started to work with Mirwais Ahmadzaï with whom she had previously developed her album Music (2000).[3]

However, that collaboration did not suit Madonna's musical direction. According to Madonna, "[Producer] Mirwaisis also very political, seriously cerebral and intellectual. All we did was sit around, talking politics all the time. So,that couldn't help but find its way into the music. I think there's an angry aspect to the music that directly reflects myfeelings at the time."[2] Hence after recording two songs with Mirwais, Madonna decided to stop the project and startfresh. It was then that she turned to Stuart Price who had served as musical director on her two previous concerttours and co-wrote one song on American Life.[3] They started their collaboration with the intention of creating amovie score. But the plans for the movie were disbanded. Hence Madonna and Price decided to use the compositionsfor the album instead.[3] According to Madonna, it was easy for her to shift from her previous album's sentiments,since she included those political views in her documentary I'm Going to Tell You a Secret. She elaborated:

"I was running back and forth, literally, from the editing room with [the documentary's director] Jonas Akerlund to working with Stuart, who was also mixing the music in the film. We were together,

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non-stop, all of us. Cutting 350 hours of film down to two hours. There are a lot of serious aspects to themovie. I needed a release. When I would go to Stuart's, and we'd go up to his loft, it was like, 'Honey, Iwant to dance.' I wanted to be happy, silly and buoyant. I wanted to lift myself and others up with thisrecord. So, yes, the new album was a reaction to all the other stuff I was doing, which was very seriousin nature. I hope that doesn't imply that I wanted to make a superficial record, because it's not. I wantpeople to smile when they hear this record. I wanted it to put a smile on my face, too."[2]

Recording

Madonna performing "I Love New York" on theConfessions Tour. The song talks about

Madonna's love for New York City.

In an interview with Billboard, Madonna commented that therecording process was a give-and-take situation. According to her,Price used to stay up all night working on the songs. This was helpedby the fact that he is a DJ and is used to staying awake all night.[2] Thisgave Madonna the chance to work on other aspects of thecompositions. She noted the fact that she and Price had oppositecharacteristics, which helped in their collaboration.[3] The songs weremainly recorded at Price's home.[1] Madonna said:

"We did a lot of recording at his house. I'd come by in themorning and Stuart would answer the door in his stockingfeet – as he'd been up all night. I'd bring him a cup ofcoffee and say, "Stuart, your house is a mess, there's no

food in the cupboard." Then I'd call someone from my house to bring food over for him. And then we'dwork all day. We're very much the odd couple."[1]

She further elaborated that their camaraderie was also due to the fact that they had toured together for Madonna'sRe-Invention World Tour. Hence Madonna reflected that her relationship with Price was more of a brother-sisterkind than the formal collaborations she was accustomed to during the recording process.[2]

Music and lyrics"Can't I love New York the best? There's enough room in my heart for other cities, and there's also a bit of irony in the song, youknow. I actually wrote that while I was on tour and in New York, and I was loving the energy of being here and just feeling like Istuck my finger in an electric socket. I can't wait to do it live — I'm going to throw my hair around!"

—Madonna on the song "I Love New York"[3]

Musically the album is structured like a nightly set composed by a DJ. The music starts out light and happy, and as itprogresses, it becomes intense, with the lyrics dealing more about personal feelings, hence "Confessions".[2]

According to Madonna, "[t]his is the direction of my record. That's what we intended, to make a record that you canplay at a party or in your car, where you don't have to skip past a ballad. It's nonstop."[3] She also incorporateddisco-oriented influences, such as the prominent use of ABBA samples in "Hung Up", the album's first song.[4] Sheeven sampled ABBA's 1979 hit "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)", for which she wrote apersonal letter to songwriters Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, who gave Madonna permission to use thetrack.[5] Samples of other disco-influenced acts, including Pet Shop Boys, Depeche Mode, and Daft Punk, were alsoused on the album, as were the disco hits of Parisian DJ Cerrone.[3] She self-referenced herself on the track "GetTogether", which was a rewrite of her earlier song "Holiday" (1983). Influence of dance clubs are pronounced on thethird track "Sorry". The album has a song called "Forbidden Love", which incorporated elements of the work ofElectronic group Kraftwerk. The track is different from the similar titled song from Madonna's sixth studio albumBedtime Stories.[3] Regarding sampling herself and her own song names, Madonna commented:

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"I did all of that on purpose, [...] I mean, if I'm going to plagiarize somebody, it might as well be me,right? I feel like I've earned the right to rip myself off. 'Talent borrows, genius steals,' [...] "Let's see howmany other clichés I can throw in there. That's exactly it. I was only hinting early on, but then I tell itlike it is. It's like, now that I have your attention, I have a few things to tell you."[2]

The song "Push" is composed as if a continuation of Madonna's song "Borderline" (1984) and was a tribute to herthen-husband Guy Ritchie. A pulsating rhythm is present in the song "Isaac", which is regarded as the only songclose to a ballad on the album.[3] However, the song was criticised heavily by a group of Israeli rabbis whocommented that Madonna was committing a blasphemy with their religion. They said that the song was aboutsixteenth century Kabbalah scholar Yitzhak Luria.[1] In reality, the song was named after Yitzhak Sinwani, thefeatured vocalist of the song, who sang his portions in Yemenite. Initially Madonna toyed with the idea of calling thesong as "Fear of Flying" since the idea behind the composition was to let go.[2] However, at the end she decided tojust call it "Isaac" after the English translation of Sinwani's name.[1] Regarding the song's development and thecondemnation of the Rabbis, Madonna said:

"You do appreciate the absurdity of a group of rabbis in Israel claiming that I'm being blasphemousabout someone when they haven't heard the record, right? And then, everyone in the media runs with itas if it's the truth. And that's a little weird. But what's even weirder is that the song is not about IsaacLurier [sic], as the rabbis claim. It's named after Yitzhak Sinwani, who's singing in Yemenite on thetrack. I couldn't think of a title for the song. So I called it "Isaac" [the English translation of "Yitzhak"].It's interesting how their minds work, those naughty rabbis. [...] He's saying, "If all of the doors of all ofthe generous peoples' homes are closed to you, the gates of heaven will always be open." The words areabout 1,000 years old. [...] [Yitzhak] is an old friend of mine. He's never made a record. He comes fromgenerations of beautiful singers. Stuart and I asked him to come into the studio one day. We said, "We'rejust going to record you. We don't know what we're going to do with it." He's flawless. One take, no badnotes. He doesn't even need a microphone. We took one of the songs he did and I said to Stuart, "Let'ssample these bits. We'll create a chorus and then I'll write lyrics around it." That's how we constructedit."[2]

The lyrics of the songs on the album incorporate bits of Madonna's musical history and are written in the form ofconfessions. "Hung Up" contains lyrics from Madonna's 1989 duet with Prince called "Love Song", from the Like aPrayer album. "Jump" is written as a sequel to Madonna's 1990 song "Keep It Together", and is based on takingrisks. "How High" refers to two songs from Madonna's eighth studio album Music, namely "Nobody's Perfect" and "IDeserve It". The lyrics of "Push" thank the person who challenged her to expand her limits and also incorporateelements of The Police's song "Every Breath You Take". Other tracks like "Sorry" include the title word in tendifferent languages. "I Love New York" depicts Madonna praising the city that made her the person she is.[3]

Elsewhere, Madonna sings about success and fame ("Let It Will Be") and the crossroads of past, present and future("Like It or Not").[1]

Critical reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source Rating

Allmusic [6]

BBC Music (favorable)[7]

Billboard (favorable)[8]

Entertainment Weekly B+[9]

The Guardian [10]

Observer Music Monthly [11]

Rolling Stone [12]

Slant Magazine [13]

Stylus Magazine A−[14]

Time (favorable) [15]

Confessions on a Dance Floor garnered universal acclaim from music critics, holding a score of 80/100 onMetacritic based on 28 professional reviews.[16] Keith Caulfield from Billboard commented that Confessions is a"welcome return to form for the Queen of Pop."[8] Stephen Thomas Erlewine from Allmusic commented thatConfessions is the first album where Madonna sounds like a veteran musician since she created the record for "thedance clubs or, in other words, Madonna's core audience."[6] Alan Braidwood from the BBC commented that "[t]hisis the most commercial album Madonna has made in 15 years and it's magic."[7] David Browne from EntertainmentWeekly noted that for "all its pretenses of being giddy and spontaneous, though, Confessions is rarely either."[9]

Alexis Petridis from The Guardian said that the album "may be a return to core values, but there's still a braveryabout Confessions on a Dancefloor. It revels in the delights of wilfully plastic dance pop in an era when lesserdance-pop artists – from Rachel Stevens to Price's protege Juliet – are having a desperately thin time of it."[10] PeterRobinson from Observer Music Monthly declared that the album ranks alongside Madonna's other albums like TrueBlue (1986) and Like a Prayer (1989). He credited producer Stuart Price for the album, noting that "Confessionsclearly wouldn't exist without Madonna, but it's Price who steals the show."[11] Stephen M. Deusner from PitchforkMedia noted that with the album "Madonna again reinvents herself, and it appears she's nearly lapped herself."According to Deusner, the music also makes her appear young. However he felt that the first half of the album till "ILove New York" was strong, while the second half "loses its delicate balance between pop frivolity and spiritualgravity."[17]

Thomas Inskeep from Stylus Magazine stated that the album is "Madonna's most purely beat-driven album since her self-titled 1983 debut" and "easily her finest effort since Ray of Light."[14] Kelefa Sanneh from The New York Times called the album "exuberant."[18] Christian John Wikane from PopMatters.com commented that the album "proved that Madonna, approaching 50 years-old, is a vital force in the ever-expansive landscape of popular music."[19] Joan Morgan from The Village Voice noted that "[w]ith Confessions on a Dance Floor, Madonna at long last finds her musical footing. Easily dance record of the year, Confessions is an almost seamless tribute to the strobe-lit sensuality of the '80s New York club scene that gave Madge her roots, which she explores with compelling aplomb."[20] Josh Tyrangiel from Time magazine commented that "In dance music, words exist to be repeated, twisted, obscured and resurrected. How they sound in the moment is far more important than what they mean, and Madonna knows that better than anyone. Confessions on a Dance Floor is 56 minutes of energetic moments. It will leave you feeling silly for all the right reasons."[15] Sal Cinquemani from Slant Magazine was impressed with the album and said that

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"Madonna, with the help of Price, [...] has succeeded at creating a dance-pop odyssey with an emotional, if notnecessarily narrative, arc — and one big continuously-mixed fuck-you to the art-dismantling iPod Shuffle in theprocess."[13] Alan Light from Rolling Stone declared that the album illustrated that "Madonna has never lost her faithin the power of the beat." However, he opined that "Confessions on a Dance Floor won't stand the test of time likeher glorious early club hits, but it proves its point. Like Rakim back in the day, Madonna can still move thecrowd."[21] Bill Lamb of About.com said that the album was "a solid achievement and well worth hearing."[22] JasonShawhan from the same website called the album her most fun record since True Blue (1986).[23]

Commercial response

Madonna performing "Future Lovers" during theConfessions Tour in 2006. The song is the fourth

track of the album

Confessions on a Dance Floor peaked at number one in 40 countries,earning a place in the 2007 Guinness Book of World Records as thealbum topping the charts in most countries. In the United States, thealbum debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart, selling350,000 copies in its first week. It became her sixth number one albumon the chart and the third consecutive album to debut at the top,following Music (2000) and American Life (2003).[24] To date, thealbum has sold over 1.703 million copies in America, according toNielsen SoundScan.[25] On December 14, 2005, the album wascertified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America(RIAA) for shipments of one million copies of the album.[26] InAustralia, the album debuted at the top of the chart for the issue dated

November 21, 2005.[27] It has since been certified two times platinum by the Australian Recording IndustryAssociation (ARIA) denoting shipments of 140,000 copies.[28] The album also debuted at the top of the charts inCanada, with first week sales of 74,000.[29]

In the United Kingdom, the album debuted at the top of the UK Albums Chart becoming Madonna's ninthnumber-one album and eventually selling over 1.6 million copies. That same week, the first single from the album,"Hung Up", topped the singles chart. The album became the fifth consecutive Madonna album to top the chart.[30]

The album also went to number one on the European charts and, on September 13, 2006, was certified four timesplatinum by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI).[31] In Ireland, the album debuted andpeaked at number three.[32] In France, the album debuted at position 113 on the albums chart.[33] The next week, itjumped 112 places to reach number one.[34] In Hong Kong, the album was awarded a Gold Disc Award by theInternational Federation of the Phonographic Industry for becoming one of ten biggest-selling international albumfor 2005.[35] Across Europe, the album peaked at number one in Austria, Belgium (Flanders and Wallonia),Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.[36]

Although it was released in one and half months of 2005, Confessions on a Dance Floor was still the sixth world'sbiggest-selling album of the year, with sales of 6.3 million copies according to the International Federation of thePhonographic Industry.[37] Worldwide sales of the album stand at 11 million copies.[38]

Madonna won the "Best International Female Solo Artist" at the 2006 BRIT Awards.[39] She also won "World's BestSelling Pop Artist" and "Best Selling U.S. Artist" at the 2006 World Music Awards for the album.[40] She wasnominated for five awards at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards for the music video of the album's first single,"Hung Up".[41] Madonna also got nominated for "Best Album of the Year", "Best Pop Video", and "Best FemaleArtist" at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2006.[42] Rolling Stone ranked Confessions on a Dance Floor as thetwenty-second top album of 2005.[43] In early 2007, she won a Grammy Award in the category of "BestDance/Electronic Album" at the 49th Grammy Awards.[44]

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Singles"Hung Up", initially used in a number of television advertisements and serials, was released as the album's leadsingle on October 17, 2005. The song received critical appreciation amongst reviewers, who suggested that the trackwould restore the singer's popularity, which had diminished following the release of her 2003 album AmericanLife.[45] Critics claimed that it was her best dance track to date and have compared it to other Madonna tracks in thesame genre. They also complimented the effective synchronization of the ABBA sample with Madonna's song.[46]

"Hung Up" became a worldwide commercial success, peaking atop the charts of 41 countries and earning a place inthe Guinness Book of World Records along with the album.[47] In the United States it became her 36th top ten hit,tying her with Elvis Presley.[48] The corresponding music video was a tribute to John Travolta, his movies anddancing in general. Directed by Johan Renck, the video featured Madonna dancing in a ballet studio in a pinkleotard, which she left to go to a gaming parlour to dance with her backup dancers. It also featured the physicaldiscipline parkour.[49]

"Sorry" was released as the second single from the album on February 28, 2006. The song received positive reviewsfrom contemporary critics who declared the track as the strongest song on the Confessions on a Dance Flooralbum.[50] Some critics also commented on the song's disco-influenced beats while comparing it to Madonna's olderdance songs.[23] It achieved commercial success, topping the singles charts in Italy, Spain, Romania and the UnitedKingdom, where it became Madonna's 12th number one single. Elsewhere, the song was a top ten hit in more than adozen countries around the world.[31][51][52] However, in the United States, the song was less commerciallysuccessful due to underplay on radio, but managed to reach the top of Billboard's dance charts.[53] Theaccompanying music video was a continuation from "Hung Up"'s music video. It featured Madonna and her dancersroaming around a city in a van, dancing on roller skates and Madonna fighting with a group of men in a cage.[54]

"Get Together" was released as the third single from the album by Warner Bros. Records on June 6, 2006. Thedecision was spurred by the fact that "Get Together" was the third most downloaded song from the album. It wasalso released to coincide with the start of Madonna's Confessions Tour.[55][56] Critics complimented Madonna'sability to turn cliché comments into pop slogans with the song.[13] The song became a success on the United Statesdance charts, but failed to enter the Hot 100.[57] It reached the top ten in countries such as Australia, Canada, UnitedKingdom and Italy, and peaked at number one in Spain.[58][59] The music video incorporated Madonna'sperformance of the song at London's Koko Club, but it was animated to visually make it different.[60]

"Jump" was fourth and the final single from the album, released on October 31, 2006. Critics complimented the songand its empowerment theme.[8] The song peaked inside the top ten of the charts in some European countries, whilereaching the peak position in Italy and Hungary. In the United States, "Jump" charted in several Billboard dancecharts but failed to chart on the Hot 100.[61] Madonna wore a blond bob wig and a leather ensemble for the musicvideo. She sang the song in front of a number of neon signs. The video also featured dancers who performedparkour.[62]

PromotionTo promote the album, Madonna performed at the 2005 MTV Europe Music Awards and the 2006 Grammy Awards.[63] She played a number of songs from the album at London's Koko Club and G-A-Y as well as in United States, Japan, Germany and France, as part of the Hung Up Promo Tour. The performances saw Madonna emerge from a glitter ball while wearing a purple jacket, velvet pedal pushers and knee-high boots. Songs performed included "Hung Up", "Get Together", "Sorry", "I Love New York", "Ray of Light", "Let It Will Be" and "Everybody".[64] The album received further promotion from the Confessions Tour which began in May 2006. The tour grossed over US $194.7 million,[65] becoming highest grossing tour ever for a female artist, at that time.[66][67]

Additionally, the tour received the "Most Creative Stage Production" at the Pollstar Concert Industry Awards,[68] as well as "Top Boxscore" from the Billboard Touring Awards.[69] A remix only album titled Confessions Remixed was also released in limited vinyl editions.[70] In Japan, Confessions on a Dance Floor – Japan Tour Special Edition

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(CD+DVD) was released on August 23, 2006. It reached number 27 on the Oricon weekly albums chart and stayedon the chart for 12 weeks.[71]

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length

1. "Hung Up" Madonna, Stuart Price, Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus Madonna, Price 5:36

2. "Get Together" Madonna, Anders Bagge, Peer Åström, Price Madonna, Price 5:30

3. "Sorry" Madonna, Price Madonna, Price 4:43

4. "Future Lovers" Madonna, Mirwais Ahmadzaï Madonna, Ahmadzaï 4:51

5. "I Love New York" Madonna, Price Madonna, Price 4:11

6. "Let It Will Be" Madonna, Ahmadzaï, Price Madonna, Price 4:18

7. "Forbidden Love" Madonna, Price Madonna, Price 4:22

8. "Jump" Madonna, Joe Henry, Price Madonna, Price 3:46

9. "How High" Madonna, Christian Karlsson, Pontus Winnberg, Henrik Jonback Madonna, Bloodshy & Avant, Price 4:40

10. "Isaac" Madonna, Price Madonna, Price 6:03

11. "Push" Madonna, Price Madonna, Price 3:57

12. "Like It or Not" Madonna, Karlsson, Winnberg, Jonback Madonna, Bloodshy & Avant 4:31

Limited edition box set bonus track[72]

No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length

13. "Fighting Spirit" Madonna, Ahmadzaï Madonna, Ahmadzaï 3:32

Icon Members download bonus track[73]

No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length

13. "Super Pop" Madonna, Ahmadzaï Madonna, Ahmadzaï 3:42

Bonus DVD[74]

No. Title Writer(s) Director(s) Length

1. "Hung Up" (music video) Madonna, Price, Andersson, Ulvaeus Johan Renck 5:27

2. "Hung Up: Making the Video" (behind the scenes) Johan Renck 14:08

3. "Sorry" (music video) Madonna, Price Jamie King 4:48

4. "Sorry: Making the Video" (behind the scenes) Jamie King 14:38

Notes[75]

•• Track listing and credits from album booklet.• "Hung Up" samples "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" recorded by ABBA and written by

Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus.• "Get Together" was originally produced by Anders Bagge and Peer Åström.

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Release formats• CD — 12-track continuous, crossfading mix• CD Limited Deluxe Edition — 13-track version, released in December 2005, includes bonus track, 'Fighting

Spirit', a 40 page picture book from the Steven Klein photo session; an 80 page blank journal book, whichincludes lyrics from the album track "Like It or Not"; a one month free ICON fanclub membership, and a uniqueslipcover housing. All tracks are a continuous mix, except for the bonus track.

• Digital Version — Digital download 12-track edition, all tracks are separate and do not crossfade.•• Digital Non-Stop Mix - digital download which blends the 12 songs into one long continuous track.• iTunes Non-Stop Mix — digital download which blends the 12 songs into one long, continuous track. It also

includes the "Hung Up" music video.[76]

•• Limited Edition 2-LP Pink Vinyl Set• Confessions Remixed — Promotional Triple 12" or 2-CD Collection. Full remix set by Stuart Price, released on

April 11, 2006, with a limited print of only 3,000 copies.[77]

• Japanese Tour Edition — 2006 re-release to promote the Confessions Tour, includes the 12-track CD with bonusDVD including the music videos and making of specials for "Hung Up" and "Sorry".

Credits and personnel• Madonna – Lead vocals, backing vocals• Stuart Price – Producer, keyboards, synthesizers, vocoders, programming, sequencing, sampling• Roberta Carraro – keyboards, bass, drums, harmonica• Yitzhak Sinwani – additional vocals on "Isaac"• Monte Pittman – guitar• Magnus "Mango" Wallbert – programming• Photography – Steven Klein• Art direction and graphic design – Giovanni Bianco• Legal documents – Grubman Indursky• Management – Guy Oseary and Angela Becker• Mixing – Mark "Spike" Stent at Olympic Studios and Record Plant Studios, Los Angeles ("Forbidden Love":

mixed by Stuart Price at Shirland Road)• Recording – Stuart Price at Shirland Road ("How High" and "Like It or Not": recorded at Murlyn Studios,

Stockholm and Shirland Road; "Future Lovers": recorded at Mayfair Studios.)• Assistant engineer – Alex Dromgoole• Second assistant engineer at Olympic – David Emery• Second assistant engineer at Record Plant, Los Angeles – Antony Kilhoffer• Mastering – Brian "Big Bass" Gardner at Bernie Grundman MasteringCredits adapted from the album's liner notes.[75]

Charts and certifications

Charts

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Chart PeakPosition

Argentina Albums Chart[78] 1

Australian Albums Chart[79] 1

Austrian Albums Chart[79] 1

Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[79] 1

Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[79] 1

Brazilian Albums Chart[80] 1

Canadian Albums Chart[29] 1

Danish Albums Chart[79] 1

Dutch Albums Chart[79] 1

European Top 100 Albums[31] 1

Finnish Albums Chart[79] 1

French Albums Chart[79] 1

German Albums Chart[36] 1

Greek Albums Chart[81] 1

Hungarian Albums Chart[82] 1

Irish Albums Chart[32] 3

Italian Albums Chart[79] 1

Japanese Albums Chart[83] 5

Mexican Albums Chart[84] 3

New Zealand Albums Chart[79] 5

Norwegian Albums Chart[79] 1

Polish Albums Chart[85] 1

Portuguese Albums Chart[79] 1

Spanish Albums Chart[79] 1

Swedish Albums Chart[79] 1

Swiss Albums Chart[79] 1

UK Albums Chart[30] 1

US Billboard 200[24] 1

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Certifications

Country Certification

Argentina 2× Platinum[78]

Australia 2× Platinum[28]

Belgium Platinum[86]

Brazil Gold[87]

Canada 5× Platinum[88]

Denmark 2× Platinum[89]

Europe 4× Platinum[31]

Finland Platinum[90]

France Diamond[91]

Germany 3× Platinum[92]

Greece 2× Platinum[93]

Hong Kong Gold[94]

Hungary 2× Platinum[95]

Ireland 4× Platinum[96]

Japan 2× Platinum[97]

Mexico Platinum[98]

Netherlands Platinum[99]

New Zealand Platinum[100]

Poland Platinum[101]

Russia 5× Platinum[102]

Spain 2× Platinum[103]

Sweden 2× Platinum[104]

Switzerland 3× Platinum[105]

United Kingdom 4× Platinum[106]

United States Platinum[26]

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Year-end charts

Charts (2005) Position

Australian Albums Chart[107] 44

Dutch Albums Chart[108] 10

Mexican Albums Chart[109] 54

Spanish Albums Chart[110] 15

UK Albums Chart[111] 17

Charts (2006) Position

Australian Albums Chart[112] 28

Dutch Albums Chart[113] 22

European Hot 100 Albums[114] 2

Mexican Albums Chart[115] 21

Spanish Albums Chart[116] 20

US Billboard 200[117] 22

Decade-end charts

Chart (2000s) Position

US Dance/Electronic Albums[118] 2

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