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"Ghosttown" is a song recorded by American singer Madonna for her thirteenth studio album, ''Rebel Heart'' (2015). It was released to radio stations on March 13, 2015, as the album's second single. The song was written by Madonna, Jason Evigan, Evan Bogart, and Sean Douglas, and produced by Madonna, Billboard and Evigan. Madonna had listened to Douglas's previous works and had requested studio time with him. Together with the other songwriters, they wrote "Ghosttown" in three days. A pop ballad, the song was inspired by the imagery of a destructed city after armageddon, and how the survivors carry on with their lives, with love being the only thing they can hold onto. Composed as an uplifting track, "Ghosttown" features instrumentation from organ and drums, with minor vocoder effects on Madonna's vocals. "Ghosttown" was released to iTunes Store as part of the album's pre-order in December 2014, in response to hackers leaking songs from ''Rebel Heart''. The song received positive response from critics, who commended Madonna's vocal delivery, the lyrics, Billboard's production work, as well as compared it to the singer's early ballads. In the United States, the song became Madonna's 36th entry on the Adult Contemporary chart, as well as her 45th number-one song on the Hot Dance Club Songs chart, surpassing country singer George Strait as the artist with most number-one songs on an active ''Billboard'' chart. Internationally, "Ghosttown" reached the top twenty position in Hungary and Italy, and the digital charts of Finland and Sweden, and was certified platinum by the Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana (FIMI). Madonna performed the song during her promotional schedules across Europe—''Le Grand Journal'' in France, ''Che tempo che fa'' in Italy and ''The Jonathan Ross Show'' in the United Kingdom. She also performed it at the 2nd iHeartRadio Music Awards, where she was joined by singer Taylor Swift who played guitar. An accompanying music video for "Ghosttown" was directed by Jonas Åkerlund, and starred actor Terrence Howard. The main theme behind the video was "an apocalyptic situation mimicking the end of the world", showing the singer and Howard as sole survivors in a destroyed city. ==Background and release== "Ghosttown" was written by Madonna, Jason Evigan, Evan Bogart, and Sean Douglas.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=GHOSTTOWN (Legal Title): BMI Work #19194497 )〕 The song was composed in three days, after Madonna had personally requested some studio time with them. Madonna liked Jason Derulo's 2014 single "Talk Dirty" which was co-written by Evigan and Douglas, and hence she decided to collaborate with them. Douglas recalled that they ended up having a "great session", saying "I was incredibly nervous for obvious reasons, but she showed up, was super personable and was ready to work. I basically checked it off my life bucket list." Of their writing session, Madonna explained: While discussing the song's theme with French radio Europe 1, Madonna spoke about the intolerance going around the world, especially in France whom she believed to have lost its ability to accept people of all race and color. Adding that the level of intolerance and antisemitism was increasing all-throughout Europe, Madonna said that "Ghosttown"s apocalyptic theme was a foreshadow of the destruction of humanity, should the intolerance continue. "The way we behave, to treat one another the way we're treating one another, to maintain this level of intolerance and discriminatory prejudice... hateful behavior towards other human beings who are different than you are," Madonna concluded. On December 17, 2014, a total of 13 songs from the recording sessions were leaked. An aggravated Madonna took to Instagram and clarified that the songs were demo versions from earlier recordings. Madonna told ''Billboard'' that after the leak, she and her team tried to trace it back to the source. Ultimately they decided to release the finished songs.〔 On December 20, 2014, the album became available for pre-order on iTunes Store. When ordered, six tracks were automatically downloaded, including "Ghosttown". Madonna added that she "would prefer () fans to hear completed versions of some of the songs instead of the incomplete tracks that are circulating." During Madonna's appearance on Italian television show ''Che tempo che fa'', "Ghosttown" was confirmed as the second single from ''Rebel Heart'' and was sent to Italian radio on March 13, 2015. A week later it was added to Australian radio, while in the United Kingdom, it would be released on April 20, 2015.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ghosttown (Madonna song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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