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"Nothing Fails" is a song by American singer-songwriter Madonna from her ninth studio album, ''American Life'' (2003). Written by Madonna, Guy Sigsworth and Jem Griffiths, and produced by the singer along with Mirwais Ahmadzaï and Mark "Spike" Stent, it was released as the third single from the album on October 26, 2003. Originally titled "Silly Thing", "Nothing Fails" is a love song which has acoustic guitar chords and a gospel choir appearance. Lyrically, the song discusses a lover who is the one, and how their meeting was not just chance. A number of remixes of the song were done, with one of them being included on Madonna's remix album ''Remixed & Revisited'' (2003). The song received generally positive reviews, with music critics praising it as one of the best tracks from ''American Life'' while others compared it with Madonna's previous single "Like a Prayer" (1989), as both songs include a gospel choir. "Nothing Fails" was released in the US in hopes of attaining sales from ''American Life''. However, it did not chart on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, making it the second single from the album to fail to chart in the US. However, the song reached number one on the Hot Dance Club Songs and Hot Singles Sales charts. Internationally, the song was a success, reaching the top ten in Australia, Belgium, Canada and Italy while topping the charts in Spain. Although initially reported on the contrary, no music video was filmed for "Nothing Fails". The song was performed during a promotional tour for ''American Life'' in 2003, along with other songs from the album and her past hits. One of these performances was shown by MTV in a special named ''Madonna on Stage & on the Record''. It was also performed during Madonna's sixth concert tour, the Re-Invention World Tour (2004), with Madonna alone on stage singing the song accompanied by an acoustic guitar. Many reviewers noted that Madonna in the performance was a "solitary figure" as it was herself alone playing the acoustic guitar. ==Background and recording== According to Lucy O'Brien, author of ''Madonna: Like an Icon'', the main concept of ''American Life'' was about "nothing".〔 This was evident in the titles of the songs like "Nobody Knows Me", usage of "no" in "Love Profusion", as well as "Nothing Fails".〔 Usage of the negative tone led Madonna to be sarcastic on people's assumptions about her and emphasize about her knowledge of romantic love.〔 "Nothing Fails" began as a humble track that musician-producer Guy Sigsworth wrote for his wife.〔 He asked singer Jem Archer to collaborate with him and during their first collaborative session, they wrote a song called "Silly Thing", inspired by Sigsworth's wife. He said: "I never write love songs, but I was moved to write one for her. I've never had a problematic relationship with her, there's not been a lot of drama. But I wanted to write something naive and honest." The demo, which sounded like an offbeat folk song, was later played for Madonna, who loved it and added to and changed parts and the title of the song. In September 2012, Sigsworth leaked the original version of "Nothing Fails", describing it as a "work-in-progress demo of a song I originally wrote with Jem, and which later became 'Nothing Fails', co-written and recorded by Madonna. It's over ten years old". On "Nothing Fails", Archer said:
"Nothing Fails" was produced by Madonna, along with Mirwais Ahmadzaï and Mark "Spike" Stent.〔 The recording sessions for ''American Life'' started at late 2001, then was put on hold as Madonna filmed ''Swept Away'' in Malta and starred in the West End play ''Up for Grabs''. She returned to the Olympic Recording Studios in late 2002 and finished off the sessions.〔 The mixing for the track was done by Mark "Spike" Stent at the Westlake Recording Studios at West Hollywood, California, while Tim Young did the mastering of the song at Metropolis Studios in London.〔 Michael Colombier did the string arrangement with Geoff Foster acting as the strings engineer, conducting at AIR Studios.〔 For the instrumentation featured in the song, Ahmadzaï played the guitars, and Stuart Price played the piano.〔 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「Nothing Fails」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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