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"What It Feels Like for a Girl" is a song by American singer-songwriter Madonna, taken from her eighth studio album ''Music'' (2000). The song was released as the third single from the album on April 17, 2001 by Maverick Records, with two other versions being also released: a dance-remix produced by Above & Beyond and a Spanish version titled "Lo Que Siente La Mujer". It was written by Madonna, Guy Sigsworth and David Torn, who was credited later, while production was handled by Madonna, Sigsworth and Mark Stent. Lyrically, it conveys society's double standard toward women, addressing hurtful myths about female inferiority. To emphasize the message, the song opens with a spoken word sample of Charlotte Gainsbourg from the movie ''The Cement Garden''. The song received acclaim from most music critics, who agreed it was a highlight from the album, while also remarking that the song was one of her most mature musical ventures of her career. Commercially, "What It Feels Like for a Girl" was successful in most music charts around the world, peaking in the top ten in countries including Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Japan and the United Kingdom. Though it was a more low peak on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, peaking at number 23, it managed to achieve success on component charts in the United States, topping the US Hot Dance Club Play chart. An accompanying music video for the song was filmed by Madonna's then-husband Guy Ritchie and premiered on March 22, 2001. It features Madonna in a blonde bob wig as she was portraying a reckless woman on a crime spree. The video was criticized for its depiction of violence and abuse, which caused MTV to ban it before 9pm. The single was also released on DVD and VHS containing the music video. The song was used as a video interlude and was performed in Spanish on the Drowned World Tour. The song was also covered by the Fox TV series ''Glee'', which was commercially featured on the episode "The Power of Madonna", as well as the following EP. ==Background and recording== In September 1999, it was announced that Madonna had reteamed with producer William Orbit for a possible follow-up to her Grammy-winning, multiplatinum 1998 album ''Ray of Light'', according to the singer's spokesperson. Madonna was also signed to be on the movie "The Next Best Thing", also contributing to its soundtrack. In January 2000, Madonna announced that she was going to experiment with electronica on her then-upcoming album and was said to be venturing into the popular European dance style known as trance. The next month, Madonna released a cover of Don McLean's "American Pie" as a single to the soundtrack of "The Next Best Thing", while in April 2000, it was announced that French musician Mirwais Ahmadzaï was creating a melding of dance and pop songs with a disco feel for the album. Later, it was also announced that she added Guy Sigsworth to work with her on the album. Sigsworth created a demo backing track that was finished enough to impress, but not so finished as to restrict Madonna's freedom to write over the top of it. According to him, "What It Feels Like For a Girl" was done very quickly. "I sent her a backing track, and she wrote a top line to it, we put it together and four days later we had a record. And what was kind of good for me was that we decided on day one that we liked all the noises I'd already used on the demo, and it was more a matter of repositioning them in the arrangement around M's top line. So the whole job, apart from recording the voice, was moving things around in Pro Tools," he claimed. He remarked that he sent her two sketches and that she chose the more unusual one. "And at the start of it, I put this sample from a movie of the actress Charlotte Gainsbourg. I just knew that M would fall in love with that, and she did," he declared.〔 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「What It Feels Like for a Girl」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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