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"4 Minutes"
Song

"4 Minutes" is a song by American singer-songwriter Madonna from her eleventh studio album Hard Candy. It was released as the lead single from the album on March 17, 2008 by Warner Bros. Records and features American singer-songwriter Justin Timberlake and Timbaland who also co-wrote and produced the song. The single scored Madonna her 37th Billboard Hot 100 Top 10 hit, making her the artist with the most Top 10 hits in the history of the chart, surpassing Elvis Presley.[2] In the UK, she retained her record for the most number one singles for a female artist, this being her 13th.[3]

Song information

The song is sometimes referred to as "4 Minutes to Save the World", including by Madonna herself.[4] The song received its first airing when co-producer Timbaland played part of the song at a concert on December 16, 2007 in Philadelphia.[5] After brief appearances on YouTube and Perez Hilton, Warner Bros. quickly got the clips removed for copyright infringement.[6] Additionally, part of the song was played on a French radio station on February 29, 2008, later leaking online as a radio rip from the broadcast.[7]

Despite the title, the song lasts slightly more than four minutes while the radio version lasts around 3 minutes.

The single officially debuted on radio on March 17, 2008, and was released digitally in the UK on the same day. It was released digitally worldwide (except USA) on March 18, 2008 and in the US on March 25 2008. [citation needed] The song was also used for a television advertisement for Sunsilk that began to air on March 17.[8] The song was also included in the 2008 film "Get Smart" as well as being used in the end credits. The Music video has reached 34 millions views as of July 4th [9]

Reception

The Rolling Stone magazine described the song as having "a marching band aesthetic as blasting brass play a scale-like riff", and called the song "a loud, busy, energetic track."[5] Billboard magazine reviewer and editor Chuck Taylor said that with the song Madonna "is poised to score her first top 10 hit since 2005's 'Hung Up.' ... There's an awful lot going on in the busy dance track ... but the trade-off chorus between Madge and Justin ... is hooky enough unto itself to sell the song."[10] BBC Music described "4 Minutes" as sounding "so futuristic it could realistically have been beamed in from the end of the world."[11] "4 Minutes" was called one of Hard Candy's saviors by The Independent, who noted that "the Mardi Gras marching-band bumping rumbustiously along" is one of the album's "most ambitious offerings."[12] Heidi Kotanski of Common Sense Media wrote, "While the afrobeat horn breaks drive the energy of the single, Madonna takes back stage to Timberlake's best impersonation of Michael Jackson and the overpowering erratic electronic sounds signature of Timbaland's production."[13] Chris Sosa of Musicouch described the song as "big, loud, and borderline obnoxious" but still mainting a "summer-anthem quality".[14]

Radio success

The single broke a record in Canada when it debuted at number one on the Canadian CHR Audience chart. This was the first time any single debuted at the top of the chart. The song entered Canada's CHR Spin's Chart at number 5, the second song to debut within the Top 10. This song also entered Canada's All Format Audience chart at number 2, the highest debut ever on the chart.[15]

"4 Minutes" debuted at number twenty-three on United States' CHR/Top 40 National Airplay radio chart. It was also that chart's most added song of the week, with over seventy new stations.[16] "4 Minutes" debuted at number eighteen on the Radio & Records Pop Chart on March 26, 2008. The single currently sits at number 1.[16]

Chart performance

"4 Minutes" has topped the charts in Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom and reached the Top 5 in Austria, France, Japan, and the United States.

The song made its debut on the Official UK Singles Chart at number seven on 23 March 2008 based on download sales alone.[17] It sold 21,106 downloads within a week of it being released and became her 61st hit single. On 20 April 2008, it became Madonna's record-breaking 13th number one single, with sales of 40,634 downloads. "4 Minutes" reached #1 for 4 weeks. To date, "4 Minutes" has sold 362,270 downloads in the UK, according with "Music week" weekly sales.[18]

"4 Minutes" became Madonna's first Top 10 hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 since "Hung Up" in 2005 and her highest-charting U.S. single since "Music" in 2000. With the song Madonna scored her 37th Billboard Hot 100 Top 10 hit, making her the artist with the most Top 10 hits in the history of the chart, surpassing Elvis Presley.[19] Based on its first week of airplay, the song made its debut on the U.S. Mediabase Top 40/Pop Airplay Chart at number 23 with an airplay bullet of over 2000.[20] The single jumped from number 68 to number three on the Billboard Hot 100, spurred by digital download sales. The song sold 217,000 in its first week of wide release and entered the Hot Digital Songs chart at number two. The single has reached number one on both Hot Digital Songs and Hot Digital Tracks. It has sold over 2,000,000 downloads in only a few weeks, and was certified Platinum by the RIAA on June 12, 2008. It is Madonna's first Platinum single since 2000s Music.[21] In Spain, the single was certified 2x Platinum for more than 40,000 downloads.[22]

Music video

Still from the music video showing Madonna and Justin Timberlake singing while the black background catches up, showing Timberlake's insides.

The music video was filmed in four days at Black Island Studios in London: January 30, 2008 with Timbaland and from January 31 to February 2, 2008 with Madonna and Timberlake, directed by French duo Jonas & François (Justice's "D.A.N.C.E."),[23] with choreography by Jamie King.[5]

The music video begins with Timbaland performing his opening lines, in front of a screen showing exactly four minutes in the format of minutes:seconds:frames (SMPTE). A black graphic line seems to destroy his speaker equipment, turning the vibrating part to dust, and liquefying the volume knob. After some brief scenes of Madonna and Timberlake standing faced back to the camera, it shows Madonna leaning on car while pushing it back into a house where Timberlake and Madonna both sing while removing a piece of clothing as the black graphic line that supposedly has 'got' Timbaland follows them both, the people living in the house seem oblivious to the black crystalline background as it turns their skin and part of their flesh transparent. Madonna and Timberlake then jump out the window (the fact that the house is just a set is not hidden as the other side of the window is shown to be a set) and end up in car junk yard where they begin to dance and evade the black shapes at the same time, as a dancing duo stand on top of a car (Japanese hip-hop dancing duo "Hamutsun Serve"[24]). Their fate is unknown, but supposedly they are eaten away by the black background as well. After this they both run into a supermarket while the same black background follows them, Madonna and Timberlake begin singing in the aisle of the supermarket while shoppers carry on as normal. Madonna and Timberlake move on to start dancing on the conveyor belt at the checkouts. Madonna is then seen (legs only) walking through an office building while the black background stalks her. They then run into a bathroom and remove another piece of clothing while the black background follows outside, they then run out of the bathroom and appear to walk in to the same room Timbaland was seen in before, they immediately start performing choreography in front of the screen, now counting down from four minutes. They continually dance and remove a final piece of clothing from each other as the black background comes at them from both sides. The video ends with the black background finally catching up to them while they stop dancing and move closer to each other, as it starts to turn their skin and flesh transparent, Timberlake's chest disappearing to reveal his ribcage, and the right of Madonna's jaw disappearing.

The music video was released in some countries on iTunes Store on April 3, 2008. It also made a television premiere on MuchMusic at midnight on April 6, 2008 and on MTV's TRL on April 7, 2008.

Track listings and formats

4 Minutes was released in a staggering amount of formats, and unusually, each format was accorded a separate release date. In the UK, almost two months separated the release of the song as a download and the final format release of a 12" picture disc.[25]

Digital only mixes

  • "4 Minutes" (Peter Saves London Remix) – 8:09
  • "4 Minutes" (Timbaland's Mobile Underground Remix) - 3:22
  • "4 Minutes" (Lo-Fi Japanese Disco) - 4:13

Release history

Region Date Format
Germany[26] April 11 2008 CD
France[27] April 14 2008 CD
Australia[28][29] March 17 2008 Digital download
April 18 2008[30] Remixes Digital download
April 19 2008 CD
United Kingdom[31][32] March 17 2008 Digital download
April 21 2008 CD
June 2 2008 12" Picture Disc [33]
Worldwide March 18 2008 Digital download
United States[34] March 25 2008 Digital download
April 15 2008 Remixes Digital download
April 29 2008 CD single

Charts

Worldwide sales

Country Certification Sales
Digital Singles
Australia Platinum 70,000[35]
Belgium Gold 15,000[66]
Canada Platinum 100,000[67]
Denmark Platinum 15,000[68]
France 90,000+[67]
Germany Gold 150,000[69]
Norway Platinum 50,000
Spain 2 x Platinum 40,000[70]
Sweden Gold 10,000[71]
Turkey Gold 50,000
U.S. Platinum[72] 1,973,286 15,000[67][73]
U.K. Silver 371,000[74]
New Zealand Gold[75] 7,500+
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Preceded by Norwegian VG-lista Singles Chart number-one single (first run)
March 25 2008 - April 15 2008 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
"Il Mondo Che Vorrei" by Vasco Rossi
 Italian FIMI Singles Chart number-one single
April 5 2008 		Succeeded by
"A Te" by Jovanotti
Preceded by Canadian Hot 100 number-one single (first run)
April 12 2008 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
"Nie Kłam, że Kochasz Mnie" by Ewelina Flinta & Łukasz Zagrobelny
 Polish National Top 50 number-one single
April 19 2008 - June 21 2008 		Succeeded by
Preceded by UK Singles Chart number-one single
April 20 2008 - July 6 2008 		Succeeded by
Preceded by United World Chart number-one single
April 26 2008 - July 6 2008 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
"Round and Round" by Mischa Daniels
 Hot100Brasil number-one Dance singles
April 26 2008 - June 1, 2008 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Belgian (Wallonia) number-one single
April 26, 2008 - May 24, 2008 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
"Low" by Flo Rida featuring T-Pain
 Australian ARIA Singles Chart number-one single
April 28, 2008 - May 19, 2008 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Bulgarian Singles Chart number-one singles
May 4, 2008 - June 22, 2008 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
"Touch My Body" by Mariah Carey
 Hot100Brasil number-one singles
May 4 - May 18, 2008 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
"Lost Highway" by Kurt Nilsen featuring Willie Nelson
 Norwegian VG-lista Singles Chart number-one single (second run)
May 13 2008 - May 20 2008 		Succeeded by
"Scared of Heights" by Espen Lind
Preceded by Irish Singles Chart number-one single
May 15 2008 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
"Wit Licht" by Marco Borsato
 Dutch Top 40 number-one single
May 24 2008 - May 31 2008 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Canadian Hot 100 number-one single (second run)
May 31 2008 - June 14 2008 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Billboard Dance Club Play number-one single
May 17-24, 2008 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
"Bicho de Ciudad" by Los Piojos
 Argentina Top 40 number-one song
May 23 2008 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
"Brasil" by Tom Boxer & Fly Project
 Romanian Singles Chart number-one single (first run)
May 26 2008 - June 1 2008 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Latin America Top 40 number-one song (first run)
May 26 2008 - June 2 2008 		Succeeded by
"Si No Te Hubieras Ido" by Maná
Preceded by
"Bleeding Love" by Leona Lewis (First run)
 Billboard Hot Dance Airplay number-one single
June 6, 2008 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Romanian Singles Chart number-one single (second run)
June 9 2008 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
"Te Quiero" by Flex
 U.S. Billboard Hot Latin Tracks number-one single
July 19 2008 		Succeeded by
Incumbent

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