"4 Minutes" is the first single by American singer-songwriter Madonna from her eleventh studio album Hard Candy and was released on March 17, 2008 by Warner Bros. Records. It features American singer-songwriter Justin Timberlake and Timbaland who also co-wrote and produced the song.
"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". 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.
The single has also broken records in the UK, where it became Madonna's 61st Top 10 hit and 13th number one single, more than any other female solo artist.
Song information
The song is sometimes referred to as "4 Minutes to Save the World", including by Madonna herself. The song received its first airing when co-producer Timbaland played part of the song at a concert on December 16, 2007 in Philadelphia. After brief appearances on YouTube and Perez Hilton, Warner Bros. quickly got the clips removed for copyright infringement. 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.
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.
The photography used on the cover is by Madonna's manager Guy Oseary.
Reception
Rolling Stone 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." Billboard 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." BBC Music described "4 Minutes" as sounding "so futuristic it could realistically have been beamed in from the end of the world." "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."
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.
"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. "4 Minutes" debuted at number eighteen on the Radio & Records Pop Chart on March 26, 2008. The single currently sits at number 7.
Chart performance
4 Minutes has topped the charts in Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, Israel, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom and reached the Top 5 in Austria, France, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand 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, reaching 21,106 within a week of it being released. On 20 April 2008, it became Madonna's thirteenth number one single, with sales of 40,634 downloads. To date, "4 Minutes" has sold 126,643 downloads in the UK.
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. In the Billboard issue dated April 12, 2008, Madonna surpassed Elvis Presley as the artist with the most U.S. Top 10 singles in the rock era with 37. "4 Minutes" jumped from number 68 to number three on the Billboard Hot 100, spurred by digital download sales, and is now her highest-charting single since "Music" hit number one in 2000. 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 #1 on both Hot Digital Songs and Hot Digital Tracks. As of 23 April, Madonna is back at #1 in Soundscan Digital Single Sales. It has sold over 1,000,000 downloads in only a few weeks. "4 Minutes" has also been a success on Billboard's Hot Dance Airplay chart, peaking at #3.
In Australia, the single debuted at number three on the Digital Tracks chart, and reached number one in its third week. On April 14, 2008, the song debuted on the ARIA Singles Chart at number three, based on digital downloads alone. On April 28, it rose from number three to top the chart at number one, where it has stayed so far for 3 weeks. It is Madonna's eleventh number one single in Australia and her 42nd Top 10 hit, more than any other artist.
In Latin America, the song scored the highest debut of the year in Brazil, entering the local Top 100 at number 22 and peaking at number one in its fifth week on the Brazilian Dance Club Play chart. In Mexico the song debuted at number five on the Digital Sales Chart, reaching number one on its third week of being available. On the main Latin America Singles & Airplay Chart, "4 Minutes" made its debut at number 21 on the week of April 20, becoming one of the highest debut for an international artist ever. On its third week, the single reached the top five, becoming Madonna's third top five hit on this chart, after the 2005/2006 smash hits "Hung Up" and "Sorry".
"4 Minutes" also sold the most one-week digital sales in Canada, moving her to number one on the Canadian Hot Digital Songs chart. In Spain, the single was certified gold for more than 10,000 downloads.
On the United World Chart, it has currently gained 2,504,000 points. It became Madonna's thirteenth number one single, and her ninth number one single in under eight years. It has currently peaked at number one for three weeks. Madonna holds the record for the artist with the most number one hits worldwide.
Music video
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 (NTSC). 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 a removing a piece of clothing as the black background follows them both, the people living in the house seem oblivious to the black background as it removes their skin and part of their flesh. Madonna and Timberlake then jump out the window and end up in car junk yard where they begin to dance and evade the black shapes at the same time. 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. 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 eat away at their skin and flesh.
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.
- Directors: Jonas & François
- Producer: Greg Panteix
- Director of Photography: Dan Landin
- Editor: Danny Tull
- Production Company: Soixan7e Quin5e
Track listings and formats
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Official versions
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. Such a release schedule almost guaranteed the song a number one placing, as fans who bought every format could end up having purchased the song 12 times. [25]
Original versions
- Album Version – 4:04
- Radio Edit – 3:10
Official remixes
- Bob Sinclar Space Funk Remix – 5:39
- Bob Sinclar Space Funk Edit – 3:23
- Junkie XL Remix – 6:16
- Junkie XL Remix Edit – 4:39
- Junkie XL Dirty Dub – 4:52
- Junkie XL Dirty Dub Edit – 4:05
- Peter Saves London Remix - 9:00
- Peter Saves Paris Remix – 8:37
- Peter Saves Paris Edit – 4:49
- Peter Saves New York Remix - 10:52 [26]
- Peter Saves New York Edit - 5:00
- Rebirth Remix – 7:57
- Rebirth Mix Edit – 3:42
- Timbaland's Mobile Underground Remix – 3:22
- Tracy Young House Mix – 7:55
- Tracy Young Mixshow – 6:19
- Tracy Young House Radio – 3:33
- Tracy Young House Dub – 7:55
Release history
| Region | Date | Format |
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| Germany | April 11, 2008 | CD |
| France | April 14, 2008 | CD |
| Australia | March 17, 2008 | Digital download |
| April 18, 2008 | Remixes Digital download | |
| April 19, 2008 | CD | |
| United Kingdom | March 17, 2008 | Digital download |
| April 21, 2008 | CD | |
| May 5, 2008 | 12" Picture Disc | |
| Worldwide | March 18, 2008 | Digital download |
| United States | March 25, 2008 | Digital download |
| April 15, 2008 | Remixes Digital download | |
| April 29, 2008 | CD single |
Charts
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| Preceded by "Chasing Pavements" by Adele | Norwegian VG-lista Singles Chart number-one single March 25, 2008 - April 8, 2008 | Succeeded by "Mercy" by Duffy |
| Preceded by "Bleeding Love" by Leona Lewis | Canadian Hot 100 number-one single April 12, 2008 | Succeeded by present |
| 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 "Nie Kłam, że Kochasz Mnie" by Ewelina Flinta & Łukasz Zagrobelny | Polish National Top 50 number-one single April 19, 2008 | Succeeded by incumbent |
| Preceded by "American Boy" by Estelle featuring Kanye West | UK Singles Chart number-one single April 20, 2008 | Succeeded by incumbent |
| Preceded by "Bleeding Love" by Leona Lewis | United World Chart number-one single April 26, 2008 | Succeeded by incumbent |
| Preceded by "Mercy" by Duffy | German Singles Chart number-one single April 25, 2008 | Succeeded by incumbent |
| Eurochart Hot 100 number-one single May 3, 2008 | Succeeded by incumbent | |
| Preceded by "Round and Round" by Mischa Daniels | Hot100Brasil number-one Dance singles number one April 26, 2008 | Succeeded by incumbent |
| Preceded by "Touch My Body" by Mariah Carey | Hot100Brasil number-one singles May 4, 2008 | Succeeded by incumbent |
| Preceded by "Low" by Flo Rida featuring T-Pain | Australian ARIA Singles Chart number-one single April 28, 2008 | Succeeded by incumbent |
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