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Just the other week, 17-year-old "Pretty Brown Eyes" singer Cody Simpson was heading Family Channel's Big Ticket Summer Concert, and Justin Bieber was getting back together with Selena Gomez.
Madonna’s lead single and title track off of her thirteenth album (only her eighth studio album) reached Number One on the U.K. charts fourteen years ago today. It was her tenth Number One single in the U.K. at the time. The music video for “Music” stars British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, in his famous role as the Brit wangsta Ali G. It was written and produced by Madonna and Mirwais Ahmadzaï, and was released as a single from Music by Maverick Records on August 21st, 2000. The song was also included on her compilation albums, 2009’s Celebration and 2001’s GHV2. The cynosure for music video of the hit single “Music” is centered around Madonna’s theory that music brings people together and makes parties fun. FDRMX decided to revisit Madonna’s music video for “Music” - read on for a review below. …show more content…

Specifically, it is Madonna and her friends partying in the back of a limo chauffeured by Sacha Baron Cohen as Ali G. The opening skit starts with Madonna saying, “Hey mister DJ, put a record on - I wanna dance with my baby,” in a seductively androgynous voice. Madonna herself taps on the limo window with her blinged-out rings. Ali G rolls down the window, makes a snide comment about her sex appeal, and then complies to her request and puts Madonna’s record on. For the most part, Madonna manipulates her vocals to match the 80’s-style programmed electro

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