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"Drowned World/Substitute for Love" is a song by American singer Madonna from her seventh studio album ''Ray of Light'' (1998). The song was written by Madonna, William Orbit, Rod McKuen, Anita Kerr and David Collins, while produced by Madonna and Orbit. Musically, the song is a pop ballad, which incorporates fused elements including trip hop, electronica and minor guitar riffs towards the end. The song samples the song "Why I Follow the Tigers" by The San Sebastian Strings. Lyrically, the song describes Madonna's spiritual transformation to seek authentic love over superficial dalliances. The song was released as the album's third single of the album on August 24, 1998, worldwide except in North America. "Drowned World/Substitute for Love" received positive reviews from music critics, who noted its restrained and mature out bring from the album and enjoyed the song as an opener to the album. Commercially, the song had generally modest success, peaking in the top ten in countries including Spain, Japan, Italy and the United Kingdom. Although the song was not released in North America, resulting it not to chart, the B-side single "Sky Fits Heaven" managed to chart at number 41 on the US Hot Dance Club Songs. An accompanying music video was released for the song, featuring Madonna running away from the paparazzi until she arrives at home. The video received controversy due to the scenes that feature Madonna being chased by paparazzi on motor-bikes, a scenario similar to Diana, Princess of Wales's death in 1997. The song was performed in two of Madonna's tours, these being the Drowned World Tour (2001) and the Confessions Tour (2006). ==Background== Before the production of ''Ray of Light'' commenced, Madonna started taking vocals lessons in preparation of her lead role in ''Evita'' (1996). She also gave birth to her daughter, Lourdes, that same year. During that same period of time, she enrolled in Kabbalah and studied Hinduism and yoga. According to the production of ''Ray of Light'', another factor which inspired the record's conception was the vocal lessons Madonna took in preparation for ''Evita''. Madonna felt that there was a "whole piece" of her voice left unused, which she decided to utilize for the album.〔>〕 By May 1997, Madonna had started writing songs for the album. Then not long after, Maverick Records's partner Guy Oseary phoned British electronic musician William Orbit, and suggested that he send some songs to Madonna.〔 "Drowned World/Substitute for Love" was written by Madonna, William Orbit, Rod McKuen, Anita Kerr and David Collins, and produced by Madonna and Orbit. The single was released on August 24, 1998 worldwide except in North America, where the album's second single "Ray of Light" was released with a one-month delay, which made Madonna's record label decide to release the single outside of North America so it was able to close the one-month gap between the next single "The Power of Good-Bye" (1998). The B-side of the song was "Sky Fits Heaven". 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「Drowned World/Substitute for Love」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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