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Bedtime Story

"Bedtime Story" is a song by American

United States

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singer Madonna

Madonna (entertainer)

Madonna is an American recording artist, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan and raised in Rochester Hills, Michigan, Madonna moved to New York City in 1977, for a career in modern dance....
from her 1994 album Bedtime Stories
Bedtime Stories (Madonna album)

Bedtime Stories is the sixth studio album by United States singer-songwriter Madonna , released on October 25, 1994 by Maverick Records. In 1995, it was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Pop Vocal Album category....
. The song was released as a single in April 1995. "Bedtime Story" was the third single off the album.

time Story" was written by Iceland

Iceland

Iceland, officially the Republic of Iceland , is an island country located in the North Atlantic Ocean between mainland Europe and Greenland....
ic singer Björk

Björk

Bj?rk Gu?mundsd?ttir is an Icelandic singer-songwriter, composer, actor and record producer, whose work includes seven solo albums and two film soundtracks....
and produced by Nellee Hooper

Nellee Hooper

Nellee Hooper is a United Kingdom record producer/remixer/composer best-known for his work with Bj?rk, No Doubt/Gwen Stefani, Madonna , Garbage , U2, Sneaker Pimps, Soul II Soul and Massive Attack....
. The lyrics to "Bedtime Story" are Björk's own criticism of Madonna's aesthetic. Though Björk

Björk

Bj?rk Gu?mundsd?ttir is an Icelandic singer-songwriter, composer, actor and record producer, whose work includes seven solo albums and two film soundtracks....
wrote the song for Madonna

Madonna (entertainer)

Army of Me

"Army of Me" is a song by Bj?rk, released in 1995 as the first, and leading, single from her second solo album Post . It is a grinding, industrial music tune, punctuated by numerous samples of explosions and lyrics which encourages the listener to stop complaining and get on with life ? or else....
", which was eventually released, later in 1995.

Issued as the third single from the Bedtime Stories album, the song received full remix

Remix

A remix is an alternative version of a song, different from the original version. A remixer uses Audio mixing to compose an alternate master recording of a song, adding or subtracting elements, or simply changing the equalization, dynamics, Pitch , tempo, playing time, or almost any other aspect of th...
treatment.

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"Bedtime Story" is a song by American

United States

Madonna (entertainer)

Song information

"Bedtime Story" was written by Iceland

Iceland

Iceland, officially the Republic of Iceland , is an island country located in the North Atlantic Ocean between mainland Europe and Greenland....
ic singer Björk

Björk

Bj?rk Gu?mundsd?ttir is an Icelandic singer-songwriter, composer, actor and record producer, whose work includes seven solo albums and two film soundtracks....
and produced by Nellee Hooper

Nellee Hooper

Björk

Bj?rk Gu?mundsd?ttir is an Icelandic singer-songwriter, composer, actor and record producer, whose work includes seven solo albums and two film soundtracks....
wrote the song for Madonna

Madonna (entertainer)

Army of Me

Remix

Junior Vasquez

Junior Vasquez, born Donald Mattern in August 1949 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, is a famous New York City club disc jockey and remixer/Record producer....
The song was a top five success in markets such as the UK and Australia, as well as being a U.S. #1 dance club hit, but on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard Single popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on airplay and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday; while the airplay tracking-week runs from Wednesday to Tuesday....
the song peaked at number forty-two, becoming the first Madonna single since 1983's "Burning Up

Burning Up

"Burning Up" is the second single by United States singer-songwriter Madonna and was released on March 9, 1983 by Sire Records. It appears on her 1983 debut studio album Madonna ....
" not to reach the top-forty. Her previous low was Bad Girl, which peaked at #36 in 1993.

The single was performed live at the 1995 BRIT Awards

Brit Awards

The BRIT Awards, often simply called The BRITs, are the British Phonographic Industry's annual pop music awards. The name was originally a shortened form of British or Britannia, but has subsequently become a "backronym" for British Record Industry Trust....
in London. It was Madonna's first performance at the Brit Awards. It coincided with the newly remixed single release in the UK which peaked at number-four. Though the song was not included in her Drowned World Tour

Drowned World Tour

The Drowned World Tour was the fifth concert tour by United States singer-songwriter Madonna in support of her seventh and eighth studio albums,Ray of Light and Music ....
, Madonna re-worked the Orbital

Orbital (band)

Orbital are an English Electronic music duo from Sevenoaks consisting of brothers Phil Hartnoll and Paul Hartnoll whose career lasted from 1989 until 2004 and have now reformed in 2009....
remix for her Re-Invention Tour, using it as an interlude, with a new video directed by Dago Gonzalez. In this video Madonna appears with long, straight blonde hair, with white stallions running through deserts intertwined with footage of the singer.

A distorted vocal sample from Bedtime Story was added by Nellee Hooper for the remix of 1996 Garbage

Garbage (band)

Garbage is an USA rock music group formed in Madison, Wisconsin, Wisconsin, in 1994. The band consists of Scotland vocalist Shirley Manson and American musicians Duke Erikson, Steve Marker and Butch Vig, and has counted worldwide album sales of over 14 million units....
single, #1 Crush

Number One Crush

"#1 Crush" is a song by Garbage , released internationally on the b-side to their debut release "Vow ", and in the United Kingdom on the b-side to second single "Subhuman "....
, at the beginning of the song.

Music videos

Directed by acclaimed director Mark Romanek

Mark Romanek

Mark Romanek is an award-winning United States music video film director who has also moved into directing theatrical films....
(who also directed the video for "Rain" and would later direct the infamous "Scream

Scream/Childhood

"Scream"/"Childhood" is the debut single from Michael Jackson's HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I album?where "Scream" is track one and "Childhood" is track ten....
" music video for Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson

Michael Joseph Jackson is an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. The seventh child of the Jackson family, he debuted on the professional music scene at the age of 11 as a member of The Jackson 5 and began a solo career in 1971 while still a member of the group....
& Janet Jackson

Janet Jackson

Janet Damita Jo Jackson is an American recording artist and actress. Born in Gary, Indiana and raised in Encino, Los Angeles, California, she is the youngest child of the Jackson family of musicians....
), the video was considered to be one of Madonna's most artistic videos. It was shot at Universal Studios

Universal Studios

Universal Studios , a subsidiary of NBC Universal, is one of the six Worldwide major American film studios. Its production studios are located at 100 Universal City Plaza Drive in Universal City, California....
in Universal City, California

Universal City, California

Universal City is a community in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles County, California, that encompasses the 415 acre property of Universal Studios....
from December 5-10, 1994.

Madonna said in an 1999 interview with Aperture magazine interesting insight into the video: "My Bedtime Story video was completely inspired by all the female surrealist painters like Leonora Carrington
Leonora Carrington

Leonora Carrington is a British-born artist, a Surrealism and a novelist who now lives in Mexico....
and Remedios Varo
Remedios Varo

Remedios Varo Uranga was a Spanish-Mexican, para-surrealist Painting. She was born Mar?a de los Remedios Varo Uranga in Angl?s, Girona, Spain in 1908....
. There's that one shot where my hands are up in the air and stars are spinning around me. And me flying through the hallway with my hair trailing behind me, the birds flying out of my open robe - all of those images are an homage to female surrealist painters; there's a little bit of Frida Kahlo
Frida Kahlo

Frida Kahlo born Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calder?n was a Mexico Painting, who has achieved great international popularity. She painted using vibrant colors in a style that was influenced by indigenous cultures of Mexico as well as by European influences that include realism , Symbolism , and Surrealism....
in there, too."

The video premiered as an MTV

MTV

MTV is an United States cable television network based in Media of New York City. Launched on August 1, 1981, the original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJ ....
special entitled "Madonna's Bedtime Story Pajama Party", in which Madonna read a bedtime story, the David Kirk

David Kirk

David Edward Kirk, Order of the British Empire, , is a former New Zealand rugby union player. He is best known for having been the captain of the All Blacks when they won the inaugural Rugby World Cup in 1987 Rugby World Cup....
children's book "Miss Spider's Tea Party", inside NYC's Webster Hall to a select audience of invitees (all dressed in bedtime and clubkid wares). The video was, at the time, the most expensive video ever made, costing $5 million . As recently as 2005, the video has been screened in contemporary art galleries (including the Museum of Modern Art

Museum of Modern Art

The Museum of Modern Art is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, USA, on 53rd Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues....
, where it is stored in the permanent collection along with another video directed by Romanek for the Nine Inch Nails

Nine Inch Nails

Nine Inch Nails is an American industrial rock music group, founded in 1988 by Trent Reznor in Cleveland, Ohio, Ohio. As its main Producer , singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist, Reznor is the only official member of Nine Inch Nails and remains solely responsible for its direction....
song "Closer

Closer

Closer may refer a noun or the comparative form of the adjective close, it may refer to:* Closer , by Patrick Marber* Closer , adaptation directed by Mike Nichols...
").

The video was later acquired for the New York Museum of Modern Art

Moma

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's film and video collection.

Director: Mark Romanek
Producer: Cean Chaffin
Director of Photography: Harris Savides
Editor: Robert Duffy
Production Company: Satellite Films

Bedtime Story (Re-Invented)

A re-edited version of the "Bedtime Story" (Orbital Mix), originally available on the single release, was used as a video interlude during Madonna's Re-Invention World Tour 2004

The Re-Invention Tour

The Re-invention World Tour was the sixth world concert tour by United States singer-songwriter Madonna , visiting North America and Europe. It included dates in 20 cities, selling out 55 of 56 shows and attracting more than 900,000 fans....
. The video was shot in April 2004 at Culver Studios

Culver Studios

The Culver Studios is a historic Colonial-styled movie studio located at 9336 W. Washington Blvd., in Culver City, California. It was the site of filming for Gone with the Wind , Citizen Kane and other classics from Hollywood?s Golden Age....
in Culver City, California

Culver City, California

Culver City is a city in western Los Angeles County, California. As of the 2000 census, the city had a population of 38,816. The community is mostly surrounded by the city of Los Angeles, but also has a border with unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County....
and contained various images of Madonna using a white costume (very similar to the costume she used in her "Sorry" video) in front of a mirror and lying down on a big scanner with a beautiful white horse running on a white desert. This video has never been commercially released but now can be watched full at PJ Lopez official website: http://www.pjlopez.com

Director: Dago Gonzalez
Producer: Audrey Verduin
Director of Photography: PJ Lopez
Editor: Dago Gonzalez
Production Company: Veneno, Inc.
Veneno

Veneno is a production company based in Los Angeles, CA founded in 2000 by producer/director Dago Gonzalez and specializing in concert video design, music videos, and EPKs....

Track listings and formats

European Cassette Single / European CD Single

"Bedtime Story" (Album Edit) 4:08
"Bedtime Story" (Junior's Single Mix) 4:53

European CD Single/UK CD Single 2

"Bedtime Story" (Album Edit) 4:08
"Bedtime Story" (Junior's Wet Dream Mix) 8:35
"Bedtime Story" (Junior's Dreamy Drum Dub) 9:34
"Bedtime Story" (Orbital Mix) 7:43
"Bedtime Story" (Junior's Sound Factory Mix) 9:18

UK CD Single Storybook (Limited Edition) (CD2 sold separately)

"Bedtime Story" (Junior's Single Mix) 4:53
"Secret" (Allstar Mix) 5:11
"Secret" (Some Bizarre Mix) 9:48
"Secret" (Some Bizarre Single Mix) 4:17

UK 12" Single (Limited Edition) / European 12" Single

"Side 1"

"Bedtime Story" (Junior's Sound Factory Mix) 9:18
"Bedtime Story" (Junior's Sound Factory Dub) 8:19

"Side 2"

"Bedtime Story" (Junior's Wet Dream Mix) 8:35
"Bedtime Story" (Orbital Mix) 7:44

US CD Single / US Cassette Single / US 7" Single

"Bedtime Story" (Album Edit) 4:08
"Survival" (Album Version) 3:33

US CD Maxi Single

"Bedtime Story" (Album Edit) 4:08
"Bedtime Story" (Junior's Wet Dream Mix) 8:35
"Bedtime Story" (Junior's Dreamy Drum Dub) 9:34
"Survival" (Album Version) 3:33
"Bedtime Story" (Orbital Mix) 7:44
"Bedtime Story" (Junior's Sound Factory Mix) 9:18
"Bedtime Story" (Junior's Single Mix) 4:53

"Bedtime Story (Chapter II)" : US 12" Promo Only Single

"Side 1"

"Bedtime Story" (Lush Vocal Mix) 4:44
"Bedtime Story" (Luscious Dub) 7:38

"Side 2"

"Bedtime Story" (Percapella Mix) 6:30
"Bedtime Story" (Unconscious In The Jungle Mix) 6:29

"Bedtime Story - Chapter II" "Catalogue Number: PRO-A-7600" "Produced by Nellee Hooper and Madonna" "Additional Production and Remix by Mark Picchiotti

Mark Picchiotti

Mark Picchiotti is a disc jockey, producer and songwriter based out of Chicago, Illinois, Illinois.Picchiotti has been active in the dance music scene for over 20 years, establishing his reputation as a house music, electronica and pop music DJ at Chicago clubs such as Shelter and Crobar....
and Teri Bristol" "Keyboards by Craig Snider" "Engineered and Mixed by Mark and Teri at HUTCH Studio, Chicago"

Remixes and Alternate Versions

(Album Edit) 4:53
(Radio/GHV2
GHV2

GHV2 is the fourth compilation by United States singer-songwriter Madonna , released on November 12, 2001 by Maverick Records. It is her second greatest hits collection, and the follow-up to the 1990 release, The Immaculate Collection....
Edit) 4:07
(Junior's Wet Dream Mix) 8:33
(Junior's Wet Dream Single Mix) A.K.A. (Junior's Single Mix) 4:53
(Junior's Wet Dream Dub) 7:25
(Junior's Dreamy Drum Dub) 9:32
(Junior's Sound Factory Mix) 9:32
(Junior's Sound Factory Dub) 8:15
(Orbital Mix) 7:41
(Orbital Edit) 4:52
(Lush Vocal Mix) 6:48
(Lush Vocal Radio Edit) 4:43
(Unconscious In The Jungle Mix) 6:30
(Luscious Dub) 7:40
(Percapella) 6:30

Charts

Chart (1995)	Peak position
Australian ARIA ARIA Charts File:ARIA Charts Logo.pngThe ARIA charts are the main Australia record charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling single and albums in various genres in Australia.... Singles Chart	5
Belgian Wallonie Ultratop 40 Ultratop Ultratop is the official Belgium record charts. Due to the two different regions there are two different record charts. In Flanders the most important charts are the Ultratop 50 and the Ultratop 50 albums....	38
Dutch Top 40 Dutch Top 40 The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the pirate radio channel Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it....	46
Federation of the Italian Music Industry Federation of the Italian Music Industry The FIMI is an umbrella organization that keeps track of virtually all aspects of the music recording industry in Italian language.The FIMI homepage as it is currently configured has no English information, but the left-hand menu bar, under "notizie" and then "classifiche" provides sales rankings on all categories of music sold in Italy....	8
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart	38
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard Single popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on airplay and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday; while the airplay tracking-week runs from Wednesday to Tuesday....	42
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay Hot 100 Airplay The Hot 100 Airplay is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. It measures radio airplay, and is one of the three component charts, along with the Hot 100 Singles Sales and the Hot Digital Songs charts, that determine the chart positions of singles on the Billboard Hot 100....	68
U.S. Billboard Hot Singles Sales	27
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Hot Dance Club Play Billboard 's Hot Dance Club Play chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. nightclubs. It is compiled by Billboard exclusively from playlists submitted by nightclub disc jockeys who must apply and meet certain criteria to become "Billboard-reporting DJs."...	1
U.S. ARC Weekly Top 40 ARC Weekly Top 40 The ARC Weekly Top 40 is an United States Top 40 Mainstream music chart. The chart was founded in 1980 and measures popular music songs based on radio airplay and single sales....	17
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company on behalf of the British record industry. The chart week runs from Sunday to Saturday, with the chart being printed in Music Week magazine , ChartsPlus , and published online on various sites ....	4 (97,428)