Hollywood (Madonna song)
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"Hollywood" is the second single from Madonna's ninth album American Life, released in 2003. The single failed to chart in the U.S., becoming the first Madonna single in twenty years not to do so.
The music video for Hollywood was greatly influenced by the photography of Guy Bourdin, so much so that a lawsuit was brought on against her by Bourdin's son for copyright infringement.
Music video
The video dealt with the often shallow world of Hollywood. The video also features Madonna receiving botox shots, now a symbol for the superficiality of the celebrity set. The video was based around re-creations of the photographs of Guy Bourdin. Bourdin's son didn't consider the video to be homage, but rather stealing, and sued Madonna for using the images by his father without permission. Although Madonna has frequently appropriated the work of other artists in her music videos without legal trouble, in this case she reportedly settled the lawsuit with a $600,000 payout.
"Hollywood" was filmed on June 2-3, 2003 at Universal Studios in Universal City, California and directed by Jean-Baptiste Mondino. In the US, it premiered on June 23 2003 on VH1 (along with a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the video), June 24 on yahoo.com and June 27 on MTV.
Two official remix videos of "Hollywood" were also released: the "Aviddiva Remix" created by Dustin Robertson is the more popular of the two remixes and features unreleased footage from the video shoot. The second remix video entitled the "Paul Oakenfold Edit" was released by Warner Bros. Records as a promo-only and consists mostly of clips from the original video.
- Director: Jean-Baptiste Mondino
- Producer: Lynn Zekanis
- Executive Producers: David Naylor, Sam Aslanian, Missy Galanida
- Director of Photography: Pascal Lebegue
- Editor: Dustin Robertson
- Production Company: DNA Inc.
