aside from the other singles released from american life, the hollywood remix single puts back madonna to where she's great at: a good song and a fantabulous remix!

the remix single includes the 9:00 minute remix of calderone and quayle, which for me is the best of all the remixes. it just slides smoothly, and though it ticked for nine minutes, you just keep asking for more. all the other remixes are great too. in the absence of good madonna dub versions, one of the tracks could pass as a dub version, with various vocal loops reminiscent of the 80's...

and although madonna's hollywood career remains "unstable" to say the least, the queen of pop never had it so good....

long live the queen!

I really, really like this song- it's summery, happy, and feel-good, which is refreshing on the mostly depressing and bitter "American Life" album. But the lyrics are kind of repetive (OK, VERY repetitive) and it's not up to the usual Madonna standard.
If lesser stars like Britney, Mariah, or Janet released this song, I would of loved it, but Madonna, the #1 female recording artist of all time, is capable of much more.

When American Life (the song, not the album) was released over the airwaves early last year, I remember thinking "What the Hell?" This was the first time I've reacted that way to one of Madonna's songs. In retrospect, that's a good thing. If there is one thing I've discovered about Madonna's music, it's the more criticism it receives, be it from fans or foes, the more I seem to like it. Not for the sake of it, of course, it's coincedence. American life has been accused over and over again of lacking emotion, being boring (oh, a PSB reference, huh), lacking real commitment from the artist, and the list goes on and on. I remember my initial reaction to the album being, "this has so much guitar" and "these lyrics are corny."
WIth that said I love this album. It has (very very slowly)grown on me.
Hollywood, the second, or is it the third (die another day, I suppose, was a release from this album as well) single? I don't know. Anyways, it wasn't one of my favourites. The remixes, however, are fabulous. This album has wonderful mixes, each single! Hollywood is no exception! First of all, I love the cover art, from the photo shoot for W magazine. I love electro music! Jacques du Cont's thin white duck mix is my favourite by far, even before the mix was used with Britney at the VMA's.
I love how Madonna is working with these "electro" (for lack of a better or more concise term) artists like Felix da housecat, Jacques du cont, Mirwais, and Mount Sims.
It's a good single. Madonna's singles are usually a hit. I think they have been since Deeper and Deeper and Erotica. That's when they stopped being mere Extended Dance Mixes. Yuck.
BTW Is there a remix project in the works? The local clubs keep playing Ralphi Rosario's mix of Erotica, but I can't find out where it's coming from. I've been told by others it's Ralphi, anyhow, and several webstites seem to confirm he has messed with the song. Arrrrr I want it!