"Bedtime Story" is a song by American singer Madonna from her 1994 album Bedtime Stories. The song was released as a single in April 1995. LeAnn Rimes singing in concert For other senses of this word, see singer (disambiguation). ... Madonna on her Ray of Light album cover Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone (b. ... See also: 1993 in music, other events of 1994, 1995 in music, 1990s in music and the list of years in music // Events January 29 - The Supremes Mary Wilson is injured when her jeep hits a freeway median and flips over just outside of Los Angeles, California. ... Bedtime Stories is a musical album by pop musician Madonna, see: Bedtime Stories. ... April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. ... See also: 1994 in music, other events of 1995, 1996 in music, 1990s in music and the list of years in music // Events January 18 - Jerry Garcia wrecks his rented BMW into a guard rail near Mill Valley, California. ...

"Bedtime Story" was a collaboration of sorts between Madonna and Icelandic popstar Bjork. A fan of Bjork's solo work, Madonna harbored intentions of working with her, although Bjork declined the opportunity of working with the megastar, instinctively feeling such a thing would be wrong. The "Bedtime Stories" album producer, Nellie Hooper (also responsible for co-production of Bjork's solo work) asked Bjork to contribute to the Bedtime Stories sessions, leading to her contribution of a song she especially wrote for Madonna, that would ultimately become the album's title track. Björk Guðmundsdóttir (born November 21, 1965 in Reykjavík, Iceland) is a singer/songwriter with a great expressive range and an interest in many kinds of music including popular, hip-hop, alternative-rock, torch songs, folk, and classical. ... Bedtime Stories is a musical album by pop musician Madonna, see: Bedtime Stories. ...

Even for a Madonna dance record, the song is rather unconventional. A minimal trance backing is used, making the song quite difficult to dance to and the lyrics deal with a journey into the subconscious, not material we would expect from a popstar of Madonna's popularity, though with her penchant for adopting subcultural sounds not entirely unexpected. Though not a mainstream success in the US (it was the first Madonna single to not reach the Top 40), the song was a top ten success in markets such as the UK and Australia, as well as being a hit with dance fans, re-establishing Madonna's connection with the club world.

Issued as the third single from the Bedtime Stories album, the song received full remix treatment. Alongside the single edit of the song, a number of dance remixes were comissioned, including two by Junior Vasquez, rumoured to be Madonna's favourite dance music producer of the time. Continuing with the unexpected, the outstanding video, directed by Mark Romanek, premiered as an MTV special, where Madonna read a bedtime-story inside a club to a select audience of lucky invitees (all dressed in bedtime and clubkid wares). The video was, at the time, rumoured to be the most expensive video ever made (comments suggesting the budget had reached $2 Million. As recently as 2005, the Mark Romanek directed video has been screened in contemporary art galleries, and is now widely considered to be a masterpiece of the medium. Junior Vasquez is a famous New York club DJ and remixer/producer. ... // Name Originates partly from latin meaning martial. ... MTV (abbreviation for Music Television) is a cable television network which was originally devoted to music videos, especially popular rock music. ...

The single was performed live at the 1995 Brit Awards in London, with a famous Lady Godiva inspired look to match. Though the song was not included in her Drowned World Tour, Madonna re-embraced the song in time for her Re-Invention tour, using the song as a filler piece, with a new video, directed by Dago Gonzalez. The Spice Girls perfoming at the Brit Awards, 1997 The Brit Awards are the annual United Kingdom pop music awards founded by the British Phonographic Industry. ... Madonna, Re-invention World Tour 2004 Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone (born August 16, 1958), simply known by the stage name Madonna, is a pop singer considered by many to be the queen of popular music. ...

Though Bjork wrote the song especially for Madonna, she would go on to use some of the lyrics for her B-side Sweet Intuition, which was eventually released, later in 1995.

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