MADONNA FRIDAY: LOVE PROFUSION

A rarity to the casual Madonna fan, I of course know every word to the excellent single from her HIGHLY underrated American Life album, Love Profusion. Released as the fourth single on March 16, 2004, (December 8, 2003 overseas) Love Profusion was at the tail end of a backlash, mostly in America, against Madonna's American Life album. People had perceived the record to be too political, but in reality, if they had listened, they would see it was really about her life and relationships, and this is no exception. Lead by a guitar and a fine vocal performance, the song at any other time in Madge's career would have been a hit, but because of virtually no radio play it flopped in the US. In other countries it performed much better hitting #3 in Canada, #1 in Spain, and #11 in the UK and charting in many other territories as well. It did hit #1 on the US Hot Dance Club Play and #6 in Singles Sales (which shows what people are REALLY listening to, but I won't get into THAT right now). The song was used at the time of it's release in the US as an Estee Lauder ad as well and the US maxi-singles contained a perfume sample. The video was helmed by famed director Luc Besson and can only be described as a light, uplifting, gorgeous video that shows Madonna creating her own world of beauty as she walks away from strife. Watch and listen below and try to tell me this song isn't amazy. Enjoy Love Profusion.