Justify My Love
| Justify My Love | |
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| Madonna | |
| publication | November 6, 1990 |
| length | 4:58 |
| Genre (s) | pop |
| Author (s) | Lenny Kravitz , Ingrid Chavez , Madonna |
| album | The Immaculate Collection |
Justify My Love is a pop song by Madonna . The song was released as a single from their compilation album The Immaculate Collection in November 1990 .
history
Justify My Love was written by Lenny Kravitz , Ingrid Chavez and Madonna. Kravitz wrote the song based on a poem by Chavez, as the protégé of Prince was. The song is based on a programmed drum groove sample from Public Enemys Security of the First World . Chavez was initially not named as a co-author and sued Kravitz in 1992.
The song sparked controversy after its release due to its lyrics and music video, which takes up topics such as BDSM , voyeurism, and bisexuality . So it was felt by MTV as going too far and not played. Just a month earlier, Madonna, who had benefited from MTV in her career so far, appeared in an MTV commercial with no top and only wrapped in the US flag.
success
Justify My Love reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 , number 3 in Switzerland and number 9 in Austria. In Germany the song reached number 10 in the charts.