MADONNA - MATERIAL GIRL
Some Boys Kiss Me, Some Boys Hug Me
I Think They're O.K
If They Don't Give Me Proper Credit
I Just Walk Away
They Can Beg And They Can Plead
But They Can't See The Light (That's Right)
'Cause The Boy With The Cold Hard Cash
Is Always Mister Right
'Cause We Are Living In A Material World
And I Am A Material Girl
You Know That We Are Living In A Material World
And I Am A Material Girl
Some Boys Romance
Some Boys Slow Dance
That's All Right With Me
If They Can't Raise My Interest Then I
Have To Let Them Be
Some Boys Try And Some Boys Lie But
I Don't Let Them Play (No Way)
Only Boys Who Save Their Pennies
Make My Rainy Day
'Cause We Are Living In A Material World
And I Am A Material Girl
You Know That We Are Living In A Material World
And I Am A Material Girl
Living In A Material World
And I Am A Material Girl
You Know That We Are Living In A Material World
And I Am A Material Girl
Living In A Material World (Material)
Living In A Material World
Living In A Material World (Material)
Living In A Material World
Boys May Come And Boys May Go
And That's All Right You See
Experience Has Made Me Rich
And Now They're After Me
'Cause Everybody's Living In A Material World
And I Am A Material Girl
You Know That We Are Living In A Material World
And I Am A Material Girl
Living In A Material World
And I Am A Material Girl
You Know That We Are Living In A Material World
And I Am A Material Girl
A Material, A Material, A Material, A Material World
Living In A Material World (Material)
Living In A Material World
Living In A Material World (Material)
Living In A Material World
SONG FACTS
Writer(s): Peter Brown, Robert Rans
Producer(s): Nile Rodgers
This Was Written By The Songwriters Peter Brown And Robert Rans. The Song Is About A Woman Who Craves The Finer Things In Life And Will Manipulate Men To Get Them. Like A Virgin Was Only Madonna's Second Album, And She Was Still Developing Her Image. Much To Her Dismay, "Material Girl" Became Her Nickname, But Over The Next Few Years She Was Able To Dissociate From The Song And Establish Many New Looks. Later In Her Career, Madonna Wrote And Recorded Many More Substantive And Personal Songs, And Adapted A Lifestyle That Stressed Harmony And Mindfulness Over Materialism And Excess. This Is Apparent In Her 2003 Song "American Life."
The Video Re-Creates A Classic Scene From The Movie Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, With Madonna As The Marilyn Monroe Character. Mtv Played The Video Constantly, Which Associated Madonna Closely With The Song. Fortunately For Her, "Like A Virgin" Was An Even Bigger Hit, And After She Performed That Song On The Mtv Video Music Awards She Became Much More Identified With That One.
The Song And Video Were Widely Misinterpreted As Madonna Playing A Capricious Gold Digger. The Video Concept Was Madonna As An Actress Playing This Role, But As Soon As She's Off Camera, She's A Regular Gal Who Likes The Simple Things - We See Her Drive Off With A Regular Dude In A Crappy Car. The Irony Was Lost On Or Ignored By Journalists Looking For A Storyline Or Moniker For Madonna, So The Name And The Image Stuck.
The Video Shoot For This Song Was Where Madonna First Met Her Future Husband, Sean Penn. The Connection Was Meegan Lee Ochs, Who Was Working On The Shoot And Had Been Penn's Assistant (She's Also The Daughter Of The Late Folk Singer Phil Ochs). Penn Came By The Shoot And Got His First Look At Madonna When She Was In Full Costume.
The Characters On Sesame Street Did A Version Of This Song Called "Cereal Girl."
In 2010, Madonna And Her 13-Year-Old Daughter Lourdes Launched Their "Material Girl" Juniors Clothing Line At Macy's. Many Of The Looks Are Inspired By Madonna's '80s Outfits.