MADONNA - RAY OF LIGHT
Zephyr In The Sky At Night I Wonder
Do My Tears Of Mourning Sink Beneath The Sun
She's Got Herself A Universe Gone Quickly
For The Call Of Thunder, Threatens Everyone
And I Feel Like I Just Got Home And I Feel
And I Feel Like I Just Got Home And I Feel
Faster Than The Speeding Light She's Flying
Trying To Remember Where It All Began
She's Got Herself A Little Piece Of Heaven
Waiting For The Time When Earth Shall Be As One
And I Feel Like I Just Got Home And I Feel
And I Feel Like I Just Got Home And I Feel
Quicker Than A Ray Of Light
Quicker Than A Ray Of Light
Quicker Than A Ray Of Light
Zephyr In The Sky At Night I Wonder
Do My Tears Of Mourning Sink Beneath The Sun
She's Got Herself A Universe Gone Quickly
For The Call Of Thunder, Threatens Everyone
And I Feel!
Quicker Than A Ray Of Light Then Gone For
Someone Else Shall Be There
Through The Endless Years...
She's Got Herself A Universe
She's Got Herself A Universe
She's Got Herself A Universe
And I Feel
And I Feel Like I Just Got Home
And I Feel
Quicker Than A Ray Of Light She's Flying
Quicker Than A Ray Of Light I'm Flying
SONG FACTS
Writer(s): Madonna, William Orbit, Clive Maldoon, Dave Curtiss, Christine Leach
Producer(s): Madonna, William Orbit
This Groundbreaking, High-Energy Techno Song Is Based On The Track "Sepheryn," Which Was Written By Curtiss Muldoon And Dave Curtis. The British Producer, Dance Remixer And Musician William Orbit Re-Recorded The Song With Vocalist Christine Leach Before He Started Working With Madonna. When Madonna Recorded The Ray Of Light Album With William Orbit At The Helm, They Decided To Alter The Song's Melody And Instrumentation But Retain Ray Of Light's Lyrics With Only A Few Changes. The Original Track "Sepheryn" Can Be Heard On Curtiss Muldoon's Album, Which Was Released In October 2000: Sepheryn: Ray Of Light.
The Lyrics Reflect Madonna's Interest In Spirituality And Her Faith In The Teachings Of Kabbalah. The Singer Explained That The 1996 Birth Of Her Daughter, Lourdes, Prompted Her To "Search For Answers To Questions I'd Never Asked Myself Before," Leading Her To The Religion.
This Single Entered The Billboard Hot 100 At #5, Which Was At The Time The Highest New Entry For A Madonna Song.
The Video Is A Day In A Life Filmed In Four Minutes. It Was Filmed In Sweden, New York And Las Vegas Using Time-Lapse Photography. The Shoot Took 14 Days. Madonna Had The Idea For Doing The Closing Nightclub Scene. It Won The 1998 Grammy For Best Music Video Short Form And The Mtv Video Music Award For Video Of The Year.
The Ray Of Light Album Won The 1998 Grammy For Best Pop Album And 1998 Mtv Europe Music Award For Best Album.
Microsoft Used This In A 2001 Advertising Campaign To Promote Its Windows Xp Operating System.
This Song Originally Clocked In At Well Over Ten Minutes. "It Was Completely Indulgent, But I Loved It. It Was Heartbreaking To Cut It Down To A Manageable Length (5:21)," Madonna Told Billboard.
In 1996, Before Recording The Ray Of Light Album, Madonna Portrayed Former First Lady Of Argentina Eva Peron In The Musical Film Evita. In Response To A Journalist Calling Her Voice On The Ray Of Light Album "Almost Operatic," The Singer Credited Her Evita Vocal Coach For Opening Up Her Voice In A Whole New Way. "Before, I Just Believe I Had A Really Limited Range And Was Going To Make The Most Of It," She Explained To Q Magazine.