MADONNA - WHAT IT FEELS LIKE FOR A GIRL
Girls Can Wear Jeans And Cut Their Hair Short
Wear Shirts And Boots 'Cause It's Okay To Be A Boy
But For A Boy To Look Like A Girl Is Degrading
'Cause You Think That Being A Girl Is Degrading
But Secretly You'd Love To Know What It's Like Wouldn't You
What It Feels Like For A Girl
Silky
Smooth Lips As Sweet As Candy
Baby
Tight Blue Jeans
Skin That Shows In Patches
Strong Inside But You Don't Know It
Good Little Girls
They Never Show It
When You Open Up Your Mouth To Speak Could You Be A Little Weak
Do You Know What It Feels Like For A Girl
Do You Know What It Feels Like In This World For A Girl
Hair That Twirls On Finger Tips So Gently
Baby
Hands That Rest On Jutting Hips Repenting
Hurt That's Not Supposed To Show And Tears That Fall When No One Knows
When You're Trying Hard To Be Your Best Could You Be A Little Less
Do You Know What It Feels Like For A Girl
Do You Know What It Feels Like In This World For A Girl
Do You Know What It Feels Like For A Girl
Do You Know What It Feels Like In This World
What It Feels Like For A Girl
Strong Inside But You Don't Know It
Good Little Girls
They Never Show It
When You Open Up Your Mouth To Speak Could You Be A Little Weak
Do You Know What It Feels Like For A Girl
Do You Know What It Feels Like In This World For A Girl
Do You Know What It Feels Like For A Girl
Do You Know What It Feels Like In This World For A Girl
In This World
Do You Know
Do You Know
Do You Know What It Feels Like For A Girl
What It Feels Like In This World
SONG FACTS
Writer(s): Madonna, Guy Sigsworth, David Torn
Producer(s): Madonna, Guy Sigsworth, Mark "Spike" Stent
What Does It Feel Like For A Girl? For Madonna, It Was A Mixture Of Bravado And Vulnerability, With A Touch Of Confusion. When She Wrote It, She Was Pregnant With Her Second Child, Rocco, And Not Yet Married To The Father, Guy Ritchie. Madonna Was Living In America, But Ritchie, A Film Director, Resided In England. Madonna Ultimately Moved To England, But It Was A Tough Decision.
The Song Also Looks At How Accomplished Women Are Viewed In Society. She Explained In Interview Magazine: "Our Generation Certainly Has Been Encouraged To Grab Life By The Balls, Be Super-Independent, Get A Great Education, Follow Our Dreams, Kick Ass, All That Stuff, And I Feel Like I Work Up One Day Holding The Golden Ring And Realized That Smart, Sassy Girls Who Accomplish A Lot And Have Their Own Cash And Are Independent Are Really Frightening To Men. I Felt Like, 'Why Didn't Somebody Tell Me? Why Didn't Somebody Warn Me?' And That's Also What That Song Is About - Swallowing That Bitter Pill. It Was A Combination Of That, And Also Just Feeling Incredibly Vulnerable That Inspired The Song."
The Video Was Directed By Madonna's Husband At The Time, Guy Ritchie, Who Had Previously Directed Music Videos In England. Madonna Claimed The Character She Played Had Been Abused, And It Was An Anti-Violence Message, Even Though It Portrayed Graphic Violence. The Video Was The First Time Ritchie Worked With Madonna. MTV And VH1 Aired The Video Only Once Because Of Its Graphic Violence.
The Voice At The Beginning Of The Song Is The Actress Charlotte Gainsbourg. It Came From A Clip From The 1994 Film The Cement Garden.