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"Erotica"
Single by Madonna from the album Erotica
B-side	"Erotica" (Instrumental)
Released	October 13, 1992
Format	CD, 7", cassette
Recorded	1992
Genre	Dance
Length	5:17
Label	Maverick, Sire, Warner Bros.
Writer	Madonna Shep Pettibone Anthony Shimkin
Producer	Madonna Shep Pettibone
Certification	Gold (US)
Madonna singles chronology
"This Used to Be My Playground" (1992) "Erotica" (1992) "Deeper and Deeper" (1992)
Erotica track listing
"Erotica" (1) "Fever" (2)
GHV2 track listing
"Deeper and Deeper" (7" edit) (1) "Erotica" (radio edit) (2) "Human Nature" (radio version) (3)

"Erotica" was the first single from Madonna's 1992 album Erotica.

Contents 1 Song information 2 Music video 2.1 Trivia 3 Official versions of the "Erotica" song 4 Official versions of the "Erotic" song 5 Charts 6 External links

"Erotica" debuted at number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100, and instead of zooming to number one as had been expected, it peaked at number three in its second chart week and began to move down the chart the following week, charting for a total of 18 weeks. "Erotica" made the highest debut in the history of the Hot 100 Airplay chart, entering at its peak position of number two (it reached number four on Hot 100 Singles Sales). Despite its relatively short chart tenure compared to some of Madonna's other hits, the single was nevertheless certified Gold by the RIAA.

There are three different versions of this song; the original demo, the album version and the song "Erotic" which was created exclusively for the 1992 book Sex. The latter was created during the "Erotica" album sessions. It was producer Shep Pettibone's idea to use the writing from the book included in the song, the result was more "erotic", borked down and raw than "Erotica." These lyrics can also be heard in the William Orbit remixes on the single. The original demo for the song, still remains unreleased. The lyrics of this version differ from the original, and the introductory section, beginning the lyrics "My name is Dita", is omitted. The chorus is also substantially different. Madonna performed "Erotica" as the opening song on her 1993 tour The Girlie Show.

For Madonna's 2006 Confessions Tour, Madonna and Stuart Price created a remix of Erotica, which used the demo chorus and featured musical excerpts from her very first single, "Everybody". This version mixes a different verse and chorus with the original album version's chorus ("Erotic/Erotic/Put your hands all over my body"). It also features the album version's intro and uses the bridge "Erotica/Romance/Erotica/I'd like to put you in a trance". While listed as "Erotica" in the Confessions Tour program, most fans know the song as "You Thrill Me" after its unique chorus:

You thrill me/Surround me, you fill me/You send me/You put me in a trance

You fill me/Inside me you take me/You thrill me/You put me in a trance

The album version of "Erotica" contains a sample of the 1974 hit single "Jungle Boogie", performed by Kool and the Gang.

The song has been remixed by William Orbit, who would later become Madonna's main collaborator on her 1998 album Ray of Light, and prolific DJs Masters at Work.

In the sleeve notes to I'm Going to Tell You a Secret and the live CD The Confessions Tour it credits an additional composer to have written this song: Antony Shimkin. ASCAP have officially confirmed this.

The music video for "Erotica" is one of Madonna's most infamous videos, directed by fashion photographer Fabien Baron. The American MTV aired it a total of three times (all of these in the "safe harbor") due to its highly charged sexual content, and was eventually Madonna's second video to be banned from airing by that channel. There are two versions of the video - the "standard" version which contains no nudity was released in the United States (it can be viewed on Madonna's official web page); and a more explicit version of the video was released only in Europe and Australia, which contained full-frontal nudity of Madonna and variation in the editing.

The footage of Madonna performing the song in her S&M dominatrix costume was shot at The Kitchen in New York City. The rest of the footage for the video was shot during the New York City photo sessions for her infamous book Sex (many of the photographs in the book are actually stills from this footage) - an hour of this footage was compiled by Madonna and Baron for a film that was made for the party she gave at Industria in New York for the release of Sex, a film that included a soundtrack of French music from the 1920s and 1930s that included songs from such singers as Charles Trenet, Mistinguett, Maurice Chevalier, Edith Piaf, and Josephine Baker. This film was also given by Madonna to her closest friends. It later leaked out to the public and copies of it were sold on eBay for some time. Today this film, known as the Sex Book Video is very hard to find and can go for prices as high as USD $500 - even more than the Sex book itself.

• Director: Fabien Baron
• Producer: Eric Liekefet
• Executive Producer: Bobby Woods
• Director of Photography: Michael Bernard
• Editors: John Murray, Tom Muldoon
• Production Company: Heart Times Coffee Cup Equals Lightning

• This video was ranked #16 on VH1's "100 Greatest videos".

1. Album version
2. Album version - instrumental
3. Album edit
4. Kenlou B-Boy remix +/+++
5. Kenlou B-Boy instrumental+
6. Madonna's in My Jeep mix+
7. Jeep Beats dub+
8. Underground Club mix+
9. Masters at Work dub+
10. Bass Hit dub+
11. House instrumental+
12. Underground Tribal Beats+
13. WO 12" ++
14. WO dub ++

+ Remixed by Masters at Work
++ Remixed by William Orbit and includes additional lyrics used in the "Sex" book version titled "Erotic"
+++ Madonna performs this version of the song on her 1993 Girlie Show Tour.

1. "Sex" Version (5:20)
2. "Sex" Version Edit (4:30)

Chart (1992)	Peak Position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart	4
Ö3 Austria Top 40	15
Canadian Singles Chart	2
Euro 200	1
French Singles Chart	23
German Singles Chart	13
Italian Singles Chart	1
Japan Oricon Singles Chart	2
Norwegian VG-lista	2
Spanish Singles Chart	4
Swedish Singles Chart	3
Swiss Singles Chart	8
UK Singles Chart	3
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	3
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play	1

• Mad-Eyes.net - "Erotica" Single Page

v • d • e Madonna
Studio albums	Madonna (1983) · Like a Virgin (1984) · True Blue (1986) · Like a Prayer (1989) · Erotica (1992) · Bedtime Stories (1994) · Ray of Light (1998) · Music (2000) · American Life (2003) · Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005) · TBA (2008)
Compilations	You Can Dance (1987) · The Immaculate Collection (1990) · Something to Remember (1995) · GHV2 (2001) · Remixed & Revisited (2003)
Other Compilations	You Can Dance - Single Edits of Album Remixes (1987) · Remixed Prayers (1989) · The Royal Box (1991) · The Holiday Collection (1991) · GHV2 Remixed (2001) · Confessions Remixed (2006)
Soundtracks	Vision Quest (aka Crazy For You) (1985) · Who's That Girl (1987) · I'm Breathless - Music from and inspired by the film Dick Tracy (1990) · With Honors (1994) · Evita (1996) Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) · The Next Best Thing (2000) · Die Another Day (2002)
Live Albums & Videos	Live - The Virgin Tour (1985) · Who's That Girl - Live In Japan (1987) · Ciao, Italia! - Live from Italy (1988) · Blond Ambition - Japan Tour 90 (1990) · Live! - Blond Ambition World Tour 90 (1990) Truth or Dare (aka In Bed with Madonna) (1991) · The Girlie Show - Live Down Under (1994) · Drowned World Tour 2001 (2001) · Blond Ambition Tour 1990 (2005) I'm Going to Tell You a Secret (2006) · The Confessions Tour (2007)
Music Video & DVD	Madonna (1984) · It's That Girl (1987) · She's Breathless (1990) · The Immaculate Collection (1990) · Justify My Love (1990) · Ray of Light (1998) · The Video Collection 93:99 (1999) The Madonna Collection (2000) · Music (2000) · The Ultimate Collection (2000) · What It Feels Like for a Girl (2001)
Tours	The Virgin Tour (1985) · Who's That Girl World Tour (1987) · Blond Ambition World Tour (1990) · The Girlie Show (1993) · Drowned World Tour (2001) Re-Invention World Tour (2004) · The Confessions Tour (2006) · TBA (2008)
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