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Žanr: Filmska muzika, Pop
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Soundtrack album by Madonna / various artists
Released July 21, 1987
Recorded 1987
Genre
Dance-poppop
Length 39:48
Label
SireWarner Bros.
Producer
MadonnaPatrick LeonardStephen BrayJay KingGreen GartsideDenzil FosterThomas McElroyDavid AgentStock Aitken WatermanDavid GamsonJohn PotokerHubert Eaves III
Madonna chronology
True Blue
(1986) Who`s That Girl:
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
(1987) You Can Dance
(1987)

Who`s That Girl is the first soundtrack album by American singer and songwriter Madonna. It was released on July 21, 1987, by Sire Records to promote the film of the same name. It also contains songs by her label mates Scritti Politti, Duncan Faure, Club Nouveau, Coati Mundi and Michael Davidson. The soundtrack is credited as a Madonna album, despite her only performing four of the nine tracks on the album. After the commercial success of the film Desperately Seeking Susan (1985), in which she co-starred, Madonna wanted to act in another comedy film titled Slammer, about a woman named Nikki Finn who was falsely accused of homicide. However, due to the critical and commercial failure of her adventure film Shanghai Surprise (1986), Warner Bros. was initially reluctant to greenlight the project but later agreed.

Madonna began working on the soundtrack in December 1986, and contacted Patrick Leonard and Stephen Bray, who had worked as producers on her third studio album True Blue (1986). She felt that an uptempo song and a downtempo song were needed for the album. Leonard composed the music for the uptempo song, with Madonna providing the melody and lyrics. The singer named the track `Who`s That Girl` and, believing this to be a better title than Slammer, changed the name of the film to the same. Together, Madonna and Leonard also developed the downtempo ballad `The Look of Love`. Two more songs were composed for the film with Bray, the first being the dance track `Causing a Commotion`, and the other being `Can`t Stop`, a track inspired by Sixties Motown and the group Martha and the Vandellas.

After its release, the Who`s That Girl soundtrack received a mostly negative response from critics. Some reviews described the album as plain and incomplete, although the title track and `The Look of Love` were praised as its highlights. The soundtrack was a commercial success, reaching the top ten of the album charts of the United States, Austria, Canada, France, New Zealand, Sweden, and the United Kingdom, while topping the charts of Argentina, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, and the European Album chart. The album went on to sell 6 million copies worldwide.

Three of the Madonna tracks were released as singles. The title track became her sixth number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100, making her the first artist to accumulate six number one singles in the 1980s and the first female performer to get that many number ones as a solo act. `Causing a Commotion` was released as the second single and reached number two on the Hot 100. `The Look of Love` was a European market only release, reaching the top ten in the United Kingdom. Another track, `Turn It Up,` was a promotional release in the United States, reaching number 15 on the dance charts. Who`s That Girl received a further promotion from the successful Who`s That Girl World Tour.

Background
The 1985 comedy film Desperately Seeking Susan, in which Madonna co-starred, was a commercial success, prompting her to take further interest in acting.[1] For her next screen project, she picked another comedy film initially titled Slammer, but later named Who`s That Girl.[2] Madonna played the character of Nikki Finn, a young woman accused of homicide who insisted that she was innocent. Released on parole, she was determined to clear her name. Along with a character named Loudon Trott (played by Griffin Dunne), she gets caught up in 36 hours of high adventure, culminating in a scene where Nikki interrupts a wedding to reveal the identity of the real murderer.[1] Regarding the character Nikki, Madonna commented,

`I had a lot in common with Nikki. She`s courageous and sweet and funny and misjudged. But she clears her name in the end, and that`s always good to do. I`m continuously doing that with the public. I liked Nikki`s tough side and her sweet side. The toughness is only a mask for the vulnerability she feels.`[1]

However, in the light of the bad publicity surrounding Madonna and her then-husband Sean Penn, coupled with the fact that their comedy film Shanghai Surprise had failed commercially, she had to fight hard to persuade Warner Bros. to greenlight the project.[2] She also wanted her close friend James Foley to direct the film, proclaiming him to be a `genius`. Foley had previously directed the music videos of her songs `Live to Tell`, `Papa Don`t Preach` and `True Blue`.[2]

Development
`I had some very specific ideas in mind, music that would stand on its own as well as support and enhance what was happening on screen, and the only way to make that a reality was to have a hand in writing the tunes myself... [The] songs aren`t necessarily about Nikki or written to be sung by someone like her, but there`s a spirit to this music that captures both what the film and the character are about, I think.`

—Madonna talking about the music of the film.[3]

Having some specific ideas in her mind about the music of the film, Madonna contacted Patrick Leonard and Stephen Bray, who had helped to write and produce her third studio album True Blue in 1986.[3] Madonna explained to them that she needed an uptempo song and a downtempo song.[3] Madonna came to the recording studio one Thursday, and Leonard handed her a cassette of a recording of the chorus, which he had just finished working on. Madonna went to the backroom and completed the melody and the lyrics of the song, while Leonard worked on the other parts of it.[3] After finishing the lyrics, Madonna decided to name the song `Who`s That Girl`, and changed the title of Slammer to the same, considering it to be a better name. In Fred Bronson`s book The Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, Leonard explained that the song was recorded in one day with Madonna recording her vocals only once. Additional guitar and percussion tracks were added later.[3]

The downtempo song was developed on the following day, with Madonna writing the lyrics and Leonard composing the melody.[3] Named `The Look of Love`, the song contains the line `Nowhere to run, no place to hide. From the look of love, from the eyes of pride`.[4] Madonna was inspired by the look that actor James Stewart gave actress Grace Kelly in the 1954 film Rear Window. Madonna said: `I can`t describe it, but that is the way I want someone to look at me when he loves me. It`s the purest look of love and adoration. Like surrender. It`s devastating.`[4] After `The Look of Love`, Madonna went on to develop two further songs with Bray as the producer. The first was called `Causing a Commotion`, and was inspired by Penn and the couple`s often tumultuous relationship. Madonna felt that her marriage to Penn was on the verge of breaking up, due to Penn`s abusive and violent nature.[5] In a Rolling Stone article dated September 10, 1987, Madonna spoke about Penn`s impact on her life and the song: `I don`t like violence. I never condone hitting anyone, and I never thought that any violence should have taken place. But on the other hand, I understood Sean`s anger, and believe me, I have wanted to hit him many times. I never would you know, because I realize that it would just make things worse. [...] I felt like he was `Causing a Commotion` to purposefully distract me. I wrote this song and vented my frustration in it.`[6]

Track listing
Who`s That Girl track listing
No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length
1. `Who`s That Girl` (performed by Madonna)
MadonnaPatrick Leonard
MadonnaLeonard
3:58
2. `Causing a Commotion` (performed by Madonna)
MadonnaStephen Bray
MadonnaBray
4:20
3. `The Look of Love` (performed by Madonna)
MadonnaLeonard
MadonnaLeonard
4:03
4. `24 Hours` (performed by Duncan Faure)
Mary KesslerJoey Wilson
Bray 3:38
5. `Step by Step` (performed by Club Nouveau)
Jay KingDenzil FosterThomas McElroyDavid Agent
KingFosterMcElroyAgent
4:43
6. `Turn It Up` (performed by Michael Davidson)
DavidsonFrederic Mercier
Stock, Aitken & Waterman 3:56
7. `Best Thing Ever` (performed by Scritti Politti)
Green GartsideDavid Gamson
GartsideGamsonJohn `Tokes` Potoker
3:51
8. `Can`t Stop` (performed by Madonna)
MadonnaBray
MadonnaBray
4:45
9. `El Coco Loco (So So Bad)` (performed by Coati Mundi) Coati Mundi Hernandez Hubert Eaves III 6:22
Total length: 39:48
Personnel
Madonna – lyrics, vocals, producer, background vocals
Duncan Faure – vocals
Club Nouveau – vocals
Michael Davidson – vocals
Scritti Politti – vocals
Coati Mundi – vocals
Patrick Leonard – lyricist, producer
Stephen Bray – lyricist, producer
Michael Barbiero – additional production, audio mixing
Steve Thompson – additional production, audio mixing
Shep Pettibone – additional production, audio mixing
Junior Vasquez – mixing engineer, audio editing
David Agent – producer, mixing
Hubert Eaves III – producer, guitars
Denzil Foster – lyricist
David Gamson – sound trigger
Green Gartside – vocals, lyricist
Jay King – guitars
Stock, Aitken & Waterman – lyrics, producer, background vocals
Greg Ladanyi – inlay design, cover art, assistant engineer
Michael Vail Blum – engineer