American Life - Singles

Singles

"Die Another Day", was the released as a single from the original score of the same name for the twentieth James Bond film. It later was added to the album. The song peaked at number eight in the United States; and number three in the United Kingdom. The production costs for the music video were over $6,000,000, making it the second most expensive music video ever made, after "Scream" by Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson. "American Life" was released as the lead single from the album on April 8, 2003 in the United States and on April 14, 2003 in Europe. There are two music videos. The first develops in a fashion runway, where the topic is war. At the end of the music video, is shown the then-President of the United States, George W. Bush. The anti-war content of its music video was interpreted as being unpatriotic, making Madonna withdraw its release for American music channels. She issued a statement saying she did so because she believed it was not appropriate to air it at that time, and that she did not want to risk offending anyone who could misinterpret its meaning. Later, was filmed a second video, which shows Madonna using military clothing and singing in front of the various flags of the world. The song debuted at number ninety on the Billboard Hot 100; and peaked at number thirty-seven on the chart; becoming Madonna's 45th Top 40 hit in the chart. The song also peaked at number two in the UK; seven in Austria and Australia; and ten in Germany and France.

The second single, "Hollywood", launched on July 3, 2003 in Europe and July 8, 2003 in the U.S., failed to chart in the Hot 100, becoming Madonna's first single in twenty years not to do so, since her song "Burning Up". The song was a top-five hit in Canada, Italy and the United Kingdom. "Nothing Fails", was released in Europe on November 21, 2003 as third single. It was a minor chart success, but did not match the success of previous singles from American Life in the Continent, charting outside the top twenty in some countries. Also, it peaked in the top-ten in Canada, Ireland and Spain. In late 2003, "Nothing Fails" was remixed as "Nothing Fails (Nevins Mix)" for Madonna's remix EP Remixed & Revisited. The remix peaked at number seven in Italy. "Love Profusion", was the fourth and the final single from the album, released on December 8, 2003. It peaked in the top-ten only in Greece, Italy and Canada, her fifth top ten Canadian hit from the album and thirteenth top ten in-a-row. Also, it debuted and peaked at eleven on UK Singles Chart; becoming Madonna sixth single, of eight, in lost the top-ten on the chart, after One More Chance on 1996. The promotional releases, "Nobody Knows Me" and "Mother and Father", became very successful in American clubs, peaking at number four and number nine, respectively on the US Hot Dance Club Songs chart. American Life became the first album to achieve seven top-ten songs on this chart.