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"Like a Virgin/Hollywood Medley" is a live medley performed by Madonna, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera and Missy Elliott. It's a medley of the songs "Like a Virgin" and "Hollywood" originally by Madonna. It was later released on Madonna's remix album Remixed and Revisited.
VMA performance[]
On August 28, 2003, Madonna opened the MTV Video Music Awards performing a medley of "Like a Virgin" and "Hollywood" with Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, and Missy Elliott. Spears appeared on stage atop of a giant wedding cake, wearing a wedding gown and veil; she sang the first few lines of "Like a Virgin" before Aguilera appeared from behind the cake and joined her. Madonna then emerged from the cake wearing a black coat and hat and started singing "Hollywood" before proceeding to kiss Spears and Aguilera on the lips. Missy Elliott came out from a wedding chapel to sing her song "Work It" halfway through the performance. The whole performance was a tribute to Madonna and an homage to her performance of "Like a Virgin" at the awards' inaugural show in 1984.
Reaction[]
The kiss generated strong reaction from the media and the celebrities alike. Nekesa Mumbi Moody from Associated Press deduced "Twenty years after the first MTV Video Music Awards, and not much has changed — Madonna still makes jaws drop and cheeks blush." Brian Hiatt from Entertainment Weekly felt that "The close-up of [Madonna] locking lips with the 21-year-old Spears was an indelible MTV moment — sexy, vaguely transgressive, and as meaningless as it was entertaining." Elysa Gardner from USA Today explained that the performance "offered a poignant reminder of MTV's role in defining a youth culture that has become something of a tease — winking at convention without offering any fresh alternatives." When asked about it, Madonna revealed, "I am kissing [Britney] and passing my energy on to her. Like kind of a mythological fairytale."
The performance was listed by Blender magazine as one of the twenty-five sexiest music moments on television history. MTV listed the performance as the number-one opening moment in the history of the MTV Video Music Awards.
Lyrics[]
[Britney Spears]
I made it through the wilderness
Somehow I made it through
Didn't know how lost I was until I found you
I was beat, incomplete, I'd been had
I was sad and blue, but you made me feel
Yeah, you made me feel shiny and new, oh
[Christina Aguilera, Britney & Christina]
Like a virgin (Ooh)
Touched for the very first time (Oh)
Like a virgin, ha!
When your heart beats next to mine
Oh, oh, yeah
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh, whoa-oh
[Madonna]
Everybody comes to Hollywood
They wanna make it in the neighborhood
They like the smell of it in Hollywood
How could it hurt you when it looks so good?
Everybody comes to Hollywood
They wanna make it in the neighborhood
They like the smell of it in Hollywood
How could it hurt you when it looks so good?
[Madonna]
(Everybody, everybody, everybody, everybody)
(Everybody, everybody, everybody, everybody)
(Everybody, everybody, everybody, everybody)
(Everybody, everybody, everybody, everybody)
[Madonna, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera]
Shine your light now
This time it's got to be good
You get it right now, yeah
'Cause you're in Hollywood, you're in Hollywood
[Madonna]
Everybody comes to Hollywood
They wanna make it in the neighborhood
They like the smell of it in Hollywood
How could it hurt you when it looks so good?
Everybody comes to Hollywood
[Missy Elliott, Madonna, Britney, Christina, Madonna]
Yo, yo, yo, who that be?
(Missy Elliott, M-I-C)
I works it and I works it
Can I flip my thing and reverse it?
Come on, go, go head, go, go head
I works it and I works it
Can I flip my thing and reverse it?
Come on, go, go head, go, go head
Party people, we'll show you how to work that
Where you at, Madonna?
Trip the station, change the channel
[Madonna]
(Everybody, everybody, everybody, everybody)
(Everybody, everybody, everybody, everybody)
(Everybody, everybody, everybody, everybody)
(Everybody, everybody, everybody, everybody)
[Madonna, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera]
Hollywood, Hollywood
How could it hurt you when it looks so good?
Hollywood, Hollywood
How could it hurt you when it looks so good?
Hollywood, Hollywood
How could it hurt you when it looks so good
Hollywood, Hollywood
How could it hurt you when it looks so good
[Madonna, Britney, Christina, Missy]
Music stations always play the same songs
We're bored with the concepts of right and wrong
(Trip the station, change the channel)