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| Artist: Madonna
Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Category: Music
List Price: $7.49
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Avg. Customer Rating:  20 reviews
Sales Rank: 5052
Format: Single
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 463036
UPC: 093624987123
EAN: 0093624987123
ASIN: B00171NTU4
Release Date: April 29, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | 4 Minutes [Bob Sinclar Space Funk Remix] | | • | 4 Minutes [Junkie XL Remix] | | • | 4 Minutes [Tracy Young House Mix] | | • | 4 Minutes [Peter Saves Paris Mix] | | • | 4 Minutes [Rebirth Remix] | | • | 4 Minutes [Junkie XL Dirty Dub] |
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Album Description
Seven track CD pressing of the first single from the Pop superstar's 2008 album Hard Candy. '4 Minutes' is a collaboration between the Dance diva and former boyband member and current solo star Justin Timberlake. Rock And Roll Hall Of Famer Madonna, a multi-Grammy-award-winning singer, songwriter, producer, cultural icon, world renowned stage performer, video visionary, children's book author, director and documentary film maker has sold 200 million albums in the course of her unprecedented two decade plus career. But I think you already knew that. Features seven versions of '4 Minutes': Bob Sinclar Space Funk, Peter Saves Paris Remix, Junkie XL Dirty Dub, Tracy Young House Mix, Album Version, Rebirth Remix and Junkie XL Remix. Warner.
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'4 Minutes' Remixes for the Club April 30, 2008
13 out of 14 found this review helpful
'4 Minutes' poses the same problem that many songs from "Confessions on a Dance Floor" did; how do you remix a song that sounds rather mixed already? The mixes included in this release are fun though my only complaint is that in one setting they sound rather similar. There wasn't an attempt to vary the sound of the song and make it into a rock song, or say, a pure pop song. All of these mixes are pretty much club-orientated, which is cool, but this maxi single does lack in variety.
That being said, there are some good mixes that make this release worth buying. The "Junkie XL" and "Junkie XL Dirty Dub" are both the best cuts from the album. For once, the dub isn't boring and a throw-away track but turned into something worth listening to. The "Bob Sinclair Space Funk Mix" keeps with the trumpets/synths/zipper-sounds to give the song a more airy sound and removes the trumpets and drums from the original mix. The "Rebirth Mix" is different in that it has a chill-out sound to it, smoothing out the vocals and scaling back on the instruments to play more with the vocals. The "Peter Saves Paris" mix is good in that it features Madonna more so than Justin Timberlake, unlike in the original mix of the song. It's one I actually heard in a club and it is very danceable, fun, pure dance club with a big sound and heavy synths and beats. The Tracy Young mixes are okay but don't stand out that much when compared to the other mixes.
In all, fun, nice, very dance and club orientated. My only hang-up is that the remixes sort of blend and clash with one another and I wish there had been more variety to perhaps see what '4 Minutes' could have sounded like with a different consideration or beat, such as making it into a rock song or pure pop, something done with other Madonna songs on previous Maxi singles. But, with that, definitely worth buying for your collection and to add to your music library. If you enjoyed the "Hung Up" maxi single of 2005, you'll probably like this one as it sounds like a continuation of the song with similar lyrics and the clicking clock sounds running throughout. Check it out.
 4 Minutes to Pass Time May 1, 2008
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Madonna's fascination with time...tick tock, waiting and hesitating (words that frequently appear in her lyrics). New single featureing Justin Timberlake is a slice of urgent urban pop with Timberland's signature big horns and beatbox and Timberlake's Michael-Jacksonish falsetto singing "We've got only 4 Minutes to save the World." The album version is addictive, all that tick-tocking.
On this maxi, Madonna uses several remixers including old-timer Tracy Young who already sounds uninspired and tiresome. Junkie XL does a decent job here with the remix which starts off with loud dance beats that eventually simmers to a slower groove about 2 minutes 40 seconds into the mix where Madonna starts singing verses over and over. The other worthy remix is the Rebirth Mix which when played in a club, is a sizzling anthem. Peter Saves Paris Mix is just a long regular remix which is nowhere as good as his promotional New York Mix. Bob Sinclair's remix is well, despite its title, hardly futuristic. It sounds more retro and dated. Even the Verizon exclusive remix of 4 Minutes by Timbaland himself sounds better than most of these mixes.
The problem with Madonna remixes now is that they are rather forgettable as Warner opts for safe remixers rather than cutting edge ones. (B-)
the best remix is not here, look for the edited version from other sources May 20, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
i can say the BEST REMIX is "Timbaland's Mobile Underground Remix" which only can be downloaded from Verizon website to their customer's cellphone and this really pissed me off. But it is available from some website like Youtube and you need to try hard to find it out yourself. Ironically, how can they forget the real contributor to this song, and i was so surprised when i found out there is no remix by Timbaland in this Maxi.
While the rest of the remixes which i think are doing much more better is also not included in this maxi single, such as "Tracy Young House Edit" and "Rebirth Remix Edit" which can be found from her Limited edition Candy Box set release, while "Peter saves New York Edit" & "Junkie XL Remix edit" can be downloaded from iTunes Candy Box Deluxe Version. "Peter saves Paris Edit" & "Bob Sinclar Space Funk Edit" are just doing okay....which also can be found from iTunes.
Just forget about the long version from this maxi, the edited version is much much more better than these, trust me. All the edited version also can be found in Amazon MP3 download.
My personal favorite from this maxi are "Tracy Young House Mix" and "Rebirth Remix". The worst for me is the dub version, and i prefer the "saves New york" and "saves London" version than the "saves Paris" version in this maxi.
Good Remixes Salvage a Mediocre Track May 2, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I'm not a huge fan of the album version of this song. Thankfully, we have some talented remixers that make this song quite a bit more appealing by stripping out a lot of Timbaland's original production. The mixes are all quite different from each other too, ranging from moody and deep to classic club wreckers. Recommended.
Madonna needs some new Spicer remixes May 3, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Madonna's remixes lately have been very dull to say the lest,the remixes that where made commerically available for her last few cd-singles was very boring and annoying,typical "floor killers"
"hollywood" and "get together" are more recent ones that come to mind.....but there is hope in this group of floor movers....the best are "peter saves paris mix"
and "the bobsinclar space funk mix",....with a retro techno touch
but all in all great if your a die hard fan but not good for the casual listener..... i'll also recommend getting your hands on "Ashlee simpsons"
"Promo mixes" for "outta of my head"...their awesome party starters,quite wicked
dare i say it.....their actually better than madonna's "4 minutes remixes"
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