Madonna - Act Of Contrition (Audio)

[JhonatandeJesusMov]

Thumps up if you are here for Girl Gone Wild!!!

!!!Manos arriba si estas aquí por Girl Gone Wild!!!

[pablodela41]

Thumb up if you read that Girls Gone Wild will sounds like this

[JoseLittlMonster]

This album is her best work so far, the lyrics are powerful and the production is awesome! I don't believe in god & I'm 15 years old but I love the religious symbolism tbh.

By the waypray for spanish eyes & like a virgin are the best songs on the album, good job M.

I can't understand why didn't win a grammy! tbh, they have made wrong choices a lot of times, anyway, it doesn't need an grammy to prove that is her best work.

[MasterMorty]

WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT'S NOT IN THE COMPUTER?!?!?

[Dreigonix]

One might say, "5 people are not in the computer."

Also, TV Tropes.

[superfroman]

@Dreigonix I came here from "Last Note Nightmare" too.

[Mum2Boys]

WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT'S NOT IN THE COMPUTER

[alexandreorbit]

Fico felicitado em saber que há 2 decádas ela teve essa contrição.

[eliogabalo666]

I HAVE A RESERVATION!!

[magillagorilla1180]

I first heard this about 17 years ago late at night. My computer had crashed and I was trying to fix it. This song playing in the background at the end of the album. It scared the shit out of me when she said that line about the computer. I was half asleep and stressed out and it freaked me out. I was about 14.

[pablodela41]

This song scares me

[imperialsteroid]

the most experimental, punk song that madonna has ever concocted. that stomping beat is killer and the reverse chorus is hypnotic. wish it were longer.

[ColinYohanVEVO]

WHA DO YOU MEAN IT'S NOT IN THE COMPUTER , what does that even mean?

[Superbook4Eva]

@ColinYohanVEVO It's like she's on the phone with a restaurant or a hotel and saying she has a reservation, but they tell her "it's not in the computer," so she gets pissed. She went from "resolve" (which is the word in the original prayer) to "reserve" and from that to "reservation."

BTW, if all Acts of Contrition were like this, I might go to Confession more often. LOL

[Superbook4Eva]

@ColinYohanVEVO Actually - turns out the song is about Madonna standing at the gates of Heaven and demanding to be let in because she has a reservation. But "it's not in the computer." LMAO

[larebe74]

@ColinYohanVEVO it means that ... SHE IS NOT IN THE LIST!!

[dashenell2010]

@larebe74 ...hello!! lol ( at your answer to that dum ?)

[MrPabloMartinI]

The closest pop-rock music can get to art.

[JhonatandeJesusMov]

0% mainstream... Definitivamente ella es la reina... Ojala hubiese vuelto a colaborar con Prince..."Act of Contrition" is a masterpiece

[hidalgo699]

The only pop star with underground vibes in her music. That´s why I respect her

[superfroman]

Television Tropes said about this song "the last four seconds will make you jump out of your seat"

[HellBlazerRaiser]

I love this song!!!

I reserve....

I resolve....

I have a reservation....

I love it!

[blackicebro]

I wish she would work with Prince again, and yes he is playing guitar

[peppesmurf]

It's not a prayer, your voice can't take me there........I've listened this song reversed....

[thewritegift]

Look now I like Lady Gaga i use like loosely however she is not the next anything but the next Lady Gaga the comparisons to Madonna must stop cuz that shit is only loosely based on the familiarity that Gaga is blonde small in stature and sings pop music she would have to come HARDER than that to touch Madonnas legacy #Legendary

[mariposasabrosa]

lol i wonder if it will be in the computer when the time comes o_O jkjk lol

[Rhiabbaco]

Her first highly experimental song. Nothing of mainstream here

[Rhiabbaco]

Madonna's "Like A Prayer" album is so artistic

[newellgirl]

Madonna's revolution No 9

[jbanks979]

Prince on guitar?

[blancman]

it IS in my computer. i just downloaded it, DUH!!!

[zitalee2]

i like this song :)

[crisybelkis]

I love Madonna. But this song is horrible and to satanic

[musicaltheatergeek79]

@RockNRococo she's not reciting the Lord's Prayer backward. The Act of Contrition is an actual Catholic prayer that expresses sorrow for sins. Here's what she's actually saying:

For Thou art the Kingdom and the Power and the Glory forever and ever. Amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with Thee, blessed art Thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of Thy...

[musicaltheatergeek79]

[continued] Oh my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee and I detest all my sins because of Thy just punishment. But most of all because i have offended Thee, oh my God, who art so good and deserving of my love. I firmly resolve with the help of Thy grace... to confess my sins... to do penance... to amend my life... and to avoid the temptations of evil.

[musicaltheatergeek79]

[continued] Oh my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee and I detest all my sins because of Thy just punishment. But most of all, because my God, I have offended Thee who art all good like I knew you would and deserving of all my love. I reserve... I reserve... I reserve... I reserve... I resolve... I have a reservation... I have a reservation! WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT'S NOT IN THE COMPUTER?!

[kaboooooooos]

is she a satanic people ??!!!

[taja4u]

weird and akward inthe reach of god, was it back then her prince paying homage to the dark prince, and i hope they see the beauty and weirdness and one day own up to it,,,,,,,,,LUCY YOU 'VE GOT SOME 'SPLAININ TO DO........Demonic and Angelic Homage to God?

[pablodela41]

This ''song'' was wrote for the people thinks that is almost satanic. You can hear the Like a Prayer choirs in reverse and the Prince guitar solo. And the last phrase ''What it mean is not in the computer'' that can scare you, fantastic. Is the best Madonna's album ever. And dont won many prize for the controversy. But i dont see the controversy I see love to the religion, to Madonna's mother and the hard times that she lives with her father and her ex-husband Sean Penn

[saschadelies]

yeees...prince :)))

[swabi2007]

i reserve!!!

[estea07]

うぉぉぉぉぉぉぉぉぉ！！これがUPされているとは！！！！！な­ければ私がUPしようとしてました←Good Job!! GJ!!!!

[midipig]

The foundation of this song is a sample playback of Like a Prayer. Try play this song backward.

[jaymee1973]

LMFAO..."I HAVE A RESERVATION....WHAT DO U MEAN IT'S NOT IN THE COMPUTER!!!?" This lady has been kicking ass for over 25 years, and may she never stop. I'm officially considering becoming a full blown Madonna fan, shit it took 23 years!

[rsarchie]

Pompous, egotistical crap. Had both of these artists completely run out of material and so then decided to flirt with sacrilege?

[rowland2110]

@rsarchie How is this sacrilege?

[sergiorencio]

@rsarchie I think it's a metaphor.

[flawsandscars]

THIS SONG IS EVERYTHING!! So unique.

[TheOnlyRealJC]

I Have a reservation...!

[gogoutube]

@RockNRococo Yeah, I thought of that too. I'm neither Christian or really religious, but it's very thought provoking! There is a youtube video of this song backwards, and it's the choir from like a prayer. It's like she's inviting you to play it backwards, thus reversing the lord's prayer, which is what Satanists do. Very interesting Madonna!

[uwillbe]

I have never heard Prince play guitar with such anger/rage before or since.

[uwillbe]

Prince does an amazing job on guitar !

[msbutterfly1283]

@uwillbe prince is playing the guitar???

[uwillbe]

@msbutterfly1283 Yes, I've listened to his music for so long, I knew, even though his name was not listed on this track.

[GerdVdB1]

@msbutterfly1283 Yes he is :-)

[TheFinalTestament]

.......... ;)

Every BODY is a sTAAAAAA-AA-AA-AAAAAAAAAArrrrr­rrrr. xo

[ejaseisme]

I swear that there is a version of Act of Contrition that says "what do you mean it's not in the f***ing computer"

Am I crazy? Did I make that up?

[eyzonm3]

@ejaseisme No this is the studio version ... there is an mp3 of her saying "what the fuck do you think you're doing?" when someone tried to download "music" from napster

[littlechook68]

no just wait till the end

[TimNP61278]

who's screaming at the end of the song, "WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT'S NOT IN THE COMPUTER?!?!?!?!"

I'm really curious. At first I was thinking, it must be Weird al Yankovic that's touring with Madonna. But I really need to know. Anyone got any info on that?

[aynosekeponer]

@TimNP61278 madonna by herself

[thegreatrakshanna]

@TimNP61278 It's Madonna screaming at the end.

[Riyadovna]

I wish my sundays at church could sound like this

[dbongo1977]

This song shows how tongue in cheek Madonna is. Standing at the gates of heaven demanding that she has a reservation is a great idea.

[Lorey52]

Was she serious or is this just business as usual.

[jmajesty79]

sounds demonic

[artperez6aolcom]

This HAS to be one of her best, if not THE best Madonna album. Shocking that the recording academy did not recognize this accomplishment. Not surprised. She was and still is ahead of everyone else and they feared her. When I first saw the LIKE A PRAYER video I was 17 and didn't understand the controversy. Now in my late 30s I think "this bitch had some big fucking balls."

[draghynmystress]

@artperez6aolcom I was 14 at the time and I did understand the controversy and I thought the same thing. I always thought of her as someone to admire because she did the unthinkable - just threw things out there wether people were ready for it or not. :)

[JonTMarin1988]

Prince Prince Prince!

[alejandrocobos1]

Te tengo de reserva madonna

[southparkporsche]

Its not a bad song, but its different. In a good way...

[FlowerzInMyAttic]

I LOVE THIS SONG! I like how everything is played in reverse. This album was pure art, and Madonna was and the still is the Queen of Pop.

A LITTLE FACT: the guitar rambling heard in the Like a Prayer intro, is the same guitar rambling in this song just reversed. And it's Prince playing the guitar too.