Madonna - Drowned World/Substitute For Love (Audio)

[MultiSweetieXx]

lovely song, it makes me wanna stare at a beach for hrs then go to sleep.

[LuxieSadie]

This was an amazing album! And this will always be apart of me. The power of goodbye is another great song. Wow brings back real music

[djtoldme]

I will always love this song!

ray of light, music and american life are the best her albums for me.

after hard candy - or before - madonna was never more the same. :(

[valondro5]

This is one of my favorite songs

[JoseLittlMonster]

Thumps up if you are playing this song on 2012!!!

[MinamuTV]

Computerized beeps have never been so beautiful in a song. Just listen to 2:05-2:09 and 4:26-4:37

[mlc2005]

Madonna songs bring back memories in ways others songs just can't. Everyone who grew up with this stuff can remember multiple times when a Madonna song would come on at a party, and even the shyest of people would get in on the dancing!!!

[mau4000ify]

It's so beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!! =O

[daderth]

the chorus was originally supposed to go like this: "face the truth, no substitute for love" :)

[marcelnyke]

@daderth how do you know that? O.o 4real?

[daderth]

@marcelnyke wiki :) "The original title for this song was "No Substitute For Love" which had slightly different lyrics to the completed version"

[kokym8]

If U want to sleep ..Just play this album

it makes you sleep in peace ...

[usmanfizan]

Lovin it

[briskuwa]

best album from madonna, simply beatiful record.

[alim1011]

GREAT SONG. Everytime I listen to it I smile bc I know its worth the time.

[blayeto]

best thing that has made​Madonna in my opinion

[stermx]

great memories with this song!!

[dxz8126]

I'm knowing those musics from madonna only now, i'm loving it!!

[Yora21]

The whole album has actually pretty simple and modest music. The vocals are really what is making the songs.

[RiverJudelove04]

I love songs where you can hear just how beautiful and amazing her voice is -3

[alexayalaify]

I love this song

[RedDress]

how the hell do u even go about making a song like this??? so good.

[1asheler]

I traded fame for love

Without a second thought

It all became a silly game

Some things cannot be bought

I got exactly what I asked for wanted it so badly

Running, rushing back for more

I suffered fools so badly........

This speaks for almost all celebrities.

[kanesgirl623]

@1asheler *I suffered fools so gladly...

But you're right, it does.

[Madonka4ever]

One of my favorite Madonna's song :) Thank You Madonna! :)

[tonkanao160]

Queen of the pop ,MADONNA 4 ever 👑👑

[MrFubine]

One Substitute For Love Only 4 You, and Not 4 me !!! Only You Substituir Your Love 4 other Man !!! Another Man, another Life 4 You !!!

[theycallmefez]

is not that Madonna is more talented... she is simply incredibly smarter than the rest

[Osoicey92]

Madonna YOU are my religion.

[daveshaw18]

heard this album when I was 10, it changed my life. It just gets better with age..

[LiLJooH3]

she's simply awesome <3

[joe71941]

This is my second favorite album after COADF it's amazing!

[xxxTIN0xxx]

Ray of Light = Best album ever !

[mauriziovermi]

Este mensaje es de Sofia: Hola amor... cuidate...te extraño....muacksssssss

(♥)•*""*•❤ S O F I A™®❤•*""*•.(♥) . estas siempre en mi mente..estas siempre en mis sueños..siempre en mis sentidos.... siempre en mi corazon... siempre en mi amor ... siempre en mi alma .... siempre en mi eternidad...

(♥)❤ S O F I A™®❤(♥) ... No hay disfraz que pueda largo tiempo ocultar el amor donde lo hay.....yo tambien te extraño

[nomadically02]

such a beautiful song, I've loved it since I was a kid, one of the first cds I ever bought. (:

[vels619]

@nomadically02 me too! LOL

[julianamercy]

@3shantix WAY BETTER!

[eezlewax2]

Happy Birthday Her Madgesty :) 

[mauriziovermi]

Este mensaje es de Sofia: Hola amor... cuidate...te extraño....muacksssssss

(♥)•*""*•❤ S O F I A™®❤•*""*•.(♥) . estas siempre en mi mente..estas siempre en mis sueños..siempre en mis sentidos.... siempre en mi corazon... siempre en mi amor ... siempre en mi alma .... siempre en mi eternidad...

(♥)•*""*•❤ S O F I A™®❤•*""*•.(♥) ... No hay disfraz que pueda largo tiempo ocultar el amor donde lo hay.....yo tambien te extrañoooo

[Bannear1]

Shes no Kylie Minogue!!!

[jodelleferlandfan1]

@Bannear1 At least Madonna is a SONGWRITER-PRODUCER, unlike Kylie. So don't start with this BS, i like Kylie but Madonna is WAY more talented than her.

[Silverviewty]

We love you Madonna....a lot of kisses!!!

[owbln82]

simply fantastic!

[mlc2005]

People who grew up to Madonna, (the children of the 80's) recognize very clearly what a genius Madonna is. ALL of the pop singers now mention that SHE was their icon, and this album shocked many of us for it's brilliance and cutting edge quality. Remember, Madonna is an artist who simply did not produce a mediocre album from 1980 until at least 2002... And all of her albums during that period were incredible and fresh.

[HelloNatty14]

this song is amazing, i love her tone of voice in this song!

[coolnolan1]

This song is so simply inspiring and moving. What powerful lyrics. How could such a person be so unbelievably talented and a creative genius? Madonna you are a music and creative genius and sound. You are the real Queen and you should be happy you have millions fans who love you worldwide. Who cannot love the women who is the birth of such a great sound and incredible music. It is simple Madonna you are the Queen of Pop.

[Msdistarr]

I have to say, I wasn't crazy about her until I heard this album. It is simply amazing. The music was so different from anything she had done before and I loved tone of the entire album. Beautiful and moving songs. This song being one of the best.

[izquemia]

when this album went out , i was 16 years old, so this album opened my mind to other kind of music. It changed my life

sorry for my english

[theshowstoppah]

@izquemia Your English is fine. :)

[champster6288]

เยือกเย็นจริงๆเพลงนี้

[ShiriTheQueen]

outstanding album

[Rox3390]

Who listened to more than 4 times in a row? - pawing at the top

[77AyamarU]

Travelled round the world looking for a home, I found myself in crowded rooms, feeling so alone...

[plamenlesev]

oh god the beginning gives me chills.....the rest of the song is amazing too.

[xcupidx1]

I liked her before ... but this album made me realize how amazing she really was

[Ansariya]

This hits home.

Think I ought to put this album on my phone again so I can re-listen to it.

Don't care whatever they say about her and all the stupid fueds with all other artist's fans, (I'm an MJ fan & do appreciate her tribute to him when he died) this album HITS HOME - its HUMAINE - its TIMELESS and LEGENDARY.

Boy it must hav been years since I heard this song.

Thanx for posting!

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[EphesianRose]

pure, unadulterrated beauty. *~* and poetry *~*

[98aoc]

la obra maestra del año 1998. El álbum Ray Of Light.

[grzegorzek12]

Love this song:)

[EmperorNikola]

Ray Of Light & MJ's Dangerous are masterpieces of the '90s. :)

[sheislove1]

madonna why dont you make songs like this anymore. we're expecting you to do songs like this, not like '4 minutes'!! you're more than that

[pixarian]

Ray Of Light is my favorite album of music ever. it's simply stellar.

[Remolizzo]

Such a deep and sensitive song from an amazing album. Nothing can compare to Ray Of Light. I'm suprised none of these songs hit number one on the US Hot 100 Chart.

[diegdiegdiegdieg]

@Remolizzo that's why american are ignorant.

[spiderwebs7215]

@Remolizzo Ray of Light did! And Frozen got number two!

[i97selena]

@spiderwebs7215 Ray of Light hit number five, not number one.

[yomismo74]

@i97selena Ray of light was number 2 on US billboard albums chart

[i97selena]

@yomismo74 I'm talking about the single, not the album. I'm aware it was the number two album, because Titanic was number one.

[Mrtygrepo]

@Remolizzo because it wasn't about sexuality :D that's why :D

[joseqpadre]

@Remolizzo cause good music nowadays is not that sucessful

[silverdream80]

ray of light and confession on a dance floor are the 2 master pieces of madonna !

[fatshoolaces]

madonna + william orbit = amazing...........

[plamenlesev]

@fatshoolaces Amen to that . They really need to collaborate again.

[ELGinit]

I use to listen to this on my cassette and big headphones thought it was the best thing ever as I was only 8 haha.

[BinxaRooable]

F*ck Gaga, gee people. Madonna will always be Queen XD CAPISCE!!

[McP1993]

This is my relligion .... regards from Poland !

[xariesgirl78x]

Ray of Light is the BEST Madonna album...and my alltime favorite.

[tolkienfan51]

Best album Madonna ever did, hands down, without question.

[AlicBeeL]

I love the part when just the guitar kicks in and she sings :) So soothing and beautiful!

[shortplank]

why are u dissing gays?

[bhalle66]

This album like one of the best albums ever made. Its like a religion almost...

[1JorgeJara]

I just wanted to say that this artist, and particularly this album, takes pop music and pop performers to another level. Without Madonna, I don't know what would be of pop music if there were only Michael Jackson's, Gaga's, Cyndi Lauper's and many others... Without Madonna there would be missing so many characteristics that pop culture has now. And "Ray of Light" is just one of the best albums in music history.

[Massimo96120]

amazing song!!!

[dexter86500]

awesome !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ThePinderpower]

ABSOLUTE LEGEND, this woman rocks my world! and this song brings back so many memories, LOVE Ray Of Light, up there with Like A Prayer, Confessions, Erotica, Like A Virgin and True Blue! it's a real album that is the true definition of artistry! none can compare!!!! GENIUS!

[LuvSantorini]

love this album

[jussihamby]

this song goes out to my black metal virgo gent Joshua.

[stepyou1234]

Oh...just leave Gaga alone.

From my experience, both sides are overly bitter. We Madonna fans don't like that people are counting her out and basically saying her time is over, and Gaga fans are probably something like the first Madonna fans were.

Still, everything that someone does doesn't need to be compared to Gaga. This was quite a few years before she was even doing anything.

[jodelleferlandfan1]

@studentcomputersbiz You obviously don't know other Gaga fans very well... They're FULL of hate. They hate ANY artist who is not Gaga. And Gaga herself is disgusting with her behavior (ex: meat dress) and her meaningless songs. She don't deserve to be called the new Madonna. At the very best, she's the new Britney Spears. I agree that some Gaga songs are catchy but the lyrics kill it. No offence, i'm not attacking you.

[jodelleferlandfan1]

@pablorubiolugo I agree. Some Gaga fans can be nice but they're REALLY rare...

[burbscinates]

@pablorubiolugo You do realize that a large majority of Madonna's fanbase is gay right?

[pablorubiolugo]

Yeah, thats annoying

[jodelleferlandfan1]

@studentcomputersbiz No, we can't because Gaga fans are agressive jerks who can't help but trolling videos of other artists (Madonna,...), saying how much Gaga is better than her. And Gaga is a clown who want to make people forget about Madonna and make them believe that she invented everything in pop music. Please... How can people compare a beautiful song like this and some stupid songs about "disco sticks" and "bad romances"?

[imperialsteroid]

@jodelleferlandfan1 I agree, it seems redundant to compare songs like "Love Games" and "Bad Romance" with this magnificent gem, but many Madonna fans often forget how dance-influenced and shock-induced her beginning work was. I love Gaga and Madonna equally with no comparisons attached--I mean they are truly different artists--though Gaga is still only 24 and may create her own "Drowned Word/Substitute Love" one day for all we know. Only time can tell.

[jodelleferlandfan1]

@imperialsteroid Yeah, only time can tell. But i really don't see Gaga doing a album like this because she's too much obsessed by fame. Madonna can take risks in her career because she always wanted to be versatile. But I don't think it's Gaga goal to be versatile, she just want to be famous. But like you said, only time can tell...

[MiscVDOs]

One of my all time favurites by Madonna.

[sandey1234]

Yes, Madonna's best album, and a truly unique sounding album.... AmyK

[shv90210]

This song takes away my pain, and let be be at peace, i really love this song and madonna :).

[fcac20]

Wow this is better than any of Gaga's songs.

[pablorubiolugo]

Oh, come on, Madonna is invencible, its an insult for M that you even mention a mediatic mainstream clown like lady gaga, especially in this video

[mina75]

I think it's one of the best songs she ever did.

she looked so happy and so beautiful at that time, like a truly beautiful 40 year old woman and mother.

I'm so sad when I look at her now.

[tlunaray]

@mina75 She does look really beautiful here. I think she looks the best out of any time in her life. She looks better than when she was in her 20's.

[grrrl393]

her best album! Love her!

[pixarian]

the beginning of Madonna's masterpiece.

[celebrationmonster]

i cry with this sing :)

[agniszon]

I simply love this album...

[stimpp]

@agniszon the songs on this album are touching and beautiful. Hello to everyone with great taste in music.

[hallopetrajansen]

@agniszon me 2

very clever, best ever!

[kimbleniemi]

@agniszon RAY OF LIGHT is simply the best album i´ve ever heard. Confusing at first but then mindblowing. Even the critics were confused at first. Absolutely deserves all the Grammys :) Just the best!

[rozbourboulithra]

awesoomeeee!!!!!! the perfect intro for her perfect album ^_^

[pablorubiolugo]

So different to the things she makes in our days, I hope she makes a masterpiece like Ray of light again.

[walpurga666]

@pablorubiolugo

i hope that too, so much. i think because this album had not the commercial success like her other albums she went back to music for the masses. it´s such a pity, she has so much potential. but the masses don´t recognize real art.

[PopWillNeverBLowBrow]

@walpurga666 The album Ray Of Light sold 20 000 000 copies worldwide and was her most critically praised album...I think the reason why she doesn't do another album like this is that she never repeats her self..

[chefboyardeeman]

@PopWillNeverBLowBrow well she may have not been in the same state of mind for her other albums...she just gave birth to Lourdes which changed everything for Madonna...

[cheerleaderskick]

@PopWillNeverBLowBrow Yep probably!!!! And it's a good thing to!! She always do something different and that's why she is who she is. I heard that the same person who did the songs on this album (orbit) will work on Britney's new album, can't wait :)

[Waxthumper]

@PopWillNeverBLowBrow.. Or she didn't have William Orbit on board again perhaps? Because it would sound just like... another William Orbit album again? It's Orbit's sound, style, composition and production of this album that makes it what it is.

[s3cr3tlalala]

@PopWillNeverBLowBrow i totally agree

[Sambucca]

@PopWillNeverBLowBrow

No the real reason why this was such a success was largely down to William Orbit's genius, not hers.

[nereosur]

@Sambucca

So I ask you why william orbit doesnt have such success with other artists or with his own work. The history is the same with the rest of producers, Why their job with madonna is so successful.

[Sambucca]

@nereosur

Her name, or should I say her 'brand', propelled it. Of course it was Orbit's lush soundscapes which made the Ray Of Light album stand out. One would almost get the impression from it that Madonna had finally grown up and relinquished the need to embrace tatty pop and vulgar innuendo in the search for something more soulful. Obviously not, since her last albums have been just that; braindead dance music.

[plamenlesev]

@Sambucca Confessions on a dance floor was CERTAINLY not braindead dance music.

[Sambucca]

@plamenlesev

Yes it was. It sounds no different to the electro scholock Lady Gaga spews; banal lyrics, auto tune and pounding bass. Who hasn't had enough of that shite?

[plamenlesev]

@Sambucca if you say so :)

[plamenlesev]

@Sambucca Oooo it sounds very different from Gaga :)

[stuartshame]

@Sambucca I have to agree. Although I think "Confessions..." is genius, she then followed that with the absolutely vile "Hard Candy". Awful record & as a staunch Madonna fan, that one let us down...clearly a contract obligation album; it may as well have been called "Let Them Eat Cake". "Ray..."" however...a masterpiece and though Mage (to quote Alison Goldfrapp) can be considered a "musical vampire", all credit to her despite the odd mis-step ("American Life" anyone?).

[chefboyardeeman]

@Sambucca I think that both of them brought out the best in each other, Madonna is the executive producer of her albums so she does have a final say in what goes on the album, she's been known to leave certain types of music if they arent going the way she planned. It might be just a natural thing to happen when a talented producer teams up with a talented artist. Look at Justin Timberlake and his collaberations with timbaland, neither of their work by themselves can stand on their own,

[Ga9681]

@PopWillNeverBLowBrow one of this 20 000 000 copies, it's mine...simply the best Madonna's album...

[pablorubiolugo]

It was very succesful, a little misunderstood.

Anyway, a masterpiece.

[luqhaqeem]

lyrically the best in the album! the music is just surreal! please madonna, team up with william orbit again!

[mosc7fm3]

this is my fave song on the album

[aynosekeponer]

one of her best

[LarissaLIBERTY]

whoa..beautiful