<P> "Material Girl" consists of synth arrangements with a robotic - sounding voice chant repeating the hook, "living in a material world". The lyrics identify with materialism, with Madonna asking for a rich and affluent life, rather than romance and relationships . Contemporary critics have frequently identified "Material Girl" along with "Like a Virgin" as the songs that established Madonna as an icon . "Material Girl" was a commercial success, reaching the top - five in Australia, Belgium, Canada, Ireland, Japan and United Kingdom . It reached the number two position on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, becoming her third top - five single there . </P> <P> The music video was a mimicry of Marilyn Monroe's performance of the song "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" from the 1953 film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes . The mimicked scenes are interspersed with scenes of a Hollywood director trying to win the heart of an actress, played by Madonna herself . Discovering that, contrary to her song, the young woman was not impressed by money and expensive gifts, he pretended to be penniless and succeeded in taking her out on a date . She has performed the song in five of her world tours; most of her performances of the song on tour are mimicries of the song's music video . </P> <P> "Material Girl" has been covered by a number of artists, including Britney Spears, The Chipettes and Hilary and Haylie Duff . It has appeared in the films Moulin Rouge! (2001) and Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004). Madonna has often remarked that she regrets recording "Material Girl" as its title became a nickname for her in the mainstream media . The song has been labeled an empowering influence for women, and was the subject of debates . </P> <P> "Material Girl" was written by Peter Brown and Robert Rans, while Nile Rodgers produced the track . In 1986, Madonna told Company magazine, that although she did not write or create the song, the lyrical meaning and concept did apply to her situation at that point of time . She elaborated, "I'm very career - oriented . You are attracted to people who are ambitious that way, too, like in the song' Material Girl' . You are attracted to men who have material things because that's what pays the rents and buys you furs . That's the security . That lasts longer than emotions ." During a 2009 interview with Rolling Stone, Madonna was asked by interviewer Austin Scaggs, regarding her first feelings, after listening to the demos of "Like a Virgin" and "Material Girl". Madonna responded by saying, "I liked them both because they were ironic and provocative at the same time but also unlike me . I am not a materialistic person, and I certainly wasn't a virgin, and, by the way, how can you be like a virgin? I liked the play on words, I thought they were clever . They're so geeky, they're cool ." </P>

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