(In US, "Fever" is unreleased as a single and only appears on B-side of "Bad Girl" CD maxi-single).
In 1992,
Madonna recorded a cover version of "Fever" for her fifth studio album
Erotica. She was in the studio putting down tracks for the album and had just recorded a song called "Goodbye to Innocence".She was going through the final stages of production on it when she
suddenly started singing the lyrics to "Fever" over the top of it.
Madonna liked the way it sounded so much that she recorded it. "Goodbye to Innocence" was never released on a Madonna album, although it did appear on
Just Say Roe, a charity record, and a dub mix of it titled "Up Down Suite" was a bonus track to the "
Rain" maxi-single. In September 2008, a remix of "Fever" (known as the Dance Floor Mix) was used in television promos for the
fifth season of
Desperate Housewives.
Critical reception
The New York Times editor
Stephen Holden wrote that "The album's softer moments include a silky hip-hop arrangement of "Fever."
The Baltimore Sun's
J. D. Considine
praised the song as "sassy, house-style remake of "Fever"āthat the
album really heats up, providing a sound that is body-conscious in the
best sense of the term." Alfred Soto of
Stylus Magazine wrote that this song has its unique, idiosyncratic "Joni-Mitchell-Blue" energy.
Billboard called the song a "house-inflected rendition." David Browne of
Entertainment Weekly called Madonna's voice souless: "You and Shep sure do a bang-up job ā pun intended ā transforming
Fever, that old Peggy Lee hit, into a techno drone, but listen to the parched sound emitted from your throat on such tracks."
Chart performance
In the United States, "Fever" was never officially released as a
single, but it did become a dance hit, becoming Madonna's 15th song to
hit number one on the
Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. In the United Kingdom, the song debuted at its peak of number six on the
UK Singles Chart on the issue dated April 3, 1993.
[It also peaked at number one in Finland and within the top 10 in
Ireland and Japan. It peaked at number 12 in Italy, number 17 in New
Zealand, number 31 in France and number 51 in Australia.
Music video
music video for "Fever".
The music video for "Fever", directed by
StĆ©phane Sednaoui, was shot on April 10ā11, 1993 at Greenwich Studios in
Miami, Florida,
[18] and received its world premiere on May 11, 1993, on
MTV. It has since been made commercially available on the DVD collection,
The Video Collection 93:99.
The music video alternately features Madonna with a red wig and silver
bodypaint in a variety of costumes dancing in front of funky,
kaleidoscopic
backgrounds. It showcases her posing like ancient goddesses. She is
enveloped in a flame-like atmosphere and eventually burns up. We also
see her sticking her tongue out.In a list containing five of Madonna's best music videos, blogger Eduardo Dias from
O Grito!
magazine pointed out that the "Pop song often speaks of lost, found and
refound loves. Madonna spoke of love in zillion different ways. The
fever that love causes is in each image of this video. Saturated images,
nuanced, and handled, all sorts of effects were used in this game of
contrasts that is called Fever'. Beware of prolonged exposure to the
video or the reader will stop at the nearest emergency. Use your
sunscreen."
Live performances
To start the promotion for
Erotica, Madonna performed "Fever" and "Bad Girl" on
Saturday Night Live in January 1993. During the 1000th
The Arsenio Hall Show,
Madonna performed the original version of "Fever" accompanied by a
band, wearing a black classic dress and smoking a cigarette.Madonna also performed "Fever" on the 1993
Girlie Show World Tour as the second song from the setlist. After "
Erotica", the singer partially strips and proceeds to straddle and dances suggestively with two half-naked male dancers At the end of the song, Madonna and the two backup dancers descend into a literal ring of fire.
Track listing and formats
- UK cassette single / 7" vinyl / 7" picture disc (W0168/W0168C/W0168P)
- "Fever" (Album Edit)
- "Fever" (Murk Boys Radio Edit)
- UK / French CD single (WO168CD, 9362-40846-2)
- "Fever" (Album Edit)
- "Fever" (Hot Sweat 12")
- "Fever" (Extended 12")
- "Fever" (Shep's Remedy Dub)
- "Fever" (Murk Boys Miami Mix)
- "Fever" (Murk Boys Deep South Mix)
- UK 12" single (W0168T, 9362-40844-0)
- "Fever" (Hot Sweat 12")
- "Fever" (Extended 12")
- "Fever" (Shep's Remedy Dub)
- "Fever" (Murk Boys Miami Mix)
- "Fever" (Murk Boys Deep South Mix)
- "Fever" (Oscar G's Dope Dub)
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- Special DJ Limited Edition - Red Vinyl (PRO-A-674)
- "Fever" (Murk Boys Miami Mix)
- "Fever" (Oscar G's Dope Dub)
- "Fever" (Murk Boys Deep South Mix)
- "Fever" (Back to the Dub 2)
- "Fever" (12" instrumental)
- "Fever" (Extended 12")
- "Fever" (T's Extended Dub A)
- "Fever" (T's Extended Dub B)
- "Fever" (Hot Sweat 12")
- "Fever" (Shep's Remedy Dub)
- "Fever" (Peggy's Nightclub Mix) (Percapella)
- "Fever" (Bugged Out Bonzai Dub)
- UK 12" vinyl promo (SAM 1131)
- "Fever" (Hot Sweat 12" Mix)
- "Fever" (Shep's Remedy Dub)
- "Fever" (Dub 1)
- "Fever" (Bugged Out Bonzai Mix)
- "Fever" (Peggy's Nightclub Mix)
- "Fever" (Radio Edit)
- "Fever" (Murk Boys Miami Mix)
- "Fever" (Murk Boys Deep South Mix)
- "Fever" (Album Version)
- "Fever" (Oscar G's Dope Dub)
- "Fever" (Back To The Dub 1)
- "Fever" (Back To The Dub 2)
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