God Control: Difference between revisions

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* [[hi-NRG]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Beaumont-Thomas |first1=Ben |title=Madonna: Madame X review – her most bizarre album ever |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jun/04/madonna-madame-x-review-her-most-bizarre-album-ever |website=The Guardian |accessdate=21 July 2019}}</ref>

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| label = [[Interscope Records|Interscope]]

| writer = {{hlist|[[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna Ciccone]]|[[Mirwais (musician)|Mirwais Ahmadzaï]]}}

| producer = {{hlist|Madonna|Mirwais|[[Mike Dean (record producer)|Mike Dean]]}}

| chronology = [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]]

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| prev_title = [[Crave (song)|Crave]]

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| next_title = [[I Rise (song)|I Rise]]

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"'''God Control'''" is a song by American singer-songwriter [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] from her fourteenth studio album, ''[[Madame X (album)|Madame X]]''. On June 26, 2019, a [[music video]] directed by [[Jonas Åkerlund]] was released, making it the third single from the album.<ref name="EW">{{cite web|accessdate=June 27, 2019|title=Madonna features shocking mass shooting scene in 'God Control' music video|url=https://ew.com/music/2019/06/26/madonna-god-control-music-video-shooting-scene/|website=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/madonna-god-control-video-852755/|title=Madonna Protests Gun Violence in Disturbing ‘God Control’ Video|last=Reed|first=Ryan|last2=Reed|first2=Ryan|date=2019-06-26|website=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-22}}</ref> The music video depicts a [[shooting]] scene in a [[nightclub]] that resembles the 2016 [[Orlando nightclub shooting]], and contains a [[Call to action (marketing)|call to action]] in favor of [[gun control]].{{refn|<ref name="Hill">{{cite web|first1=Tristan|last1=Lejeune|accessdate=June 27, 2019|title=Madonna depicts grisly mass shooting in new anti-gun violence music video|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/450511-madonna-depicts-mass-shooting-in-new-anti-gun-violence-music|date=June 26, 2019|website=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]}}</ref><ref name="CNN">{{cite web|first=Lisa Respers|last=France|accessdate=June 27, 2019|title=Madonna makes powerful statement against gun violence in 'God Control' video|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/26/entertainment/madonna-god-control-video/index.html|website=CNN}}</ref><ref name="Variety">{{cite web|accessdate=June 27, 2019|title=Madonna Revives Nightmarish Imagery of Orlando Nightclub Massacre in New Music Video|url=https://variety.com/2019/music/news/madonna-god-control-video-massacre-1203254022/|date=June 26, 2019}}</ref><ref name="Yahoo">{{cite web|accessdate=June 27, 2019|title=Madonna makes powerful gun control statement in disturbing music video: ‘We need to wake up’|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/madonna-makes-powerful-gun-control-statement-in-disturbing-music-video-we-need-to-wake-up-215024825.html|website=Yahoo Music}}</ref><ref name="Guardian">{{cite news|first1=Ben|last1=Beaumont-Thomas|accessdate=June 27, 2019|title=Madonna calls for gun control in violent video that depicts nightclub shooting|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jun/26/madonna-calls-for-gun-control-violent-video-nightclub-shooting-god-control|newspaper=The Guardian|date=June 26, 2019|issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref name="People">{{cite web|accessdate=June 27, 2019|title=Madonna Releases New Video to Spotlight Issue of Gun Violence: 'I Can't Take It Anymore'|url=https://people.com/crime/madonna-new-video-god-control-gun-violence-prevention/|website=[[People (magazine)|People]]}}</ref>}}

== Background ==

"God Control" was released after the ''[[Madame X (album)|Madame X]]'' [[promotional single]] "[[I Rise (song)|I Rise]]", which sampled [[Stoneman Douglas High School shooting]] survivor [[Emma González]]'s 2018 [[Emma González#"We Call B.S." speech at the Rally to Support Firearm Safety Legislation|"We Call B.S." speech]] at a [[gun control]] rally.<ref name="CNN" />

== Critical reception ==