Coordinates	37°46′45.48″N122°25′9.12″N
Name	Revolver
Cover	loverevolver.jpg
Alt	A greyscale portrait of a blond woman. Her hair is in short curls and she has shapr features with colored lips. A paint-brush washing look is added on the image. The words "Madonna vs David Guetta" is written on the top of the image in red, while the word "Revolver" is written in black beneath it. Underneath the word, "One Love remix" is written in white.
Border	yes
Artist	Madonna featuring Lil Wayne
Album	Celebration
Released
Format	CD single, digital download
Recorded	2009
Genre	Dance-pop, electropop
Length	3:40
Label	Warner Bros.
Writer	Madonna, Carlos Battey, Steven Battey, David Guetta, Dwayne Carter, Justin Franks, Brandon Kitchen
Producer	Madonna, Frank E, David Guetta
Chronology	Madonna singles
Last single	"Celebration"(2009)
This single	"Revolver"(2009)

"Revolver" is a song by American recording artist Madonna from her third greatest hits compilation, Celebration, and features rapper Lil Wayne. It was written by Madonna, Carlos Battey, Steven Battey, Dwayne Carter, Justin Franks and Brandon Kitchen, and produced by Madonna and DJ Frank E. The song was released to the internet before the official release of the album. In December 2009, it was confirmed that the song would be released as a single from the album, following the title track, with a handful of remix CD releases in January across United States and Europe.

Composed as an electropop song, "Revolver" features Madonna singing the whole song, with a guest appearance by Wayne near the end. The lyrics talk about juxtaposing love with weaponry. Contemporary critics gave a mixed review of the song. Some praised the chorus line "My love’s a revolver" while others felt that it was underwhelming and not on par with Madonna's previous songs. "Revolver" has charted in the lower regions of the official charts of Belgium, Canada, Finland and the United Kingdom while reaching number four on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart of United States. This was Madonna's last single of the 2000s. The One Love Club mix of the song, by David Guetta, received a nomination in the Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical category of the 53rd Grammy Awards.

Background

On March 2009, Madonna's representative Liz Rosenberg confirmed that Madonna was planning to release a greatest hits album by fall 2009. She also added that Madonna had plans to go to the studio and record new material for the album. The next day, Madonna's manager, Guy Oseary, asked fans on his Twitter for input regarding the track listing of the greatest hits album. It was later confirmed that she wrote three new tracks for the album, with Paul Oakenfold being confirmed as producer for two of the new songs. Warner Bros. Records reported the title of the greatest hits to be Celebration through Madonna's official website. They also reported that the final song on the collection was to be "Revolver", a collaboration with Lil Wayne and whose demo version was already present in the net. It was present alongside the title track. Before the album was released on September 29, 2009, the original version of "Revolver" was released on the internet; the track had previously appeared in May as a demo recording. In December 2009, NME confirmed that "Revolver" will be released as a single. The song will be released digitally in the United Kingdom on December 14, 2009 by Warner Bros. Records along with a digital maxi single release worldwide on December 29, 2009, featuring remixes by David Guetta, Paul van Dyk and Tracy Young.

Composition

"Revolver" was written by Madonna, Carlos Battey, Steven Battey, Lil Wayne, Justin Franks and Brandon Kitchen, and produced by Madonna and DJ Frank E. The audio mixing was done by Demacio Castellon while the Pro Tools editing was arranged by Ron Taylor from Warner Bros. Records. "Revolver" follows in the basic sequence of Bm–Db–Ab–Bm–Db–Ab as its chord progression. Joseph Brannigan Lynch from Entertainment Weekly was disappointed with the track and called it underwhelming. He added: "Anyone hoping this collaboration with Wayne would mean a new direction for [Madonna] will be disappointed. 'Revolver' is pretty standard Top 40 background listening—more of the same electro R&B; she played around with on Hard Candy. [...] It’s not bad by any stretch, but it certainly won’t end up on the next greatest-hits collection she releases ten years from now." However, he praised the chorus line calling it Madonna's "unnerring knack for writing charmingly frivolous lyrics." While reviewing the album, Leah Greenblatt of Entertainment Weekly called the song "glitched-out dance-floor stomper" and called the chorus a "lyrical come-one".

Bill Lamb from About.com, while reviewing the album Celebration, said that the song "sounds a bit more like a stretch to remain contemporary and current." Joey Guerra of Houston Chronicle said that the track was "more filler than truly fascinating." Douglas Wolk from Pitchfork Media commented that the presence of "Revolver" on the Celebration compilation disc was pale compared to Madonna's previous sex-themed songs like "Justify My Love" and "Erotica" (1992). Eric Henderson from Slant Magazine called the song a clumsy collaboration. Sarah Crompton from The Daily Telegraph said that "Revolver" shows off Lil Wayne's skills as a singer better than Madonna's. The One Love Club mix of the song, by David Guetta, received a nomination in the Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical category of the 53rd Grammy Awards.

Chart performance

The song charted on the Canadian Hot 100 for one week at position ninety-five on the issue dated October 17, 2009, but fell off the chart the next week. On the Billboard issue dated January 16, 2010, the song made a re-entry on the chart at a higher position of forty-seven. It made a top-twenty debut on the official chart of Finland, at position nineteen and moved to eighteen after two weeks. In the United Kingdom, the song was initially positioned at no. 188, but after a few weeks it jumped up to a position 130 on the UK Singles Chart. After a few weeks, the song reached twenty-six on the Flanders chart and twenty-five on the Wallonia chart. The song debuted at forty-one on Billboards Hot Dance Club Songs chart on the issue dated January 16, 2010 as the highest debut of that week, and as of Billboard issue dated February 27, 2010, has moved to four staying for two weeks at the same position. In Italy, the song debuted at sixteen on the singles chart. The song also charted in Ireland, at position forty-one. In Spain the song reached thirty-nine on the chart, for one week only.

Tracklisting

EU/USA/Argentine CD/Digital Maxi-Single # "Revolver" (Madonna vs. David Guetta One Love Remix) feat. Lil Wayne – 3:16 # "Revolver" (Madonna vs. David Guetta One Love Remix) – 2:59 # "Revolver" (Madonna vs. David Guetta One Love Club Remix) – 4:31 # "Revolver" (Paul van Dyk Remix) – 8:35 # "Revolver" (Paul Van Dyk Dub) # "Revolver" (Tracy Young's Shoot to Kill Remix) – 9:24 # "Celebration" feat. Akon – 3:55 # "Celebration" (Felguk Love Remix) – 6:37 EU/USA 12" Vinyl Single

Charts

{| class="wikitable sortable" !Chart (2009–10) !Peakposition |- |Belgium Singles Chart (Flanders) |align="center"|22 |- |Danish Singles Chart |align="center"|51 |- |French Singles Chart |align="center"|25 |- |Finnish Singles Chart |align="center"|130 |- |US Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs |- | Europe | January 22, 2010 |rowspan="3"|CD single |- | Argentina | February 5, 2010 |- | United States | February 16, 2010 |- | Europe | February 5, 2010 |rowspan="2"|12" Vinyl |- | United States | March 2, 2010 |- |}

References

External links

Madonna.com > News > Celebration – All news related to Celebration

Category:2009 songs Category:2009 singles Category:Dance-pop songs Category:David Guetta songs Category:Electropop songs Category:Madonna (entertainer) songs Category:Lil Wayne songs Category:Songs written by Madonna (entertainer) Category:Songs written by Lil Wayne

Coordinates	37°46′45.48″N122°25′9.12″N
Name	Corey Taylor
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Corey Joshua Taylor
Born	December 08, 1973
Origin	Des Moines, Iowa
Alias	#8, The Great Big Mouth, Faith, The Sickness
Genre	Alternative metal, nu metal, heavy metal, post-grunge, hard rock
Occupation	Musician, songwriter
Years active	1992–present
Instrument	Vocals, guitar, bass, piano, keyboards
Voice type	Baritone
Label	Roadrunner, Great Big Mouth
Associated acts	Slipknot, Stone Sour, Junk Beer Kidnap Band
Url	Slipknot Official Website
Url	Stone Sour Official Website

Corey Joshua Taylor (December 8, 1973 (Des Moines, Iowa) sometimes known by his number 8, is an American musician best known as the lead vocalist and songwriter of American Heavy Metal band Slipknot and Hard Rock band Stone Sour. Taylor was raised by his single mother. He developed a fond feeling toward classic rock after his grandmother introduced him to it. Taylor first met his father on March 28, 2005, and the two have developed a strong relationship. He currently has a wife, an ex-wife, and two children. By the release of Stone Sour's Come What(ever) May, he was sober. On August 3, 2009 and July 29, 2010 he co-hosted the Kerrang! Awards alongside Scott Ian of Anthrax and The Damned Things. He has stated in numerous interviews that he loves Gibson guitars, and has recorded videos on behalf of the Gibson Association. When playing solo or with Stone Sour, he frequently uses Gibsons.

Corey Taylor is a founding member of Stone Sour, and has released three studio albums with the band. Taylor joined Slipknot in 1997 to replace their original singer Anders Colsefni. He has released four studio albums with the band. Taylor constantly alters between bands, as seen in 2001, after the release of Iowa, where he rejoined Stone Sour immediately after touring. He has worked with several bands, including Junk Beer Kidnap Band, Apocalyptica, Anthrax, Soulfly, and Avenged Sevenfold. Taylor writes and sings in styles that vary by genre. Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison said that he has "really good melodic singing."

Personal life

Corey Taylor was born in Des Moines, Iowa on December 8, 1973, the first of three children. He lived in Orlando briefly with his uncle, George Robson though Taylor was mostly raised by his mother in Waterloo, Iowa, a place described by Taylor as a "hole in the ground with buildings around it." By age fifteen, Taylor had developed a drug addiction and had overdosed on cocaine twice. By this time, Taylor was living in Waterloo, Iowa, but later set out on his own and ended up at his grandmother's trailer in Ohio. She took legal custody of him and helped him buy musical equipment.

Taylor and his father first met when Taylor was an adult, and now have a strong relationship. On September 17, 2002, Corey's then-fiancée, Scarlett Stone, gave birth to their son Griffin Parker. Taylor also has a daughter named Angeline, born in 1992 from an earlier relationship.

Corey Taylor is very passionate about politics. He considers himself to be an Independent and is a vocal critic of Bill Clinton, George Walker Bush, and Barack Obama. Taylor gained interest in campaigning and managed to raise up to $45,000 in funds towards The Obama Campaign. The funds were mostly facilitated through extensive Stone Sour tours. Taylor has also had alcohol abuse problems, which his ex-wife, Scarlett, helped him through as well as keeping him from committing suicide. Before Stone Sour started recording Come What(ever) May in January 2006, Taylor was sober. On August 3, 2009, he co-hosted the 2009 Kerrang! Awards alongside Scott Ian of Anthrax. The following year, they both once again co-hosted The Kerrang Awards, where Corey collected the K! Services to Metal award on behalf of Paul Gray who died after an accidental overdose of morphine and fentanyl, and had also shown signs of "significant heart disease". In early September, 2010, Taylor announced that his book, Seven Deadly Sins, is going to be released on March 1, 2011 through Da Capo Press.

Music career

Stone Sour

Taylor is a founding member of the American hard rock band Stone Sour. After forming the band with drummer Joel Ekman, Shawn Economaki joined filling in the bass position, leaving the electric guitar position to be filled by Josh Rand. Stone Sour recorded a demo album in 1992, and another in 1994. In 1997, Taylor was approached by the metal band, Slipknot, resulting in him abandoning Stone Sour while they were recording a demo album with Sean McMahon at SR studios. Drummer Joel Ekman came back on board as well.

Their self-titled debut album was released August 27, 2002, and it debuted at number 46 on the Billboard 200. Their second album, Come What(ever) May debuted at number four on the Billboard 200. Live in Moscow is currently their only album specifically released only for Music download. During the recording of the album, drummer Joel Ekman left the band for personal reasons. As a result, drummer Roy Mayorga was recruited, taking his place. The group released their third studio album, Audio Secrecy, on September 7, 2010.

Slipknot

While Corey Taylor was working at Adult Emporium, a sex shop in Des Moines, Iowa, Joey Jordison, Shawn Crahan, and Mick Thomson approached him asking him to join Slipknot. He agreeably went to one of their practices, and ended up singing in front of them. They asked him to join the band because of his melodic vocals. While Taylor was positioned as lead vocalist for the band, their previous vocalist, Anders Colsefini, was moved to backing vocals and percussion. Unhappy with the position, Colsefini later left the band. Feeling he could expand more in Slipknot than in Stone Sour, Taylor temporarily quit Stone Sour, even though they were recording an album with Sean McMahon.

Taylor has recorded with Slipknot since the release of their second demo album, a self-titled demo used to promote the band to prospective labels and producers. As permanent vocalist, he recorded with Slipknot at Indigo Ranch in Malibu, California and released Slipknot, the band's debut album that peaked number one on the Top Heatseekers chart, went 2× Platinum in the United States, and was included in the 2006 book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. Taylor was accused of copyright infringement, regarding the lyrics of the song "Purity". Taylor began recording for their second studio album, Iowa, in 2001 at Sound City and Sound Image in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California. It was released August 28, 2001 and peaked number one on the UK Albums Chart, as well as number three on the Billboard 200. While writing , Taylor decided to write lyrics that would not warrant an explicit label. It peaked number two on the Billboard 200. All Hope Is Gone was the first Slipknot album to peak number one on the Billboard 200.

Other work

Taylor has appeared as a guest musician on albums by Soulfly, Apocalyptica and Damageplan. At one point, he was heavily involved in the recording of thrash metal band Anthrax's album, Worship Music, but the sessions remain unreleased. He also contributed to the Roadrunner United all-star album in 2005, providing vocals for the song "Rich Man". Taylor has also made a brief appearance in Steel Panther's singles "Death to All but Metal", "Eyes of a Panther", and "Asian Hooker." In 2006, Taylor founded the record company Great Big Mouth Records. Taylor has produced two albums: Face Cage's self-titled album and Walls of Jericho's Redemption. In an interview with Billboard magazine, Taylor confirmed that on January 13, 2009, he was planning on making a solo album, as well as returning to his side project Stone Sour after Slipknot's All Hope Is Gone World Tour. Taylor has stated that he is currently been writing songs that states "don't fit either of his main bands." The group performed on April 24, 2009 at People's Court in Des Moines, Iowa, marking Taylor's first official solo show. Taylor constantly performs with his band the Dum Fux, who make covers for 1970s punk rock and 1980s hair metal. Taylor also performs with Audacious P, a band that is primarily a Tenacious D covers band. Rapper Tech N9ne confirmed that Taylor was to perform on his album K.O.D., but was removed because Taylor did not submit his vocals in time. Taylor recently admitted that he tried out for the vacant singer spot in the band Velvet Revolver, but said that it just did not work out.

Taylor recently finished writing a book about his view on the seven deadly sins, and it is currently being edited. "I don’t think they’re sins at all. They’re human characteristics. They’re just human flaws and things that we all experience." He further says, "I’m telling stories from my past and balancing humor with serious, dark stuff. I’m really excited about it." The book is tentatively planned for a spring 2011 release through Da Capo Press. Taylor also recently recorded a new song, "X-M@$", for The Teenage Cancer Trust. The video itself is dedicated to those who hate Christmas. The single was made available to digital retailers on December 12, 2010. It debuted at number thirty-seven in the UK.

Style and influence

The first two Slipknot albums that Taylor performed vocals on, Slipknot and Iowa, both contain explicit content, because Taylor relied on the profanity in the lyrical content.

Taylor is currently involved in two major projects which have moods and genres considered to be different. Stone Sour is considered to be hard rock, alternative metal, heavy metal, and post-grunge, and express moods such as bleakness, somberness, and anger. Taylor cites Mötley Crüe, Metallica, Nine Inch Nails, Misfits, Black Flag, Slayer, Def Leppard, Sex Pistols, Aerosmith, The Damned, The Cramps and Bob Dylan as influences.

Discography

Stone Sour

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Slipknot

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Other works

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Solo singles

Filmography

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:97%; text-align:center; margin: 6px;" |- ! style="background:#dde; width:50px;"|Year ! style="background:#dde; width:255px;"|Film ! style="background:#dde; width:22px;"|Character ! style="background:#dde; width:120px;"|Director ! style="background:#dde; width:25px;"|Ref |- |1999 || Welcome to Our Neighborhood ||rowspan="7"| Self || Thomas Mignone || |- |2001|| We Sold Our Souls for Rock 'n Roll || Penelope Spheeris || |- |2002|| Rollerball || John McTiernan || |- |2002|| Disasterpieces || Matthew Amos || |- |2003|| Cable TV (Episode four, season two) || Stuart Cable || |- |2005|| ||rowspan="2"| Shawn Crahan || |- |2009|| Of the (sic): Your Nightmares, Our Dreams || |}

Equipment

References

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External links

Slipknot website

Stone Sour website

Corey Taylor interview

Metal Underground: interview

NY rock: article

IGN: article

Duff McKagan on Corey Taylor in Seattle Weekly

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