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| Name = Confessions on a Dance Floor
| Type = [[Album]]
| Artist = [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]]
| Cover = Confessions On A Dancefloor.jpg
| Released = [[15 November]] [[2005]]</small> <!-- DO NOT add any other dates, unless they are before this one, as per Wikipedia album guidelines -->
| Recorded = 2005
| Genre = [[Pop music|Pop]]/[[Dance (music)|Dance]]/[[Electronica]]
| Length = 56:28 (Special edition - 60:00)
| Label = [[Warner Bros. Records]]
| Producer = [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]], [[Stuart Price]], [[Mirwais Ahmadzaï]], [[Bloodshy & Avant]], [[Bagge & Peer]]
| Reviews =
* [[All Music Guide]] {{rating-5|3.5}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:if2uak3ksm3b link]
* [[Pitchfork Media|Pitchfork]] {{rating-10|6}} [http://pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/m/madonna/confessions-on-a-dance-floor.shtml link]
* [[Robert Christgau]] (B+) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=madonna link]
* ''[[The Observer]]'' {{rating-5|5}} [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/omm/10bestcds/story/0,,1644940,00.html link]
*''[[Rolling Stone Magazine]]'' {{rating-5|3.5}} [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/_/id/8732592/rid/8749244/ link]
* ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' (favorable) [http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,1129559,00.html link]
| Last album = ''[[Remixed & Revisited]]''<br />(2003)
| This album = '''''Confessions on a Dance Floor'''''<br>(2005)|
| Next album = ''[[Confessions Remixed]]''<br />(2006)|
}}

'''''Confessions on a Dance Floor''''' is the tenth studio album and eighteenth recording by singer [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]]. It was released in 2005 and has been one of her most successful albums with international hits such as "[[Hung Up]]" and "[[Sorry (Madonna song)|Sorry]]", leading to the most successful concert tour of her career, [[Confessions Tour|The Confessions Tour]]. ''Confessions on a Dance Floor'' is considered to be Madonna's comeback album after her previous lowest-selling effort ''[[American Life]]''.

''Confessions on a Dance Floor'''s sales are more than 8 million worldwide.<ref> [http://www.mediatraffic.de/greatest-albums.htm] United World Chart sales figures </ref>
'''Soggy biscuit''' or '''limp biscuit''' is a male [[masturbation]] game reportedly played in [[United Kingdom|British]] [[public schools]] (especially all-boys schools) and other male-dominated environments. Stories of the game circulate as [[urban legend]]s; in the most popular account of the game, players stand around a [[biscuit]] masturbating until [[Ejaculation|ejaculating]] onto it. The last person to do so "loses" (or "wins"), and must eat the biscuit. Another account of the game involves the players masturbating one at a time - the first to not ejaculate within two minutes is deemed the loser and has to eat the biscuit.
== Production history ==
Of the album, Madonna said,

<blockquote>
"I wanted a record with no ballads. I wanted there to be no breaks, with one song segueing into the next -- just like in a disco. (... ) Whenever I make records, I often like the remixes better than the original versions. So I thought, screw that. I'm going to start from that perspective. I want to hear all these songs in a club. I approached the album from more of a DJ's point of view, but Stuart'' [Price] ''is a DJ. That really influenced the vibe -- the dance aspect -- of the record."<ref name="Billboard">{{cite web| title=Madonna Confesses | url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/feature/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001434975 | accessdate=November 11 | accessyear=2005}}</ref>
(...) "We listened to a lot of other people's records when we were making this - obviously [[ABBA]] and [[Giorgio Moroder]] - so to me it's more of an homage to other people's records than mine. If there are references to earlier records it's probably done unknowingly, part of our molecular structure, it comes out again and again, hopefully not too boringly and repetitive."<ref name="Observer">[[The Observer]]. [[November 20]] [[2005]].</ref>
</blockquote>

== Formats ==
* '''Continuous Mix CD''' - A 12 track continuous mix, much like a DJ set list. Each track is selectable.
* '''Limited Edition Continuous Mix CD''' - Released in December 2005, includes "Fighting Spirit", a bonus track (non-continuous), a 40 page picture book from the Steven Klein photo session; an 80 page blank journal book, which also includes some journal entries from Madonna; a one month free ICON fanclub membership, and a unique slipcover housing. The CD's tracks are a continuous mix, much like a DJ set list. Each track is selectable.
* '''iTunes Continuous Mix''': A continuous mix digital download which will blend each song into one long track. It also includes a digital artwork booklet and the "Hung Up" video.
* '''iTunes Unmixed''' - A regular digital download with 12 tracks in alternate beginnings and endings from those of the Continuous Mix. It also includes a digital artwork booklet and the "Hung Up" video.
* '''2-Vinyl-Set Unmixed''' - Double album promo pack (PRO-A-101706-A). The same unmixed tracks like the iTunes Unmixed digital tracks.
* '''Limited edition 2-Pink Vinyl-Set Unmixed''' - Double album. The same unmixed tracks like the iTunes Unmixed digital tracks.
* '''[[Confessions Remixed]]''' - Triple Vinyl. Full remix set by Stuart Price was released on April 11 2006, with a limited print of only 3,000 copies in the U.S.
*'''Japanese Exclusive CD+DVD Tour Edition''' - Released August 23rd 2006 is the Japan only exclusive Tour Edition. Disc 1 contains the continuous mix CD. Disc 2 is a DVD containing the previously commercially unavailable music videos for '''''Hung Up''''' and '''''Sorry''''' plus their "Making of" featurettes that were shown earlier in 2006 on MTV channels around the world.(WPZR30184-5)

==Trivia==
* ''Project 05.'' and ''Defying Gravity'' were respectively working and rumored titles for this disc.
* The song "Forbidden Love" should not be confused with a [[Forbidden Love (song)|song with the same title]] from Madonna's 1994 album ''[[Bedtime Stories (Madonna album)|Bedtime Stories]]''.
* "History", an unreleased song from ''Confessions on a Dance Floor'' recording sessions, was instead used as the B-side for the "[[Jump (Madonna song)|Jump]]" single.
* "I Love New York" was written during Madonna's 2004 world [[The Re-Invention Tour|Re-Invention Tour]].
* The album is Madonna's first studio album since her [[Madonna (Madonna album)|eponymous debut album]] to lack a title track. [[Bedtime Stories (Madonna album)|Bedtime Stories]] can also be technically included as the title track on that album is actually called ''Bedtime Story''.
* The album is Madonna's third consecutive album without printed lyrics in its accompanying booklet.
*Madonna is yet to perform the album version of the song "Let It will be." Madonna performed promotional concerts shortly after releasing the album and performed a stuart price remix of the song. This version of the song ("Let It Will Be" (Paper Faces Mix)) was performed on Madonna's highly successful Confessions tour also.

==Singles==

{| class="wikitable"
! # !! Title !! Date
|-
| 1. || "[[Hung Up]]" || November 2005
|-
| 2. || "[[Sorry (Madonna song)|Sorry]]" || February 2006
|-
| 3. || "[[Get Together (Madonna song)|Get Together]]" || June 2006 <small>(US)</small> & July 2006 <small>(UK)</small>
|-
| 4. || "[[Jump (Madonna song)|Jump]]" || November 2006
|}
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==Promotion==
[[Image:Dolcegabbana madonna model.jpg|As a part of the album's commercial campaign, the album's cover was on some shirts of the [[model (person)|model]]s at the 2007 [[Dolce & Gabbana]] men fashion show.|250px|thumb|right]]

In order to promote the album with emerging media, Madonna set up the 1-888-2-CONFESS hotline. Callers were instructed to call in with their confessions, and, as they came in, some were selected to be part of a [[Podcast]] released on [[iTunes]] for approximately six weeks before the album was released.

==Track listing==
#"[[Hung Up (song)|Hung Up]]" ([[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]], Price, Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 5:36
#"[[Get Together (Madonna song)|Get Together]]" (Madonna, Bagge, Åström, Price) – 5:30
#"[[Sorry (Madonna song)|Sorry]]" (Madonna, Price) – 4:43
#"Future Lovers" (Madonna, Ahmadzaï) – 4:51
#"I Love New York" (Madonna, Price) – 4:11
#"Let It Will Be" (Madonna, Ahmadzaï, Price) – 4:18
#"Forbidden Love" (Madonna, Price) – 4:22
#"[[Jump (Madonna song)|Jump]]" (Madonna, Henry, Price) – 3:46
#"How High" (Madonna, Karlsson, Winnberg, Jonback) – 4:40
#"Isaac" (Madonna, Price) – 6:03
#"Push" (Madonna, Price) – 3:57
#"Like It or Not" (Madonna, Karlsson, Winnberg, Jonback) – 4:31

==Addtional tracks==
#"Super Pop" (Madonna, Ahmadzaï) - released via download to Icon fanclub members only
#"Fighting Spirit" (Madonna, Ahmadzaï) - released on the Special Edition CD as a bonus track
#"History" (Madonna, Price) - released as B-side to the single ''Jump''

==Critical and commercial performance==
[[Image:Madonna_brit_award.jpg|Madonna winning the "Best International Female Artist" Award at the 2006 Brit Awards.|250px|thumb|right]]
The album has been a worldwide success receiving rave reviews from critics and fans. It went triple platinum in the EU in only two months, reaching the number one spot in 29 countries. On [[September 13]] [[2006]], IFPI credited the album 4x platinum for sales in Europe.[http://www.ifpi.org/site-content/press/20060913.html] In the United States, ''Confessions on a Dance Floor'' debuted at number 1, selling over 350,000 copies in its first week. To date, the album has sold over 1.6 million copies in the U.S. alone, a significant improvement over 2003's ''[[American Life]]'' (667,000 copies sold). It was the #22 best seller of 2006 in that country also (Billboard counted sales from November 2005 to December 2006).

According to the ''[[Daily Mail]]'s'' Adrian Thrills, "Madonna is returning to reclaim her dance-pop crown with a record that pushes her, feet-first, back into club culture. ''Confessions on a Dance Floor''... is not only the former Ms. Ciccone's best album since 1998's ''[[Ray of Light|Ray Of Light]]''. It's a non-stop, rhythm-driven tour de force that ranks alongside anything she made in her chart-conquering heyday.

According to ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', "This is an album designed for maximum volume. It's all motion, action, speed. The tracks are constantly shifting, with dizzying layers of sounds and samples dropping in and out, skittering and whooshing across the speakers. Unlike the crystalline precision of latter-day Madonna discs like ''Ray of Light'' and ''Music'', the sonic signature here is a powerhouse density -- on tunes like "Future Lovers" and "Push", it's damn near psychedelic. Not only do the twelve songs all blend together like a ready-made DJ set, it's as if they also come pre-remixed... Coming off her last album, the tepid ''American Life'', the forty-seven-year-old mother of two wants to show that she can still stay up late. ''Confessions on a Dance Floor'' won't stand the test of time like her glorious early club hits, but it proves its point. Like Rakim back in the day, Madonna can still move the crowd."

''Confessions on a Dance Floor'' holds the record for topping the most charts in the world.{{fact}} Madonna won the "Best International Female Award" at the Brit Awards 2006 and won "World's Best Selling Pop Artist" at the 2006 World Music Awards for the album. She was nominated for five MTV Video Music Awards for her video Hung Up. She was nominated for "Best Album of the Year", "Best Pop", and "Best Female Artist" at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2006. The [[Rolling Stone Magazine]] ranked ''Confessions on a Dance Floor'' as the twenty-second top album of 2005, beating other top albums such as [[Mariah Carey]]'s "[[The Emancipation of Mimi]]", [[Missy Elliot]]'s "[[Cookbook]]", and other albums from artists such as [[Franz Ferdinand]] and [[Stevie Wonder]].

''Confessions on a Dance Floor'', and her follow up [[Confessions Tour]], have given Madonna the most number of international music and tour awards she has ever won in a single year. Below is a list of all of the awards she has won in 2006.

===Awards===
* Rockbjörnen (Sweden)
** Best International Album, ''Confessions on a Dance Floor''
* Pink Paper Awards
** Best Album, ''Confessions on a Dance Floor"
** Best Single, "[[Hung Up]]"
** Best Musical Artist
** Best Live Event, "KoKo Club Mini-Show"
* NRJ Music Awards (France)
** Best International Artist
* Virgin. Net Music Awards
** Best Solo Female Artist
** Best Song, "[[Hung Up]]"
* Boyz Awards
** Best Album, ''Confessions on a Dance Floor''
** Best Single, "[[Hung Up]]"
** Best Solo Star
** Best Pop Act
* TRL Awards
** Lifetime Achievement Award
**Retired Videos Award for "Hung Up"
* [[Brit Awards]]
** Best International Female Artist
* NME Awards
** Sexiest Female Artist
* [[ECHO]] Awards (Germany)
**Best Rock/Pop International Female Artist
**Hit of the Year for "Hung Up"
* Space Shower Music Video Awards (Japan)
**Best International Video for "Hung Up"
*Arion (Greece)Music Awards[http://www.madonnatribe.com/news/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1512]
**Best Selling Single, "Hung Up"
**Best Selling Album, ''Confessions on a Dance Floor''
*21st Annual International Dance Music Awards
**Best Pop Dance Track for "Hung Up"
**Best Dance Video for "Hung Up"
**Best Dance Artist Solo
*Salut! d'Or Awards (France)
**Best International Female Singer
**Best Song, "Hung Up"
**Best Video, "Hung Up"
*Amadeus Music Awards (Austria)
**Best International Hit Single, "Hung Up"
*Popcorn Awards (Hungary)
**Best International Hit Single, "Hung Up"
*Shangay Awards (Spain)
**Best International Album, ''Confessions on a Dance Floor''
**Best International Artist
*Wembley Arena's Square of Fame[http://www.madonnatribe.com/news/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2454]
**First star to be honoured in the venue's new Square of Fame.
*Wembley Arena's Female Artist of the Year Award 2006
**for eight sold-out dates of the [[Confessions Tour]]
*Billboard Touring Awards
**Top Boxscore Award ($22 million, eight-sellout stand at London's Wembley Arena)
*World Music Awards
**World's Best Pop Artist

The album has been nominated for a [[Grammy Award]] in the category ''Best Dance/Electronic Album''. Its third single, "[[Get Together (Madonna song)|Get Together]]", has been nominated in the category ''Best Dance Recording''.

==U.S. Radio alleged boycott==
A petition set up by fans alleging that U.S. Clear Channel radio stations were boycotting Madonna's singles made headlines when thousands of fans signed it, complaining that U.S. radio refused to play new Madonna singles since the release of her "American Life" album in 2003 because she publicly spoke of disapproval against U.S. president George W. Bush. The single "Hung Up" reached #16 on Billboard's Pop Airplay chart, and #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 because of strong digital sales. The following singles "Sorry" and "Get Together" recieved little to no airplay on Pop radio stations. "Sorry" peaked at #58 on the Billboard hot 100 because of strong single sales. The album however was successful in the U.S. due to high rotation for the music videos "Hung Up" and "Sorry" on MTV.

==Editons==
<gallery>
Image:Madonna spec.jpg|<center>Special edition of ''Confessions on a Dance Floor''
Image:Dd 2.JPG|<center>Limited pink vinyl
</gallery>

== Chart performance ==
{| width="0%"
|- valign="top"
| width="50%" |
{|class="wikitable"
!align="left"|Chart (2005)
!align="center"|Peak<br>Position
|-
|align="left"|Argentina albums chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Australia albums chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Austria albums chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Belgium (Flanders/Wallony) albums chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Brazil albums chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Canada albums chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Chile albums chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Colombia albums chart
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|Cyprus albums chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Denmark albums chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Ecuador albums chart
|align="center"|3
|-
|align="left"|Estonia albums chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Finland albums chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|France albums chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Germany albums chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Greece International albums chart]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Hungary albums chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Ireland albums chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Israel albums chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Italy albums chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Japan albums chart
|align="center"|5
|-
|align="left"|Japan international albums chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Lebanon albums chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Malaysia albums chart
|align="center"|8
|}
| width="50%" |
{|class="wikitable"
!align="left"|Chart (2005)
!align="center"|Peak<br>Position
|-
|align="left"|Mexico albums chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Netherlands albums chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|New Zealand RIANZ albums chart
|align="center"|5
|-
|align="left"|Norway albums chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Peru albums chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Philippines albums chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Poland albums chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Portugal albums chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Serbia & Montenegro albums chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Slovakia albums chart
|align="center"|4
|-
|align="left"|South Korea (Pop English) albums chart
|align="center"|3
|-
|align="left"|Spain albums chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Sweden albums chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Switzerland albums chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Taiwan albums chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Thailand albums chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Turkey albums chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|UAE albums chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Ukraine albums chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|UK albums chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Uruguay Top Ten Albums Bestsellers chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|USA Billboard 200
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|USA Billboard Electronic Albums
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|USA Billboard Internet Albums
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|USA Billboard Digital Albums
|align="center"|1
|-
|}
|}

==Certifications==
{|class="wikitable"
!align="left"|Country
!align="center"|Certification
!align="center"|Sales
|-
|align="left"|Australia
|align="center"|2xPlatinum
!align="center"|140,000
|-
|align="left"|Austria
|align="center"|Platinum
!align="center"|50,000
|-
|align="left"|Belgium
|align="center"|Platinum
!align="center"|70,000
|-
|align="left"|Brazil
|align="center"|Platinum
!align="center"|125,000
|-
|align="left"|Canada
|align="center"|eligible for 4xPlatinum
!align="center"|450,000
|-
|align="left"|Chile
|align="center"|Platinum
!align="center"|15,000
|-
|align="left"|Colombia
|align="center"|Platinum
!align="center"|30,000
|-
|align="left"|Cyprus
|align="center"|Platinum
!align="center"|11,000
|-
|align="left"|Czech Republic
|align="center"|Platinum
!align="center"|10,000
|-
|align="left"|Denmark
|align="center"|2xPlatinum
!align="center"|80,000
|-
|align="left"|Europe
|align="center"|4xPlatinum
!align="center"|4,500,000
|-
|align="left"|Finland
|align="center"|Platinum
!align="center"|40,000
|-
|align="left"|France
|align="center"|Diamond
!align="center"|750,000
|-
|align="left"|Germany
|align="center"|5xGold
!align="center"|500,000
|-
|align="left"|Greece
|align="center"|2xPlatinum
!align="center"|80,000
|-
|align="left"|Hungary
|align="center"|Platinum
!align="center"|20,000
|-
|align="left"|Ireland
|align="center"|4xPlatinum
!align="center"|60,000
|-
|align="left"|Israel
|align="center"|Gold
!align="center"|20,000+
|-
|align="left"|Italy
|align="center"|eligible for 5xPlatinum
!align="center"|400,000
|-
|align="left"|Japan
|align="center"|2xPlatinum
!align="center"|500,000
|-
|align="left"|Mexico
|align="center"|Platinum
!align="center"|100,000
|-
|align="left"|Nederlands
|align="center"|2xPlatinum
!align="center"|140,000
|-
|align="left"|New Zealand
|align="center"|Platinum
!align="center"|7,500
|-
|align="left"|Philippines
|align="center"|Gold
!align="center"|20,000
|-
|align="left"|Poland
|align="center"|Platinum
!align="center"|25,000
|-
|align="left"|Portugal
|align="center"|2xPlatinum
!align="center"|50,000
|-
|align="left"|Slovakia
|align="center"|Gold
!align="center"|2,500
|-
|align="left"|Spain
|align="center"|2xPlatinum
!align="center"|160,000
|-
|align="left"|Sweden
|align="center"|2xPlatinum
!align="center"|120,000
|-
|align="left"|Switzerland
|align="center"|3xPlatinum
!align="center"|100,000
|-
|align="left"|Taiwan
|align="center"|Platinum
!align="center"|45,000
|-
|align="left"|Thailand
|align="center"|Platinum
!align="center"|40,000
|-
|align="left"|Turkey
|align="center"|Platinum
!align="center"|40,000
|-
|align="left"|UK
|align="center"|eligible for 4xPlatinum
!align="center"|1,230,000
|-
|align="left"|USA
|align="center"|Platinum
!align="center"|1,600,000
|-
|}

*Total Sales 8,000,000+


===Charts trajectories===
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!03
!04
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!13
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|<center>'''''1'''''
|<center>2
|<center>3
|<center>4
|<center>4
|<center>4
|<center>4
|<center>5
|<center>6
|<center>9
|<center>8
|<center>10
|<center>5
|<center>5
|<center>9
|<center>16
|<center>21
|<center>20
|<center>32
|<center>29
|<center>16
|<center>20
|<center>34
|<center>45
|<center>47
|<center>67
|<center>60
|<center>68
|<center>72
|<center>63
|-
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!33
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!align="center" style="background-color: #white;"|Position
|<center>59
|<center>73
|<center>74
|<center>74
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!align=center" colspan="31"|U.S. [[Billboard]] 200
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!align="center"|Week
!01
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!04
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|<center>4
|<center>8
|<center>13
|<center>15
|<center>17
|<center>21
|<center>15
|<center>20
|<center>24
|<center>40
|<center>60
|<center>59
|<center>50
|<center>56
|<center>53
|<center>60
|<center>67
|<center>75
|<center>73
|<center>82
|<center>102
|<center>93
|<center>107
|<center>115
|<center>117
|<center>117
|<center>120
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!29
!30
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|<center>111
|<center>124
|<center>140
|<center>135
|<center>141
|<center>135
|<center>138
|<center>145
|<center>174
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!27
!28
!29
!30
|-
!align="center" style="background-color: #white;"|Position
|<center>1
|<center>2
|<center>3
|<center>4
|<center>4
|<center>3
|<center>3
|<center>2
|<center>3
|<center>3
|<center>3
|<center>4
|<center>6
|<center>5
|<center>3
|<center>3
|<center>5
|<center>6
|<center>8
|<center>8
|<center>7
|<center>5
|<center>7
|<center>12
|<center>16
|<center>15
|<center>14
|<center>18
|<center>13
|<center>12
|-
!align="center"|Week
!31
!32
!33
!34
!35
!36
!37
!38
!39
!40
!41
!42
!43
!44
!45
!46
!47
!48
!49
!50
!51
!52
!53
!54
!55
!56
!57
!58
!59
!60
|-
!align="center" style="background-color: #white;"|Position
|<center>15
|<center>13
|<center>16
|<center>18
|<center>23
|<center>23
|<center>29
|<center>33
|<center>36
|<center>38
|<center>45
|<center>56
|<center>61
|<center>77
|<center>92
|<center>94
|<center>99
|<center>?
|<center>?
|<center>?
|<center>?
|<center>?
|<center>?
|<center>?
|<center>?
|<center>?
|<center>116
|<center>119
|<center>94
|<center>73
|-
!align="center"|Week
!61
|-
!align="center" style="background-color: #white;"|Position
|<center>65
|}

{| {{tablabonita}}
|- bgcolor="#ebf5ff"
!align=center" colspan="31"|Finland Top 40
|-
!align="center"|Week
!01
!02
!03
!04
!05
!06
!07
!08
!09
!10
!11
!12
!13
!14
!15
!16
!17
!18
!19
!20
!21
!22
!23
!24
!25
!26
!27
!28
!29
!30
|-
!align="center" style="background-color: #white;"|Position
|<center>'''''1'''''
|<center>3
|<center>2
|<center>4
|<center>4
|<center>2
|<center>'''''1'''''
|<center>'''''1'''''
|<center>'''''1'''''
|<center>2
|<center>3
|<center>5
|<center>4
|<center>3
|<center>5
|<center>10
|<center>11
|<center>21
|<center>7
|<center>10
|<center>10
|<center>11
|<center>16
|<center>20
|<center>30
|<center>32
|<center>34
|<center>30
|<center>-
|<center>-
|-
!align="center"|Week
!31
!32
!33
!34
!35
!36
!37
|-
!align="center" style="background-color: #white;"|Position
|<center>-
|<center>-
|<center>34
|<center>38
|<center>33
|<center>28
|<center>29
|}

{| {{tablabonita}}
|- bgcolor="#ebf5ff"
!align=center" colspan="31"|France Top 200
|-
!align="center"|Week
!01
!02
!03
!04
!05
!06
!07
!08
!09
!10
!11
!12
!13
!14
!15
!16
!17
!18
!19
!20
!21
!22
!23
!24
!25
!26
!27
!28
!29
!30
|-
!align="center" style="background-color: #white;"|Position
|<center>1
|<center>1
|<center>1
|<center>2
|<center>2
|<center>3
|<center>4
|<center>6
|<center>4
|<center>5
|<center>8
|<center>10
|<center>10
|<center>9
|<center>13
|<center>21
|<center>26
|<center>30
|<center>33
|<center>27
|<center>33
|<center>33
|<center>34
|<center>39
|<center>45
|<center>40
|<center>45
|<center>41
|<center>39
|<center>59
|-
!align="center"|Week
!31
!32
!33
!34
!35
!36
!37
!38
!39
!40
!41
!42
!43
!44
!45
!46
!47
!48
!49
!50
!51
!52
!53
!54
!55
!56
!57
!58
!59
!60
|-
!align="center" style="background-color: #white;"|Position
|<center>56
|<center>53
|<center>59
|<center>58
|<center>66
|<center>66
|<center>65
|<center>74
|<center>77
|<center>10
|<center>9
|<center>11
|<center>18
|<center>25
|<center>35
|<center>50
|<center>60
|<center>64
|<center>78
|<center>82
|<center>92
|<center>125
|<center>150
|<center>165
|<center>180
|<center>175
|<center>83
|<center>32
|<center>11
|<center>17
|}

{| {{tablabonita}}
|- bgcolor="#ebf5ff"
!align=center" colspan="31"|Ireland Top 100
|-
!align="center"|Week
!01
!02
!03
!04
!05
!06
!07
!08
!09
!10
!11
!12
!13
!14
!15
!16
!17
!18
!19
!20
!21
!22
!23
!24
!25
!26
!27
!28
!29
!30
|-
!align="center" style="background-color: #white;"|Position
|<center>1
|<center>1
|<center>1
|<center>1
|<center>2
|<center>2
|<center>2
|<center>2
|<center>2
|<center>3
|<center>2
|<center>4
|<center>5
|<center>5
|<center>6
|<center>8
|<center>7
|<center>7
|<center>7
|<center>8
|<center>10
|<center>11
|<center>13
|<center>14
|<center>16
|<center>17
|<center>17
|<center>18
|<center>19
|<center>20
|-
!align="center"|Week
!31
!32
!33
!34
!35
!36
!37
!38
!39
!40
!41
!42
!43
!44
!45
!46
!47
!48
!49
!50
!51
!52
!53
!54
!55
!56
!57
!58
!59
!60
|-
!align="center" style="background-color: #white;"|Position
|<center>20
|<center>23
|<center>24
|<center>26
|<center>30
|<center>35
|<center>37
|<center>39
|<center>39
|<center>39
|<center>40
|<center>42
|<center>44
|<center>45
|<center>45
|<center>51
|<center>59
|<center>67
|<center>68
|<center>68
|<center>70
|<center>73
|<center>80
|<center>98
|<center>
|<center>95
|<center>84
|<center>96
|<center>
|<center>
|}

{| {{tablabonita}}
|- bgcolor="#ebf5ff"
!align=center" colspan="31"|Italy Top 100
|-
!align="center"|Week
!01
!02
!03
!04
!05
!06
!07
!08
!09
!10
!11
!12
!13
!14
!15
!16
!17
!18
!19
!20
!21
!22
!23
!24
!25
!26
!27
!28
!29
!30
|-
!align="center" style="background-color: #white;"|Position
|<center>1
|<center>2
|<center>5
|<center>7
|<center>6
|<center>6
|<center>6
|<center>5
|<center>5
|<center>4
|<center>4
|<center>6
|<center>7
|<center>5
|<center>4
|<center>4
|<center>6
|<center>8
|<center>9
|<center>2
|<center>2
|<center>3
|<center>2
|<center>4
|<center>6
|<center>7
|<center>11
|<center>10
|<center>14
|<center>16
|-
!align="center"|Week
!31
!32
!33
!34
!35
!36
!37
!38
!39
!40
!41
!42
!43
!44
!45
!46
!47
!48
!49
!50
!51
!52
!53
!54
!55
!56
!57
!58
!59
!60
|-
!align="center" style="background-color: #white;"|Position
|<center>21
|<center>23
|<center>29
|<center>25
|<center>26
|<center>31
|<center>29
|<center>23
|<center>12
|<center>12
|<center>13
|<center>23
|<center>29
|<center>55
|<center>42
|<center>55
|<center>47
|<center>42
|<center>35
|<center>61
|<center>46
|<center>68
|<center>52
|<center>73
|<center>58
|<center>57
|<center>68
|<center>72
|<center>75
|<center>68
|<center>58

{| {{tablabonita}}
|- bgcolor="#ebf5ff"
!align=center" colspan="31"|New Zealand Top 40
|-
!align="center"|Week
!01
!02
!03
!04
!05
!06
!07
!08
!09
!10
!11
!12
!13
!14
!15
!16
!17
!18
!19
!20
!21
!22
!23
!24
!25
!26
!27
!28
!29
|-
!align="center" style="background-color: #white;"|Position
|<center>'''''5'''''
|<center>17
|<center>23
|<center>21
|<center>20
|<center>24
|<center>23
|<center>27
|<center>29
|<center>26
|<center>33
|<center>31
|<center>25
|<center>29
|<center>34
|<center>38
|<center>39
|<center>30
|<center>28
|<center>23
|<center>28
|<center>15
|<center>29
|<center>33
|<center>23
|<center>33
|<center>26
|<center>30
|<center>36
|}

{| {{tablabonita}}
|- bgcolor="#ebf5ff"
!align=center" colspan="31"|Norway Top 40
|-
!align="center"|Week
!01
!02
!03
!04
!05
!06
!07
!08
!09
!10
!11
!12
!13
!14
!15
!16
!17
!18
!19
!20
!21
!22
!23
!24
!25
!26
!27
!28
!29
!30
!31
|-
!align="center" style="background-color: #white;"|Position
|<center>'''''1'''''
|<center>'''''1'''''
|<center>'''''1'''''
|<center>3
|<center>3
|<center>4
|<center>2
|<center>7
|<center>14
|<center>17
|<center>13
|<center>14
|<center>19
|<center>20
|<center>17
|<center>16
|<center>15
|<center>21
|<center>13
|<center>16
|<center>21
|<center>23
|<center>21
|<center>30
|<center>-
|<center>-
|<center>-
|<center>-
|<center>-
|<center>39
|}

{| {{tablabonita}}
|- bgcolor="#ebf5ff"
!align=center" colspan="31"|Portugal Top 30
|-
!align="center"|Week
!01
!02
!03
!04
!05
!06
!07
!08
!09
!10
!11
!12
!13
!14
!15
!16
!17
!18
!19
!20
!21
!22
!23
!24
!25
!26
!27
|-
!align="center" style="background-color: #white;"|Position
|<center>'''''1'''''
|<center>1
|<center>1
|<center>3
|<center>3
|<center>3
|<center>4
|<center>3
|<center>3
|<center>3
|<center>5
|<center>6
|<center>8
|<center>7
|<center>6
|<center>7
|<center>10
|<center>16
|<center>17
|<center>14
|<center>13
|<center>10
|<center>13
|<center>16
|<center>26
|<center>26
|<center>29
|}

{| {{tablabonita}}
|- bgcolor="#ebf5ff"
!align=center" colspan="31"|Sweden Top 60
|-
!align="center"|Week
!01
!02
!03
!04
!05
!06
!07
!08
!09
!10
!11
!12
!13
!14
!15
!16
!17
!18
!19
!20
!21
!22
!23
!24
!25
!26
!27
!28
!29
!30
|-
!align="center" style="background-color: #white;"|Position
|<center>'''''1'''''
|<center>2
|<center>2
|<center>2
|<center>3
|<center>4
|<center>3
|<center>3
|<center>4
|<center>2
|<center>6
|<center>8
|<center>12
|<center>10
|<center>9
|<center>9
|<center>11
|<center>9
|<center>14
|<center>20
|<center>19
|<center>13
|<center>13
|<center>27
|<center>31
|<center>49
|<center>44
|<center>52
|<center>56
|<center>-
|-
!align="center"|Week
!31
!32
!33
!34
!35
!36
!37
!38
!39
!40
|-
!align="center" style="background-color: #white;"|Position
|<center>-
|<center>-
|<center>-
|<center>56
|<center>58
|<center>-
|<center>-
|<center>-
|<center>-
|<center>18
|}


{| {{tablabonita}}
|- bgcolor="#ebf5ff"
!align=center" colspan="31"|Switzerland Top 100
|-
!align="center"|Week
!01
!02
!03
!04
!05
!06
!07
!08
!09
!10
!11
!12
!13
!14
!15
!16
!17
!18
!19
!20
!21
!22
!23
!24
!25
!26
!27
!28
!29
!30
|-
!align="center" style="background-color: #white;"|Position
|<center>'''''1'''''
|<center>'''''1'''''
|<center>2
|<center>2
|<center>2
|<center>2
|<center>2
|<center>2
|<center>2
|<center>4
|<center>3
|<center>4
|<center>5
|<center>5
|<center>5
|<center>5
|<center>6
|<center>10
|<center>15
|<center>19
|<center>23
|<center>25
|<center>22
|<center>35
|<center>38
|<center>47
|<center>47
|<center>51
|<center>56
|<center>68
|-
!align="center"|Week
!31
!32
!33
!34
!35
!36
!37
!38
!39
!40
!41
!42
|-
!align="center" style="background-color: #white;"|Position
|<center>65
|<center>68
|<center>70
|<center>68
|<center>62
|<center>73
|<center>92
|<center>88
|<center>87
|<center>91
|<center>94
|<center>87
|}

{| {{tablabonita}}
|- bgcolor="#ebf5ff"
!align=center" colspan="31"|U.K. Top 200
|-
!align="center"|Week
!01
!02
!03
!04
!05
!06
!07
!08
!09
!10
!11
!12
!13
!14
!15
!16
!17
!18
!19
!20
!21
!22
!23
!24
!25
!26
!27
!28
!29
!30
|-
!align="center" style="background-color: #white;"|Position
|<center>1
|<center>1
|<center>3
|<center>5
|<center>7
|<center>10
|<center>9
|<center>11
|<center>13
|<center>13
|<center>19
|<center>15
|<center>13
|<center>11
|<center>11
|<center>12
|<center>13
|<center>17
|<center>23
|<center>29
|<center>29
|<center>33
|<center>40
|<center>47
|<center>53
|<center>56
|<center>61
|<center>74
|<center>81
|<center>98
|-
!align="center"|Week
!31
!32
!33
!34
!35
!36
!37
!38
!39
!40
!41
!42
!43
!44
!45
!46
!47
!48
!49
!50
!51
!52
!53
!54
!55
!56
!57
!58
!59
|-
!align="center" style="background-color: #white;"|Position
|<center>102
|<center>112
|<center>115
|<center>97
|<center>94
|<center>57
|<center>33
|<center>28
|<center>24
|<center>28
|<center>37
|<center>47
|<center>73
|<center>113
|<center>162
|<center>Out
|<center>Out
|<center>Out
|<center>Out
|<center>Out
|<center>164
|<center>146
|<center>104
|<center>99
|<center>84
|<center>67
|<center>51
|<center>42
|<center>49
|}

{| {{tablabonita}}
|- bgcolor="#ebf5ff"
!align=center" colspan="31"| United World Chart Top 40
|-
!align="center"|Week
!01
!02
!03
!04
!05
!06
!07
!08
!09
!10
!11
!12
!13
!14
!15
!16
!17
|-
!align="center" style="background-color: #white;"|Position
|<center>1
|<center>2
|<center>2
|<center>2
|<center>2
|<center>3
|<center>2
|<center>4
|<center>3
|<center>3
|<center>6
|<center>7
|<center>7
|<center>4
|<center>4
|<center>4
|<center>9
|-
!align="center"|Copies
|<center><small>1,233,000</small>
|<center><small>671,000</small>
|<center><small>449,000</small>
|<center><small>484,000</small>
|<center><small>553,000</small>
|<center><small>641.000</small>
|<center><small>280.000</small>
|<center><small>240.000</small>
|<center><small>190.000</small>
|<center><small>175.000</small>
|<center><small>163.000</small>
|<center><small>151.000</small>
|<center><small>154.000</small>
|<center><small>167.000</small>
|<center><small>159.000</small>
|<center><small>152.000</small>
|<center><small>133.000</small>
|-
!align="center"|Week
!18
!19
!20
!21
!22
!23
!24
!25
!26
!27
!28
!29
!30
!31
!32
!33
!34
|-
!align="center" style="background-color: #white;"|Position
|<center>11
|<center>15
|<center>12
|<center>12
|<center>14
|<center>9
|<center>18
|<center>18
|<center>21
|<center>22
|<center>31
|<center>22
|<center>26
|<center>32
|<center>36
|<center>-
|<center>36
|-
!align="center"|Copies
|<center><small>122.000</small>
|<center><small>121.000</small>
|<center><small>118.000</small>
|<center><small>116.000</small>
|<center><small>111.000</small>
|<center><small>103.000</small>
|<center><small>91.000</small>
|<center><small>80.000</small>
|<center><small>77.000</small>
|<center><small>69.000</small>
|<center><small>62.000</small>
|<center><small>61.000</small>
|<center><small>58.000</small>
|<center><small>55.000</small>
|<center><small>49.000</small>
|<center>-
|<center><small>46.000</small>
|-
!align="center"|Week
!35
!36
!37
!38
!39
!40
!41
!42
!43
|-
!align="center" style="background-color: #white;"|Position
|<center>39
|<center>40
|<center>-
|<center>-
|<center>-
|<center>-
|<center>-
|<center>36
|<center>40
|-
!align="center"|Copies
|<center><small>42.000</small>
|<center><small>37.000</small>
|<center>-
|<center>-
|<center>-
|<center>-
|<center>-
|<center><small>45.000</small>
|<center><small>42.000</small>
|}

==Personnel==
*Photography: Steven Klein
*Art Direction and Graphic Design: Giovanni Bianco
*Legal: Grubman Indursky
*Management: Guy Oseary and Angela Becker
*Mixing: Mark "Spike" Stent at Olympic Studios and [[Record Plant Studios]], Los Angeles (Except: "Forbidden Love" which was mixed by Stuart Price at Shirland Road)
*Recording: Stuart Price at Shirland Road (Except: "How High" and "Like It Or Not" which were recorded at Murlyn Studios, Stockholm and Shirland Road, "Future Lovers" was recorded at Mayfair Studios.)
*Assistant Engineer: Alex Dromgoole
*Second Assistant Engineer at Olympic: David Emery
*Second Assistant Engineer at Record Plant, Los Angeles: Antony Kilhoffer
*Mastering: Brian "Big Bass" Gardner at Bernie Grundman Mastering

== References ==


Although the origins of the term "soggy" or "limp biscuit" are unclear, it is thought to have originated in [[Australia]] sometime in the [[1960s]] <ref>Jonathon Green, ''The Cassell Dictionary of Slang'', 1998, page 1110</ref>, and is now a widely known concept, at least in the United Kingdom and parts of the [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]]{{fact}}<!-- Would be grateful if those with free access to newspaper archive, Newsbank etc could include additional references from the UK and especially from foreign countries, there are several newspaper refs mentioned on the Soggy Biscuit AfD 2 page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Soggy_biscuit_%282%29), in a brief search I also found a Dom Joly article in the Indie or Sindie which I couldn't get at it --> The descriptive term "soggy biscuit" or "biscuit game" may be employed as a euphemism for an embarrassing activity. Although "soggy biscuit" is not necessarily associated with [[homosexuality]], since the game does not require [[mutual masturbation]] or other contact, the idea and practice of the game is in keeping with the spirit of adolescent sexual exploration associated by many in the UK with [[Independent school (United Kingdom)#Terminology|public schools]] (UK) or private schools (Aus)<ref>Alisdare Hickson, ''The Poisoned Bowl: Sex and the Public School'', 1996, Gerald Duckworth and Co. Ltd, ISBN 0-7156-2709-0</ref>. <!-- Would be good here to include references to the term and concept in personal memoirs of public school life etc -->
*[http://www.madonnaonline.com.br/ MadonnaOnline Brasil]
*[http://www.madonna.cz/album.php?nazev=confessions_on_a_dance_floor/ Madonna.cz]


Although the terminology may differ slightly, the notability of the game is such that variations on the theme are referred to in popular culture, examples including [[Stephen Fry]]'s ''[[The Liar]]''<!-- Might be apt to briefly describe SF's use of the term, or at least give page numbers etc. -->, the German movie ''[[Crazy (film)|Crazy]]'', [[Richard Curtis]] and [[Ben Elton]]'s ''[[Blackadder]]''<!-- Exact quote to follow pending DVD marathon--> and [[Skinless (band)|Skinless]]'s song "Scum Cookie".
== Notes ==
<!-- Here will go a discussion of the fact that the game is almost certainly never played and probably an urban legend, when refs become available -->
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==See also==
{{Madonna}}
* [[Bukkake]]


==References==
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"Limp biscuit" redirects here. For the band, see Limp Bizkit.

Soggy biscuit or limp biscuit is a male masturbation game reportedly played in British public schools (especially all-boys schools) and other male-dominated environments. Stories of the game circulate as urban legends; in the most popular account of the game, players stand around a biscuit masturbating until ejaculating onto it. The last person to do so "loses" (or "wins"), and must eat the biscuit. Another account of the game involves the players masturbating one at a time - the first to not ejaculate within two minutes is deemed the loser and has to eat the biscuit.

Although the origins of the term "soggy" or "limp biscuit" are unclear, it is thought to have originated in Australia sometime in the 1960s [1], and is now a widely known concept, at least in the United Kingdom and parts of the Commonwealth[citation needed] The descriptive term "soggy biscuit" or "biscuit game" may be employed as a euphemism for an embarrassing activity. Although "soggy biscuit" is not necessarily associated with homosexuality, since the game does not require mutual masturbation or other contact, the idea and practice of the game is in keeping with the spirit of adolescent sexual exploration associated by many in the UK with public schools (UK) or private schools (Aus)[2].

Although the terminology may differ slightly, the notability of the game is such that variations on the theme are referred to in popular culture, examples including Stephen Fry's The Liar, the German movie Crazy, Richard Curtis and Ben Elton's Blackadder and Skinless's song "Scum Cookie".

See also

References

  1. ^ Jonathon Green, The Cassell Dictionary of Slang, 1998, page 1110
  2. ^ Alisdare Hickson, The Poisoned Bowl: Sex and the Public School, 1996, Gerald Duckworth and Co. Ltd, ISBN 0-7156-2709-0
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