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Format: 12'' Vinyl Maxi
Origin: US Promo
Year: 2003
Style: Pop
Cover: LC · Sticker (vg/ Ecke angestoßen) (vg/ corner bumped)
Media: EX
Extras: Promo
Item no.: 8050

BRITNEY SPEARS/ MADONNA- ME AGAINST THE MUSIC 12'' DISCO VINYL US PROMO REMIXES Overall rating 2003 · US Promo · 12'' Vinyl Maxi · Promo Cover: LC · Sticker (vg/ Ecke angestoßen) (vg/ corner bumped) Media: EX Nr. 8050 €19.99 ✓ SELECTED

BRITNEY SPEARS/ MADONNA- ME AGAINST THE MUSIC 12'' DISCO VINYL US PROMO REMIXES

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Description

The kiss came first, the record afterwards. On 28 August 2003 Madonna and Britney Spears kissed as they opened the MTV Video Music Awards. At rehearsals Spears had asked her to sing on her new single – for the first time in her twenty-year career Madonna appeared on a single as a guest. For those who saw the kiss, this record was never made.

It was for the club DJs: “For Promotional Use Only” is printed on both labels and the sticker. Side A carries the remix by Londoner Rishi Rich, fresh from the British charts with Jay Sean – melody gone, clattering beat, Punjabi shouts. Number 35 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 1 in the club chart.

Madonna, of all people, is missing from the writing credits: six names instead of the seven usually listed. T. Nash is Terius Nash, who in 2007, as The-Dream, wrote Rihanna’s “Umbrella” with the same producer. The arranger credit names Steve Lunt, then in A&R at Jive and in 1984 co-writer of Cyndi Lauper’s “She Bop”.

His song was on the PMRC’s list of fifteen, the list that brought the warning label. This one has a sticker too, but it courts DJs instead of warning anyone – which I find delightful. Likely seekers: DJs, promo collectors and Britney and Madonna fans.

Vinyl of the copies on offer ex throughout, laminated sleeve with sticker noted as “vg, corner bumped”.

Label: Jive (diamond logo), white labels
Catalogue number: JDAB-57305-1 – on both labels and on the sleeve sticker
Notice: “FOR PROMOTIONAL USE ONLY” on both labels, “For Promotional Use Only” on the sticker
Publishing notice: ℗ & © 2003 Zomba Recording Corporation; “An original sound recording made by Zomba Recording Corporation”
Origin: US promo pressing
Playback: STEREO, 33 1/3 RPM, 12 inch
Side A: 1. “Rishi Rich’s Desi Kulcha Remix” 4:33 – 2. “Rishi Rich’s Desi Kulcha Remix (Instrumental)” 4:33. Writers: B. Spears / C. “Tricky” Stewart / T. “Tab” Nkhereanye / P. Magnet / T. Nash / G. O’Brien. Produced by Trickster for Redzone Entertainment, Co-Produced by Penelope Magnet for Redzone Entertainment; Remix Produced and Programmed by Rishi Rich for TwoPointNine Ltd. UK at The Heights Recording Studio, London; Recorded by Brian “B-Luv” Thomas at Battery Studios, NYC, and Triangle Sound Studios, Atlanta; Madonna’s Vocals Recorded by Mark “Spike” Stent at Olympic Sound Studios, London; Mixed by Serban Ghenea at MixStar Studios, Virginia Beach; Additional Arrangement by Steve Lunt and Serban Ghenea; Mastered by Tom Coyne at Sterling Sound, NYC
Side AA: 1. “Video Mix” 3:47 – 2. “Video Mix (Instrumental)” 3:47. Same writing credit. Produced by Trickster for Redzone Entertainment, Co-Produced by Penelope Magnet for Redzone Entertainment; Recorded by Brian “B-Luv” Thomas at Battery Studios, NYC, and Triangle Sound Studios, Atlanta; Madonna’s Vocals Recorded by Mark “Spike” Stent at Olympic Sound Studios, London; Mixed by Serban Ghenea at MixStar Studios and Mark “Spike” Stent at Olympic Studios, London; Arranged by C. “Tricky” Stewart, Penelope Magnet, Britney Spears and Steve Lunt; Mastered by Tom Coyne at Sterling Sound, NYC
Further notices: “Madonna appears courtesy of Warner Bros. Records”; Management: Larry Rudolph for Reindeer Management, Ltd.; Management Representative: Dan Dymtrow
Sleeve: white sleeve with a round centre cut-out through which the label is visible; silver sticker with title lines, Jive logo and “Look for Britney’s new album IN THE ZONE in stores November 18”
Run-out grooves: not photographed, hence no matrix reading

Also of interest in this context:

She Bop — Steve Lunt, credited on this label for the arrangement and then an A&R man at Jive, had co-written Cyndi Lauper’s ‘She Bop’ in 1984.
Umbrella — Terius Nash from the writing credits of this record co-wrote Rihanna’s ‘Umbrella’ in 2007 as The-Dream, together with Tricky Stewart, who also produced this record.

Further reading: MTV Video Music Awards (Wikipedia) ↗ opens in a new tab

All references (10 sources)

Own examination of the object — US promotional pressing, marked as a promo; catalogued as a 12-inch disco maxi-single with promo remixes from 2003. Vinyl of the offered copies is ex; laminated sleeve with sticker, vg, bumped corner.
Own reading of the item photos — Jive labels with catalogue number JDAB-57305-1 and "FOR PROMOTIONAL USE ONLY" on both sides, "For Promotional Use Only" on the sleeve sticker; ℗ & © 2003 Zomba Recording Corporation. Side A Rishi Rich's Desi Kulcha Remix, side AA Video Mix, both sides as club versions with an instrumental version. The songwriting credit lists six names, Madonna is not among them; Steve Lunt appears in the arrangement credits.
Wikipedia – Me Against the Music — Spears played the song to Madonna during rehearsals for the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards and asked her to sing along; the first single on which Madonna is credited as a guest in her twenty-year career. Released on 14 October 2003; number 35 on the Billboard Hot 100 (US singles chart), number 1 on Dance Club Songs. The Rishi Rich remix strips out the melody and adds a clattering beat and Punjabi shouts. Seven writers, including Madonna and Terius Nash; produced by Christopher "Tricky" Stewart and Penelope Magnet; Steve Lunt credited with A&R and arrangement.
Wikipedia – 2003 MTV Video Music Awards — Ceremony held on 28 August 2003, opened by Madonna, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera and Missy Elliott; the kiss became the controversy of the evening.
Wikipedia – The-Dream — The-Dream's real name is Terius Youngdell Nash; "Me Against the Music" is among his earliest songwriting credits. In 2007 he wrote and produced Rihanna's "Umbrella" with Christopher "Tricky" Stewart.
Wikipedia – City Boy (band) — Steve Broughton Lunt co-wrote Cyndi Lauper's "She Bop" and was Vice President of A&R at Jive Records for almost ten years, where he guided the early career of Britney Spears.
Wikipedia – She Bop — Cyndi Lauper's "She Bop" was released in 1984; Stephen Broughton Lunt is a co-writer.
Wikipedia – Parents Music Resource Center — "She Bop" is on the "Filthy Fifteen", the list of fifteen songs targeted by the PMRC. The Senate hearing followed on 19 September 1985, and on 1 November 1985 the RIAA agreed to apply Parental Advisory stickers.
Wikipedia – Rishi Rich — Rishi Rich is a British producer from London; with Jay Sean and Juggy D he formed the Rishi Rich Project.
Wikipedia – Dance with You (Nachna Tere Naal) — The first single by the Rishi Rich Project with Jay Sean and Juggy D was released on 8 September 2003 and reached number 12 on the UK charts, shortly before "Me Against the Music".

Our own research on this copy, as of 4 Oct 2026. Every statement is backed by a source or marked as an assessment.

Tracklist

A1	Me Against The Music (Rishi Rich's Desi Kulcha Remix)	4:33
A2	Me Against The Music (Rishi Rich's Desi Kulcha Remix Instrumental)	4:33
AA1	Me Against The Music (Video Mix)	3:47
AA2	Me Against The Music (Video Mix Instrumental)	3:47