Editing GHV2 (section)

== Background and development ==
[[File:MadonnaDrownedWorld1 cropped.jpg|thumb|left|upright|alt=Madonna during a show wearing an all black outfit and an American flag kilt|Madonna performing at the [[Drowned World Tour]] whose [[Drowned World Tour 2001|video album]] was released alongside ''GHV2'']]
In early September 2001, media reported that Madonna had recorded two songs, "Sex Makes the World Go Round" and "Veronica Electronica", to be included on the forthcoming greatest hits album.<ref name="nme" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rockol.it/news-35858/madonna-confusione-sul-contenuto-del-greatest-hits|title=Madonna: confusione sul contenuto del 'Greatest hits'|publisher=Rockol|language=it|date=September 3, 2001|access-date=January 19, 2016|archive-date=April 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408082439/http://www.rockol.it/news-35858/madonna-confusione-sul-contenuto-del-greatest-hits|url-status=live}}</ref> The last title was from an unreleased remix album in collaboration with [[William Orbit]].<ref name="10min">{{cite magazine|title=WB Expects Madonna To 'Light' Up International Markets|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GQ8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA83|first=Larry|last=Flick|date=February 21, 1998|access-date=March 25, 2016|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|issn=0006-2510|volume=110|issue=8|pages=83|archive-date=February 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214220712/https://books.google.com/books?id=GQ8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA83|url-status=live}}</ref> It was also reported that the album would be titled ''The Immaculate Collection 2''. However, both the title and new songs rumors were proven false.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/artist_area/madonna/7042.shtml|title=New material from Madonna|access-date=March 25, 2016|publisher=[[BBC Radio 1]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041211200744/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/artist_area/madonna/7042.shtml|archive-date=December 11, 2004}}</ref> After the final show of Madonna's [[Drowned World Tour]] on September 15, 2001, [[MTV News]] confirmed that the singer had planned to release a greatest hits album in November 2001.<ref>{{cite news|last=Vanhorn|first=Teri|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1448909/madonna-closes-drowned-world-tour-with-prayer-donation/|title=Madonna Closes Drowned World Tour With Prayer, Donation|publisher=[[MTV News]]|date=September 17, 2001|access-date=January 19, 2016|archive-date=April 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410030113/http://www.mtv.com/news/1448909/madonna-closes-drowned-world-tour-with-prayer-donation/|url-status=dead}}</ref> On October 4, 2001, Maverick Records eventually announced the track list of ''GHV2'' as well as its official release date. The album coincided with the release of the [[Drowned World Tour 2001 (video)|DVD/VHS video album of the tour]].<ref name="bbtracklist">{{cite magazine|last=Cohen|first=Jonathan|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/78207/madonna-bundles-recent-hits-on-ghv2|title=Madonna Bundles Recent Hits On 'GHV2'|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=October 4, 2001|access-date=January 19, 2016|archive-date=May 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505051416/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/78207/madonna-bundles-recent-hits-on-ghv2|url-status=live}}</ref>

A sequel to her first greatest hits album, ''[[The Immaculate Collection]]'' (1990), ''GHV2'' included fifteen singles released during Madonna's second decade in the recording industry, starting from "[[Erotica (song)|Erotica]]" (1992) to "[[What It Feels Like for a Girl]]" (2001). Unlike the former release, ''GHV2'' did not feature any new material. In an interview with [[BBC]]'s [[Jo Whiley]], Madonna spoke about the selection of the tracks stating, "I like '[[Fever (Madonna song)|Fever]]', alright. But you know, the thing is they had to have listening power for me. I had to be able to listen to them five times in a row and think this is really good, this is a well written song, it's really well produced."<ref name="bbc">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/jowhiley/interviews/madonna_1_nov2001.shtml|title=Jo Whiley Interviews Madonna|date=November 23, 2001|access-date=October 25, 2015|publisher=BBC Radio 1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011205064123/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/jowhiley/interviews/madonna_1_nov2001.shtml|archive-date=December 5, 2001}}</ref> She also added that "If you listen to the record, you can really see my evolution as a singer, songwriter, and, more important, a human being."<ref name="manilastandard" /> Madonna felt that because it was a "greatest hits", it should only contain previously released hit songs.<ref name="msnchat">{{cite web|url=http://chat.msn.com/msnlive_feature.msnw?id=artist/madonna|title=Madonna talks back|date=December 12, 2001|access-date=January 20, 2016|publisher=[[MSN]]}}{{dead link|date=May 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} [http://allaboutmadonna.com/madonna-library/madonnas-msn-live-chat-dec-12-2001-12noon-est Alt URL] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110055514/https://simcast.com/?d=allaboutmadonna.com&s=bone&sw=16&tr=17557843388&oip=207.241.232.187&eol&adult=true |date=November 10, 2021 }}</ref> Several of her popular singles of that period were excluded from the album. Despite being a worldwide number-one hit in 2000, "[[American Pie (Madonna song)|American Pie]]" was not included because Madonna had regretted putting it on her eighth studio album, ''[[Music (Madonna album)|Music]]'' (2000). "It was something a certain record company executive twisted my arm into doing, but it didn't belong on the album so now it's being punished... My gut told me not to [put the song on ''Music''], but I did it and then I regretted it so just for that reason it didn't deserve a place on ''GHV2''." she said.<ref name="bbc" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2001/1123/395365-madonna/|title=Madonna rejected 'American Pie' for GHV2|date=November 23, 2001|access-date=February 14, 2016|publisher=[[Raidió Teilifís Éireann]]|archive-date=April 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408205345/http://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2001/1123/395365-madonna/|url-status=live}}</ref> Other notable exclusions were "[[This Used to Be My Playground]]", "[[Rain (Madonna song)|Rain]]", "[[I'll Remember]]" and "[[You'll See]]"—all of which had been included on her ballads compilation ''[[Something to Remember]]'' (1995).<ref>{{cite web|last=Schumacher-Rasmussen|first=Eric|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1449688/madonna-to-release-new-greatest-hits-collection/|title=Madonna To Release New Greatest Hits Collection|date=October 5, 2001|access-date=January 19, 2016|publisher=MTV News|archive-date=March 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301081641/http://www.mtv.com/news/1449688/madonna-to-release-new-greatest-hits-collection/|url-status=dead}}</ref> "Fever" was included on early test pressings but did not make it onto the final release.

The album was originally titled ''Greatest Hits: The Second Coming'',<ref>{{Cite AV media notes|title=GHV2 (Promotional VHS)|others=Madonna|year=2001|publisher=Maverick, Warner Bros. Records|id=SAM 925}}</ref> but Madonna decided to change the name to ''GHV2'' just before it was released as "it's a title you will remember" and also because of "laziness", due to the fact that she had just finished the Drowned World Tour and was about to begin filming ''[[Swept Away (2002 film)|Swept Away]]'' (2002).<ref>{{cite episode|series=Today|title=Madonna at Today|series-link=Today (U.S. TV program)|network=[[NBC]]|airdate=December 19, 2001|minutes=15:00}}</ref> The cover picture is from a 2001 photo shoot for ''[[InStyle]]'' magazine, by [[Regan Cameron]]. It was revealed through Madonna's official website, on October 18, 2001.<ref name="mwebsite">{{cite web|url=http://www.madonnamusic.com/news/news.php|title=Madonna News from 2001 Archive|publisher=Madonnamusic.com|access-date=January 19, 2016|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020202010418/http://www.madonnamusic.com/news/news.php|archive-date=February 2, 2002}}</ref> Cameron recalled that they had been given the assignment of shooting Madonna for ''InStyle'' and he was nervous. It was shot at Smashbox Studios in [[Los Angeles]] and he tried out first with a polaroid. Two of the pictures from the session were used by Madonna, first one showing her with finger on her lips as a promotional photo for the [[HBO]] debut of her Drowned World Tour video, and another one showing her with hair in front of her right eye for ''GHV2''.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Schonauer|first=David|title=Quiet On the Set|pages=49–51|issn=1046-8986|volume=12|issue=5|journal=[[Photo (American magazine)|American Photo]]|date=October 2001}}</ref> Cameron also contributed artwork for the inner sleeve, which features 600 photographs of Madonna through the years. "GHV2" can also be seen on the cover picture on Madonna's eye.<ref name="manilastandard">{{cite journal|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1370&dat=20011130&id=Z5xOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mAsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3879,3139604|title=Will Madonna ever 'Take A Bow'?|journal=[[Manila Standard]]|date=November 30, 2001|access-date=January 19, 2016|archive-date=November 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110055432/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1370&dat=20011130&id=Z5xOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mAsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3879%2C3139604|url-status=live}}</ref> The sleeves also contains Japanese lettering (モヂジラミミヂ), which is the result of typing the letters 'M-A-D-O-N-N-A' on an English keyboard but with the keys re-mapped to their positions on a [[Japanese input methods|Japanese kana keyboard]]. It is pronounced as "Mo-Ji-Ji-Ra-Mi-Mi-Ji".<ref name="msnchat" />