Editing GHV2 (section)

== Release and promotion ==
In order to promote the album, Madonna's recording company Warner Bros. spent [[Pound sterling|£]]1 million (£{{formatnum:{{Inflation|UK|1|2001|r=2}}}} million in {{Inflation-year|UK}} pounds){{inflation-fn|UK}} on its promotion, to generate excitement in the album without the support of media interviews or TV performances, as Madonna was in [[Malta]] filming ''Swept Away''. A company executive said, "There will be no ''[[Top of the Pops]]'' appearance or interview on [[BBC Radio 1|Radio One]] or in [[Q (magazine)|''Q'' magazine]] this time so we want the unusual name to get people thinking about the association between Madonna and ''GHV2''" and to generate extra media interest to compensate for the artist's unavailability to promote the release at the time.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://business.highbeam.com/411456/article-1G1-80114776/wea-london-commits-1m-pounds-sterling-madonna-best|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310013313/https://business.highbeam.com/411456/article-1G1-80114776/wea-london-commits-1m-pounds-sterling-madonna-best|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 10, 2016|title=WEA London commits 1&nbsp;m (pounds sterling) to Madonna's best of campaign|last=Hemsley|first=Steve|date=November 3, 2001|access-date=February 14, 2016|work=Music Week}}</ref> However, in December, Madonna made an appearance at the [[Turner prize#2001|2001 Turner Prize]] award ceremony and mentioned that she "had a new record in stores called ''GHV2''".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/exhibition/turner-prize-2001|title=Turner Prize 2001|access-date=February 14, 2016|publisher=[[Tate Britain]]|archive-date=March 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160327045456/http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/exhibition/turner-prize-2001|url-status=live}}</ref>

Madonna's company Maverick Records sent a promotional [[megamix]] titled "GHV2 Megamix" to radio stations on October 29, 2001.<ref name="bill">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/77749/billboard-bits-oysterhead-rollins-madonna|title=Billboard Bits: Oysterhead, Rollins, Madonna|last=Paoletta|first=Michael|date=November 13, 2001|access-date=February 14, 2016|magazine=Billboard|archive-date=May 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505051317/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/77749/billboard-bits-oysterhead-rollins-madonna|url-status=live}}</ref> However, it was limited to [[airplay]], and was never released commercially nor included on ''GHV2''.<ref name="bbmega">{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ExIEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA28|title=Spotlight: Madonna Thunderpuss GHV2 Megamix|last=Taylor|first=Chuck|date=November 17, 2001|access-date=February 14, 2016|magazine=Billboard|volume=113|issue=46|page=28|issn=0006-2510}}</ref> The songs featured, in chronological order, were "[[Don't Tell Me (Madonna song)|Don't Tell Me]]", "Erotica", "[[Secret (Madonna song)|Secret]]", "[[Frozen (Madonna song)|Frozen]]", "What It Feels Like for a Girl", "[[Take a Bow (Madonna song)|Take a Bow]]", "[[Deeper and Deeper]]", "[[Music (Madonna song)|Music]]" and "[[Ray of Light (song)|Ray of Light]]". Remixes were produced by [[Thunderpuss]], Johnny Rocks & Mac Quayle and [[Tracy Young]]. [[Chris Cox (DJ)|Chris Cox]] from Thunderpuss explained, "Basically, they were doing the greatest-hits album... and so they approached actually a couple of different remix entities to take a stab at doing a megamix, and it was kind of a cattle call, actually. They basically liked ours the best and so they put it out."<ref name="launch">{{cite news|url=http://launch.yahoo.com/read/news.asp?contentID=206795|title=Thunderpuss On Megamixing Madonna|last=Gelman|first=Jason|date=November 28, 2001|access-date=February 14, 2016|publisher=[[Yahoo!]]|archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20011129152448/http%3A//launch%2Eyahoo%2Ecom/read/news%2Easp?contentid%3D206795|archive-date=November 29, 2001}}</ref> The remix peaked at number five on the ''[[Billboard charts|Billboard]]'' [[Hot Dance Club Play]] chart.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/308786/madonna/chart?f=359|title=Madonna – Chart history|work=Billboard Dance Club Songs for Madonna|page=2|access-date=February 14, 2016|archive-date=April 26, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426134948/http://www.billboard.com/artist/308786/madonna/chart?f=359|url-status=live}}</ref> An accompanying [[music video]] for the remix, directed by Dago Gonzalez of Veneno Inc., was compiled of images of Madonna's live performances and previous music videos and premiered on November 2, 2001, through ''[[Total Request Live]]'' (TRL) and MTV's website.<ref name="mwebsite" /><ref name="launch" /> Chuck Taylor from ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' complimented the remix, saying that "its quite a trip down [[1980s in music|80s]] memory lane from an artist whose continually evolving body of work stands strong—even when summarized in this novel context."<ref name="bbmega" />

On December 20, 2001, Maverick Records also released a promotional album ''GHV2 Remixed: The Best of 1991–2001'', featuring remixed versions of tracks from ''GHV2'', except "Take a Bow", "[[Don't Cry for Me Argentina#Madonna version|Don't Cry for Me Argentina]]", and "[[The Power of Good-Bye]]". Remixes were done by [[Victor Calderone]], [[Junior Vasquez]], [[BT (musician)|BT]], [[Sasha (DJ)|Sasha]], [[Timo Maas]], and [[Hex Hector]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Ghv2-Remixed-Best-1991-2001/dp/B001O7P5XU|title=GHV2 Remixed: The Best of 1991–2001|publisher=[[Amazon (company)|Amazon]]|access-date=February 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416034309/http://www.amazon.com/Ghv2-Remixed-Best-1991-2001/dp/B001O7P5XU|archive-date=April 16, 2014}}</ref> [[MTV France]] listed the remixes on their website for streaming.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.fr/mtv.fr/jhtml/hme/MaHomePage.jhtml|title=MTV France website: Madonna|access-date=February 15, 2016|publisher=[[MTV France]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011211205329/http://www.mtv.fr/mtv.fr/jhtml/hme/MaHomePage.jhtml|archive-date=December 11, 2001}}</ref>