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The Tracks — Rebel Heart, Track 17

S.E.X.

A list of instructions.

At a Glance

Title

S.E.X.

Record

Rebel Heart (2015) | Track 17

Single

Album track | Deluxe edition

Writers

Madonna | Toby Gad | MoZella | Larry Griffin Jr. | Mike Dean | Kanye West | Ernest Brown

Producers

Madonna | Kanye West | Charlie Heat | Mike Dean

Twenty-three years after Erotica, “S.E.X.” returns to the bedroom — with a sense of humour.

The Song


Half-spoken over a minimal beat, it lists the props of bondage. Madonna adopted a deliberate lisp for the vocal.

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