madonna bedtime stories survival track

The Tracks — Bedtime Stories, Track 01

Survival

Still here.

At a Glance

Title

Survival

Record

Bedtime Stories (1994) | Track 01

Single

Album track

Writers

Madonna | Dallas Austin

Producers

Nellee Hooper | Madonna

After the storm of Erotica and Sex, Bedtime Stories opens softly — with a song about simply getting through.

The Song


Written with Dallas Austin and produced with Nellee Hooper, who flew to Los Angeles with Marius de Vries to help create it, “Survival” addresses the backlash of the previous two years with a calm, R&B-tinged shrug.

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