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The Tracks — Erotica, Track 05

Where Life Begins

Dinner is served.

At a Glance

Title

Where Life Begins

Record

Erotica (1992) | Track 05

Single

Album track

Writers

Madonna | André Betts

Producers

Madonna | André Betts

Witty and unashamed, “Where Life Begins” is the most explicit song on an explicit album.

The Song


The first song Madonna wrote with André Betts, it uses dining as a metaphor for sex over a jazzy, laid-back groove.

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