“Frozen” was released as the lead single from Madonna’s seventh studio album, Ray of Light. A mid-tempo electronica ballad, the song talks about a cold and emotionless person.
Acclaimed by the music critics and often described as a masterpiece, the single was also a worldwide commercial success. On...
[Verse 1]
You only see what your eyes want to see
How can life be what you want it to be?
You're frozen when your heart's not open
You're so consumed with how much you get
You waste your time with hate and regret
You're broken when your heart's not open
[Chorus]
Mmm-mmm, if I could melt your heart
Mmm-mmm, we'd never be apart
Mmm-mmm, give yourself to me
Mmm-mmm, you hold the key
[Verse 2]
Now there's no point in placing the blame
And you should know I suffer the same
If I lose you, my heart will be broken
Love is a bird, she needs to fly
Let all the hurt inside of you die
You're frozen, when your heart's not open
[Chorus]
Mmm-mmm, if I could melt your heart
Mmm-mmm, we'd never be apart
Mmm-mmm, give yourself to me
Mmm-mmm, you hold the key
[Verse 3]
You only see what your eyes want to see
How can life be what you want it to be?
You're frozen, when your heart's not open
[Chorus]
Mmm-mmm, if I could melt your heart
Mmm-mmm, we'd never be apart
Mmm-mmm, give yourself to me
Mmm-mmm, you hold the key
If I could melt your heart
Mmm-mmm, we'd never be apart
Mmm-mmm, give yourself to me
Mmm-mmm, you hold the key
[Outro]
If I could melt your heart
Frozen was written by Patrick Leonard & Madonna.
Frozen was produced by William Orbit & Patrick Leonard & Madonna.
Retaliation, revenge, hate, regret, that’s what I deal with in ‘Frozen.’ ‘Everyone’s going to say, 'That’s a song about [ex-boyfriend/baby daddy Carlos Leon],’ but it’s not really; it’s just about people in general.‘’
–Madonna, The New York Times, 1998.
For “Frozen,” a song wrote with Pat Leonard, I was obsessed with the movie The Sheltering Sky and the whole Moroccan/orchestral/superromantic/man-carrying-the-woman-he-loves-across-the-desert vibe. So I told Pat that I wanted something with a tribal feel, something really lush and romantic. When he...
In 1998, Madonna talked to MTV Asia about the shooting of the video:
“Because the song is called ‘Frozen’, the original idea was to go someplace where it’s really cold and where there’s snow, and we were thinking of shooting it in Iceland. But then I thought, ‘You know what, I’m going to be freezin...