“I’m so Stupid” is the third track on Madonna’s ninth studio album, American Life.
Heavily characterized by the use of auto-tune, the song closes the tryptich made up with the previous tracks, “American Life” and “Hollywood” where Madonna criticizes the american way of living and the illusion of th...
[Intro]
'Cause I used to live
In a fuzzy dream
And I wanted to be
Like all the pretty people
[Verse 1]
I, I, I'm so stupid
'Cause I used to live
In a fuzzy dream
And I used to believe
In the pretty pictures
That were all around me
But now I know for sure
That I was stupid
[Chorus]
Please don't try to tempt me
It was just greed
And it won't protect me
Don't want my dreams
Adding up to nothing
I was just looking for
Everybody's looking for something
[Verse 2]
I'm so stupid
'Cause I used to live
In a tiny bubble
And I wanted to be
Like all the pretty people
That were all around me
But now I know for sure
That I was stupid
Stupider than stupid
Stupider than stupid
Stupider than stupid
[Chorus]
Please don't try to tempt me
It was just greed
And it won't protect me
Don't want my dreams
Adding up to nothing
I was just looking for
Everybody's looking for something
[Breakdown]
Everybody's looking for something
Everybody's stupid, stupid
Everybody's looking for something
Everybody's stupid, stupid
Everybody's looking for something
Everybody's stupid, stupid
Everybody's looking for something
Everybody, everybody
[Chorus]
Please don't try to tempt me
It was just greed
And it won't protect me
Don't want my dreams
Adding up to nothing
I was just looking for
Everybody's looking for something
I’m So Stupid was written by Mirwais Ahmadzaï & Madonna.
I’m So Stupid was produced by Mirwais Ahmadzaï & Madonna.
Madonna released I’m So Stupid on Mon Apr 21 2003.
“I’m So Stupid” producer Mirwais Ahmadzaï:
When I say the technology is not apparent. I am thinking of a track like ‘I’m So Stupid.’ That is one of the most innovative tracks on the album. The vocal starts very gently; then, I freeze it using the Roland VP-9000. It is the only machine that can do t...
I am not a huge fan anymore of Auto-Tune. But Madonna wanted to use it because people know the effect, but more in a dance context than a pop context. If it had been me, I would have gotten rid of it. We used mainly analog compressors on the vocals, sometimes very cheap or midbudget stuff, recorded...