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With thanks to the commenter and credit to Zack at Absolument Madonna, here is a VERY clear listen to the Oakenfold remix of "Celebration," which is fantastic! I absolutely love it.

We're Gonna Celebrate And Have A Good Time

Above is the second teaser for Madonna's Celebration hits package. After the jump is part three, featuring one of her best songs ever...

Rockteaser

UPDATE: Two more teasers here!

A five-second (!) teaser is up for Madonna's greatest-hits package, confirming it's coming in September. I think it's nifty., though I'm not sure if this suggests it'll actually be called And You Can Dance and not Iconography or the more recent Celebration that I've been told.

Here is the inverted version.

This does, though, suggest a head-first dive into and embracing of nostalgia, and that's a good thing for this project. I'm hopeful we get more than just a menu of her greatest hits...we should get some extras, even if we have to pay through the nose.

Video teaser after the jump...

Of Apples And Trees

EXCLUSIVE (?): As far as I know, anyway. I've heard that Madonna's video for "Celebrate" features all of her most famous past looks (which makes sense since fans were urged to show up dressed as Madonna)...and that her daughter Lourdes provides the "Like a Virgin" look.

You Know You Can Redo It

A lovely, fan-made amalgamation of all the "Vogue" incarnations:

Special thanks to Hello From Lisbon, who's doing a nifty countdown to "Celebrate."

"I Don't Know What You're Waiting For"...Time To "Celebrate"

I really like the snippet of Madonna's "Celebrate" single, but I dispute any contention that this is "pop." Hardly! This is a full-on circuit-party record; which makes sense since it's Paul Oakenfold. I have to think "Revolver" would have had a better chance getting radio airplay, but there is always the chance that this will be Madonna's "Believe" if it strikes the right chord. I just can't get over how unapologetically club this is. Wow.

And as others have and will point out, this is her umpteenth song to reference "waiting" for things.

I'm Shirtless

Image from Madonnalicious.

Madonna's "Celebrate" single is set to go to radio August 3, and—will wonders never cease?—she's actually figured out a way to dash off a video for it while touring. According to Madonnatribe, she showed up at a D&G party at Gold last night with a camera crew and was filmed dancing ("Celebrate"-ing) with her tour dancers until four in the morning. (The image reminds me of the glammed-up, white-girl shuffle we saw in Truth Or Dare.)

A Madonna friend who's heard the song was pleasantly surprised:

"Heard ['Celebrate'] at the weekend—it's fantastic. I think [Madonna fans are] all gonna be impressed. It has a great pop melody, very summery with a kinda 'Holiday'-esque but  more upbeat vibe, she sings all the way through it so no rent-a-rappers, no long instrumental breaks or anything and a very, very catchy chorus. There's a funny spoken bit in the middle where she says something along the lines of, 'You look better with your shirt off,' which may explain all this silly 'take your shirt off' stuff she's been doing at the shows."

(This could lead to Madonna's own Evatastic "shirtless ones.")

Sounds like Madonna is ending her Warner years with a classic pop feel-good tune, forsaking the urban elements of Hard Candy and perhaps even the club edge of Confessions. It's a fine line between genius simplicity (Britney's "Toxic," Lady GaGa's "Just Dance") and Forrest Gump simplicity, so hopefully this will be more of the former than the latter.

After the hits album, coming in September, I'll be expecting...demanding...a deeper kind of Madonna record a la Like a Prayer and Ray of Light or some kind of an I'm Breathless/Evita curveball.

Partial lyrics are said to be very "Holiday"-esque (after the jump)...