Material Girl song reached the top-ten in Austria, Belgium, Ireland, Netherlands, Spain and the Eurochart Hot 100 Singles, while reaching the top 40 of Germany, Italy and Switzerland. In New Zealand and Japan, the song reached the top-five. The music video was inspired by Madonna's admiration of Marilyn Monroe and mimicked the latter's performance of the song "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" from the 1953 film "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes". It also featured actor Keith Carradine, who played Madonna's love interest. The video was the first to showcase Madonna's acting ability, as it combined the dance routines of "Diamonds Are a Girl's
My Best Friend (song) My Best Friend (song) "My Best Friend" is a song written by Aimee Mayo and Bill Luther and recorded by American country music singer Tim McGraw. It was released in October 1999 as the third single from McGraw's album "A Place in the Sun". The song reached number one the US "Billboard" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. This song describes the narrator showing emotions toward a woman lover whom he calls "[his] best friend". Ben Foster of "Country Universe" gave the song a B+ grade, and wrote that "Sometimes it just takes the right vocalist to find the layers