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
Diamonds and Pearls (song) Connie Parente, a Los Angeles jewelry collector and designer. The B-side is a mix of excerpts of other "Diamonds and Pearls" tracks, which serves to promote the album. There was no extended version of the song released. The UK B-side included some of the mixes on the "Cream" maxi single. The repeated lyric ""If I gave you diamonds and pearls, would you be a happy boy or a girl?"" echoes the lyrics ""I'll buy you diamonds and pearls only if you're good girl"" from Prince's 1982 song, "International Lover". Rapper Lil Wayne sampled the song on his mixtape "Da Drought",