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
Friend of a Friend (song) that bears an eerie Cobain influence". Friend of a Friend (song) "Friend of a Friend" is an acoustic song by Foo Fighters, featured on their 2005 album "In Your Honor". The song is performed solely by Foo Fighters' guitarist/lead vocalist Dave Grohl. An earlier version of this song was recorded in 1990, after Grohl had joined the band Nirvana. "Friend of a Friend" was the first acoustic song Dave Grohl had ever written. The song was written by Grohl in 1990 (and recorded in secret the same year), and it was about his first impressions of new bandmates Kurt Cobain,