What It Feels Like for a Girl double standard toward women, addressing hurtful myths about female inferiority. To emphasize the message, the song opens with a spoken word sample by actress Charlotte Gainsbourg from the 1993 British film, "The Cement Garden". A Spanish version of the track, "Lo Que Siente la Mujer", was translated by Alberto Ferraras and included the Latin American edition of "Music". The song received acclaim from most music critics, who declared it as a highlight from the album, while also remarking it as one of the most mature musical ventures of Madonna's career. Commercially, "What It Feels Like for a Girl" reached the
What It Feels Like for a Girl and released it. Thuderpuss tried to convince the record label executives but failed and the remix was canceled. Upon release, the song received general acclaim from music critics. Rikky Rooksby wrote in his book, "The Complete Guide to the Music of Madonna", that "What It Feels Like for a Girl" was the best track on "Music". Author Lucy O'Brien described the song as having a "beautifully executed sense of anger" in her biography, "". Likening it to Madonna's 1989 single "Express Yourself", O'Brien called it a "femme-pop" song. AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine picked it as one of the album's highlights,