"Hollywood", originally titled "Hollywood Is Dead",[1] is a song by Canadian artist Michael Bublé, released as the fifth and final single from his fourth studio album Crazy Love, and is the only from its re-release, The Hollywood Edition, which was released on October 25, 2010.[2] "Hollywood" was released worldwide on September 7, 2010.
Background
Bublé described the song as being about his "tongue-in-cheek statement on the culture of celebrity," saying "People will do anything for their 15 minutes, and you have to remember who you are and why you wanted it. At the end of the day, you should be careful: You might get what you wish for."[3] "Hollywood" was originally planned to be Crazy Love's third single[4] and was reported to be released as a stand-alone single at a later date because the song did not fit the album thematically or stylistically.[3][5] It debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at the fifty-fifth position, with 46,000 digital downloads in its first week.[6] He performed "Hollywood" on The X Factor on October 31, 2010. He also performed the song on The Today Show on November 28 and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on December 12.
It contains at least two references to songs by The Beatles. First, the melody of the first two lines of the verse is nearly identical to the song "Do You Want To Know A Secret?". Second, the first line of the fourth verse mentions a tango, and the groove of the song changes slightly, differentiating this verse from the first three - exactly the same happens in Chuck Berry's song "Rock and Roll Music", and its cover version by the Beatles.