"What It Feels Like for a Girl" is a song by American singer-songwriter Madonna. It was the third and final single released from her 8th studio album Music on April 17, 2001 by Maverick Records. The song describes the pressure women feel to conform to social norms of politeness and subservience. The single was also released on DVD and VHS containing a controversial music video that was directed by Guy Ritchie. Its depiction of violence and abuse caused MTV to ban it before 9pm. The music video plays the trance remix by Above & Beyond which contains only a sample of lyrics from the original, album version.