7.0 out of 10

I think the song sounds pretty good, but it's just missing something.

It IS a clusterf*ck! DAMN!

Fantastic. I love you. The worlds next number one hit.

Do you call this music? It's the most annoying noise I've ever heard!

6.0 out of 10

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It is TIMBALAND u stupid hahaha

This is without doubt the worst Madonna track ever. She used to be innovative but now is just following the likes of Nelly Futado, Mariah etc. Why have Justin Timberlake on a Madonna record. This Michael Jackson wannabe is awful. This clunking track goes nowhere and to say that it is repetitive rubbish is an understatement. I am a Madonna Fan, but I will not be buying this garbage.

No. just honest fans that have an ear and can tell if a song is good. has nothing to do with being able to do better.

i think its a really good tune!

I really have never been a huge Madonna fan, like some of her stuff from the 80's, and feel that she has built a career based more on controversy than talent, but it seems like everything Timbaland touches these days turns to gold. I don't think this track will be any different.

This song is not memorable like most of her tracks like Hung Up, Music, Ray of Light, Frozen etc. I was afraid it would suck and it does. I can't see the rest of the album being better with the same production as this track. She should stick to what she does best - dance music - rather than trying to be this hip hop/urban artist.

Okay, people chill. Wether you wanna admit or not, this is a great track, and its heating up airwaves all over the world. It's like Top 10 radio in like 10 countries. It's Madonna, you bet your ass its good! And while i never had a thing for JT or Timbaland, they really do have some talent, and of course, Madonna's talent makes it better. I really wouldve wished she had more vocal lines though. Plus, Madonna has NEVER stuck to what shes known. She always breaks into soemthing new. There is not one Madonna album that sounds alike, and this one follows that pattern. And don't forget that she does very thick R&B/Urban roots. This is great!

I'm sorry...I was born in 1981 and I don't remember Madonna's urban/ R&B period. Having a black choir in "Like A Prayer" doesn't count!

This song is a grower because it's Madonna, Tim and JT, but it's kinda crap. Why is Madonna singing backing vocals for JT on her own track?

Tim over produced it because he had to find a way to hide her pathetic voice. Someone who can't sing will always sound worse next to someone who can sing...although JT's Michael Jackson impression isn't doing it for me...

EVERYONE SHUT THE EFF UP!!!.....WE GOT ALOT OF HATERS UP ON HERE DONT WE??....THE TRACK IS HOT AND IM A DJ SO I WOULD KNOW.....MADONNA HAS DONE MANY STYLES OF MUSIC FROM POP TO HOUSE, NOW SHE IS TRYING A NEW SOUND AND GOT THE BEST PRODUCER OUT THERE TIMBALAND ON THE TRACK.....IT MAY NOT BE HER BEST SONG EVER BUT REMEMBER SHE HAS BEEN OUT SINCE THE 80'S PEOPLE!!

once again she pulls it off.

like a chameleon who changes image to adapt to his surroundings, madonna puts out yet another direction with this fresh catchy RNB rhythm and puts so-called veterans to shame.

this may even be her best tune yet.

GARBAGE. I WILL NOT BE PAYING BIG BUCKS THIS TOUR TO SEE HER. ABSOLUTELY NOT. HOW DO YOU GO FROM CONFESSIONS TO THIS? HOW CAN ANYONE SAY THAT 4 MINUTES IS A GREAT MADONNA SONG? I JUST DONT GET IT. THE SOUNDS STARTS OFF WITH TIMBALAND...DOES THAT MAKE ANY SENSE ON A MADONNA ALBUM? IM PREPARING FOR EMBARRASSING PERFOMANCES FROM THIS ALBUM.

It's ok. Not her best track (BEST TRACKS....Everybody, Human Nature..now that was hip hop Madonna, music, hung up) I hope the album is good. We'll see

all I know is the video is the thing with Madame M. If the song is at least catchy (and they always are--that alone makes her a genuis) then u just end up watching her work her Marlene Dietrich-morphing self on and-a on-and-a-on-on-and-on til the break a dawn with whatever new boys she's found since the last time to rock with her. in conclusion, the verdict is out til the video is out.

i hope madonna brings out many more albums and soon but scraps this interesting experiment. if the rest of the album reaches as high as 4 minutes then it will be worth about 4 seconds of my time. a shame because as many have said, she CAN do so well. then again confessions is a hard one to follow so we'll let her off this time :-)

I don't think the song is one of her best works AT ALL. It's a really monotonous and overproduced attempt of reaching younger audiences. It has nothing to do with the slap-in-your-face first single we were used to from her previous albums (like Frozen or Music or American Life). Hope the rest of the album is better... or at least different.

I LOVE MADONNA! I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING SOME OTHER SONGS OFF THIS ALBUM LIKE "MILES AWAY." IT'S VERY NICE! 4 MINUTES HASN'T REALLY GROWN ON ME, KINDA LIKE AMERICAN LIFE, A GOOD CHORUS ON A BORING SONG..BUT EVENTUALY I'LL GET HOOKED ON IT LIKE EVERYTHING SHE DOES.I COULD PICK AT EVERYTHING I DON'T LIKE BUT THE TRUTH IS I'D RATHER JUST ENJOY HER..SHE'S AWSOME AND GIVES ME SOMETHING TO GET EXITED ABOUT!

i love this song. It simply grows on you. The voices of Justin and Maddy simply sound great together. The music is great.

lets face it, it's a bad single. it is flat, no excitement, everything sounds the same and the lyrics are dull.
Timberland is losing his spark, justin always does the same stuff (no big deal), madonna is madonna (of course) and she is experimenting like she always does (let's give her credit for that).
the most sad thing is... this song is going to be a hit.

My golly, Madonna. What a sadly horrible track. Sounds like a damaged Bollywood cassette tape. And this is not HATING, this is being objective about it.

LOVES IT.... i didnt care too much for it at first but definately i enjoy it now. check out my video....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHhKEEWkYW0

just when i thought i had a Timbaland overdose; his beats just lure u in and ur in that zone. tick tockk tick tock tick tock..... :-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0R_4G4ciC7g

I like the chorus, I don't care for the 'if you want it you already got it' bit. Overall it's a strong track, not her best but definitely leagues better than "Die Another Day" and "American Life."

Her last record Confessions on a Dance Floor was probably her best. This new record will probably be good but I doubt it will be as good as Confessions on a Dance Floor. But I also heard "On and On the Beat Goes" from the upcoming record and I consider that track outstanding, I'd like to see that as the next single personally.

It's great and it get better every time you hear it. Here in Sweden it is played on air every hour.

No concerns, no worries. If you don't get it yet, you will eventually.
Madonna's gone trashy/glam, 'peaches-y' in her look, and has turned into a hardcore, dance til you're soaking wet machine that will kick our youths ass into shape (and my own).
Love ya M-Dolla!

Yeah, I love the track! This clever track alludes to the Doomsday Clock. Currently, it is set at 5 minutes before midnight. Madonna & Co. are saying that it is more urgent than that -hence 4 minutes to save the world. Plus the track ends at 4 mins (Oh well, with 4 secs more for Timbaland to finish his sentence)... I LOVE IT!

Either you like her or hate her, just talking about her right now makes her relevant. M has a good ear for music and you can't take that away, contreversy itself would not make me buy a CD other wise I would have bought Paris Hiltons CD when her sex tape came out, just listening to Paris song made me sick. just face it you all, M has talent when it comes to making music, learn it, love it.

Shut up Astro. It's obvious you don't contribute much and are just trying to promote promote promote, you're transparent. Go back to work.

Anyway, how sad. I must say this song sounds pretty good on a good system and blasting, but other than that it sucks. I was psyched that M was working with Timbaland, but it feels like the song was too controlled (assuming Madonna's fault here) and too calculated. There's no natural flow, and no vocal inspiration (by madonna or justin) to let listeners get into the song. The repeated quips are too short to be inspirational.

There is not really even ONE DAMN LINE that is beyond a couple syllables that listeners can sing along with. This is probably the biggest FUNDAMENTAL mistake of this song!

Try Again Madonna. And I am a M fan, but I feel like she's lost her groove for the last several albums and am waiting for the magic to come back.

Imagine Me and the Dweebs had just produced this as a demo and were shopping it around at your record label - would you sign us? I've been there, and if this wasn't M, JT and T, it wouldn't even get 1 minute, let alone the millions it takes to promote it.
And as for Joe ("I can see this being a hit in the gay bars") and Jules ("I think t's mostly her gay fan's that don'y like it cause it's not as "camp" as her other stuff so they don't know what to do with it") - err, where does one begin? But I'm sure both of you are equally certain you know what you're talking about.
I, for one, hope they will be playing it - a lot. That's when I get to go outside for a smoke.

You have to take your hat off to Madonna for her willingness to change and try new things. She can never be accused of being stale for she updates her sound regularly. It took me a 2nd listen to get hooked onto 4 minutes. It's a great song with busy sounds. Hard Candy will definitely be different from COADF and we expected that from Madonna.
Well, I don't mind somebody to "touch my body" if only "we belong together" - hmmm...sounds alike.

Madonna's first album was r&b / freestyle roots all over it. Her second album she wrote a Motown song "Shoo Be Doo" and remade Rolls Royce's "Love Dont Live Here Anymore". Erotica, Bedtime Stories (which she had 2Pac featured on the remix of Id Rather Be Your Lover, with productions from Dallas Austin and Babyface), people actin like this is Madonnas FIRST TIME with r&b artists...DUMB.

Its not the best of the bunch, however I would take this miles over Oh Father, Dear Jessie and lots of other b.s. like Jimmy jimmy and Hanky Panky she had done so much worse in the past and present (American Life any1?)

Well - its a good thing that we all got a different taste in music, hehe.

For me personally I actually think this song is pretty cool. Its Timbaland and it screams Timbaland-production, hehe. So if you are into all the new Nelly Furtado stuff, this is deffo something for you :) - and come on - like or dislike - we can all agree on that Timbaland is having major success atm, so the majority of ppl will prolly like it. Its catchy and in these days - for me - where dancemusic has turned into some really crap - this genre is a piece of fresh air

Pure Timbaland.
Pure Crap.
It's sucks!

I am not a Madonna fan, but thanks to Confessions On A Dance Floor I started to get in to her music. I've been excited about this new album, that is, until I heard '4 minutes.'

4 minutes is one of the worst singles I have ever heard. The song goes nowhere, has no direction, and is lost in over-production. Absolute garbage

Why are you people going compeltely crazy! Madonna said herself something like "i want my next album to sound like Justin's" and she wants the new R&B sound. This track is pretty good. It's sort of all over the place but it still sounds good and the lyrics are great. and obviously she won't go back to her 80s and 90s sound because well it's not the 80s or 90s. Times are changing. Music is changing into this Timbaland driven sound now. It is 2008.

4 minutes to hear this single and I think is a total flop...something is missing ,and that something is chemistry between madonna and justin .

Get real, people! Is the song gonna be a BIG hit? Yes, it is gonna be a big hit. Does that mean that the song is any good? No it doesn't mean that the song is good, it just means that it is having MILLIONS of dollars spent on its release and that people will buy and like whatever they are told to, if they're aproached in the proper way. I am... actually I think I was... a Madonna fan and music collector, and I really think this is a terrible song: boring, overproduced, monotonous, grey, flat, and I could go on. Really hope the rest of the album is different.

madonna is crazi i luv timbaland and jt

dis song is sik...mmmm luv the lyrics lOoL

timb-land-lake... they turn into shiii*it everything they touch .. i`ll never forgive them for waht they did to nelly.. she was so heart touching with music lika im like a bird or powerless.. they screew her¡¡¡¡...

once again, all you Madonna haters look like idiots cause her new single "4 minutes" is HUGE!!!. The single broke a record in Canada when it debuted at number one on the Canadian CHR Audience chart. This was the first time any single debuted at the top of the chart. The song entered Canada's CHR Spin's Chart at number 5, the second song to debut within the top ten. This song also entered Canada's All Format Audience chart at number 2, the highest debut ever on the chart.

According to MediaTraffic, Madonna's 4 Minutes has now reached the #1 spot on the United World Chart Global Track Chart.

She's topping the charts all over the globe.

Madge's single is Number #1 on the iTune Charts in 14 countries out of the 22 top countries listed. From the remaining 8 countries, she's #2 or #3 in six of the them. Only Greece and Japan didn't list her on the top 10… yet. She looks hot, she is entertaining the world once again, Madonna is the last of the true musical superstars.

SO SCREW YOU HATERS LOL!!!! and once again Madonna has proved that she is the queen of f**king everything...

Justin Timberlake and Timbaland are the biggest joke that has ever hit the music industry. I have always loved Madonna but she has totally sold out and as long as this generation buys this CRAP they'll keep making millions. I could put this GARBAGE together in 5 minutes with Garage Band which is exactly what they are doing with every CD they produce! Madonna is FINISHED! Madonna has become a background singer on her own CD and given the show over to the Timbaland/Timberlake mafia!

Song is "blah" not worth any hype, but then again what music is these days? JT and Timbaland (had to look up spelling) are commercial artists. Most artists backed by major recording industries sell, but sell-out when it comes to their music. Top of the charts & record selling doesn’t make the song, or artist any good. It just shows how people are attracted to candy. No pun intended really! So, relax! It’s not the end of the world if someone doesn’t agree with you on here. Lets go save the world instead of attacking each other.

LOL

Can't stop laughing since I read someone calling others "haters"... woha! that's what I call fanatism!

Anyway, I totally agree with you, Chris C.

It's just a song (a bad one by the way).

Well great song and good fun making the video :)wait until you hear the next song ;)

You've only got 4 minutes to make your complaints...bzzzt! Game Over.

f--k you all haters!! love the song!! sounds good! it's good... go f--k yourself maricones!!

This is one of those songs that doesn't seem to bad the first time you hear it but then sounds worse and worse with each successive play.

An awful repetitive track.