Song Information
"Beautiful Stranger" is an up-tempo love song featuring heavily reverbed guitars and bouncy drum loops, with lyrics telling a tale of infatuation. The song was specifically written for an inclusion on the Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me soundtrack. The song has a similar lyrical theme and instrumentation as the song "Amazing", which is included on Madonna's album Music (2000).
Madonna performed it as the fourth song in the setlist of the Drowned World Tour, between "Candy Perfume Girl" and "Ray of Light". The beginning of the performance features a short scene of Mike Myers as Austin Powers, while another song from the movie's soundtrack, "Soul Bossa Nova", was being played in the background. Near the end of the song, a "lost" technician appears on the stage playing the role of the 'beautiful stranger'.
"Beautiful Stranger" features on both of Madonna's later-day hits compilations, GHV2 and Celebration.
The song also can be heard in the opening credits of the TV film Sabrina Down Under.
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