Product Details

• Actors: Madonna
• Format: Color, Limited Edition, NTSC
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Warner Bros / Wea
• VHS Release Date: June 23, 1998
• Run Time: 5 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6305036322
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #53,848 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One Great Video, March 27, 1999

By A Customer

Directed by Jonas Akerlund <previously directed Prodigy's "Smack My Bitch Up" clip>. Filmed on location in Los Angeles and New York City. Features Madonna in black, dancing in front of time-lapsed photography of everything imaginable. Later, Madonna is in a tank top in a disco busting a move with other club-kids. This video won many honors, including MTV Video and Grammy awards. Madonna cowrote/coproduced the song with William Orbit. Running time: app. 5 min. RATED: PG <some guidance suggested due to Madonna's gyrations and pelvic thrusts while dancing, plus the visibility of her nipples through her tank top>

"Quicker than a ray of light..."

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars RAY OF LIGHT is a Breath of Fresh Air., March 3, 2000

By	"johnny_belinda" (Monarch Beach, CA USA) - See all my reviews

Sometimes a reviewer can forget he or she is reviewing the product and not the performer or even the song. That said, for the utilitarian consumer, purchasing the RAY OF LIGHT video single is arguably pointless. Madonna's VIDEO COLLECTION '93-'99 features "Ray of Light" and it is available on DVD and VHS.

However, unlike the JUSTIFY MY LOVE video single (which was the only way to obtain that video in a commercial format), the RAY OF LIGHT video single is a great novelty. Madonna has recaptured the adoration of the public with the album of the same name, and it is clear she wanted to pull out all the stops, including video singles, limited-edition satin-covered digipaks and remix videos. It's too bad Warner didn't seize the chance to make this the first video single release on DVD. Bjork beat them to the punch.

While the "Ray of Light" video has been somewhat ballyhooed (it is, after all, not the first and, certainly, not the last video to use time-lapse footage), it IS one of Madonna's most memorable videos, if only for its unveiling of Madonna's kinder, gentler public image.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for everyone likes the song Ray of light!!, May 29, 1999

By	[e-mail] (UAE) - See all my reviews

I bought this video when it was freshly released, I think it's very nice, whenever you want to listen to the song, why just listen? listen and watch!! and I think the price is worth it!! It's the same video we all saw on tv, nothing added...so don't believe there's an extended version or a remix of it included in this video release...if you are interested, BUY IT NOW..if you don't like the song or Madonna, then I think you shouldn't.