{"id":2084309,"date":"2026-08-08T15:48:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T12:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2084309"},"modified":"2026-08-08T15:48:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T12:48:23","slug":"madonna-pays-emotional-tribute-to-william-orbit-your-music-gave-me-a-magic-carpet-to-fly-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2084309","title":{"rendered":"Madonna pays emotional tribute to William Orbit: \u201cYour music gave me a magic carpet to fly on\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Dia_Dipasupil_Alan_Chapman.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"template-id-2749694\" class=\"post-2749694 tdb_templates type-tdb_templates status-publish post\">\n<div id=\"tdi_65\" class=\"tdc-zone\">\n<div class=\"tdc_zone tdi_66  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div id=\"tdi_67\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_68  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_70  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_breadcrumbs tdi_71 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-breadcrumbs \" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_71\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span>News<\/span><i class=\"tdb-bread-sep td-icon-right\"><\/i><span>Music News<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_72 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_72\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Madonna pays emotional tribute to William Orbit: \u201cYour music gave me a magic carpet to fly on\u201d<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_subtitle tdi_73 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_73\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>The late producer won three Grammys for his work with Madonna, including for the classic 1998 album &#8216;Ray Of Light&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_75 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_75\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> Max Pilley<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_date tdi_76 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_76\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2026-08-08T16:48:23+01:00\">8th August 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <!-- .\/block --><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_77\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_78  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_80  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span8\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_featured_image tdi_81 tdb-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_81\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure>\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"696\" height=\"442\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Dia_Dipasupil_Alan_Chapman-696x442.jpg\" alt title=\"Dia_Dipasupil_Alan_Chapman\"><figcaption class=\"tdb-caption-text\">Madonna and William Orbit. CREDIT: Dia Dipasupil\/Alan Chapman\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_row_inner tdi_83 article-content-row vc_row vc_inner wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_inner tdi_85  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-inner-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Madonna\u00a0has paid an emotional tribute to her former collaborator\u00a0William Orbit, saying \u201cin many ways you were my\u00a0ray\u00a0of\u00a0light\u201d.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1296\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b>READ MORE:\u00a0<\/b><b>William Orbit, 1956-2026: musical maverick who produced era-defining hits for Madonna, Blur and All Saints<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Orbit, whose real name was William Wainwright, died at home on July 23 at the age of 69.\u00a0His passing was announced yesterday (August 7), although no cause of death was shared.<\/p>\n<p>His working relationship with Madonna shot him to stardom in the late \u201990s, winning him three\u00a0Grammys\u00a0\u2013 two for 1998 album \u2018Ray\u00a0Of\u00a0Light\u2019 and one for the song \u2018Beautiful Stranger\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Madonna has now\u00a0reflected on\u00a0their\u00a0time together in a moving tribute on her Instagram, where she said she had \u201can epiphany\u201d when she started working with him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI realized that music did not have to fit into categories or genres,\u201d she wrote. \u201cSo\u00a0we created our own. You pressed a magic button inside of\u00a0me\u00a0and I fell into a galaxy of unrealized dreams. Your music gave me a magic carpet to fly on and I visited many places. Sad and joyful.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/Dbxz4J3iJOz\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Posted alongside their Grammy acceptance speech for \u2018Ray\u00a0Of\u00a0Light\u2019, she continued: \u201cI say in ways I\u2019d never sung before. I used words without caring if they made sense or not. In\u00a0may\u00a0ways you were my\u00a0Ray\u00a0Of\u00a0Light \u2013 as was my daughter Lola, who was born around this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was starting a new chapter. I was choosing another road to walk down \u2013 and you were right by my side with your crooked teeth and your genius way of\u00a0hearing\u00a0music. The studio was often church-like and I would sit in silence, waiting for your ideas to explode out of your keyboard or your guitar and then I would run with them\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She continued: \u201cI miss those days. Only you could inspire me to write a song like \u2018Drowned World\u2019 or \u2018Swim\u2019.\u00a0You were so otherworldly.\u00a0So\u00a0singular.\u00a0The years passed and I moved on to make music with other people, but I have never forgotten you or the magical time we spent together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGoodbye Billy Bubbles,\u201d she concluded. \u201cI was so lucky to have known you and fallen down the rabbit hole with you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Madonna began working with Orbit after he remixed her songs \u2018Justify My Love\u2019 and \u2018Erotica\u2019, and\u00a0was recruited to produce \u2018Ray\u00a0Of\u00a0Light\u2019 after sending her a cassette of instrumental tracks in 1997.<\/p>\n<p>His incorporation of techno and trip-hop-inspired beats into Madonna\u2019s music helped to rejuvenate her career, with the album selling over 16million copies around the world.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year,\u00a0he said he had written a \u201csuccessor\u201d to \u2018Ray\u00a0Of\u00a0Light\u2019, but\u00a0said he\u00a0had\u00a0had \u201cnil response\u201d from Madonna\u00a0despite reaching out to her.\u00a0He made it clear that there were \u201czero hard feelings\u201d between them, though, saying he would \u201calways love that woman\u201d and crediting her for\u00a0making his career.<\/p>\n<p>In an obituary for Orbit,\u00a0<i>NME\u00a0<\/i>noted:\u00a0\u201cAfter \u2018Ray Of Light\u2019, Orbit found himself in hot demand. He co-produced Blur\u2019s most experimental and intimate album to date, 1999\u2019s \u201913\u2019, which yielded the lovely, gospel-flecked single \u2018Tender\u2019, and worked on hits by All Saints (\u2018Pure Shores\u2019, \u2018Black Coffee\u2019), U2\u00a0(2002\u2019s frenetic \u2018Electrical Storm\u2019) and\u00a0Pink\u00a0(2003\u2019s retro bop \u2018Feel Good Time\u2019).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, he later confided that he felt unable to capitalise on his post-\u2018Ray Of Light\u2019 purple patch. \u2018A cleverer person than me would have gone: \u2018You\u2019ve won the lottery! You\u2019ve made a record everyone loves and made a shitload of money. Stop right now with all the remixes. Get a plan together to take it to the next level,\u2019 Orbit told <i>Classic Pop<\/i> in 2022. \u201cBut I never did. 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data-img-retina-url=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026_sophialaforteza_getty_2000x1270-800x508.jpg\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n                    Music News<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">KATSEYE\u2019s Sophia Laforteza announces hiatus to focus on \u201cmental health\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span>                <\/article>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Madonna\u00a0has paid an emotional tribute to her former collaborator\u00a0William Orbit, saying \u201cin many ways you were my\u00a0ray\u00a0of\u00a0light\u201d.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1296\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b>READ MORE:\u00a0<\/b><b>William Orbit, 1956-2026: musical maverick who produced era-defining hits for Madonna, Blur and All Saints<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Orbit, whose real name was William Wainwright, died at home on July 23 at the age of 69.\u00a0His passing was announced yesterday (August 7), although no cause of death was shared.<\/p>\n<p>His working relationship with Madonna shot him to stardom in the late \u201990s, winning him three\u00a0Grammys\u00a0\u2013 two for 1998 album \u2018Ray\u00a0Of\u00a0Light\u2019 and one for the song \u2018Beautiful Stranger\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Madonna has now\u00a0reflected on\u00a0their\u00a0time together in a moving tribute on her Instagram, where she said she had \u201can epiphany\u201d when she started working with him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI realized that music did not have to fit into categories or genres,\u201d she wrote. \u201cSo\u00a0we created our own. You pressed a magic button inside of\u00a0me\u00a0and I fell into a galaxy of unrealized dreams. Your music gave me a magic carpet to fly on and I visited many places. Sad and joyful.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/Dbxz4J3iJOz\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Posted alongside their Grammy acceptance speech for \u2018Ray\u00a0Of\u00a0Light\u2019, she continued: \u201cI say in ways I\u2019d never sung before. I used words without caring if they made sense or not. In\u00a0may\u00a0ways you were my\u00a0Ray\u00a0Of\u00a0Light \u2013 as was my daughter Lola, who was born around this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was starting a new chapter. I was choosing another road to walk down \u2013 and you were right by my side with your crooked teeth and your genius way of\u00a0hearing\u00a0music. The studio was often church-like and I would sit in silence, waiting for your ideas to explode out of your keyboard or your guitar and then I would run with them\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She continued: \u201cI miss those days. Only you could inspire me to write a song like \u2018Drowned World\u2019 or \u2018Swim\u2019.\u00a0You were so otherworldly.\u00a0So\u00a0singular.\u00a0The years passed and I moved on to make music with other people, but I have never forgotten you or the magical time we spent together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGoodbye Billy Bubbles,\u201d she concluded. \u201cI was so lucky to have known you and fallen down the rabbit hole with you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Madonna began working with Orbit after he remixed her songs \u2018Justify My Love\u2019 and \u2018Erotica\u2019, and\u00a0was recruited to produce \u2018Ray\u00a0Of\u00a0Light\u2019 after sending her a cassette of instrumental tracks in 1997.<\/p>\n<p>His incorporation of techno and trip-hop-inspired beats into Madonna\u2019s music helped to rejuvenate her career, with the album selling over 16million copies around the world.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year,\u00a0he said he had written a \u201csuccessor\u201d to \u2018Ray\u00a0Of\u00a0Light\u2019, but\u00a0said he\u00a0had\u00a0had \u201cnil response\u201d from Madonna\u00a0despite reaching out to her.\u00a0He made it clear that there were \u201czero hard feelings\u201d between them, though, saying he would \u201calways love that woman\u201d and crediting her for\u00a0making his career.<\/p>\n<p>In an obituary for Orbit,\u00a0<i>NME\u00a0<\/i>noted:\u00a0\u201cAfter \u2018Ray Of Light\u2019, Orbit found himself in hot demand. He co-produced Blur\u2019s most experimental and intimate album to date, 1999\u2019s \u201913\u2019, which yielded the lovely, gospel-flecked single \u2018Tender\u2019, and worked on hits by All Saints (\u2018Pure Shores\u2019, \u2018Black Coffee\u2019), U2\u00a0(2002\u2019s frenetic \u2018Electrical Storm\u2019) and\u00a0Pink\u00a0(2003\u2019s retro bop \u2018Feel Good Time\u2019).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, he later confided that he felt unable to capitalise on his post-\u2018Ray Of Light\u2019 purple patch. \u2018A cleverer person than me would have gone: \u2018You\u2019ve won the lottery! You\u2019ve made a record everyone loves and made a shitload of money. Stop right now with all the remixes. Get a plan together to take it to the next level,\u2019 Orbit told <i>Classic Pop<\/i> in 2022. \u201cBut I never did. I let it slip away\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>See a range of other tributes to Orbit here.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/madonna-pays-emotional-tribute-to-william-orbit-your-music-gave-me-a-magic-carpet-to-fly-on-3961511&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Dia_Dipasupil_Alan_Chapman.jpg&#8221;] NewsMusic News Madonna pays emotional tribute to William Orbit: \u201cYour music gave me a magic carpet to fly on\u201d The late producer won three Grammys for his work with Madonna, including for the classic 1998 album &#8216;Ray Of Light&#8217; By Max Pilley 8th August 2026 Madonna and William Orbit. 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