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"Whatever U Like" is a pop/R&B song written by Nicole Scherzinger, Clifford Harris, Jr., Jamal Jones, and Sean Garrett for Scherzinger's debut solo album, Her Name Is Nicole (2008). It features rapper T.I. and moreover contains uncredited vocals by Garrett. The song was released in July 2007 to U.S. radios and uses the same composition and the same instrumental as Chilli's unreleased song "Straight Jack" featuring Missy Elliott. Producer Polow Da Don then offered the instrumental to Scherzinger, she accepted. It also holds similarities to Kelis's "Blindfold Me".[1] Both of these songs were produced by Polow Da Don.
History
Many fans speculated that an early leaked Bryan-Michael Cox-produced song entitled "Steam" would be the first single, but in an April 2007 interview Scherzinger stated that "Steam" wouldn't even be on the album. Later, "Whatever U Like" was confirmed as the first single. [2] The song was featured on Z103.5's "Pump It or Dump It" and was pumped by 70%.
Music video
The video was directed by Paul Hunter and was released on August 20th. The video begins with spotlights hitting a wall, with Scherzinger running from an unidentified person, revealed to be four masked kidnappers. Sean Garrett performs his opening sequence as Scherzinger is captured and concealed within a box, where she performs the first verse and chorus, before escaping the box. Scenes of Scherzinger floating through water are interspersed with her dancing before a spotlighted stage, and performing in front of a black background. Throughout the next chorus, Scherzinger is shown walking along a bench covered in steaming stones. During T.I.'s rap, the two are concealed in the box, with Scherzinger seductively crawling all over him. Next Scherzinger is shown covered in mud before standing beneath a shower washing it off. Different shots of the singer from the previous scenes are spliced together throughout the next chorus. Scherzinger is now shown in a black leather outfit during Sean Garrett's verse dancing before a backdrop, with spotlights shining on her, spliced with scenes of the producer rapping, her former assailants now dance in front of her. The video ends with Scherzinger leaving the backdrop.
A 36 second introductory clip, followed by the full video leaked before its World Premiere on Total Request Live and 106 & Park as of August 20th 2007. Leading for the management to post the video on Nicole's official site before its anticipated premiere at TRL. As of 1 December 2007 the viedo has been viewed over 8 million times on the popular video-sharing website YouTube.
Chart position
| Chart (2007) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian Singles Chart[2] | 10 |
| Canada Billboard Hot 100[3] | 57 |
| European Singles Chart[4] | 140 |
| Polish Singles Chart[5] | 20 |
| Kiss FM & TV Romania | 1 |
| Romanian Airplay Chart[6] | 14 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[7] | 104 |
| U.S. Billboard Pop 100 | 88 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs | 113 |
Track listing
Single version
| # | Title | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Whatever U Like" | 3:55 |
| 2 | "Whatever U Like (Clean Version)" | 3:55 |
| 3 | "Whatever U Like (Instrumental)" | 3:55 |
| 4 | "Whatever U Like (A Cappella)" | 3:55 |
Album (Alternative) version
| # | Title | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Whatever U Like (Alternative Version)" | 3:39 |
| 2 | "Whatever U Like (Alternative Clean Version)" | 3:38 |
| 3 | "Whatever U Like (Alternative Instrumental)" | 3:38 |
| 4 | "Whatever U Like (Alternative A Cappella)" | 3:35 |
Remixed versions
| # | Title | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Whatever U Like (Johnboy Remix)" | 4:18 |
| 2 | "Whatever U Like (Smurfbeatz Remix)" | 3:25 |
References
- ^ "The Singles Jukebox - Nicole Scherzinger ft. TI - Whatever U Like". Stylus. August 2 2007.
- ^ Bulgarian National top 40
- ^ [1]
- ^ Euro 200
- ^ Polish National Top 50
- ^ http://www.rt100.ro/top-100-edition.html
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=344&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Bubbling+Under+Hot+100+Singles&ci=3086733&cdi=9412474&cid=10%2F06%2F2007