With Love (Hilary Duff song)

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"With Love"
Song

"With Love" is a dance-pop song written by Hilary Duff, Vada Nobles and Kara DioGuardi, released as the second U.S. single and the first non-U.S. single from Duff's third studio album, Dignity (2007). It was released to U.S. radio on February 19, 2007 (see 2007 in music)[3] and was added to the U.S. iTunes Store on March 13.

Background and reviews

Duff said that "With Love" is about having a "crazy job" but being kept "sane" by "that one person" with whom they are in a relationship, "and letting that person know that you appreciate criticism or advice because you know it comes from a place of love."[4]

"With Love" received a positive review from Chuck Taylor of Billboard, who stated that "With Love" is "a beat-happy track that delivers a propulsive, guitar-laden, bleep-heavy hook that serves to reinvent the appealing singer as a boogie diva."[5] It was also well received by Bill Lamb of About.com, who said the track included "hand-clapping and finger-snapping beats" and was one that was destined for the top ten; he said it had no "major" negatives at all.[6] A review from Newsround called it a track that "Kylie or Madonna would love to have on their next album" and predicted that it would be a top twenty hit.[7] Kelefa Sanneh of The New York Times described the song as "a tart dance track",[8] and TeenHollywood.com said it "has a Gwen-Stefani-in-a-rah-rah-skirt feel to it."[9]

The song is featured in the online Nexon America multiplayer game Audition Online.[10]

Single release and chart performance

The song was premiered on January 25, 2007 on the Los Angeles and Orange County radio station 102.7 KIIS-FM, with Ryan Seacrest.[11] In mid-February more Top 40 radio stations were adding the song to their playlists than any other song.[12] By April 11, the song had reached number twenty-six on the U.S. Mediabase Top 40 radio chart,[13] and had amassed an esimated audience of eleven million listeners.[14] It garnered airplay in Canada, peaking at number eighteen on the Canadian Top 40 chart as of March 26 2007.[15] The single has peaked at number two on the WorldSpace Satellite Radio chart as well, as of March 2 2007.[16]

It debuted at number forty-two, the highest debut of the week, on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in late March, with 32,500 downloads.[17] It peaked at twenty-four in mid-April after it became the greatest digital gainer of that week with sales of 57,500,[18] and it became Duff's most successful song in the United States; it spent nine weeks on the chart.[19][20] "With Love" reached the top twenty on the Pop 100 and was also a club hit, becoming Duff's first single to top the Hot Dance Club Play chart.[19] (The song was the number-one break-out song on the chart in mid-March.[21]) It performed considerably better than the first U.S. single from Dignity, "Play with Fire", which failed to chart on the Hot 100 or reach the top twenty on the Hot Dance Club Play chart.[19]

"With Love" spent four weeks on the United World Chart and peaked at number thirty-two.[20] The single entered the UK Singles Chart at number sixty, one week after being released to iTunes, and it reached number twenty-nine — its peak — after its physical release the following week.[20] It reached number twenty-two in Australia[20] and at number forty-seven on the Nielsen BDS airplay chart in Canada. "With Love" was a hit in Central and South America, peaking inside the top ten in Chile and Venezuela, the top twenty in Latin America, and top forty in Brazil and Ibero-America. The song achieved success throughout Continental Europe, peaking inside the top ten in Spain and Italy, and inside the top twenty in Russia and on the Euro 200 chart. It became a top twenty radio hit in South Africa.

Music video

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Duff in the commercial and music video.

The music video for the single premiered on MTV's Total Request Live on February 8. It debuted on the TRL countdown the next day at number eight and reached number one on eight subsequent countdowns, eventually being "retired" from the show for spending forty days on the countdown.[22][23] The video entered the MuchMusic Top 30 Countdown in Canada and reached number one,[24] the first Duff video to do so. A sixty-second clip of the video was played on television channels as the commercial for Duff's fragrance With Love... Hilary Duff. The director of the video is Matthew Rolston,[25] and it was filmed in an opera house in San Francisco.[4]

The video starts with Duff receiving a standing ovation for a performance. She goes backstage, where her entourage hands her a bag, a coat and a hat. A man (played by Kellan Lutz) stands outside and follows her from the auditorium and into an old-fashioned hotel building. Duff sprays her perfume on her neck and begins a game of cat-and-mouse with the man. She reverses her coat and puts on a black wig and moves, giving her hat to an old man whose back is turned. She walks up the stairs and throws the coat off the railing, while tearing off her white dress to reveal black, and rips off the lower half of the dress. The man smells her coat and finally follows her into an elevator. The video ends with the cables holding the elevator car breaking and the words "To Be Continued".

Duff at the 2007 MuchMusic Video Awards, where she won in the "People's Choice: Favourite International Artist" category for "With Love".

Entertainment Weekly called the video "femme fatale-ish ... is like Madonna's "Justify My Love" for the TRL crowd".[26] According to the program director at popular New York City radio station Z100, her first reaction to watching the video was, "'This is exactly the kind of song she should be doing.' Hilary's more mature look completed the package. Her sound and image are a natural progression."[27] At the 2007 MuchMusic Video Awards, Duff won for "With Love" in the "People's Choice: Favourite International Artist" category.[28]

Remixes

Duff said she wanted producer Richard Vission, who remixed "Play with Fire", to remix "With Love".[citation needed] The remix was leaked on February 9 and only contains the vocals on the line "just do it with love, love, love, love." The remix can be heard on his MySpace.[29] Dave Audé, Jason Nevins, Joe Bermudez (with Francis Preve), Josh Harris under his alias "Big Woody", Boosta and Bimbo Jones have remixed "With Love". However, Jason Nevins's remix has been declined by the label. The Bimbo Jones remix was released on February 20. Two other remixes have been released on Duff's official MySpace. These remixes have been mixed by Castillo and Dave Audé vs. Richard Vission.[30] The New York Post wrote of the Castillo mix, "Duff finds her dance groove on this terrific sexy slink ... Its layered production makes it the kind of track that gets better with plenty of volume and some room to shimmy-shake."[31]

Housecrusherz remixed "With Love" in three formats: dub, club mix and remix edit. A shorter version of the A. Castillo remix is available for video viewing on AOL Music. Instrumental versions of both Castillo remixes, as well as an instrumental version of the Dave Aude vs Vission remix, were distributed on promotional CDs. Another remix of "With Love" premiered on March 27 and features rappers Slim Thug and Play-n-Skillz.[32] Joe Bermudez & Francis Preve completed a private mix of the song recently as well.[citation needed] The remixes proved successful, giving Duff her first number-one on the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart; they also became a number-one dance radio hit.[19] There are a few private mixes also by Nick and DJ Lazlo that use the official a cappella.

Charts

Track listings

See also

Preceded by Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single
May 5 – May 12 2007 		Succeeded by

Notes

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  2. ^ "Hilary Duff returns with Love and Dignity!
  3. ^ AllAccess.com
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  6. ^ Lamb, Bill. "Hilary Duff - With Love". About.com. Retrieved March 2 2007.
  7. ^ "Single review: Hilary Duff - With Love". Newsround. March 16 2007. Retrieved March 24 2007.
  8. ^ Sanneh, Kelefa. "Hilary Duff maintains dignity on new album". The New York Times via Akron Beach Journal. April 15 2007. Retrieved June 28 2007.
  9. ^ Husband, Stuart."Interview: Hot for Hilary". TeenHollywood.com. April 5 2007. Retrieved June 28 2007.
  10. ^ "Hilary Duff's latest single "With Love" featured in Audition dance game". Music 4 Games. April 9 2007. Retrieved April 9 2007.
  11. ^ "Hilary Duff Calls Being Single 'Kind of Exciting'". Teen People. January 26 2007. Retrieved January 26 2007.
  12. ^ Hollywood Records. "Top 40 Radio can't get enough of Hilary Duff; First Single 'With Love' #1 Most Added!". PR Newswire. February 21 2007. Retrieved March 2 2007.
  13. ^ "Top 40". Mediabase. April 11 2007. Retrieved April 11 2007.
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  16. ^ "Top 40 on 40". WorldSpace. February 23 2007. Retrieved February 23 2007.
  17. ^ Hasty, Katie. "Fergie Scores Second 'Glamorous' Week At No. 1". Billboard. March 22, 2007. March 24 2007.
  18. ^ Cohen, Jonathan. "Timbaland Soars To No. 1 After Sales Explosion". Billboard. April 12 2007. Retrieved June 28 2007.
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  20. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Hilary Duff - With Love". aCharts.us. Retrieved June 28 2007.
  21. ^ "Hilary Duff's Single 'With Love' Available Today; Single Soars Onto Top 40 Chart". PR Newswire. March 13 2007. Retrieved March 20 2007.
  22. ^ "The TRL Archive - Recap - February 2007". atrl.net. Retrieved June 28 2007.
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  32. ^ "Hilary Duff feat. Play-n-Skillz with Slim Thug "With Love" remix". mixmatters.com. Retrieved March 27 2007.
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  36. ^ "Bulgarian National Top 40". apcchart.com. April 30 – May 6 2007. Week 19.
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