Brokenhearted
Brokenhearted is an R&B ballad by the American singer Brandy from her debut album Brandy . The album version was produced by Keith Crouch and was a solo track. The remix version produced by Soulshock & Karlin in a duet with Boyz II Men front man Wanyá Morris was released as the fourth and final single in August 1995. The remix version also appeared on the Boyz II Men album The Remixes .
Admission process
The album version of Brokenhearted was recorded in just one take. Brandy recalled this in a 2005 interview on the promo tour for The Best of Brandy :
“There's a funny story behind the recording of that song! I really wanted to go to Six Flags but the producers kept saying, 'only after you finish recording!' I sang my heart out ... I wanted to go to Six Flags so bad! You can hear the passion in my voice! "
“There's a funny story about the admission process! I really wanted to go to Six Flags , but the producers kept saying, 'Only when you've finished this song!' So I sang my heart out ... I wanted so badly to see Six Flags! You can hear this passion in my voice. "
The idea for a duet version came up while Brandy was on tour for two months as the opening act with Boyz II Men in early 1995 . Both acts were the first time in the same plane on the way to another station of Tourthe when Wanya Morris in Brandys debut album , we should Yo duet from: pure heard: "I listened to the album on the plane and I just said even Brokenhearted make '”Morris told MTV News in an interview.
Music video
The music video was directed by Hype Williams . The video was shot in Spring Hills, New York . The video is about Brandy's daydream, who lets her act in a villa with duo partner Morris. Actor Donald Faison makes a cameo on the video.
The interpreter had the following to say about the music video:
“It's basically a dream, because of course this is not reality […] I can't afford a mansion right now, so it's like I fall asleep and I dream about doing a duet with Wanya and I'm in this big mansion wearing these grown clothes, big beautiful Whitney Houston-type clothes. "
“Basically it's a dream, because of course it's not the reality […] I can't afford a villa at the moment, so I fall asleep and dream of singing a duet with Wanya Morris and being in this huge villa those grown-up robes, big beautiful dresses like those Whitney Houston would wear. "
Charts
Highest positions
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Brandy's Biography . In: SoulTracks . Retrieved April 21, 2008.
- ↑ Shaggy The 'Humna Kid', Brandy And Wanya, Mariah's 'Fantasy': This Week in 1995 . In: MTV News . Retrieved January 30, 2011.
- ↑ "Shaggy: This Week In 1995" . In: MTV News .
- ↑ NZ: "Brokenhearted" . In: Charts.org . Retrieved July 23, 2007.
- ↑ a b AMG: Billboard Singles . In: Allmusic . Retrieved April 29, 2007.
- ^ Billboard Music Charts
- ^ Billboard Top 100 - 1995 . Retrieved August 27, 2010.