Dirty Picture

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Dirty Picture
Taio Cruz feat. Kesha
publication April 5, 2010
length 3:39
Genre (s) Electro-pop , dance-pop
Author (s) Taio Cruz, Fraser T. Smith
Label Island Records
album Rokstarr

Dirty Picture is a duet of British musician Taio Cruz with the American singer and rapper Kesha . It was released on April 5, 2010 as the third single on Cruz's album Rokstarr .

background

Dirty Picture was written and produced by Taio Cruz with music producer Fraser T Smith. Cruz originally wanted to record the song with Lady Gaga , but music producer Dr. Luke told him about Kesha and thereby convinced him to choose her as a singer. At this point, Kesha's debut single Tik Tok had not yet been released, Dr. Luke was already working with her. Cruz convinced Kesha's "unique sounding voice". Dirty Picture was released on April 5, 2005.

Kesha re-recorded Dirty Picture as a solo version for her debut album Animal . The as Dirty Picture, Pt. 2 is only released as a bonus track on the album in the UK. The only difference in the version is that Kesha sings the first verse.

Musical and content

Dirty Picture is a dance-pop -Song with techno - beats and synthesizer melody. Kesha's voice is distorted by auto-tune in the song . For Robert Cospey of Digital Spy , the chorus is reminiscent of Benny Benassi's song Satisfaction . The song, composed in four-four time and in F minor , has a tempo of 125 beats per minute . The vocal range ranges from E ♭ 4 to F5. As for the content of the song, Cruz said: “The song is about sending erotic pictures to his partner . If you miss each other and you can't see each other, you are far apart, you send each other photos to remind each other how sexy you are. "

Reviews

Dirty Picture received a mixed reception from the critics. Alexander Engelen from Laut.de described the song as "smug upside-down ballad-turned-pig stuff". Matthias Reichel from Cdstarts.de finds that the song is very suitable for Kesha's “Lady Gaga for the poor”. Fraser McAlpine of the BBC thinks Dirty Picture is “stupid”, “silly” and “primitive”, but is also “fascinated” by the interplay between the opposing singing partners. Entertainment Weekly's Brad Wete compared the song to Cruz's previous single Break Your Heart and wrote that Dirty Picture was the only song on the album that was "of the same caliber" as this one. Melanie Bertoldi of Billboard magazine thinks Cruz's vocal performance in the song is "the most impressive" of the entire album. Dirty Picture received three out of five stars from Digital Spy . Robert Copsey praised the interplay between the two artists: “Where Cruz's vocals rise above the verses, its delicate tones miss to put its stamp on the delicious trashy refrain. Fortunately, guest star Kesha hits more than the mark there ”.

Music video

The music video for Dirty Picture was shot by director Alex Herron. and was first presented online on May 24, 2010. Due to scheduling difficulties, Cruz scenes were shot in Los Angeles and Kesha's scenes in London . The video starts with Cruz driving through a desert in a car. He then sings at a house party where many different photos are taken. Kesha sings her part while standing on a toilet. On YouTube, the music video (as of September 2019) has over 35 million views.

Contributors

Commercial win

In the United Kingdom , Dirty Picture debuted on April 17, 2010 at number 40 on the singles chart . After four weeks, the single reached the highest ranking of 6th place, where the single stayed for a week. In total, Dirty Picture spent two weeks in the top 10 there. For Taio Cruz it was the fourth and for Kesha the third top 10 single in the UK at this point. In the US , Dirty Picture fell short of commercial expectations. On June 19, 2010, the song debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 96, and a week later the single fell off the charts again. The song reached number 3 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs .

In the German-speaking area, the single could not place in the charts. Dirty Picture achieved further chart positions in Australia (highest position 16), Ireland (highest position 10), Canada (highest position 49) and New Zealand (highest position 11).

Chart placements

Charts Top ranking Weeks
Chart placements
United Kingdom (OCC) United Kingdom (OCC) 6th (12 weeks) 12
United States (Billboard) United States (Billboard) 96 (1 week) 1

Awards for music sales

Country / Region Award Sales
Awards for music sales
(country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA) Australia (ARIA) Gold record icon.svg gold 35,000
New Zealand (RMNZ) New Zealand (RMNZ) Gold record icon.svg gold 7,500
United Kingdom (BPI) United Kingdom (BPI) Silver record icon.svg silver 200,000
All in all Silver record icon.svg1 × silver
Gold record icon.svg2 × gold
242,500

Main article: Kesha / Music Sales Awards

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