Put Your Records On
| Put Your Records On | |
|---|---|
| Corinne Bailey Rae | |
| publication | February 20, 2006 |
| length | 3:35 minutes |
| Genre (s) | R&B , soul |
| Author (s) | Corinne Bailey Rae, John Beck, Steve Chrisanthou |
| Label | EMI |
| album | Corinne Bailey Rae |
Put Your Records On (dt .: Put your favorite records on ) is a song by British singer Corinne Bailey Rae from their debut album Corinne Bailey Rae from the year 2006. The soul / pop song was the second single from the album and was the world's four million Times sold.
History & production
Together with the producers Steve Chrisanthou and John Beck, who were also involved in the production, Corinne Bailey Rae wrote the song in 2005, which was released on February 20, 2006 as the second single from her debut album Corinne Bailey Rae . Recorded in several studios in London including John Ellis' Place, Olympic Studios , Taxlight and The Idle Studio.
In addition to Corinne Bailey Rae, who recorded the vocals, acoustic guitar and percussion, the song was performed by Steve Chrisanthou (electric guitar, Spanish guitar, wind instruments & drums), John Beck (keyboards), Joe Tatton (Hammond organ), Jason Rae (Alto saxophone), Jim Corry (tenor saxophone), Malcolm Strachan (trumpet) and Samuel Dixon (bass).
Harmonic analysis
In Put Your Records On , jazz elements are combined with the clear structure of pop music. The song is due to its harmonic content (use of reversals , Septnonakkorden , Moll - subdominants , shortened double dominants and Medicare Antique ) classified as upscale pop composition.
Music video
The official music video was shot by British director Sam Brown and released in 2006. In two thirds of the video, the singer can be seen doing a bike ride through a forest or park with some friends. Corinne Bailey Rae drives away from the front and sings the song meanwhile, the viewer is suggested a positive, happy mood. In the last third of the video only the singer can be seen walking through a field and nature singing.
Charts & Awards
In addition to numerous top 100 placements worldwide, the song made it to number 2 in the UK singles charts in September 2006. In Germany, the song reached number 75 in November 2006 and was able to maintain its position in the top 100 single charts for 9 weeks.
Overall, the song was sold more than 4 million times worldwide, in the USA the song received gold status .
In 2007 Put Your Records On was nominated for a Grammy in the categories “Song of the Year” and “Record of the Year” .
| Charts | Top ranking | Weeks |
|---|---|---|
| Chart placements | ||
 Germany (GfK)
|
75 (9 weeks) | 9 |
 Austria (Ö3)
|
26th (19 weeks) | 19th |
 Switzerland (IFPI)
|
23 (27 weeks) | 27 |
 United Kingdom (OCC)
|
2 (29 weeks) | 29 |
 United States (Billboard)
|
64 (19 weeks) | 19th |
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Put Your Records On [1 - (CD - EMI Music Distribution #CDEM 683)]. In: Allmusic . Retrieved August 8, 2013.
- ^ Corinne Bailey Rae (album) - participating artist . In Discogs . Retrieved August 8, 2013.
- ↑ Florian Mohr: Harmonic Analysis: Put Your Records On . In: poppianokurs.de. Retrieved August 8, 2013.
- ↑ Put Your Records On - music video database ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: popzoot.tv. Retrieved August 8, 2013.
- ^ Coleen Broderick: Video Analysis Corinne Bailey Rae Put your records on . In: coleenbrodericka2media.blogspot.de. Retrieved August 8, 2013.
- ^ Corinne Bailey Rae - Put Your Records On - Music Charts . In: acharts.us. Retrieved August 8, 2013.
- ↑ Simon Perry: Corinne Bailey Rae Sets New Album Release Date . In: people.com, October 22, 2009. Retrieved August 8, 2013.
- ↑ FOX Facts: Complete List of Grammy Award Nominations . In: FOXNews , December 7, 2006. Retrieved August 8, 2013.
- ↑ a b c d Chart sources: DE AT CH US
- ↑ Put Your Records On in the Official UK Charts (English)
