Sing like me
| Sing like me | |
|---|---|
| Chris Brown | |
| publication | November 24, 2011 |
| length | 4:15 |
| Genre (s) | Pop , R&B |
| Author (s) | Chris Brown, Big Makk , Keith Thomas , Lorenza "Big Lo" Lennon , Atozzio Towns |
| Publisher (s) | Jive Records |
| album | graffiti |
Sing Like Me is a song by the American musician Chris Brown . It was released on November 24, 2009, at the same time as the second single " Crawl ", as a promotional sound carrier from Brown's third studio album Graffiti , which was released in December. Apart from the hot R&B / hip-hop songs of the USA, it did not reach any chart position.
background
The track was written by Chris Brown, Big Makk, Keith Thomas, Lorenza "Big Lo" Lennon and Atozzio Towns, some of whom also served as producers (Big Makk, Keith Thomas, Big Lo). It was recorded at The Compound , a recording studio in Orlando , Florida . It was mixed under the direction of Tony Maserati in The Record Plant , a studio in Los Angeles . The cover of the song is optically based on that of the album and corresponds to the retro style . While the background is blue, Brown is dressed entirely in black with the exception of a red cardigan .
composition
“Sing Like Me” is a slow jam , pop and R&B ballad. It includes 808 drum - beats , also Asian influences would determine. Sarah MacRory of Billboard compared the song to R. Kelly's 2001 " Feelin 'On Yo Booty. " Lyrically, the title is about leaving a nightclub with some girls Brown doesn't like enough to marry. The author of a review for Yahoo! Music wrote that Brown used the lyrics to "brag about girls who can't get enough of him."
success
reception
A review for the website That Grape Juice called the song "ridiculously memorable" and recognized the delicacy with which Brown sang the lyrics. The reviewer compared this technique with that of Janet Jackson . The Associated Press rated the title as "cocky but tempting". Another reviewer called the song, like the song " Crawl ", "strong songs". Sarah Rodman, who wrote a review for the daily newspaper Boston Globe , was not convinced by the title and described it as "disgusting". In doing so, she drew a comparison with the "sex stuff and the bragging rights" by R. Kelly . Melinda Newman criticized a lack of creativity, while another writer stated that the song was "not particularly extraordinary".
Commercial win
Apart from the hot R&B / hip-hop songs of the USA, the song did not reach any chart position. There it rose to number 96. In the following week it reached rank 84 before it fell out of the hit list again.
Contributors
Source: album booklet
- Big Makk - songwriting , production
- Chris Brown - vocals, songwriting
- Lorenza "Big Lo" Lennon - songwriting, production
- Tony Maserati - Mixdown
- Brian Springer - recording
- Keith Thomas - songwriting, production
- Atozzio Towns - songwriting
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Gil Kaufman: Chris Brown Drops New Single, 'Sing Like Me' . mtv.com. November 13, 2009. Retrieved February 3, 2012.
- ^ Gail Mitchell: Chris Brown, "Graffiti" . billboard.com. January 19, 2010. Retrieved January 3, 2012.
- ^ Sarah MacRory: Chris Brown Gets Personal With Rihanna On Leaked 'Graffiti' Tracks . billboard.com. December 3, 2009. Retrieved February 3, 2012.
- ↑ Exclusive Review: Chris Brown - 'Graffiti' . thatgrapejuice.net. November 30, 2009. Retrieved February 3, 2012.
- ↑ Solid Chris Brown album Can't Escape Scandal . today.msnbc.msn.com. December 7, 2009. Retrieved February 3, 2012.
- ↑ Hank Shteamer: Review: Chris Brown . newyork.timeout.com. December 9, 2009. Retrieved February 3, 2012.
- ↑ Sarah Rodman: It's Chris Brown's turn, but who wants to listen? . boston.com. December 6, 2009. Retrieved February 3, 2012.
- ↑ Melinda Newman: Review: Chris Brown's 'Graffiti': Is it just scrawl? . hitfix.com. December 8, 2009. Retrieved February 3, 2012.
- ^ Nathan S .: Chris Brown - Graffiti . djbooth.net. Archived from the original on July 24, 2011. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 3, 2012.
- ↑ Chart placement 1st week
- ↑ Chart placement 2nd week
