A Public Affair (song)

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"A Public Affair"
Single by Jessica Simpson
from the album A Public Affair
Released	June 29, 2006 (U.S.) January 29, 2007 (U.K.)
Format	Digital download
Genre	Pop/Dance
Length	3:21
Label	Epic
Writer(s)	Jessica Simpson, J.Austin, G.Kurstin, S.Watters, L.Biancanello, L.Mendez, N.Ashford, V.Simpson
Producer(s)	Lester Mendez
Chart positions
#14 (USA Hot 100) #11 (Pop 100) #17 (Australia)
Jessica Simpson singles chronology
"These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" (2005)	"A Public Affair" (2006)	"I Belong to Me" (2006)

"A Public Affair"(best song ever) is the first single from Jessica Simpson's fourth studio album A Public Affair (2006). It features an interpolation of "Ain't No Mountain High Enough".

Contents 1 Critical response 2 Music video 3 Commercial release 4 Track listings and formats 5 Trivia 6 Charts 7 Notes

[edit] Critical response

Chuck Taylor of Billboard magazine called the song's production "wildly adventurous" and "maddeningly catchy", and the song itself "A perfect record."^[1] Teen People called the song a fun, frothy dance track reminiscent of early Madonna; some in the media have criticized the unoriginality of the song because of its strong similarity to Madonna's "Holiday".^[2] The video has also been noted for being similar to Madonna's "Sorry" video.

[edit] Music video

The single's video was shot on June 23 and the late evening of June 24, 2006 at the Moonlight Rollerway in Glendale, California.^[3] It features cameo appearances by Eva Longoria, Christina Milian, Christina Applegate, Rihanna, Maria Menounos, Andy Dick and Ryan Seacrest. It introduces Australian Reshad Strik, whose participation was very commented on the fact of his resemblance to Nick Lachey, Simpson's ex-husband. The video was directed by Brett Ratner.^[4] Yahoo! Launch had managed to make a "Fans Version Only" version of the video as well, which instantly reached number one. On July 19, Simpson visited Total Request Live to world premiere the video.^[5] The following day the video entered the TRL countdown at number six, the highest debut for any Simpson video; on its third day on the countdown, it reached number two.^[6] The video reached number eight on Canada's MuchMusic chart.

[edit] Commercial release

The Yahoo! Music download of the song gained media attention because it was made available in MP3 format, without Digital Rights Management, which is normally used to copy protect commercially released singles. However, the price to download the song was $1.99, higher than the $0.99 norm for most DRM protected tracks. The increased price was rationalized not by the DRM-free format, but by offering users the ability to "personalize" the song with a specific name.^[7]

The single debuted at number thirty-nine on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart,^[8] Simpson's second highest debut after "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'". It had previously debuted at number twenty on Billboard's Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which represents the twenty-five singles below the Hot 100's number 100 position that have not yet appeared on the Hot 100. Digital download sales were moderate until the release of the single's music video. In late July "A Public Affair" joined Ashlee Simpson's song "Invisible" in the top ten on the U.S. iTunes Music Store's list of most popular songs, the first time in iTunes history that two siblings had different songs in the top ten. "A Public Affair" has peaked at number fourteen in its fifth week on the Hot 100, and is tied with "With You" and "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" for Simpson's second highest charting single on the Billboard Hot 100 after "I Wanna Love You Forever".

[edit] Track listings and formats

• Australian CD Single

1. A Public Affair [Radio Edit]
2. A Public Affair [Extended Version]
3. A Public Affair [Karaoke Version]

• US MAXI Single

1. A Public Affair [Radio Edit]
2. A Public Affair [Extended Version]
3. A Public Affair [Instrumental Version]
4. A Public Affair [Remix]

Please note this single is not expected to be released in the UK until January and there is no bonus track called "Mr. Operator" (still unreleased) released in the US.

[edit] Trivia

• "A Public Affair" lifts the background arrangement of "Someday We'll Be Together" by Diana Ross & the Supremes
• "A Public Affair" is featured on the NOW 23 CD along with other artists such as her ex husbands hit "I Cant Hate You Anymore" and the comeback from Justin, "Sexyback".

[edit] Charts

Chart	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	14
U.S. Billboard Pop 100	11
U.S. Hot Digital Songs	6
U.S. Hot Dance Airplay	6
U.S. Hot Dance Club Play	1
U.S. ARC Weekly Top 40	12
Australian ARIA Singles Chart	17
Hot 100 Brasil (Brazil)	68

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[edit] Notes

1. ^ Chuck Taylor, review of "A Public Affair", Billboard.com.
2. ^ "Jessica Takes A "Holiday"?", TMZ.com, June 23, 2006.
3. ^ "The Boots of Hazzard", The Sun, June 28, 2006.
4. ^ Jonathan Cohen, "Simpson Owns Up To 'Public Affair'", Billboard.com, June 26, 2006.
5. ^ "Nervous Simpson Debuts Video on Minnillo's Show", Contactmusic.com, July 20, 2006.
6. ^ Popfusion - TRL Archive - July 2006.
7. ^ Yahoo sells Jessica Simpson single sans DRM. CNET. Retrieved on July 27, 2006.
8. ^ Clover Hope, "Furtado Remains No. 1 With 'Promiscuous'", July 6, 2006.