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Southern Hummingbird is the debut album of American R&B and soul singer Tweet. The album was released on April 2, and it surprisingly debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200 album charts and was certified Gold, preceeded by #1 R&B lead single "Oops (Oh My)".
The album featured production by überproducer Timbaland (who contributed four tracks), Craig Brockman & Nisan Stewart, guitarist John "Jubu" Smith, and Tweet herself. It also featured guest vocals by Elliott, Bilal, BeatClub Record's Ms. Jade and featured a bonus new track from Elliott "Big Spender".
The album was filled with soul stirring vocals and lyrics taken from Tweet's own life experiences, some of which were at the time written on napkins.
After the successful lead single, the album spwanned another two, the Timbaland produced "Call Me" and the radio single "Smoking Cigarettes", which had a video shot for it and directed by Little X but was never released.
[edit] Track listing
| # |
Title |
Length |
| 1. |
"So Much To Say (Intro)" |
1:24 |
| 2. |
"My Place" |
4:24 |
| 3. |
"Smoking Cigarettes" |
4:16 |
| 4. |
"Best Friend" (featuring Bilal) |
5:08 |
| 5. |
"Always Will" |
4:41 |
| 6. |
"Boogie 2Nite" |
4:10 |
| 7. |
"Oops (Oh My)" (featuring Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott) |
3:58 |
| 8. |
"Make Ur Move" |
3:49 |
| 9. |
"Motel" |
3:48 |
| 10. |
"Beautiful" |
4:05 |
| 11. |
"Complain" |
5:14 |
| 12. |
"Heaven" |
3:39 |
| 13. |
"Call Me" |
2:56 |
| 14. |
"Drunk" |
5:25 |
| 15. |
"Southern Hummingbird (Outro)" |
1:31 |
| 16. |
"Sexual Healing (Oops Pt. 2)" (featuring Ms. Jade) |
4:47 |
| 17. |
"Big Spender" (Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott) |
3:10 |
[edit] Production
| Executive Producers |
Missy Elliott, Timbaland, Charlene "Tweet" Keys |
| Producers |
Timbaland ("Oops (Oh My)", "Make Ur Move", "Heaven", "Call Me", "Sexual Healing (Oops Pt. 2)"), Charlene "Tweet" Keys ("Smoking Cigarettes", "Best Friend", "Motel", "Complain", "Heaven", "Drunk"), Craig Brockman ("So Much To Say (Intro)", "My Place", "Smoking Cigarettes", "Best Friend", "Beautiful", "Complain", "Heaven", "Drunk"), Nisan Stewart ("So Much To Say (Intro)", "My Place", "Smoking Cigarettes", "Best Friend", "Always Will", "Boogie 2Nite", "Complain"), Jubu Smith ("Always Will", "Boogie 2Nite"), Troy Johnson & Missy Elliott ("Big Spender") |
| Engineers |
Dylan Dresdow, Senator Jimmy D, Tyson Leeper, Carlos Bedoya |
| Mixing |
Dylan Dresdow, Jimmy Douglass, Manny Marroquin |
| Mastering |
Bernie Grundman Mastering |
| A&R |
Merlin Bobb, Jay Brown |
| Photography |
Ruven Afanador |
| Art Direction & Design |
Anita Marisa Boriboon |
| Hair |
Chuck Amos |
| Make-Up |
Nzingha Isis |
| Stylist |
Michaela-Angela Davis |
[edit] Personnel
- Tweet - vocals, guitar
- Missy Elliott - vocals
- Bilal - vocals
- Ms. Jade - vocals
- Lil' Charlie - guitar
- John "Jubu" Smith - guitar
- Dontae - bass
- Greg Leiz - steel guitar
[edit] Singles
| "Oops (Oh My)" |
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"Oops (Oh My)" (featuring Missy Elliott) was Tweet's first single released ever, being her most successful song to date. Co-penned by friend Missy Elliott and herself and produced by Timbaland, the song managed to get to #7 at the US Billboard Hot 100 Singles in May 2002, and reached #1 on the R&B/Hip-Hop US Charts. The singles included several remixes of the song, including the ones featuring rappers Bubba Sparxxx and Fabolous. |
| Chart positions |
| #7 (US), #1 (US R&B), #5 (UK), #1 (World RnB Top 30 Singles) |
| Tracklist |
- "Oops (Oh My)"
- "My Place"
- "Oops (Oh My)" (Original Version featuring Fabolous)
- "Oops (Oh My)" (Amended Version featuring Bubba Sparxxx)
- "Oops (Oh My)" (Radio Edit featuring Missy Elliott)
- "Oops (Oh My)" (Dog Town Remix)
- "Oops (Oh My)" (Amended Version featuring Bubba Sparxxx)
- "Oops (Oh My)" (Original Version featuring Fabolous)
- "Oops (Oh My)" (Video)
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| "Call Me" |
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"Call Me" was Tweet's second single released from her debut album. As the previous single, this song was co-penned by friend Missy Elliott and herself and produced by Timbaland. The singles included several remixes of the song, including the one that infamous P. Diddy did of it, featuring Bad Boy act The Hoodfellaz. |
| Chart positions |
| #35 (US), #9 (World RnB Top 30 Singles) |
| Tracklist |
- "Call Me" (C&J Radio Mix)
- "Call Me" (Bad Boy Remix featuring P. Diddy & The Hoodfellaz)
- "Call Me" (Album Version)
- "Call Me" (Video)
- "Call Me" (Original Version)
- "Call Me" (Soul Society Remix)
- "Call Me" (C.L.A.S.N.O.D.G. Remix)
- "Oops (Oh My)" (Live In Munich)
- "Call Me" (Video)
- "Call Me"
- "Oops (Oh My)" (C&P Radio Edit)
- "Get Away (Move On)" (Non-Album Track)
- "Call Me" (Instrumental)
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| "Smoking Cigarettes" b/w "Boogie 2Nite" |
| Released |
2003 |
| Writer(s) |
Charlene Keys / Charlene Keys |
| Producer(s) |
Charlene "Tweet" Keys / Jubu & Nisan |
| Video director |
Little X |
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"Smoking Cigarettes" b/w "Boogie 2Nite" was last release from Tweet's debut album. However, it finally wasn't released as an official single, due to problems undergoing with her label, Elektra Records. "Smoking Cigarettes" was intended to be the commercial single, even a video was shot for it -being directed by Little X- but it has never seen the light of day, not as some captures from the videoshoot that certify it happened. The funky "Boogie 2Nite" was later added to the release. Both songs got little radio airplay. "Boogie 2Nite" went on to become a club hit in the UK in the guise of various house remixes. Due to the club success (and lack of an official UK release in that form) the house remixes have been exactly covered and released under the name of "Booty Luv" (vocalists Nadia & Cherise from UK act Big Brovaz) reaching number 2 in the UK Charts in December 2006. |
| Tracklist |
- "Smoking Cigarettes" (Radio Edit)
- "Boogie 2Nite" (Radio Edit)
- "Smoking Cigarettes" Promo CD:
- "Smoking Cigarettes" (Radio Edit)
- "Smoking Cigarettes" (Instrumental)
- "Smoking Cigarettes" (TV Track)
- "Smoking Cigarettes" (Acapella)
- "Boogie 2Nite" (Radio Edit)
- "Boogie 2Nite" (Instrumental)
- "Boogie 2Nite" (TV Track)
- "Boogie 2Nite" (Acapella)
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