Forever (Chris Brown song)
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| Single by Chris Brown from the album Exclusive: The Forever Edition |
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| Released | April 22, 2008 (US) June 16, 2008 (UK) |
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| Format | Digital download, CD single | ||||
| Genre | Dance-pop, house, techno | ||||
| Length | 4:40 | ||||
| Label | Jive, Zomba | ||||
| Writer(s) | Chris Brown, Andre Merritt, Rob Allen | ||||
| Producer | Polow da Don | ||||
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"Forever" is a song by American R&B singer Chris Brown. Produced by Polow da Don, it is the first single off the repackaged Exclusive: Forever Edition, and is the fifth overall single by Brown from his second studio album Exclusive.[1]
The song has officially become Brown's 9th top ten hit in the US since it has reached number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100. "Forever" also giving Brown's fifth top ten hit in 2008, after "Kiss Kiss", "With You", "Shawty Get Loose", and "No Air".
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[edit] Tracklisting
[edit] US Promo CD
- "Forever" (Main) - 4:00
- "Forever" (Instrumental) - 4:00
- "Forever" (Ft. Ashley Breathe Remix) - 4:00
[edit] Writing and recording
It's very fortunate, my label wants me to repackage the album and release some new records," he explained to MTV Base while on his European tour last week. "I've been recording a lot of new records as well as having some songs that haven't been released yet that I can put on my repackaging. I might put my tour that I did in the States on my repackaging. I did a big tour in the States. I want to put that in the DVD part, add some of my videos on it.
"Forever" is one out of four new songs Brown recorded for the re-release of his second studio album Exclusive. "Forever" was produced by Polow Da Don and is one of the cuts Brown laid down recently.
Originally, the plan was to follow up his current single, "With You," with the Kanye West-featuring "Down," but the new material won out. The song was penned by Brown and his songwriting team, the Graffiti Artists (besides Chris, Rob Allen and Andre Merritt comprise the crew). "We went into the studio, Polow gave me a beat, and I just started writing. His record is more of a European, techno, house-type feel," Brown recalled. "We wanted to give it that other side of crossover, and go a little bit to that pop realm. Hopefully, [I'll] be the Prince of Pop. I don't want to say I'm the King; I just hopefully can be the Prince of Pop."
[edit] Music video
The two-days shoot took place in Los Angeles, California, April 4, 2008. It was directed by the acclaimed Joseph Kahn. The video premiered on TRL on May 1, 2008 and on BET's 106 & Park on May 5, 2008.
On May 7, 2008, the video debuted at number six on TRL and has peaked at number five. It reached number one on the MTV Online Chart, beating Usher's "Love in This Club" and Madonna's "4 Minutes".[2]
[edit] Charts performance
The song debuted at number six on the Billboard Hot Digital Songs on May 10, 2008, selling 113,072 digital downloads on its first week. Due to its high digital sales, "Forever" debuted at number nine on the Billboard Hot 100, making it the highest debut of that week; it became Brown's ninth top ten single. The song also debuted at number nine on the Canadian Hot 100 based only on digital sales. So far, it has sold 391,348 in digital sales in US alone.
"Forever" also debuted at number 40 on the New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart, before finally jumped into number 5 in the following week due of its high digital sales. "Forever" also becoming Brown's eight top ten hit in the country. It's currently sits at number 1 on the New Zealand iTunes Top 100 and number 1 on the official RIANZ Singles Chart for five weeks so far. It became his fifth number 1 single in New Zealand, after "Run It!", "Kiss Kiss", "With You" and "No Air".
Following the high debuts in US and Canada, "Forever" appeared at number nineteen on the United World Chart, and was the highest debut of that week which gained 102,000 points according to Media Traffic.
In the UK the song charted on June 1, 2008 at number 17 on downloads alone. The following week in moved up to number 11, still on downloads alone. In Ireland, Forever debuted at #9, becoming his third top 10 hit after "With You" and "Run It!".
[edit] Charts
| Chart (2008) | Peak position |
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| Canadian Hot 100[3] | 9 |
| Eurochart Hot 100[3] | 48 |
| Euro 200[4] | 75 |
| Irish Singles Chart[5] | 8 |
| New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart[6] | 1 |
| Swedish Singles Chart[7] | 18 |
| UK Singles Chart[5] | 11 |
| United World Chart[8] | 19 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[3] | 9 |
| U.S. Billboard Pop 100[3] | 14 |
| U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40[3] | 22 |
[edit] See also
| Preceded by "Love in This Club by Usher featuring Young Jeezy |
RIANZ New Zealand number one single May 12, 2008 - |
Succeeded by incumbent |
[edit] References
- ^ a b Shaheem Reid, Jasmine Dotiwala (March 25, 2008). Chris Brown ReadiesDeluxe Edition Of Exclusive MTV. Accessed March 25, 2008.
- ^ MTV Base MTV UK. Accessed May 11, 2008.
- ^ a b c d e Billboard Chart Billboard Chart. Accessed May 19, 2008.
- ^ Euro 200 Bubbling Under Euro 200. Accessed May 19, 2008.
- ^ a b Chris Brown - Forever aCharts aCharts. Accessed May 31, 2008.
- ^ New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart. Accessed May 19, 2008.
- ^ Swedish Singles Chart Sverigetopplistan. Accessed May 19, 2008.
- ^ Global Track Chart Media Traffic. Accessed May 19, 2008.
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