Put Your Records On

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“Put Your Records On”
CD single cover
Single by Corinne Bailey Rae from the album Corinne Bailey Rae
Released	6 March 2006
Format	CD single, DVD single, 7" single
Recorded	2005
Genre	Soul, acoustic
Length	3:35
Label	EMI
Writer(s)	Corinne Bailey Rae, John Beck, Steve Chrisanthou
Producer	Steve Chrisanthou
Corinne Bailey Rae singles chronology
"Like a Star" (2005) "Put Your Records On" (2006) "Trouble Sleeping" (2006)
Alternate covers
DVD single cover
7" single cover

"Put Your Records On" is the second single from English soul singer Corinne Bailey Rae's debut album Corinne Bailey Rae, released in February and early March 2006 throughout Europe. In North America, it was the first single. This track received two nominations at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year, losing both to Dixie Chicks's "Not Ready to Make Nice".

Contents 1 Song information 2 Track listings and formats 3 Credits 4 Charts 5 See also 6 References

[edit] Song information

The song was co-written by Rae, John Beck, and Steve Chrisanthou, and produced by Chrisanthou. It crashed into the UK charts at number two and was only kept off the top spot by Madonna's "Sorry." The carefree, chilled out style of both the song and the video – set in South Africa – caught people's imagination and created hype around Corinne that a British urban music artist hasn't enjoyed since Craig David and Ms. Dynamite's emergence in 2000 and 2002 respectively.^{[citation needed]} The song's opening line, "Three little birds sat on my window/ And they tell me I don't need to worry," is a reference to Bob Marley's hit song, Three Little Birds.

"Put Your Records On" enjoyed a wealth of critical and commercial acclaim^{[citation needed]} which helped rocket the album to number one in its first week of release. The track has topped a wealth of charts including the UK Top 40 Downloads and the UK Top 40 R&B Singles; it was also a smash hit on radio reaching at least number two on the UK Top 50 Airplay. However, the single did not chart as well in the US, peaking at #64. As of March 1, 2006, Corinne Bailey Rae became only the second female solo act to top the UK Top 40 Downloads in history.

The acoustic version of this song was a featured "Free Single of the Week" at the Canadian and the U.S. iTunes Music Store. On March 7, 2007, American Idol contestant Antonella Barba sang this song for her Top 16 performance.

The song earned a 2007 Grammy Award nomination for "Song of the Year".^[1]

The single ended 2006 as the 40th best selling single of the year, with 2,267,000 points.^[2]

This song has been covered three times in reality television programmes in 2007. On "American Idol 6", semi-finalist "Antonella Barba" performed this song during the Top 16 week. Also, in the UK's "The X Factor 4", finalist Alisha performed this song during the Top 8. Carly Rae Jepsen also sang it on Canadian Idol. week.^[3][4]

[edit] Track listings and formats

• UK CD single

1. "Put Your Records On"
2. "Another Rainy Day"

• International CD single

1. "Put Your Records On"
2. "Another Rainy Day"
3. "Since I've Been Loving You"

• DVD single

1. "Put Your Records On"
2. "Put Your Records On" (video)
3. "Put Your Records On" (live at Bush Hall)
4. "Since I've Been Loving You"

• 7" vinyl single

1. "Put Your Records On"
2. "Since I've Been Loving You"

• Download

1. "Put Your Records On" [Acoustic]

[edit] Credits

• Written by Corinne Bailey Rae, John Beck and Steve Chrisanthou
• Produced and recorded by Steve Chrisanthou
• Additional production by Jimmy Hogarth
• Lead vocals performed by Corinne Bailey Rae
• Backing vocals by Corinne Bailey Rae and Cara Robinson
• Acoustic guitar performed by Corinne Bailey Rae
• Percussion performed by Corinne Bailey Rae
• Electric guitar, Spanish guitar, horns and percussion by Steve Chrisanthou
• Keyboards performed by John Beck
• Hammond organ performed by Joe Tatton
• Alto Sax performed by Jason Rae
• Tenor Sax performed by Jim Corry
• Trumpet performed by Malcolm Strachan
• Bass performed by Sam Dixon
• Published by Global Talent Publishing and Good Groove Songs
• Recorded at The Idle Studio

[edit] Charts

Chart (2006) Peak position Argentina Top 40[5] 2 Australian ARIA Singles Chart[6] 30 Ö3 Austria Top 40[6] 26 Brazilian Hot 100 Songs & Tracks[7] 18 Czech Airplay Chart[8] 19 Dutch Top 40[6] 20 European Hot 100 Singles[9] 8 Euro 200[10] 21 French Singles Chart[6] 65 German Singles Chart[6] 75 Hungarian Airplay Chart[11] 5 Irish Singles Chart[6] 24 Italian Singles Chart[12] 19

Chart (2006) Peak position New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart[6] 6 Romanian Top 100[13] 60 Swiss Singles Chart[6] 23 UK Singles Chart[6] 2 UK R&B Singles Chart 1 UK Official Download Chart 1 United World Chart[6] 15 U.S. Billboard Hot 100[6] 64 U.S. Billboard Smooth Jazz Songs[14] 8 U.S. Billboard Pop 100[15] 68 Chart (2007) Peak position U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks[15] 6

[edit] See also

• List of number-one music downloads (UK)

[edit] References

v • d • e Corinne Bailey Rae Albums Corinne Bailey Rae · Live in London & New York Singles "Like a Star" · "Put Your Records On" · "Trouble Sleeping" · "I'd Like To"