SexyBack
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| Single by Justin Timberlake featuring Timbaland from the album FutureSex/LoveSounds |
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| Released |  July 7, 2006 August 25, 2006 August 26, 2006 August 28, 2006 |
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| Format | Digital download, CD single | ||||
| Genre | Dance-pop, pop rap | ||||
| Length | 4:02 | ||||
| Label | Jive | ||||
| Writer(s) | Justin Timberlake, Timothy Mosley, Nate Hills | ||||
| Producer | Timbaland, Justin Timberlake, Nate (Danja) Hills | ||||
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"SexyBack" is a song co-written and performed by the American singer Justin Timberlake for his second solo album FutureSex/LoveSounds (2006). It features Timbaland on backing vocals, and earned Timberlake and Timbaland the 2007 Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording. It was produced by Timbaland, Timberlake and Nate "Danja" Hills and released as the album's lead single on July 7, 2006. "SexyBack" is Timberlake's most successful single in Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, United Kingdom and United States, reaching the number one spot in all of these countries.
"SexyBack" was the longest-running number one single of 2006 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, staying seven weeks at the top, and the second-longest chart-topping single released that year, behind only Beyoncé's "Irreplaceable", which spent ten weeks at number one—three weeks in 2006 and seven weeks in 2007.
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[edit] Music video
The music video for "SexyBack" was shot in a luxury building in Barcelona, and features the Spanish actress Elena Anaya (Sex and Lucía, Van Helsing).
Originally, director Michael Haussman wanted to feature French actress Eva Green (best known as the Bond girl from Casino Royale and also from The Golden Compass) but she declined twice.[citation needed]
The music video for the song is said to be inspired by the video for Madonna's "Take a Bow", also directed by Michael Haussman. The video was first shown on MTV's Making the Video on July 25. The video was placed at #4 of 2006 on the VH1 Top 40 Music Videos of the Year.
It starts off with a cable car looking over a large city and then switches to a luxurious-looking hotel with Elena Anaya taking off her sweater. Then it cuts to Timberlake seemingly in a different room then to a club scene and Timberlake in front of a white background. The video alternates between those four viewpoints, with Timberlake and Anaya seeming to be spies in the hotel room and strangers in the club. At a certain point, Justin Timberlake goes over to Anaya's room by jumping over to her balcony. Then when Anaya goes to check it out, Justin traps her and they willingly have sex, proving that they might have had a sexual interest in each other. In the club, it ends with Justin cornering Anaya in a bathroom stall, clearly showing the sexual motion as he enters. In the hotel room scene, Timberlake leaves by the same way that he entered and moments later jumps back to the balcony before an explosion ensues. It ends with the figure of Anaya sitting in a chair beside a small TV in which a kiss is frozen on the screen.
[edit] Credits
- Written By: J. Timberlake, T. Mosley, and N. Hills
- Producers: Timbaland, Danja, Justin Timberlake
- Keyboards: Timbaland and Danja
- Drums: Timbaland and Danja
[edit] iTunes
When the album was first released on iTunes, the clean version of "SexyBack" contained the word "motherfuckers". iTunes recognized the problem and re-released the track with the word edited out. They offered one free music download for anyone who purchased the "clean" version of the song.
[edit] Achievements
According to Billboard, "SexyBack" is currently the second-highest selling single in a week during 2006, behind only "Hips Don't Lie" by Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean, which set the record in June. "Hips Don't Lie" sold 267,000 digital downloads, while "SexyBack" sold 250,000 digital downloads. "SexyBack" stayed at number one in the United States for seven weeks and has sold in excess of 2,000,000 digital downloads since its release.
This song made the seventh-biggest jump to number one in Billboard Hot 100 history. Climbing 30 spots from #31 landing it at the summit of the chart on September 9, 2006.
"SexyBack" ended 2006 as the 10th best selling single of the year in the UK.
"SexyBack" ended 2006 as the 19th most played single of the year in Latin America, where it peaked at #4, giving Timberlake his most successful single there, and placing him at #28 on the Artist Chart of the Year.
[edit] Cover versions
- Canadian R&B songstress Tamia covered "Sexyback" during her Between Friends album promotion tour in Atlanta 16th of February 2007.
- British singers Lil' Chris and Corinne Bailey Rae each covered the song on BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge. In Lil' Chris's version, performed on the 29th of September 2006, he bridges the verse and chorus with the words, "Take it to the walrus" instead of the original which is "Take it to the chorus".
- Nelly Furtado covered the song on her Get Loose Tour and is now in the set list for her tour
- Rock Plaza Central, an indie rock band favored by Pitchfork Media, gained attention for their radically different cover of the song, with brass-and-banjo roots-rock stylings.[1]
- "SexyBack" was released as a bonus track, on the Wal-Mart version of the album Poison'd! by American glam metal band Poison
- American Idol contestants Blake Lewis and Chris Richardson have performed covers of the song at many shows during the American Idols Live 2007 tour.
- Just Surrender a Pop-punk rock covered the song and released it on their myspace on December 14th, 2007.
- German R&B girl group Black Buddafly did a cover in 2006 for their mixtape.
- UK based mashup artist Cheekyboy released his extremely popular version mashed with Corey Hart's Sunglasses at Night across the internet in 2007.
- Irish boy band Westlife covers the song on their Back Home Tour
[edit] Chart performance
"SexyBack" has since its release, become a worldwide number-one hit, and also became Timberlake's most successful single to date. The song slowly climbed up the Billboard Hot 100 before rising from thirty-one to number-one in a single week, the seventh biggest jump to the summit, and also becoming Timberlake's first US number-one single. The song went on to spend seven consecutive weeks at the number-one position and is certified 3x Platinum by the RIAA, selling over 3,000,000 downloads/copies. In addition to the hot 100, "SexyBack" has also topped the following billboard charts, the Hot Dance Airplay, Hot Dance Club Play, Hot Dance Singles Sales, Pop 100, and the Top 40 Mainstream.
In the UK, "SexyBack" debuted at number-thirteen on the UK Singles Chart based solely on download sales one week prior to its physical release, and ascended to the top of the chart the following week, becoming Timberlake's first UK number-one single. On the Australian ARIA Charts singles chart, "SexyBack" debuted at number-one and spent two consecutive weeks at the top becoming Timberlake's second number-one single there (after "Rock Your Body" reached the summit in 2003), and has been certified 2x Platinum by ARIA Charts selling over 140,000 units. Also, in Canada and Austria the single has peaked at number-three and number-five respectively, becoming his most successful single tied with "What Goes Around... Comes Around" in both nations. It has also been certified 6x Platinum in Canada [2].
In Sweden, "SexyBack" peaked at number-four, while in France it peaked at number-eight becoming Timbrlake's first top ten hit from the album, and would later score two more top ten singles with "My Love" and "What Goes Around...Comes Around" which peaked at number-ten and number-five respectively. "SexyBack" has also peaked at number-one in Brazil, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand and Norway, and has peaked at number-two in Switzerland and Belgium. On the United World Chart, "SexyBack" peaked at number-one for ten consecutive weeks, becoming his first worldwide number-one single, and has sold over 6,000,000 units worldwide.
[edit] Remixes
A remix featuring Clipse was on the Timbaland album Remix And Soundtrack Collection. A remix was created and posted on the internet featuring Michael Jackson, using vocals from the song Bad.
[edit] References
- ^ Wheeler, Brad. "Too sexy for their suits", The Globe and Mail, 2007-01-30. Retrieved on 2007-01-30. (English)
- ^ Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Certification Results
[edit] External links
- "I'm bringing back sexy", from The Observer
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