The Grass Is Green

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“The Grass Is Green”
“The Grass Is Green” cover
Single by Nelly Furtado
from the album Folklore
Released February 28, 2005
Recorded 2003
Genre Folk, R&B
Length 3:50
Label DreamWorks
Writer(s) Mike Elizondo, Nelly Furtado
Producer Mike Elizondo
Nelly Furtado singles chronology
"Explode"
(2004)		 "The Grass Is Green"
(2005)		 "Promiscuous"
(2006)

"The Grass Is Green" is a folk-R&B song performed by Canadian pop singer Nelly Furtado for her second studio album Folklore (2003). It was written by Furtado and Mike Elizondo and produced by Elizondo. The song was released as the fifth and final single from Folklore in February 2005 (see 2005 in music); a music video did not accompany its release. Despite not being released as a single anywhere else than Germany (where it peaked at number sixty-five), the song has been separately praised as noteworthy.[1]

Furtado said the song "plays around with the idea of wanting what you can't have, or wanting what's on the other side, something you dream of. And then you finally touch it, but, oh, no! It's too late; it's changed. There are also themes of deception and mistrust, but I prefer to express that kind of world-weariness with a light touch. The music has an understated hip-hop thing going on; the groove just chugs along, with simple instrumentation."[2]

[edit] Track listing

International CD

  1. "The Grass Is Green" (Album Version)
  2. "I Feel You" (Non-LP Version) (feat. Esthero)

CD Single

  1. "The Grass Is Green" (Album Version)
  2. "Party" (Reperise) (Non-LP Version)
  3. "My Love Grows Deeper Part 1" (Non-LP Version)

[edit] Charts

Chart (2004) Peak
position
Germany 65
Germany Airplay Top 100 39[3]
Poland 90

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Suzanne Hutson; Various website commenters (2003-11-13). Nelly Furtado, Folklore. Urban Review. BBC News Online. Retrieved on 2006-07-31.
  2. ^ Chris Santos; Various website commenters (2004). shitontheradio.com - music. The Official Nelly Furtado Fansite. Retrieved on 2001-01-07.
  3. ^ Chart Data: Nelly Furtado
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