With You (Jessica Simpson song)
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| Single by Jessica Simpson from the album In This Skin |
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| Released | December 16, 2003 | ||||
| Format | DVD single | ||||
| Genre | Pop | ||||
| Length | 3:12 [Album Version] | ||||
| Label | Columbia Records | ||||
| Writer(s) | billymann, Andy Marvel, Jessica Simpson | ||||
| Producer | billymann, Andy Marvel | ||||
| Certification | Platinum | ||||
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"With You" is the second single from Jessica Simpson's 3rd album In This Skin. Released in 2004, the single peaked inside the U.S. top twenty and UK and Australia's top ten.
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[edit] Song information
"With You" was written by Simpson, billymann, and Andy Marvel, and produced by Andy Marvel and billyman. Simpson having co-writing credit on "With You" marked the first time that she had received writing credit on any of her singles. In this earthy girl-power anthem dedicated to being yourself, Jessica recalls how when she's with the one she loves, she doesn't need to put up a front. "With him", she can let her hair down low, or say anything crazy, yet she knows he'll always catch her if she falls, and he even makes her feel beautiful even if she's got nothing but a T-Shirt on.
Along with Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica, the single helped to turn around Simpson's fledgling recording career (Due to her previous flop singles, and underwhelming album sales, Columbia Records considered dropping her until "With You" became a smash). It is often considered to be her signature song.
[edit] Music video
As the single was released while Simpson's reality show, Newlyweds, was still on air and at the peak of its popularity, the video of the song was created to parallel the show. The video (which apparently takes place at Jessica's mansion) starts off with Simpson washing the dishes and the kitchen floor in an awkward manner, using too much dishwashing liquid. (This is the video's first reference to Newlyweds, as Simpson complained on the show about housecleaning, as she never done it in her life before being married). In the midst of washing the dishes, Simpson is seen with a shirt that says "Plata-Ma-Pus". (She gained infamy when she became confused over the proununciation of platypus as "plata-poos" or "plata-ma-pus" on the show.)
The video then shifts into the second verse showing a picture of Jessica with her husband, Nick Lachey (to remind watchers who the "you" in "With You" refers to). In another joke to Newlyweds, Simpson can be seen on the couch eating Chicken Of The Sea tuna. (She gained infamy on the show when she became confused over what she was eating; she had realized that she was eating tuna, but thought it may have been chicken due to the tuna's trademark.)
The scene soon shifts to yet another reference to the show as Jessica attempts to do dirty laundry (In the show, Simpson showed that she was inept at doing laundry, and at one point gave up, insisting on hiring a housekeeper). The video then launches into arguably the most infamous joke made from Newlyweds: Simpson can be seen over a clean kitchen floor munching on buffalo wings. (In the show, Simpson became confused over the usage of "buffalo" in buffalo wings, and thought that they contained real buffalo meat.) The video finally ends with the last reference to Newlyweds by showing Jessica attempting to golf. (In the show, Simpson claimed that she could not golf well because her huge breasts get in the way). Due to the video's cross appeal to fans of Newlyweds, the video of the song was released as a DVD single.
The video also earned itself two MTV Video Music Award nominations for Best Female Video and Best Pop Video.
[edit] Remixes and other versions
- With You [Album Version] - 3:12
- With You [Radio Edit] - 3:09
- With You [Acoustic Version] - 3:15
- With You [Joy Basu Remix] - 2:22
- With You [Mike Rizzo Global Radio Remix] - 3:36
[edit] Chart success
"With You" was released largely in hopes that the song would revive In This Skin on the charts. The single became her biggest hit since 1999's "I Wanna Love You Forever", as it peaked at #14 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song became her first #1 hit on the Top 40 Mainstream chart and also made the top five of the Top 40 Tracks. Strong digital downloads would later assure the single a Platinum certification, which it achieved in November 2005 (having previously gone gold in October 2004). However, the song's strong downloads were not able to help it on the charts, as downloads were not counted towards The Billboard Hot 100 until February 2005.
[edit] Charts
| Year | Chart | Peak |
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| 2004 | U.S. Billboard ARC Weekly Top 40 | 1 |
| 2004 | U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream | 1 |
| 2004 | U.S. Billboard Top 40 Tracks | 4 |
| 2004 | U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 14 |
| 2004 | U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40 | 23 |
| 2004 | Australian ARIA Top 50 Singles | 4 |
| 2004 | U.K. Top 75 Singles | 7 |
| 2004 | Ireland Top 50 Singles | 11 |
| 2004 | Norway Top 20 Singles | 11 |
| 2004 | New Zealand Top 40 Singles | 39 |
| 2004 | México Top 100 Singles Chart | 41 |
| 2004 | United World Chart | 37 |
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