Glamorous (song)

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"Glamorous"
Single by Fergie featuring Ludacris
from the album The Dutchess
B-side "True"
Released January 23, 2007 (U.S. - Top 40/Mainstream radio)
February 20, 2007 (U.S. - Rhythmic radio)
Format CD single, digital download
Recorded 2006
Genre R&B, hip hop
Length 4:06 (Album Version)
3:19 (UK Radio Edit)
Label A&M
Writer(s) Stacy Ferguson, Jamal Jones, Christopher Bridges, Elvis Williams
Producer Polow da Don, Black Elvis
Fergie singles chronology
"Fergalicious"
(2006)		 "Glamorous"
(2007)		 "Big Girls Don't Cry"
(2007)
Ludacris singles chronology
"Runaway Love"
(2006)		 "Glamorous"
(2007)		 "Slap"
(2007)

"Glamorous" is a single taken from singer Fergie's solo debut album, The Dutchess, featuring rapper Ludacris. In March 2007, the song became Fergie's second number-one single in the United States. The single was released on March 19, 2007 in the UK[1] and was the second single taken from the album. The single was not as successful in Latin America (where it wasn't officially released) as "London Bridge" and "Fergalicious". "Glamorous" is the fourth single from the album in Brazil, where "Big Girls Don't Cry" was released as the third single. Fergie sang this song along with "Big Girls Don't Cry" at the Concert for Diana. As of March 2008, the single has sold 3,136,000 copies. The song was used in the promotional video for the CW television show Gossip Girl. The song appears on the video game Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore.

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Critical reception

The song received mixed to positive reviews from contemporary music critics. Bill Lamb from About.com gave the song a rating of 3.5/5 stars and say that "She shifts away from peppy party music to a slower, smooth style of R&B. At times the song veers uncomfortably close to being a rewrite of Gwen Stefani's "Luxurious," but it still sounds light and catchy on the radio."[2] Dan Gennoe from Yahoo Music stated that "Glamorous is a Janet Jackson-esque R&B shimmer, which contain some outstanding production and bursts of genius".[3] However, Mike Joseph from PopMatters gave the song a negative review, opining that, who "'Glamorous' is so bad that even Ludacris (who usually lights up any song he guest appears on) sounds bored and tired here".[4]

Music video

The video had a World Premiere on MTV's TRL on February 7, 2007. The video is directed by Dave Meyers, and was shot in an anamorphic 1.85:1 widescreen aspect ratio. It starts in 1994 with Fergie and Polow da Don at a keg party in East Los Angeles before she was famous, with everyone at the party saying "If you ain't got no money take yo broke ass home". The camera then rotates upward where it is present day and Fergie is lounging in a Bombardier Global Express business jet, and as the chorus suggests, "flying first class, up in the sky". The flight attendant is played by Freddy Rodriguez. She is seen watching the music video on her LG enV for The Black Eyed Peas "Pump It". Fergie then lands and enters a limo waiting for her where she goes with her friends to a drive thru at a fast food restaurant. This restaurant is most likely Taco Bell as the lyrics suggest, though the food package appears to bear Jack in the Box logos. The video at this point does a transition to the past (1990's) where it is suggested Fergie came to this same restaurant with her friends before her glamorous life. The transition occurs as Fergie sings of the days when she had a Mustang. The limo transforms into a Mustang convertible. She and her friends are wearing clothes and have hairstyles similar to those of 1980s pop culture. The video then goes back to present day where Fergie and Ludacris are shown shooting a movie called Glamorous, a throwback to Bonnie and Clyde. The two are shown holding Thompson submachine guns while being held up by police near a canyon, apparently for stealing money. Ludacris raps his verse to Fergie telling her all the expensive things he will buy for her. Fergie and Ludacris are then shown shooting down the cops, after which the movie shoot ends. After the shoot Fergie proceeds to sit in a chair with her name on it, as people rush over to do her make up. While this is happening she thanks her fans for making her famous. Scenes of this are intercut with Fergie getting back on the plane she came on, while she flashes back to when she was a little girl, where her father warned her about the coldness of the showbiz industry. Fergie is then shown at the same kegger from earlier in the video, with Alfonso Ribeiro, Polow da Don, apl.de.ap and Cypress Hill with B-Real with whom she clinks plastic glasses, followed with the plane she is on in the present day flying into London as the sun sets.

Chart performance

"Glamorous" debuted on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 at number 98 in mid-January 2007,[5] two weeks before its official release to radio stations. The song reached its initial peak at number nine, giving Fergie her third top 10 solo hit in six months, equal to her group the Black Eyed Peas' tally over the past six years. In the next week, the single plummeted from nine to thirty-three, one of the biggest drops in a single week out of the top 10, due to A&M Records blocking the digital download of the single. "Glamorous" was released back in the iTunes Store and other digital outlets on the week of February 28. Upon re-release of "Glamorous" as a digital single download, it re-entered the top 10 at the number eight position on the Billboard Hot 100, rising from number 55, in the charting week of March 17, 2007.[6] On the March 24, 2007 edition of the Billboard Hot 100, "Glamorous" hit number-one, giving Fergie her second #1 single;[7] it remained at number one for a second consecutive week,[8] but then fell to number two in the next week.[9] "Glamorous" ended as the year's 10th highest seller there, ranked at #10 on the Billboard Year-End chart for 2007.[10] "Glamorous" debuted at #10 on the Australian ARIA singles chart, and was the week's second highest debut behind Christina Aguilera's "Candyman". "Glamorous" made its initial peak at #3 before rising to its peak at #2. "Glamorous" has been certified Platinum by ARIA for sales of over 70,000. "Glamorous" was also ranked at #13 on the Australian ARIA Year-End singles chart for 2007, and is one of four entries on this chart for Fergie, with the others being "Fergalicious", "Clumsy" and "Big Girls Don't Cry".[11][12] The song debuted at #56 in the UK Singles Chart and peaked at #6, making it her second solo Top 10 hit.

Track listing

  1. "Glamorous" (Album Version) 4:07
  2. "True" (Spandau Ballet Cover) 3:45
  1. "Glamorous" (Album Version) 4:08
  2. "Glamorous" (Space Cowboy Remix) 4:37
  1. "Glamorous" (Album Version) 4:08
  2. "Glamorous" (Space Cowboy Remix) 4:37
  3. "True" (Spandau Ballet Cover) 3:48
  4. "Glamorous" (Music Video) - 4:10

Charts

Chart (2007) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[13] 1
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 75)[14] 25
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[15] 1
Belgium (Ultratop 40 Wallonia)[16] 1
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[17] 1
Czech Republic (IFPI)[18] 22
Denmark (Tracklisten)[19] 23
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[20] 7
France (SNEP)[21] 32
Germany (Media Control AG)[22] 16
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[23] 2
Hungary (Dance Top 40)[24] 1
Ireland (IRMA)[25] 3
New Zealand (RIANZ)[26] 9
Slovakia (IFPI)[27] 5
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[28] 1
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[29] 6
US Billboard Hot 100[30] 1
US Pop Songs (Billboard)[31] 2
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[32] 41

Year-end charts

Year Chart Rank
2007 German Singles Chart[33] 99

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.hmv.co.uk/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=282;2;-1;-1&sku=611597 HMV.co.uk
  2. ^ Glamorous Review by Bill Lamb About.com Retrieved 2010-08-12
  3. ^ Glamorous Review YahooMusic Retrieved 2010-08-12
  4. ^ Glamorous review PopMatters Retrieved 2010-08-12
  5. ^ Jonathan Cohen, "Beyonce Begins Seventh Week As Hot 100 Leader", Billboard.com, January 18, 2007.
  6. ^ Jonathan Cohen, "Mims Remains 'Hot' At No. 1, Akon Stays Close", Billboard.com, March 8, 2007.
  7. ^ Katie Hasty, "Fergie Gets 'Glamorous' Atop Hot 100", Billboard.com, March 15, 2007.
  8. ^ Katie Hasty, "Fergie Scores Second 'Glamorous' Week At No. 1", Billboard.com, March 22, 2007.
  9. ^ Miles Agha, Jonathan Cohen, "Akon Scores Second No. 1 Hit From 'Konvicted'", Billboard.com, March 29, 2007.
  10. ^ Billboard 2007 Year In Music
  11. ^ ARIA Charts - End of Year Charts - Top 100 Singles 2006
  12. ^ http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display.asp?chart=1U50 Ariacharts.com
  13. ^ "Australian-charts.com – Fergie feat. Ludacris – Glamorous". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Hung Medien.
  14. ^ "Fergie feat. Ludacris – Glamorous – Austriancharts.at" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Hung Medien.
  15. ^ "Ultratop.be – Fergie feat. Ludacris – Glamorous" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.
  16. ^ "Ultratop.be – Fergie feat. Ludacris – Glamorous" (in French). Ultratop 40. Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.
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  18. ^ "ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Radio Top100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 200733 into search.
  19. ^ "Fergie – Glamorous Hitlisten.nu" (in Danish). Tracklisten. IFPI Danmark & Nielsen Music Control.
  20. ^ "Finnishcharts.com – Fergie feat. Ludacris – Glamorous". Suomen virallinen lista. Hung Medien.
  21. ^ "Lescharts.com – Fergie feat. Ludacris – Glamorous" (in French). Les classement single. Hung Medien.
  22. ^ "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche - musicline.de" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
  23. ^ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ – Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége" (in Hungarian). Rádiós Top 40 játszási lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége.
  24. ^ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ – Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége" (in Hungarian). Dance Top 40 lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége.
  25. ^ "Chart Track". Irish Singles Chart. Irish Recorded Music Association.
  26. ^ "Charts.org.nz – Fergie feat. Ludacris – Glamorous". Top 40 Singles. Hung Medien.
  27. ^ "SNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Radio Top100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 200719 into search.
  28. ^ "Fergie feat. Ludacris – Glamorous – swisscharts.com". Swiss Singles Chart. Hung Medien.
  29. ^ "Chart Stats – Fergie – Glamorous" UK Singles Chart. Chart Stats.
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  31. ^ "Fergie Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Pop Songs for Fergie. Prometheus Global Media.
  32. ^ "Fergie Album & Song Chart History" Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for Fergie. Prometheus Global Media.
  33. ^ http://www.mtv.de/charts/Single_Jahrescharts_2007
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