Desnudate

"Desnudate" is a song by American recording artist Christina Aguilera, from her sixth studio album Bionic (2010). The song was written by Aguilera, Claude Kelly and co-written and produced by Christopher "Tricky" Stewart. It is a dance song, with elements of latin music. Lyrically, it is described as a raunchy song, where Aguilera plays a Dominatrix that is going to release every fantasy of her partner.

Aguilera has said that the song was written for the clubs and for her latin fans. The song received mixed reviews from music critics; some praised the song, calling it a "fun, horny dance track", but others felt it wasn't sexy and that it never catches fire. "Desnudate" charted on the Gaon International Download Chart at number 49.

Background and composition

	"Desnudate" (2010) A 30 second sample of "Desnudate", featuring hoover-esque synths and a distinct Spanish feel, particularly in the brass and guitars interspersed throughout.[2] In the sample, Aguilera plays a Latino dominatrix.[1]
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Producer Tricky Stewart, who worked with Aguilera on the album, revealed to MTV News about the style adopted on the album:

"I really feel it's one of her best bodies of work that I've heard since Stripped. I think it's really, really amazing and I think it's well put together". "She's mixing it up again. She's singing R&B again, she's doing pop. She's doing it all, but she's found a way to make it all meet in the middle because she's so many different things."^[4]

Aguilera, on her "track-by-track" commentary, commented about the song: "Desnudate is 'Get Naked', it's a really fun club record that I wrote specifically for "the clubs" and for people to have a good time and for all of my latin fans too. I'ts a little fun 'hold me over' and makes you wanna dance and get up and go out with your friends." ^[5]

"Desnudate" was written by Aguilera, Claude Kelly and co-written and produced by Christopher "Tricky" Stewart.^[6] It is a dance-pop song,^[1] with elements of electropop and features hoover-esque synths and a distinct Spanish feel, particularly in the brass and guitars interspersed throughout.^[2] In the song, Aguilera plays a Latina dominatrix, that is going to release every sexual fantasy of her partner.^[1] During the song, she sings in Spanish and moans a lot while demanding "Get naked!."^[7]

Critical reception

American music producer Tricky Stewart is the co-writer and producer of the song.

UK newspaper The Scotsman called it a "horny dance track."^[1] Elysa Gardner from USA Today wrote that "The thumping, funk-kissed 'Desnudate' features eruptions, applied with the intuition and taste that distinguish singers from showboats."^[8] Bradley Stern of "MuuMuse" wrote that the song is "a romping, stomping burst of breathy desires being purred into the listener’s ears."^[3] Melinda Newman of HitFix described it as "a fun dance track with its cries to 'Get naked for me' that sounds a little like something her fellow, former Mousketeer Justin Timberlake would have recorded, complete with Donna Summer-like 'Love to Love You Baby/Bad Girls' whistles and sighs."^[9] Richard Wink from Drowned in Sound wrote a positive review, commenting: "The song continues the strip theme, with Aguilera bouncing along Miami Sound Machine circa 2010 beats imploring us to get naked."^[10]

Drew Hinshaw of The A.V. Club wrote that " On 'Desnudate,' the entire throbbing, horn-squealing hook hangs on a suggestive moan—"nn-uh," roughly—but damned if it doesn't sound more like exercise than sex."^[11] Jordan Richardson of Blogcritics wrote that the song "is nowhere near as sexy as it thinks it is."^[12] Bill Lamb from About.com agreed, writing that the song "is a repetitive Latin-inflected club track complete with horns that somehow never really adds fire to the smoke."^[13] Mesfin Fekadu from Boston Globe gave a negative review, writing that "Producer Christopher "Tricky" Stewart falls short on the raunchy track."^[14] Dan Pardalis of "411 Mania" wrote that "Aguilera revisits the mainstream electro sound with the song. As much as this should really not be applicable to someone of Christina’s level of talent, adding Spanish lyrics to something we’d swear we’d already heard from Britney Spears one or two years ago does not really count as an original song concept."^[2] Javi of EQ Music wrote the following, "It sounds as if J.Lo, Pitbull, and Gloria Estefan went on an all night coke binge and decided to log some studio time in the process. The clunky Spanish translations, which seem to have been lifted directly from an online search engine, cause the track to sink even further."^[15]

Chart performance

Upon the release of the album, "Desnudate" debuted at number 53 on the Gaon International Downloads Chart on the chart issue June 6, 2010, becoming the highest charting song from the album on the International Chart.^[16]

Credits and personnel

Recording locations

• Recording: The Boom Boom Room, Burbank, CA
• Vocal recording – The Redlips Room, Beverly Hills, California.

Personnel

• Songwriting – Christina Aguilera, Christopher Stewart, Claude Kelly
• Production – Christopher "Tricky" Stewart
• Background Vocals  - Claude Kelly
• Mixing  - Jaycen Joshua

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Bionic, RCA Records.^[17]

Charts

References

External links

• Full lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics