Earthquake (Mýa song)

"Earthquake"
Digital Single by Mýa featuring Trina from the album K.I.S.S. (Keep It Sexy & Simple)
Released	December 06, 2011 (United States)
Format	Digital download
Recorded	2011 Da Cave (Cleveland, OH) 4 Star Recording Studios (Miami, FL)
Genre	R&B/Hip Hop
Length	3:19
Label	Planet 9
Writer	Kris Day Lindsay "Lindz" Fields Kevon Ford Cristo Jeanette Nia Myricks Katrina Taylor
Producer	Young Yonny Desmond J. "BigHeadDez" Peterson

"Earthquake" is an R&B/Hip-Hop song by American recording artist Mýa. It served as Harrison’s first U.S. digital single from her sixth studio album K.I.S.S. (Keep It Sexy & Simple) (2011) and featured Miami rapper Trina. Originally, the song was due to be featured on Harrison’s Japanese version of K.I.S.S., however though the song was pulled out of respect to the victims affected by the devastating earthquake in Japan. The song was written by The Pen Up Dolls (Lindsay “Lindz” Fields, Cristo Jeanette, and Nia Myricks) and produced by Young Yonny.

Earthquake was released to iTunes on December 6, 2011. It is Harrison first single to be released in the United States four years prior to her shelved studio album Liberation (2007).

Background

Trina made a featured guest appearance and lent her voice to the track.

Before being released in the United States, Earthquake was originally featured on the Japanese version of K.I.S.S. but pulled out of respect after the devastating earthquake last spring. When considering to release it on the U.S. version this fall, again it was a decision I went back and forth on, but ultimately, I think people will understand my decision to release the song, because at the end of the day I think the world is ready to have some fun, and take negative situations and reinvent them into something positive, that we can own, learn from and that bring us together", Mýa told AOL Music of the timing of the song's release. "Sometimes we just need to let loose, let our hair down, come together and shake it like an Earthquake!" the singer added.

Mýa continued, "'Earthquake' is just a really fun song that crowds go wild for when I perform it live and tested it in the clubs.^[1]

In a recent interview with Billboard.com's The Juice, Harrison explained how the collaboration came about with Trina:

Trina and I worked together for her mixtape initially, 'Diamonds Are Forever,' and collaborated on a song for her album called 'Can I,' and we did a trade-off situation, being that we're both independent," Mýa says. "And I thought she was real appropriate for the record because she comes with that swag."^[2]

Tracklisting & Format

U.S. Digital Single

1. "Earthquake" — 3:19

Personnel

• Mýa – vocals
• Bishop – mixing
• Yasiel “Edge” Landrian – engineer
• Desmond J. “BigHeadDez” Peterson – producer
• Young Yonny – engineer, producer

Release history

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