Send It On (D'Angelo song)

"Send It On"
Single by D'Angelo
from the album Voodoo
B-side "Send It On" (Album Version)
Released March 25, 2000
Format Maxi-single, promo.
Recorded 1998
Electric Lady Studios
(New York, New York)
Genre Soul, neo soul, R&B, quiet storm
Length 4:39
Label Virgin, EMI
Writer(s) D'Angelo, Angie Stone, Luther Archer
Producer(s) D'Angelo
D'Angelo singles chronology
"Untitled (How Does It Feel)"
(2000)		 "Send It On"
(2000)		 "Feel Like Makin' Love"
(2000)

"Send It On" is a song by American recording artist D'Angelo, released March 25, 2000 on Virgin Records. It was issued as a radio single in promotion of his second studio album Voodoo (2000). The song was written by D'Angelo, his brother Luther Archer and R&B singer Angie Stone. "Send It On" was composed in 1998 at a recording studio in Virginia following the birth of D'Angelo's son, and was produced by D'Angelo at Electric Lady Studios in New York City.

As the album's fourth single, it achieved moderate chart success, peaking at number 33 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.[1] The music video for the song featured footage from the album's supporting tour, "The Voodoo Tour".[2]

Background

Following the birth of his son, D'Angelo composed the album's first song "Send It On" in 1998 at a recording studio in Virginia, beginning official recording for his second studio album Voodoo (2000).[3] The song was produced by D'Angelo at Electric Lady Studios in New York City, and official credits for "Send It On" were attributed to R&B singer Angie Stone and D'Angelo's brother Luther Archer.[4]

Composition

In the musical style of quiet storm and neo soul,[5] the song is about honesty and faith in love, and features classic soul arrangements with trumpeter Roy Hargrove playing flugel horn. It features an interpolation of Kool & the Gang's "Sea of Tranquility" (1969).[6] The song also has an arrangement of live guitar, bass and kick-drum, while D'Angelo's falsetto vocals contain spiritual highs and soulful lows.[6] Mark Anthony Neal of PopMatters wrote that the song "evokes the late '70s sounds of Angela Bofill ('I Try')."[7] Another critic described the song's horn-driven sound as reminiscent of the work of Sam Cooke.[8]

On D'Angelo's vocal style on "Send It On", a Billboard magazine reviewer stated "In this musical setting, he sounds less like Prince (as he did on 'Untitled') and more like he's developing his own unique style-which bears the undeniable influence of Prince, Al Green, and Otis Redding."[6] Entertainment Weekly‍ '​s Matt Diehl called the song a "stately soul ballad like they just don't make anymore".[9]

Track listing

CD Maxi single
  1. "Send It On" (Radio Edit) – 4:39
  2. "Send It On" (Album Version) – 5:56
  3. "Send It On" (Call Out Hook) – 0:12

Personnel

Credits adapted from album booklet liner notes.[4]

Chart performance

Chart (2000) Peak
position
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[10] 20
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[11] 33

Notes

  1. ↑ Billboard Music Charts - Send It On. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved on 2008-08-09.
  2. ↑ Rosen, Craig. D'Angelo's 'Voodoo' Still Casting a Spell. Yahoo! Music. Retrieved on 2008-11-01.
  3. ↑ PR. "Press Release: Voodoo". Virgin Music: January 2000. Archived from the original on 2008-12-20.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Track listing and credits as per liner notes for Voodoo album
  5. ↑ Lyrics: Send It On. Yahoo! Music. Retrieved on 2008-11-01.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Columnist. "Singles Reviews: 'Send It On'". Billboard. 28. June 3, 2000. Archived from the original on 2008-08-09.
  7. ↑ Neal, Mark Anthony. Review: Voodoo. PopMatters. Retrieved on 2009-04-03.
  8. ↑ Van Dorston, A.S. Review: Voodoo. Fast 'n' Bulbous. Retrieved on 2009-04-03.
  9. ↑ Diehl, Matt. Review: Voodoo. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved on 2009-04-03.
  10. ↑ "D'Angelo Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 for D'Angelo.
  11. ↑ "D'Angelo Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for D'Angelo.

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