Run It!
June 30, 2005
Run It! is the debut single of the U.S. musician Chris Brown. The rapper Juelz Santana came here as a guest musician in appearance. The song was released on 30 June 2005 and reached after a few weeks, in November 2005, number one on the Billboard Hot 100, where it remained for five consecutive weeks.
Background
Brown was discovered by a team of producers called Hitmission Records in his home at the age of 13 years. This helped him to various demo recordings, until it finally in December 2004, signed a recording contract with Jive Records. In February 2005, Brown began with the recording of his debut album, which was released in November 2005.
Music Video
The music video was directed by Erik White. It shows Brown dancing in a gym. There he meets a girl, to whom he 's attracted, and he wants me to dance. After a short time security guards arrive at the gym, which can evacuate the entire building. As all persons have left the room, the security people are beginning to themselves, to dance. The video celebrated its premiere in 2005 in August.
Success
Reception
When Contactmusic it was felt that the song was a " continuously fulfilled with Bass" track. In addition to comparing Brown with the R & B musician Usher and wrote that if this " king of the gentle narrator is, Brown is the Prince of the club anthems ". In another review, the song was described as a " umpteenth variant of Usher's Yeah", though the song fit well to the marketing strategy of Brown. The reviewer was ultimately not impressed by the title, even though he admitted the singer development opportunities. The young age is this fact very clearly noted.
Commercial success
In the Billboard Hot 100, the song debuted at rank 92. After five weeks, it reached its first placement within the Top 50 and after eight weeks, it became a top 20 placement. After it had gone into the following week in the top 10, it reached number one on the U.S. charts after 14 weeks. This position defended the title then for five weeks, until he finally of Do not Forget About Us ( Mariah Carey ) was overhauled. In Germany, the song rose in February 2006 to fifth place in the Media Control charts. After it lost this status in the meantime, it became the fourth week again this position. In the UK, the song placed in February 2006 to second place on the charts.
The song also reached position 16 of the annual charts in the U.S. and number 34 of the local Ten Year Charts, which include the most successful songs of the year and the decade, in addition to the rankings in the weekly charts.
Awards for music sales
Golden Record
- Australia
- Canada
Platinum record
- USA
Awards and nominations
The song and the accompanying music video received several nominations and an award. At the Billboard R & B / Hip- Hop Awards the song, for example, in the category R & B / Hip- Hop Songs was - Sales " nominated, losing to Do not Cha by the Pussycat Dolls lost. The MOBO Awards the song in the category was " Best Video " and nominated at the MTV Australia Awards it won in the category " Best R & B Video " a price. At the MTV Video Music Awards 2006, the video in the categories " Best New Artist in a Video " and " Viewer 's Choice" was nominated, but lost to Bat Country by Avenged Sevenfold or Dance, Dance by Fall Out Boy.