3 Words (song)

3 Words ( German: " 3 Words " ) is a song by British singer Cheryl Cole in collaboration with the Black Eyed Peas member will.i.am. It was released in December 2009 as the second single of her album of the same name. , Germany in June of the following year

Compared to the previous Fight for This Love 3 Words was less successful, but also reached the Top 5 on the UK Singles Charts and was awarded silver.

Background information

3 Words is an uptempo synthpop and dance - pop song, with vocals by Cheryl Cole and Will.i.am, who produced the song and wrote it together with Cole and George Pajon. The song is written in C sharp minor and is 129 beats per minute Uptemposong. Very striking is the absence of a classical choruses in the song, instead, go quiet passages with guitar and piano with the beats from the synthesizer from which are symbolic of the chorus. The chord progression is relatively sparse, but still complex: C sharp minor G sharp minor cis- A Major - Cis. Cole's vocal range in the song covers the range from Gis3 to B4.

Critics noted that the song is genre technically difficult to define. Cole agreed to this and said that the song was " unlike anything I have ever done or liked. " She called 3 Words as their favorite song of the album.

Music Video

The music video for 3 Words was directed by Vincent Haycock during the week of October 19th. It had its premiere on November 27. The video was " completely different from the video for Fight For This Love" as described. The second official split-screen video was directed by Saam. Cheryl Cole occurs in several different outfits in the video. In one scene she is wearing a " Lady Gaga -inspired platinum blonde wig ", in another she appears as " Egyptian Goddess " on. According to Lisa McGarry of Unreality TV is the video " strange," but she noted: ". , Even if it does not look good, it looks, at least from shocking" In the other scenes of the music video you can see Will.I.Am sitting on the floor later some dancers moving to the music. These were described as " dance scenes interspersed with sequences ", " in which the video focuses on the two main actors who seem to mutually search".

Promotion

The worldwide radio premiere of the song took place at the Chris Moyles Show on BBC Radio 1 on 13 October 2009. Cole performed the song live for the first time in the show Cheryl Cole 's Night In on ITV on. In January 2010, Cole flew to Germany to 3 Words in the context of German Award Ceremony DLD to sing Star Night at Haus der Kunst. She presented the song also as part of a set on the BBC Radio 1 Big Weekend, as well as at the De Grisogono Dinner Party at the Eden Rock Hotel in Antibes during the Cannes Film Festival.

Occupation

The following people contributed to the creation of the song in 3 Words.

  • Vocals - Cheryl Cole, Will.i.am
  • Production - Will.I.Am
  • Guitar - George Pajon
  • Drums, synthesizers, bass - Will.i.am
  • Engineering - Padriac Kerin, Will.i.am
  • Mixing - Dresdow Dylan, Will.i.am
  • Images - Padriac Kerin ( Record Plant Studio, Los Angeles)

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