Both of Us

May 22, 2012

Both of Us is a song by the American rapper BoB The song was recorded together with the also U.S. singer Taylor Swift. The first publication was made on May 22, 2012 July 13, 2012 followed by the publication in Germany. Both of Us is the third single from album Strange Clouds BoBs. The single was released under the label Grand Hustle Records and Atlantic Records, written by Ammar Malik, BoB, Lukasz Gottwald, Cirkut and Taylor Swift and produced by Lukasz Gottwald and Cirkut. A music video was released on 27 June 2012 on YouTube.

Background

After Swift BoBs label HQ in Atlanta and attended BoB was not in Atlanta at this time, it was Q-Tip, who arranged the meeting with Swift BoB. The song was then recorded in two places: Swift took it up in Los Angeles, while BoB did so in Atlanta. BoB said that it " magically" felt when he first heard the title completely. After that, he wrote, however, once one of his verses new. After production, he said: " It started as a blueprint and it really continued to grow into something tremendous " ( German " started with a design it has really developed into something enormous ").

Reception

Charts

To date, the single was also placed in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States in the charts. In Australia, the song could reach rank 46, but already had the charts after one weeks leave. In New Zealand, the title stayed for four weeks in the charts, reaching number 24 was ranked number 23 in Canada and entered No. 18 in the USA.

Criticism

The single received mostly positive criticism. It has been said that the single would give many positive messages. Stephanie Bruzzese of Common Sense Media said: " [ ... ] BoB delivers his meaningful rhymes with what feels like special conviction, and Swift's light, lovely vocals sound Especially uplifting. The end result is definitely among the most memorable tunes on the album. " ( German " BoB rapping his verses convincing, while Swift's vocals seem very edifying. The result is definitely one of the songs from the album to which you remember most later will. " ) and gave the song.