Gimme That
April 4, 2006
Gimme That is a song by the American musician Chris Brown. It was published on 4 April 2006 in the United States and served as the third single from Brown's debut album Chris Brown. Rapper Lil Wayne acted in the title as a guest musician. After the show, he obtained, among others, No. 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 and rank 47 of the Media Control Charts. The released single is a remix version of the original song dar. While the original version can also be found on the album, the remix is only on the international version of the album.
Music Video
The music video was directed by Erik White, who was responsible even for the music video of " Run It! " And " Yo ( Excuse Me Miss ) ". It was inspired by the video for the single " Smooth Criminal " and "You Rock My World " by Michael Jackson. This was taken in the Los Angeles Union Station, a train station in Los Angeles.
The video begins with a scene in which Brown goes to the train station and sits down there. After making eye contact with a girl and seems to be interested in her, he falls asleep soon thereafter. At the same time he hears his song " Poppin ' " on his Walkman Bean. In his dreams the station changes in the backdrop of Harlem in the 1920s. He takes the form of a business man and the girl at the rich and snobbish woman. At the end of the dream, the two kiss almost, but Brown is woken up by Lil Wayne and so brought out of his dreamer.
Success
Reception
In contactmusic.com it was felt that the song " is " due to its " attractiveness for nightclubs probably a much bigger hit than " Yo ( Excuse Me Miss ). In addition, the author of the review wrote that the title was very much different from the previously released single "Yo ( Excuse Me Miss ) " is. Others, however, expressed their negative about the song and added that it is only " the boring sound of the club hits " continues to carry on.
Commercial success
In the U.S. the song debuted at number 80 and after nine weeks of rank 15 its maximum position. At the annual charts of the United States in 2006 it gained position 69
Awards for music sales
Golden Record
- USA
Contributor
Source: Album Booklet
- Singing - Chris Brown, Lil Wayne
- Songwriter - Dwayne Carter, Scott Storch, Sean Garrett
- Mastering - Herb Powers Jr
- Guitar - Aaron Fishbein
- Mix - Brian Stanley; Val Braithwaite ( assistant)
- Recording - Charles McCrorey, Carlos Paucar, Conrad Golding, Wayne Allison
- Photography - Clay Patrick McBride