Work (Kelly Rowland song)
January 21, 2008
Work is the title of a song of U.S. singer Kelly Rowland. The song was written by Kelly Rowland, Jason Boyd and Scott Storch and produced by Boyd and stork. Work was released as the third single from Rowland's second studio album, Ms. Kelly, but the album version was not used, but a remix of the British duo Freemasons.
Formation
In an interview with I Like Music Kelly Rowland said:
"I had a lot of fun ... I was in the studio with Scott Storch and we wanted to write a party song. A song that can get up and dance a. So we went out and celebrated in a club. Since we have here the inspiration for work. "
Work with comeback one of the two songs, which was created in collaboration with Scott Storch and recorded for the original release of Ms. Kelly, My Story, along with eight new songs. In a gemieten Studio Rowland, Storch and his student Jason Boyd began working on ideas for a song, while they used an instrumental stork. After most of the lyrics came after a night in a club, work was, which was originally intended to bear the title Put It In, completed " within 20 minutes ," said Rowland. The vocal recordings took place the following day.
Rowland described the song as " actually very innocent," but " may be a bit aggressive. All I 'm saying is that if someone only talks but does nothing, then he should not even bother trying. "It was going to " a woman who is not easily conquered, and the man should make an effort. "
Composition
Work is an up -tempo song with influences from funk and go-go music. The song is written in E minor, has a tempo of 104 beats per minute and follows the classic verse -chorus form.
Publication
Although work was originally intended to serve as the lead single from the album, produced by Polow Da Don Like This was released as a single. Rowland had the feeling that work was not a hit - potential since she had read some negative blog entries after the first snippet of the song appeared on the internet. The complete song leakte in May 2007, after which it remixed by various artists, including Steve Pitron Max Sanna and the more famous Freemasons, whose version was ultimately used for the single release. "I am very grateful to the Freemasons that they have remixed the song. One always needs new ideas and the remix gives the song lent fresh vigor. "
Critics votes
In contrast to the majority of the rather slow ballads on Ms. Kelly Work is a faster song and was praised for its danceability. Mark Edward Nero called Work an " excellent, reminiscent of Destiny 's Child song that hides Kelly Rowland's vocal shortcomings excellent behind a sensational beat. " Gemma Padley from the BBC compared the song with the pieces Bug A Boo and Lose My Breath by Destiny 's Child and praised the " jagged vocals " and the danceable rhythm. Akuma calls and Work Like This, "Party Banger ", which "show how a contemporary R & B album should sound. "
Benjamin Buntzel, Loud, criticized the similarity to Destiny 's Child. He wrote it before I'm a, " as if you are one or the other rhythm already run in a cheap R'n'B shed on the way."
Music Video
The music video was filmed at Work on 26 July 2007 in Los Angeles, California. Simultaneously, the video for the single was filmed comeback. Director of the video was Philip Andelman.
The premiere of the video was originally supposed to take place along with the video for Ghetto on 17 September 2007, these plans were not put into action, there was some confusion as to which single should be the next, because the artist had three unreleased videos. After the record label had laid the premiere date for the video on the 22 October, this has been postponed again until the premiere was ultimately on 5 December 2007 on the website So Urban.
The music video was the Freemasons aligned remix of Work and shows Kelly Rowland and her dancers in front of several different colored backgrounds dance and sing. The video also includes some close-ups Rowlands and choreographies. In addition, striking is the use of fluorescent tubes, which are in the middle of the room or hang as lighting designs on the walls. The video is also included on the two - track single of Work.
Charts
Contributors
The following people contributed to the creation of the song work.
- Songwriting: Kelly Rowland, Jason Boyd, Scott Storch
- Production: Jason Boyd, Scott Storch
- Vocals: Kelly Rowland Production: Kelly Rowland, Jason Boyd
- Sound engineering: Conrad Golding, Rommel Nino Villanueva, Vadim Chislov
- Mix: Jason Goldstein, Christian Baker