Like This (Kelly Rowland song)
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| Single by Kelly Rowland featuring Eve from the album Ms. Kelly |
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| Released |  March 13, 2007 April 30, 2007 May 29, 2007 June 4, 2007 June 11, 2007 |
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| Format | Digital download, vinyl single, CD single | |
| Recorded | 2006 | |
| Genre | R&B, hip hop, pop rap | |
| Length | 3:35 | |
| Label | Columbia | |
| Writer(s) | Sean Garrett, Eve Jeffers, Jamal Jones, Kelly Rowland, Elvis Williams, Jason Perry | |
| Producer | Polow Da Don; Sean Garrett, Jason Perry, S-Dot, Elvis Williams (co-producers) | |
| Kelly Rowland singles chronology | ||
| "Here We Go" (2005) |
"Like This" (2006) |
"Ghetto" (2007) |
| Eve singles chronology | ||
| "1 Thing" (2005) |
"Like This" (2007) |
"Tamourine" (2007) |
"Like This" is an R&B song recorded by American singer-songwriter Kelly Rowland. It was written by Sean Garrett, Rowland, Eve Jeffers, Jamal Jones, Elvis Williams, and Jason Perry and co-produced by Polow Da Don, S-Dot, Garrett, Perry, and Williams for Rowland's second studio album Ms. Kelly (2007), featuring guest vocals by rapper Eve. The song was released as the album's lead single on March 13, 2007 (see 2007 in music) in the United States and by June 11, 2007 worldwide, and it reached the top 10 in Canada, Croatia, Ireland, Slovenia and the UK; the top 20 in Australia, Brazil, Lithuania and New Zealand; and number 30 in Bulgaria and on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.
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[edit] Writing and recording
"Like This" was one of the last songs on the album Rowland and co-producer Sean Garrett started working on in mid-September 2006 after the cancellation of My Story, the album's actual version.[1][2] The singer has described the "very sassy"[2] song as a perfect example of what attitude she exactly had on her mind when creating the revamped version of the album, entitled Ms. Kelly: "Polow already had this hot track", she said in an interview with her official website. "I loved the sound of the cowbell; it was so different! Sean and I started writing and he said 'Kelly this is your first single'..."[3] Happy about finally running "into that song that definitely sticks out [...] after many months recording",[2] Rowland eventually took a break from recording tentatively titled "Wooo!" or "Bump like This"[2] — not without returning with a flash of inspiration. "I just heard Eve on this song", she recalled. "I knew her energy belonged on the song and, just like that, it all came together. Then I knew: This was the single [...] and it turned out he [Sean] was right."[3] "It's a great combination of her thoughts and her feel on the type of music that she likes to do", Garrett added in an interview with MTV News. "It's a cross between something in a club and on mainstream radio. We're just trying to stay a step ahead of what's going on."[2]
Although Columbia Records intended to release album cut "Work" as Ms. Kelly’s lead single at a particular time,[2] "Like This" eventually replaced the album's original lead single "Gotsta Go." On February 13, 2007 a ninety-second clip of the song leaked onto the internet, and by February 16 a full low quality preview of the track had leaked. Since, the song was remixed by several producers and DJs, among spawning official versions with rappers Sean P of the YoungBloodZ and Lil Wayne.
[edit] Music video
The music video for the song was directed by Mike Ruiz and shot on-location at a Hollywood Hills house on March 12, 2007.[4] Kelly Rowland premiered "Like This" on TRL on March 26, 2007. The video debuted on BET's music video countdown show 106 & Park on May 24, 2007, where it peaked at number-three.
The video starts with Rowland walking into her room after taking a shower. When she notices a webcast of her, she quickly throws a towel over it. She is then next seen in front of her vanity table, getting ready for a party while singing the lyrics. The video then cuts to Rowland in a dark room with a chair. During the first, cuts are shown of the Rowland in front of the dresser and the Rowland in the dark room, performing what seems to be the same choreography — the latter with the chair in the room, the former with the chair in front of her dresser. By the second verse, the Rowland in the dark room is the only one with the chair. Cuts of her are shown throughout the song. During the bridge, the audience sees Rowland at the party in her living room. Eve enters, rapping her solo with cuts of Rowland performing more choreography. In the final scene the audience sees Rowland performing more choreography while sitting in the chair seductively as glitter is seen flying upwards from the floor.
[edit] Chart performance
"Like This" debuted at number 96 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 issue dated March 31, 2007. Although the song fell off the chart the following week, it re-entered at number 98 next week. It eventually peaked at number 30 on the Billboard Hot 100 and at number 7 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Furthermore the single peaked on top of both the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales chart and the Hot Singles Sales chart as well as the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play.
However, "Like This" has since become a much larger success outside North America. In the UK, it debuted at number 18 on the UK Singles Chart based on digital sales alone, the day before the song's physical release. Once the physical copies of "Like This" were released on 11 June 2007, the song climbed to number 4 in the UK Singles Chart, and went on to spend four weeks inside the UK top ten, making it Rowland's second-highest-charting solo single in the U.K. (not counting her featured role on "Dilemma"). In Ireland, “Like This” debuted at number 30 and reached number 5 in its fourth week on the chart, becoming her third top ten single in Ireland.
In Germany the song was released on digital formats only, and thus, completely failed to chart on any official singles chart. [5]
[edit] Formats and track listings
These are the formats and track listings of major single-releases of "Work."
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[edit] Credits and personnel
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[edit] Charts
| Chart (2007) | Peak position |
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| Australian ARIA Singles Chart [6] | 13 |
| Austrian Singles Chart [6] | 75 |
| Belgian Singles Chart [6] | 50 |
| Brazil Hot 100 Singles Chart [7] | 14 |
| Bulgarian Singles Chart [8] | 30 |
| Canadian Hot 100 [9] | 2 |
| Croatian Singles Chart [10] | 5 |
| Dutch Singles Chart [6] | 46 |
| Euro 200 Chart [11] | 16 |
| Euro Digital Songs [12] | 8 |
| Eurochart Hot 100 Singles [13] | 16 |
| German Black Charts [6] | 6 |
| Global Dance Tracks [14] | 21 |
| Irish Singles Chart [6] | 5 |
| Lithuania Airplay Chart [15] | 12 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart [6] | 11 |
| Romanian Airplay Chart [16] | 82 |
| Slovenian Singles Chart [17] | 9 |
| Swiss Singles Chart [6] | 77 |
| UK Singles Chart [6] | 4 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [18] | 30 |
| U.S. Billboard Pop 100 [18] | 44 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs [18] | 7 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play [18] | 1 |
| United World Chart [6] | 31 |
[edit] Notes
- ^ Interview. MiddleChild Promotions. Retrieved on 2008-03-25.
- ^ a b c d e f "Kelly Rowland Scraps Sappy Story, Picks Up Snoop". VH1. Retrieved on 2007-05-12.
- ^ a b "Ms. Kelly". KellyRowlandOnline. Retrieved on 2007-05-12.
- ^ SHOT: Kelly Rowland - Mike Ruiz, director. Video Static. Retrieved on 2007-05-12.
- ^ "Neue Single". Union Street. Retrieved on 2007-06-30.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Like This" History. a-Charts. Retrieved on 2007-06-15.
- ^ Brasil Hot 100 Chart. hot 100 songs & tracks.
- ^ Bulgarian Top 40. APC Charts. Retrieved on 2007-06-20.
- ^ Canadian Top 20. Canoe Jam!. Retrieved on 2007-07-03.
- ^ Croatia Top 50. e!hot. Retrieved on 2007-07-03.
- ^ European Top 200. APC Charts. Retrieved on 2007-06-20.
- ^ Digital Tracks&model.chartId=3084541 Euro Digital Tracks 2007-06-30. Billboard.biz. Retrieved on 2008-05-02.
- ^ Hot 100 Singles&model.chartId=3090405 European Hot 100 Singles 2007-06-30. Billboard. Retrieved on 2008-04-29.
- ^ Dance Tracks&model.chartId=3086077 Global Dance Tracks 2007-09-08. Billboard.biz. Retrieved on 2008-05-18.
- ^ Official Charts. Lithuania Charts Company. Retrieved on 2007-07-03.
- ^ Romanian Top 100. rt100. Retrieved on 2007-07-04.
- ^ Chart History. APC-Chart. Retrieved on 2007-07-25.
- ^ a b c d AMG: Billboard Singles. All Music Guide. Retrieved on 2007-06-15.
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