Musical Determinism: Tempo Tells that which is Emoted? Sexy + Dangerous + Justin Timberlake + "SexyBack" - 117 bpm *predicts* sexual foreboding.
This is why the speeds I represent are not groups of "tempos" or "tempi", Italian words that have tautological definitions. Look up the word "tempo" or "beat" and you come around to the beginning.
What you see is the speed of the song itself. I call it a "mean" speed as any introductions or fade outs that are not part of the song are cut out. Judgment call. How do I determine where a beat is located, where four machines already read 117.ooo beats per minute? My answer is twofold:
1) I follow the simple but rigorous methodology as described on this site;
2) I follow my ear, as the average reasonable listener and musician - every measure has one space where the main 'beat' is felt (ask any professional dancer!) - whether such beat is silent or the highest dynamic in the measure.
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"SexyBack" is a song written and performed by the American singer Justin Timberlake for his second solo album FutureSex/LoveSounds.
It features Timbaland on backing vocals, and earned Timberlake and Timbaland the 2007 Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording. It was produced by Timbaland, Timberlake and Nate "Danja" Hills and released as the album's lead single on July 7, 2006. "SexyBack" is Timberlake's most successful single in Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, United Kingdom and United States, reaching the number one spot in all of these countries.
"SexyBack" was the longest-running number one single of 2006 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, staying seven weeks at the top, and the second-longest chart-topping single released that year, behind only Beyonce's "Irreplaceable", which spent ten weeks at number one -- 3 weeks in 2006 and 7 weeks in 2007.
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[edit] Music video
The music video for "SexyBack" was shot in a luxury building in Barcelona, and features the Spanish actress Elena Anaya (Sex and Lucía,Van Helsing).
Originally, director Michael Haussman wanted to feature French actress Eva Green, the Bond girl from Casino Royale, but she declined twice.[citation needed]
The music video for the song is said to be inspired by the video for Madonna's "Take a Bow", also directed by Michael Haussman. The video was first shown on MTV's Making the Video on July 25. The video was placed at #4 of 2006 on the VH1 Top 40 Music Videos of the Year.
It starts off with a cable car looking over a large city and then switches to a luxurious-looking hotel with Elena Anaya taking off her sweater. Then it cuts to Timberlake seemingly in a different room then to a club scene and Timberlake in front of a white background. The video alternates between those four viewpoints, with Timberlake and Anaya seeming to be spies in the hotel room and strangers in the club. At a certain point, Justin Timberlake goes over to Anaya's room by jumping over to her balcony. Then when Anaya goes to check it out, Justin traps her and they willingly have sex, proving that they might have had a sexual interest in each other. In the club, it ends with Justin cornering Elena in a bathroom stall. A sexual motion is shown. In the hotel room scene, Timberlake leaves by the same way that he entered and moments later jumps back to the balcony before an explosion ensues. It ends with the figure of Anaya sitting in a chair beside a small TV in which a kiss is frozen on the screen.
[edit] Credits
- Written By: J. Timberlake, T. Mosley, and N. Hills
- Producers: Timbaland, Danja, Justin Timberlake
- Keyboards: Timbaland and Danja
- Drums: Timbaland and Danja
[edit] Cover versions
- Canadian Industrial band Panik Attack covered Sexyback during the recording sessions for their debut record, no indication if the band intends to include the cover on the record.
- Canadian R&B songstress Tamia covered Sexyback during her Between Friends album promotion tour in Atlanta 16th of February 2007.
- Clay Aiken covers SexyBack in a medley of hits on his 2007 summer tour.
- British singers Lil' Chris and Corinne Bailey Rae each covered the song on BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge. In Lil' Chris's version he bridges the verse and chorus with the words, "Take it to the Walrus" instead of the original which is "Take it to the chorus".
- Nelly Furtado covered the song on her Get Loose Tour and is now in the set list for her tour
- Rock Plaza Central, an indie rock band favored by Pitchfork Media, gained attention for their radically different cover of the song, with brass-and-banjo roots-rock stylings.[1]
- Floridian band The Monsters In The Morning parodied the song with the title Russy Back, which is a song about a detailed description of Monsters founder Russ "RRR/Bulldog" Rollins.
- Sexyback released as a bonus track, on the Walmart version of the album Poison'd! by American glam metal band Poison
- Weebl and Bob did a version of the song called 'Pastryback'
- American Idol 6 contestants Blake Lewis and Chris Richardson have performed covers of the song at many shows during the American Idols Live 2007 tour.
- Dublin radio station FM104s The Strawberry Alarm Clock also did a parody cover of sexyback, entitled 'Shave Me Back'
- South Korean pop singer Lee Minwoo samples the song in his single 'The M Style' on his 2007 album 'Explore M'.
[edit] iTunes
When the album was first released on iTunes, the clean version of "SexyBack" contained the word "motherfuckers". iTunes recognized the problem and re-released the track with the word edited out. They offered one free music download for anyone who purchased the "clean" version of the song.
[edit] Achievements
According to Billboard, "SexyBack" is currently the second-highest selling single in a week during 2006, behind only "Hips Don't Lie" by Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean, which set the record in June. "Hips Don't Lie" sold 267,000 digital downloads, while "SexyBack" sold 250,000 digital downloads. "SexyBack" stayed at number one in the United States for seven weeks and has sold in excess of 2,000,000 digital downloads since its release.
This song made the seventh-biggest jump to number one in Billboard Hot 100 history. Climbing 30 spots from #31 landing it at the summit of the chart on September 9, 2006.
"SexyBack" ended 2006 as the 10 best selling single of the year in the UK.
"SexyBack" ended 2006 as the 19 most played single of the year in Latin America, where it peaked at #4, giving Timberlake his most successful single there, and placing him at #28 on the Artist Chart of the Year.
[edit] Versions
- Original – 4:02
- Clean – 4:02
- Instrumental – 4:02
- Pokerface Club Mix - 6:34
- Armand's Mix - 7:12
- Armand's Dub - 6:12
- Linus Loves Remix - 6:18
- Tom Novy's Ibiza Dub - 7:47
- DJ Sneak's Sexy Main Rub - 6:55
- Dean Coleman Silent Sound Beatdown - 6:23
- Drastik's Mix - 3:47
- Put Your Sexy Hands Back Up For Detroit Fedde Le Grand mashup
- SexyBack/Yeah Yeah [Mashup] - Bodyrox and Justin Timberlake
[edit] Tributes
- The German number-one-hit Hot Summer by Monrose sounds like a mix between Maneater' and SexyBack. Both of these songs are produced by Timbaland. Another song on Monrose' album, called Strictly Physical, is also a tribute to a song, sang by Nelly Furtado and produced by Timbaland.
[edit] Charts
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Chart  | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs | 11 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Airplay | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Singles Sales | 4 |
| U.S. Billboard Pop 100 | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks | 18 |
| U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40 | 9 |
| U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream | 1 |
| Billboard European Hot 100 Singles | 1 |
| Billboard Euro Digital Tracks | 2 |
| Australian ARIA Top 50 Singles[2] | 1 |
| Brazilian Hot 100 Singles Chart | 1 |
| Brazilian Top 40 Dance Traxx | 1 |
| Canadian BDS Airplay Chart | 3 |
| German Singles Chart | 1 |
| French Singles Chart | 8 |
| Irish Singles Chart | 1 |
| New Zealand RIANZ Top 40 Singles | 1 |
| UK Singles Chart | 1 |
| UK Top 40 RnB Singles Chart | 1 |
| United World Chart | 1 |
| Belgium Top 30 Dance | 2 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 2 |
| Italian Singles Chart | 3 |
| Dutch Singles Chart | 5 |
| Mexican Top 100 Airplay | 24 |
| Russian Airplay Chart[3] | 11 |
[edit] References
- ^ Wheeler, Brad. "Too sexy for their suits", The Globe and Mail, 2007-01-30. Retrieved on 2007-01-30. (English)
- ^ Australian Top 50 Singles Chart. Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved on November 5, 2006.
- ^ Russian Airplay Chart. Tophit.ru. Retrieved on 2007-02-25.
Meanspeed Music Summary, calibration by Artful John, supervised by James C.C. Manning -
song="SexyBack"
performer=Justin Timberlake featuring Timbaland
beats measured=4,212
total time elapsed=2,160.04 seconds
mean beat count per trial=468
average time per trial=240.0 seconds
mean speed=117.0 beats per minute
average beat=0.5128 seconds
mean emotion according to mean speed music theory=foreboding
mean slow phase=1.95 cycles per second
corresponding pitch=499.20 hertz
speed graphs=mean speed music proof. © 2007. free use by request.
Kind=Protected AAC audio file
size=4 MB
Bit rate=128 kbps
Profile=Low Complexity
Channels=Stereo
FairPlay Version=2
intellectual property=Zomba Recording, L..L..C. ©2006
factual information=WIKIPEDIA.ORG, THE PEOPLE'S FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexyback.
Hunter Newman
October 30, 2007
Labels: "SexyBack", Timberlake
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