Best Love Song
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"Best Love Song" is a R&B
-pop
song performed by R&B artist T-Pain
. The song features Chris Brown, and was released as the first official single on March 22, 2011. The song is to be on his fourth upcoming album RevolveЯ
. It has sold over 1,000,000 copies in the US. The song was featured in the pilot of The CW TV series Hart of Dixie
.
", "Rap Song
", and "Reverse Cowgirl", which were billed as promotional singles. The song originally featured R&B artist Akon
.
The song, along with another track from RevolveR, "Separated", was first released to the public by T-Pain himself on February 7, 2011, via Twitter. "Best Love Song" feels like a straightforward pop song with gentle piano flourishes that speed up as the song moves into the chorus about making everyone in the stadium fall in love thanks to the rising, unknown lyricist, Theodore Feldman. Theodore wrote the song (Minus Chris Brown's Verse) throughout the winter of 2010. Deals were made and demos quickly followed upon his swift visit to Chicago back that November to meet with Mr. Najm himself regarding his work. T-Pain leaked the song himself on Twitter
as a response to poor-quality rips of his upcoming music being leaked to the Internet, stating: "Since nobody wants to respect this form of art that you all say we 'love' so much, I'm just gonna go ahead and start leakin the album myself tonight". The song was then officially released as a single in digital download
format on March 22, 2011.
. The music video depicts T-Pain and Chris Brown battling against each other to impress a certain girl who also appears in the video. The concept of the video, as well as the battle sequences depicted in the video, is a direct reference to the "battle of the bands" segment from the 2010 film Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
.
Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...
-pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
song performed by R&B artist T-Pain
T-Pain
Faheem Rasheed Najm , better known by his stage name T-Pain, is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer, and actor, currently signed to Young Money Entertainment. His debut album, Rappa Ternt Sanga, was released in 2005. In 2007, T-Pain released his second studio album Epiphany,...
. The song features Chris Brown, and was released as the first official single on March 22, 2011. The song is to be on his fourth upcoming album RevolveЯ
RevolveR (T-Pain album)
Revolver is the upcoming fourth studio album by American R&B recording artist T-Pain, set to be released through his own label Nappy Boy Entertainment, Konvict Muzik, and RCA Records. Recording sessions for the album have taken place from 2009 to 2011...
. It has sold over 1,000,000 copies in the US. The song was featured in the pilot of The CW TV series Hart of Dixie
Hart of Dixie
Hart of Dixie is an American medical-drama television series, created by Leila Gerstein. On May 17, 2011, The CW officially picked up the series...
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Background
The song serves as the first official single from RevolveЯ, following the release of the singles "Take Your Shirt OffTake Your Shirt Off
"Take Your Shirt Off" is the first promo single by American recording artist T-Pain for his fourth studio album RevolveR. It was released on iTunes for purchase on October 9, 2009.-Background:...
", "Rap Song
Rap Song
"Rap Song" is a song by R&B singer T-Pain. The song features rapper Rick Ross and originally served as the third promotional single off T-Pain's fourth studio albumREVOLVEЯ, but never made it on the track list.- Background :...
", and "Reverse Cowgirl", which were billed as promotional singles. The song originally featured R&B artist Akon
Akon
Aliaune Damala Badara Thiam, better known as simply Akon , is a Senegalese American R&B recording artist and songwriter.According to Forbes, Akon grossed $21 million in 2010, $20 million in 2009 and $12 million in 2008. He rose to prominence in 2004 following the release of "Locked Up", the first...
.
The song, along with another track from RevolveR, "Separated", was first released to the public by T-Pain himself on February 7, 2011, via Twitter. "Best Love Song" feels like a straightforward pop song with gentle piano flourishes that speed up as the song moves into the chorus about making everyone in the stadium fall in love thanks to the rising, unknown lyricist, Theodore Feldman. Theodore wrote the song (Minus Chris Brown's Verse) throughout the winter of 2010. Deals were made and demos quickly followed upon his swift visit to Chicago back that November to meet with Mr. Najm himself regarding his work. T-Pain leaked the song himself on Twitter
Twitter
Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
as a response to poor-quality rips of his upcoming music being leaked to the Internet, stating: "Since nobody wants to respect this form of art that you all say we 'love' so much, I'm just gonna go ahead and start leakin the album myself tonight". The song was then officially released as a single in digital download
Music download
A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...
format on March 22, 2011.
Music video
On May 25, 2011, the official music video for "Best Love Song" was released via VEVOVevo
Vevo is a music video website. It is a joint venture among Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group, and Abu Dhabi Media with EMI licensing its content to the group without taking an ownership stake. The service was launched officially on December 8, 2009...
. The music video depicts T-Pain and Chris Brown battling against each other to impress a certain girl who also appears in the video. The concept of the video, as well as the battle sequences depicted in the video, is a direct reference to the "battle of the bands" segment from the 2010 film Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is a 2010 comedy film directed by Edgar Wright, based on the graphic novel series Scott Pilgrim by Bryan Lee O'Malley. The film is about Scott Pilgrim , a young Canadian musician, meeting the girl of his dreams, Ramona Flowers , an American delivery girl...
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Chart positions
| Chart (2011) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Singles Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
32 |
| Australian Urban Singles Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
18 |
| German Black Chart | 28 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
33 |
| US Pop Songs | 33 |
| 14 |