I Do (Nina Girado song)
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"I Do" is a song by Filipino
singer Nina
from her self-titled third studio album, Nina. It was released as the lead single of the album in August 2006 by Warner Music Philippines
. The song was written by Joleen Belle, Michael Jay, Carsten Lindberg Hansen and Joachim Svare, and it was produced by Warner personnel Neil Gregorio. It is one of her few original singles. It is also her first upbeat pop
-R&B-dance
single, since her 2003 number one hit "Make You Mine". The song is described to be Mariah Carey
-like, due to Nina's evident use of whistle register
and upper-pitch trajectories in the last part of the song.
The song was panned by Original Pilipino Music (OPM) critics, although the album received critical acclaim from the same reviewers. Most reactions mentioned the unoriginality, describing how Nina almost completely sounded like Carey, with all the whistling vocal calisthenics. Same response was given to "Ooh Boy", which has the same uptempo arrangement to "I Do". The song was not as commercially successful as other Nina singles, but it managed to chart inside the Top 10 of Philippine music charts. It was released on digital download
through iTunes
and Amazon.com
.
"I Do" was accompanied by a music video
, directed by Treb Montreras II. The video features dance move
s and non-basic choreography
, making it the first Nina music video to feature such dance moves. The video is almost plotless. Throuhgout the video, Nina is seen coming out of a door wearing a violet dress. She dances to the chorus of the song, wearing red hooded jacket and jeans, and white sleeveless shirt and short black skirt with bling-bling
s, with back-up girls dancing behind her. By the end, Nina exits on the red door, where she entered in the beginning of the video.
, Nina Live!
, Nina felt that she has made it in the music industry by showcasing her own style of music, and wanted to release a completely different record, an all-original studio album
. In an interview with Manila Bulletin
, she stated "After Nina Live! last year, people were expecting another all-remakes album. We didn’t go that way because we didn’t feel it’s right to give them two in a row. Besides, I don’t want to be typecast as a covers artist". No other female OPM artist could match her all-around mastery of pop
, R&B
. jazz
and soul
. While others limit themselves to just R&B, ballad
s, acoustic tributes
or the occasional remake
, Nina has done much, much more and she wanted to show it in the album. During the release of the song, fans translated the song's title "I do" as her sweet answer to Nyoy Volante, her boyfriend at that time, but Nina declined in the following statement:
and Contemporary R&B
, and is heavily influenced by the sound of American
R&B-hip-hop music, reminiscent to Nina's number one hit, "Make You Mine". It was written by international songwriters Joleen Belle, Michael Jay, Carsten Lindberg Hansen and Joachim Svare. The song was produced by Neil Gregorio. It is described to be too Mariah-ish
, due to Nina's evident use of whistle register
in the last chorus of the song. It is also the only song on Nina (the album) to feature her upper-pitch trajectories and whistle register, since other songs in the album were "sung in a soft, near-whispery volume evoking a hotel lounge-level of intimacy".
-like sound). Music publicist Oliver Oliveros gave a review of the song on the November–December 2006 issue of MYX Mag, stating "The Soul Siren's versatile and soothing vocals work well in this album [Nina]. But on the first two tracks, 'I Do' and 'Ooh Boy' Nina sounds like Mariah Carey, complete with whistling vocal calisthenics
".
Despite the harsh critical response, "I Do" has given Nina nominations on two different major award-giving bodies—on which it won both awards. On the 2007 Awit Awards
, the song won for Best Engineered Recording category, while on the Myx Music Awards 2007
, it won the Favorite Urban Video category.
s and non-basic choreography
, making it the first Nina music video to feature such dance moves. The video is almost plotless. It's setting is a club, where there are bright lights and a big lettering that spells "NINA".
s. She is then seen dancing with the same back up dancers, but only, she is now wearing the red hooded jacket. Halfway through the video, a man, wearing all-black, is seen freeing a green bird. The man portrays her love interest on the video. By the end, Nina exits on the red door, where she entered in the beginning of the video.
, where Nina performed the song. In the same month, she launched the album on ASAP '06
, performing the first single, "I Do". Such notable major concerts that promoted the album include All That Glitters at Bagaberde in August 2006 (which had a repeat in December 2006), Nina at Her Best at the Aliw Theatre (2006), and a major concert at Quezon Convention Center
, Lucena City
(2007). She also performed the song with her own band on a 2007 episode of MYX Live, hosted by Jett Pangan
, as well as a few tracks—including "Love Is Contagious", "I Didn't Mean to Make You Mine", and "Ooh Boy". She has also sung the song on her major concerts, bar gigs, mall tours and TV appearances throughout 2006 and 2007. The most recent live performance of the song was at the Pattaya International Music Festival 2011 Galaxy Stage in Pattaya
, Thailand
on March 18, 2011. She represented the Philippines
in the music event and performed "I Do" in between her other hits, "Someday
" and "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing
".
Filipino people
The Filipino people or Filipinos are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the islands of the Philippines. There are about 92 million Filipinos in the Philippines, and about 11 million living outside the Philippines ....
singer Nina
Nina Girado
Marifil Niña Girado , better known by her stage name Nina, is a Filipino pop/R&B singer, occasional songwriter, record producer, TV and radio personality. She made her recording debut in 2002 after signing a recording contract with Warner Music Philippines...
from her self-titled third studio album, Nina. It was released as the lead single of the album in August 2006 by Warner Music Philippines
Warner Music Group
Warner Music Group is the third largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry, making it one of the big four record companies...
. The song was written by Joleen Belle, Michael Jay, Carsten Lindberg Hansen and Joachim Svare, and it was produced by Warner personnel Neil Gregorio. It is one of her few original singles. It is also her first upbeat 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...
-R&B-dance
Dance music
Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...
single, since her 2003 number one hit "Make You Mine". The song is described to be Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. She made her recording debut with the release of her eponymous studio album in 1990, under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, whom she later married in 1993...
-like, due to Nina's evident use of whistle register
Whistle register
The whistle register is the highest register of the human voice, lying above the modal register and falsetto register...
and upper-pitch trajectories in the last part of the song.
The song was panned by Original Pilipino Music (OPM) critics, although the album received critical acclaim from the same reviewers. Most reactions mentioned the unoriginality, describing how Nina almost completely sounded like Carey, with all the whistling vocal calisthenics. Same response was given to "Ooh Boy", which has the same uptempo arrangement to "I Do". The song was not as commercially successful as other Nina singles, but it managed to chart inside the Top 10 of Philippine music charts. It was released on 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...
through iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
and Amazon.com
Amazon.com
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.
"I Do" was accompanied by a music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
, directed by Treb Montreras II. The video features dance move
Dance move
Dance moves or dance steps are the building blocks of many dances.More complex dance moves are called dance patterns, dance figures or dance variations....
s and non-basic choreography
Choreography
Choreography is the art of designing sequences of movements in which motion, form, or both are specified. Choreography may also refer to the design itself, which is sometimes expressed by means of dance notation. The word choreography literally means "dance-writing" from the Greek words "χορεία" ...
, making it the first Nina music video to feature such dance moves. The video is almost plotless. Throuhgout the video, Nina is seen coming out of a door wearing a violet dress. She dances to the chorus of the song, wearing red hooded jacket and jeans, and white sleeveless shirt and short black skirt with bling-bling
Bling-bling
Bling is a slang term popularized in hip hop culture, referring to flashy, ostentatious or elaborate jewelry and ornamented accessories that are carried, worn or installed, such as cell phones or tooth caps....
s, with back-up girls dancing behind her. By the end, Nina exits on the red door, where she entered in the beginning of the video.
Background
After the overflowing success of her certified Diamond cover albumCover Album
-Tracklisting:#Misono to Utaou! Animedley I # #...
, Nina Live!
Nina Live!
Nina Live! is a live album and the third album by Filipino singer Nina, released in the Philippines on February 23, 2005 by Warner Music. The original release date for the album was scheduled on February 22, 2005, but it was moved a day later due to preparation...
, Nina felt that she has made it in the music industry by showcasing her own style of music, and wanted to release a completely different record, an all-original studio album
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
. In an interview with Manila Bulletin
Manila Bulletin
The Manila Bulletin , is the Philippines' largest broadsheet newspaper by circulation, followed by the Philippine Daily Inquirer. It bills itself as "The Nation's Leading Newspaper", which is its official slogan...
, she stated "After Nina Live! last year, people were expecting another all-remakes album. We didn’t go that way because we didn’t feel it’s right to give them two in a row. Besides, I don’t want to be typecast as a covers artist". No other female OPM artist could match her all-around mastery of pop
Pinoy pop
Pinoy pop or Filipino pop refers to popular contemporary music in the Philippines. With its beginnings in the 1970s, Filipino pop is a growing genre...
, R&B
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...
. jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
and soul
Soul music
Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...
. While others limit themselves to just R&B, ballad
Ballad
A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads were particularly characteristic of British and Irish popular poetry and song from the later medieval period until the 19th century and used extensively across Europe and later the Americas, Australia and North Africa. Many...
s, acoustic tributes
Acoustic music
Acoustic music comprises music that solely or primarily uses instruments which produce sound through entirely acoustic means, as opposed to electric or electronic means...
or the occasional remake
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
, Nina has done much, much more and she wanted to show it in the album. During the release of the song, fans translated the song's title "I do" as her sweet answer to Nyoy Volante, her boyfriend at that time, but Nina declined in the following statement:
"I am just so happy saying 'I do' to life, to work, and I thank God for all the wonderful blessings He gives me each day".
Composition
"I Do" is an uptempo dance anthem that contains elements of popPop 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...
and Contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&B is a music genre that combines elements of hip hop, soul, R&B and funk.Although the abbreviation “R&B” originates from traditional rhythm and blues music, today the term R&B is most often used to describe a style of African American music originating after the demise of disco in...
, and is heavily influenced by the sound of American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
R&B-hip-hop music, reminiscent to Nina's number one hit, "Make You Mine". It was written by international songwriters Joleen Belle, Michael Jay, Carsten Lindberg Hansen and Joachim Svare. The song was produced by Neil Gregorio. It is described to be too Mariah-ish
Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. She made her recording debut with the release of her eponymous studio album in 1990, under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, whom she later married in 1993...
, due to Nina's evident use of whistle register
Whistle register
The whistle register is the highest register of the human voice, lying above the modal register and falsetto register...
in the last chorus of the song. It is also the only song on Nina (the album) to feature her upper-pitch trajectories and whistle register, since other songs in the album were "sung in a soft, near-whispery volume evoking a hotel lounge-level of intimacy".
Critical reception
Aside from being less successful than the previous Nina singles, "I Do" has received negative reviews (most critics pointing out the song's Mariah CareyMariah Carey
Mariah Carey is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. She made her recording debut with the release of her eponymous studio album in 1990, under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, whom she later married in 1993...
-like sound). Music publicist Oliver Oliveros gave a review of the song on the November–December 2006 issue of MYX Mag, stating "The Soul Siren's versatile and soothing vocals work well in this album [Nina]. But on the first two tracks, 'I Do' and 'Ooh Boy' Nina sounds like Mariah Carey, complete with whistling vocal calisthenics
Whistle register
The whistle register is the highest register of the human voice, lying above the modal register and falsetto register...
".
Despite the harsh critical response, "I Do" has given Nina nominations on two different major award-giving bodies—on which it won both awards. On the 2007 Awit Awards
Awit Awards
The Awit Awards is the longest-running award-giving body of the Philippines that gives recognition to Filipino musical talents, performing artists and producers it was Philippines equivalent to Grammy Awards, organized by the Philippine Association Of The Record Industry .-Objectives and Winner...
, the song won for Best Engineered Recording category, while on the Myx Music Awards 2007
Myx Music Awards 2007
The 2nd Myx Music Awards was held on March 15, 2007 at the AFP Theater.-Myx Music Awards 2007 Winners:...
, it won the Favorite Urban Video category.
Music video
The music video for "I Do" was directed by Treb Montreras II. The video features dance moveDance move
Dance moves or dance steps are the building blocks of many dances.More complex dance moves are called dance patterns, dance figures or dance variations....
s and non-basic choreography
Choreography
Choreography is the art of designing sequences of movements in which motion, form, or both are specified. Choreography may also refer to the design itself, which is sometimes expressed by means of dance notation. The word choreography literally means "dance-writing" from the Greek words "χορεία" ...
, making it the first Nina music video to feature such dance moves. The video is almost plotless. It's setting is a club, where there are bright lights and a big lettering that spells "NINA".
Synopsis
In the first scene, Nina came out of a red door wearing a violet dress and started singing to the song. She is then shown wearing a red hooded jacket and jeans. By the chorus, she starts dancing with back-up girls dancing behind her, while wearing white sleeveless shirt, short black skirt and bling-blingBling-bling
Bling is a slang term popularized in hip hop culture, referring to flashy, ostentatious or elaborate jewelry and ornamented accessories that are carried, worn or installed, such as cell phones or tooth caps....
s. She is then seen dancing with the same back up dancers, but only, she is now wearing the red hooded jacket. Halfway through the video, a man, wearing all-black, is seen freeing a green bird. The man portrays her love interest on the video. By the end, Nina exits on the red door, where she entered in the beginning of the video.
Live performances
On September 8, 2006, Nina (the album) was launched at Bagaberde, Roxas BoulevardRoxas Boulevard
Roxas Boulevard is a boulevard in Metro Manila, and an eight-lane arterial road that connects the center of Manila with Pasay City, Parañaque City. It is one of the major arteries in the city's metropolitan network, designated as Radial Road 1...
, where Nina performed the song. In the same month, she launched the album on ASAP '06
ASAP (variety show)
ASAP Rocks is a musical variety show in the Philippines broadcast by ABS-CBN in the Philippines. The show is presented by its main hosts Zsa Zsa Padilla, Gary Valenciano and Martin Nievera. The show first premiered on February 5, 1995, and airs live Sundays...
, performing the first single, "I Do". Such notable major concerts that promoted the album include All That Glitters at Bagaberde in August 2006 (which had a repeat in December 2006), Nina at Her Best at the Aliw Theatre (2006), and a major concert at Quezon Convention Center
Quezon Convention Center
The Quezon Convention Center is a multi-purpose convention center in Quezon located near the Provincial Capitol in Lucena, Quezon, Philippines. The venue has hosted local and regional basketball competitions, concerts, and conferences....
, Lucena City
Lucena City
Metro Lucena has an estimated population of 700,000 which is mostly concentrated in the flat south-central portion of Quezon, which includes the cities of Lucena and Tayabas, Sariaya, Candelaria, Lucban & Pagbilao . The people are often characterized as friendly and hardworking...
(2007). She also performed the song with her own band on a 2007 episode of MYX Live, hosted by Jett Pangan
Jett Pangan
Jett Pangan is a Filipino singer and guitarist best known for fronting the Filipino rock bands The Dawn, formed in 1985 and still active to date, and the defunct Jett Pangan Group....
, as well as a few tracks—including "Love Is Contagious", "I Didn't Mean to Make You Mine", and "Ooh Boy". She has also sung the song on her major concerts, bar gigs, mall tours and TV appearances throughout 2006 and 2007. The most recent live performance of the song was at the Pattaya International Music Festival 2011 Galaxy Stage in Pattaya
Pattaya
Pattaya is a city in Thailand, located on the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand, about 165 km southeast of Bangkok located within but not part of Amphoe Bang Lamung in the province of Chonburi....
, Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
on March 18, 2011. She represented the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
in the music event and performed "I Do" in between her other hits, "Someday
Someday (Nina Girado song)
"Someday" is a song by Filipino singer Nina from her 2006 self-titled fourth album. It was released as the album's second commercial single in November 2006 by Warner Music Philippines. The song was written and composed by Nyoy Volante, who was her boyfriend at that time, and it was produced by...
" and "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing
I Don't Want to Miss a Thing
"I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" is a song performed by American rock band Aerosmith for the 1998 film Armageddon. Written by Diane Warren, the song debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 . The song stayed at number one for four weeks from September 5 to September 26, 1998...
".
Official versions
| Version | Length | Album |
|---|---|---|
| Album version | 4:43 | Nina |
| VP Stomp Remix | 4:10 | Nina in the Mix: The Dense Modesto Remixes Nina in the Mix: The Dense Modesto Remixes Nina in the Mix: The Dense Modesto Remixes is the first remix album by Filipino singer Nina, and the second by DJ Dense Modesto. It was released in the Philippines on October 31, 2007 by Club Myx, in collaboration with Warner Music... |
Credits and personnel
Credits taken from Ninas liner notes.- Joleen Belle - songwriterSongwriterA songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
- Nina GiradoNina GiradoMarifil Niña Girado , better known by her stage name Nina, is a Filipino pop/R&B singer, occasional songwriter, record producer, TV and radio personality. She made her recording debut in 2002 after signing a recording contract with Warner Music Philippines...
- vocals, back-up vocals - Neil Gregorio - producerRecord producerA record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
, vocal supervision - Carsten Hansen - songwriter
- Michael Jay - songwriter
- Ferdie Marquez - sequencing and programmingMusic sequencerThe music sequencer is a device or computer software to record, edit, play back the music, by handling note and performance information in several forms, typically :...
, mixingAudio mixing (recorded music)In audio recording, audio mixing is the process by which multiple recorded sounds are combined into one or more channels, most commonly two-channel stereo. In the process, the source signals' level, frequency content, dynamics, and panoramic position are manipulated and effects such as reverb may... - Arnie Mendaros - vocal supervision
- Noel Mendez - guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
s - Efren San Pedro - vocal recordingStudio recordingThe term studio recording means any recording made in a studio, as opposed to a live recording, which is usually made in a concert venue or a theatre, with an audience attending the performance.-Studio cast recordings:...
- Joachim Svare - songwriter