"Leave!" is the second single by singer VV Brown

VV Brown

Vanessa Brown , also known as VV Brown, is an English singer, songwriter, model, and producer signed to Island Records in the United Kingdom and to Universal Republic Records and Capitol Records in the United States...

 from her first album Travelling Like The Light

Travelling Like the Light

Travelling Like the Light is the debut album of English musician V V Brown, released 13 July 2009 on Island Records. Initially released in the United Kingdom, the album was digitally released in the United States on 2 February 2010 and was physically released on 20 April 2010. Brown was inspired by...

. It was released on March 2, 2009, and was accompanied by a music video. This single, like her first single "Crying Blood" failed to reach the charts.

Critical reception

Digitalspy gave the song 4 out of 5 stars they said this about the song "The song itself, which mixes girl group pop with Ronson-esque beats and a hint of new wave, is just as direct as her message, but a whole lot easier to swallow. Thank heavens she chose to sweeten the pill!". The review was mostly positive. It was also the first song by VV Brown to be reviewed on digitalspy because for some reason "Crying Blood" wasn't put onto their data base when it was released.

Femalefirst.co.uk also gave the song 4 out of 5 stars. They started the review by comparing her to other successful voices saying "VV Brown is the newest singer to try and make some cash out of a voice that sounds like Amy Winehouse / Duffy / Adele and all credit to her, she does it well. Fair enough, it might not be the most original sound of all time". They ended the review positively by saying "Her funky doo-wap-de-doo-wap sound brings something back to the music industry that seemed to have disappeared many years ago as the like of bubble gum pop came onto the scene. Her no-frills attitude, mixed with the perfect blend of 50’s pop and (at the very end) almost MC-ing sound make VV Brown one to watch in 2009".

Music video

The video starts with Brown standing in front of a box and then the camera circles the box. Then things start to appear inside the box like a pile of clothes, wine glasses, Brown inside a room, a painting, Brown's chin and mouth, a picture of Brown with a man, Brown's head, a telephone, Brown on a bed with a keyboard, a man on a phone, her hands ripping a picture, a vase with a plant inside, a vase with a dead plant inside, a disco ball and a TV. The outside of the box is brown cardboard but the inside of the box differs each time from pink, blue, red or green. The video was uploaded onto YouTube in January (the first version of the video is not available in the UK). On 6 February 2009 behind the scenes footage of the video shoot was released onto YouTube.

Track listing

These are the track listings for the single and EPp:

Single:

1. "Leave!"

EP (1)

1. "Leave!" (Radio Edit)
2. "Leave!" (Little Boots
   Little Boots
   Victoria Christina Hesketh, also known by her stage name/pseudonym Little Boots, is an English electropop singer-songwriter. Her stage name comes from a nickname given to her by a friend, a reference to her unusually small feet...
   
    Mix)
3. "Leave!" (Style of Eye Vocal Mix)
4. "Leave!" (Style of Eye Mix)
5. "Leave!" (Drumsound & Simon Bassline Dub Mix)
6. "Leave!" (Drumsound & Simon Bassline Vocal Mix)

EP (2)

1. "Leave!"
2. This Charming Man
3. VV Brown reads an extract from Marian Keyes best selling novel "This Charming Man"

Live performances

1. Campsite Sessions (Travelling Like The Light/Leave!)
2. BBC's Sound/Switch (Leave!/interview)
3. The Album Chart Show