Why Dontcha Call Me No More is a song

Song

In music, a song is a composition for voice or voices, performed by singing.A song may be accompanied by musical instruments, or it may be unaccompanied, as in the case of a cappella songs...

 by American singer Yahzarah

YahZarah

Dana Nicole Williams is an American singer. She is commonly known by her stage name, Yahzarah or Purple St. James.Yahzarah rose to fame when she became a back-up singer for Erykah Badu in 2000. In 2001, Yahzarah signed to Keo Music Records released her first album, Hear Me...

. The song was released in March 2010 as the lead single for her third studio album, The Ballad of Purple St. James

The Ballad of Purple St. James

The Ballad of Purple St. James is the third studio album of American singer, Yahzarah. The album was released on May 4, 2010, on the recording label Foreign Exchange Music. This is Yahzarah's first album in seven years.- Recording :...

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Writing and Recording

The song was written by YahZarah and Phonte Coleman and was produced by Nicolay and Phonte. The song features several instruments including the keyboard, tambourine, live handclaps, drums, the acoustic, bass, and electric guitars.

Release and promotion

In March 2010, "Why Dontcha Call Me No More" was released as the first single of the album and available as a free download on the Foreign Exchange Music's website. The song was available as a free download from The Foreign Exchange Music's website. The song received over 1,000 downloads within the following week.

Music video

The music video was released to Youtube

YouTube

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 on May 19, 2010. The video was directed by Matt Koza. The music video was shot back-to-back with Yahzarah's theme song "Yahz", which precedes to "Why Dontcha Call Me No More".

The theme of the video was based around 80's cartoon Jem (TV series)

Jem (TV series)

Jem, also known as Jem and the Holograms, is an American animated television series that ran from 1985 to 1988 in U.S. first-run syndication...

. Most of video effects were green screen with Yahzarah wearing a pink dress. The other scenes involved Yahzarah performing with band and her discovering that her boyfriend was cheating on her with another girl. The latter ends with her confronting him with her friends and leaving with her new boyfriend (Jesse Boykins). The video also features cameos appearances from Nicolay

Nicolay

Nicolay may refer to:* Nicolay , Dutch musician* Nicolay de Caveri, Genoese cartographer* Nicolay , an influential French family in the 15th to 18th centuriesPeople with surname Nicolay:...

 and Phonte

Phonte

Phonte Coleman, better known as Phonte, is a Grammy nominated American rapper, formerly of the now defunct North Carolina trio Little Brother and one-half of the duo The Foreign Exchange. He has also recorded R&B-flavored output as a singer...

 of The Foreign Exchange, Aimee Flint, and Zarinah.

The choreographer was Seku Grey and make-up artist was Jessica Williams. Hair and styling was provided by Yarde Noir and Jermal Harris. The 2nd unit cameras were operated by Bunker Seyfert. In additional to the release of the music video, behind-the-scene clips and photos are available on The Foreign Exchange Music's website.

Critical response

The song received positive feedback from fans and reviewers of the song. Andy Kellman of Allmusic.com stated,

Personnel

• Vocals: Yahzarah
• Written by: Yahzarah and Phonte Coleman
• Keyboard: Nicolay
• Acoustic Guitar: Nicolay
• Bass Guitar: Zo!
• Electric guitar: Chris Boerner
• Drums: Lil' John Roberts
• Handclaps and Tambourine: Yahzarah and Phonte
• Produced by: Nicolay and Phonte