Like This (Kelly Rowland song)

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"Like This"
Single by Kelly Rowland featuring Eve
from the album Ms. Kelly
Released March 13, 2007
Format Digital download, vinyl single, CD single
Recorded 2006
Genre R&B, hip hop
Length 3:38
Label Columbia
Writer(s) Sean Garrett, Eve Jeffers, Jamal Jones, Kelly Rowland, Elvis Williams, Jason Perry
Producer Polow da Don; Sean Garrett, Jason Perry, S-Dot, Elvis Williams (co-producers)
Kelly Rowland chronology
"Here We Go"
(2005)		 "Like This"
(2007)		 "Ghetto"
(2007)
Eve singles chronology
"1 Thing"
(2005)		 "Like This"
(2007)		 "Tambourine"
(2007)

"Like This" is a R&B song by American singer Kelly Rowland. It features guest vocals by rapper Eve and was written by Sean Garrett, Rowland, Eve, Jamal Jones, Elvis "BlacElvis" Williams, and Jason Perry and co-produced by Polow da Don, S-Dot, Garrett, Perry, and Williams for Rowland's second studio album Ms. Kelly (2007).

Recorded late into the production of the album, the track was released as the album's leading single in the United States in March 2007 (see 2007 in music) and by June 2007 worldwide. Upon its release, it became Rowland's highest-charting solo success since her 2002 single "Stole", reaching the top ten in Canada, Ireland, and the United Kingdom, as well as the top 20 in Australia and New Zealand and number 30 on the U.S. Hot 100 chart.[1][2] In addition, it became Rowland's first single to peak at the top position on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart.[2] An accompanying music video was directed by Mike Ruiz and filmed in the Hollywood Hills in mid-March 2007.[3]

Contents

[edit] Writing and recording

"Like This" was one of the last songs on the album Rowland and co-producer Sean Garrett started working on in mid-September 2006 after the cancellation of My Story, the album's actual version.[4][5] The singer has described the "very sassy" song as a perfect example of what attitude she exactly had on her mind when creating the revamped version of the album, entitled Ms. Kelly: "Polow already had this hot track", she said in an interview with her official website. "I loved the sound of the cowbell; it was so different! Sean and I started writing and he said 'Kelly this is your first single'."[5][6] Happy about finally running "into that song that definitely sticks out" after many months recording, Rowland eventually took a break from recording tentatively titled "Wooo!" or "Bump like This" — not without returning with a flash of inspiration.[5] "I just heard Eve on this song", she recalled. "I knew her energy belonged on the song and, just like that, it all came together. Then I knew: This was the single [...] and it turned out he [Sean] was right."[6] "It's a great combination of her thoughts and her feel on the type of music that she likes to do", Garrett added in an interview with MTV News. "It's a cross between something in a club and on mainstream radio. We're just trying to stay a step ahead of what's going on."[5]

Although Columbia Records intended to release album cut "Work" as Ms. Kelly’s lead single at a particular time,[7] "Like This" eventually replaced the album's original lead single "Gotsta Go", a collaboration with rapper Da Brat.[5] On February 13, 2007 a ninety-second clip of the song leaked onto the internet, and by February 16 a full low quality preview of the track had leaked. Since, the song was remixed by several producers and DJs, among spawning official versions with rappers Sean P of the YoungBloodZ and Lil Wayne.

[edit] Music video

The music video for the song was directed by Mike Ruiz and shot on-location at a Hollywood Hills house on March 12, 2007.[3] Rowland premiered the clip on Total Request Live on March 26, 2007.[3] The video debuted on BET's music video countdown show 106 & Park on May 24, 2007, where it peaked at number-three.

The video starts with Rowland walking into her room after taking a shower. When she notices a webcast of her, she quickly throws a towel over it. She is then next seen in front of her vanity table, getting ready for a party while singing the lyrics. The video then cuts to Rowland in a dark room with a chair. During the first, cuts are shown of the Rowland in front of the dresser and the Rowland in the dark room, performing what seems to be the same choreography — the latter with the chair in the room, the former with the chair in front of her dresser. By the second verse, the Rowland in the dark room is the only one with the chair. Cuts of her are shown throughout the song. During the bridge, the audience sees Rowland at the party in her living room. Eve enters, rapping her solo with cuts of Rowland performing more choreography. In the final scene the audience sees Rowland performing more choreography while sitting in the chair seductively as glitter is seen flying upwards from the floor.[8]

The musicvideo is featured on the UK Single as an enhanced video element as well as on the 2007 Wal-Mart exclusive DVD BET Presents Kelly Rowland.

[edit] Chart performance

First release stateside, "Like This" debuted at number ninety-six on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 issue dated March 31, 2007.[1] Although the song fell off the chart the following week, it re-entered at number ninety-eighth the following week. It eventually peaked at number thirty on the Billboard Hot 100 and at number seven on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Furthermore the single peaked on top of both the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales chart and the Hot Singles Sales chart as well as the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play.[2] . As previous single releases, "Like This" became a much larger success outside North America. In the United Kingdom, it debuted at number eighteen on the UK Singles Chart based on digital sales alone, the day before the song's physical release.[1] Once the physical copies of "Like This" were released on 11 June 2007, the song climbed to number four on the UK Singles Chart, and went on to spend four weeks inside the UK top ten, making it Rowland's second-highest-charting solo single in the U.K. (not counting her featured role on "Dilemma"). The single became Rowland's eighth best selling solo single in the UK with 95,000 copies being sold as of November 2011[9]. [1] In Ireland, “Like This” debuted at number thirty and reached number five in its fourth week on the chart, becoming her third top ten single in Ireland.[1]

In Germany the song was released on digital formats only and failed to chart on any official singles chart.[10]

[edit] Formats and track listings

UK Enhanced CD single
  1. "Like This" (Album Version) - 3:38
  2. "Like This" (DJ Speedy Remix Edit feat Sean P) - 3:29
  3. "Like This" (Redline Radio Remix) - 2:48
  4. "Like This" (DJ Escape & Tony Coluccio Radio Remix) - 3:33
  5. "Like This" (Musicvideo)
CD single
  1. "Like This" (Album Version) - 3:38
  2. "Like This" (Instrumental) - 3:35
UK CD single
  1. "Like This" (Album Version) - 3:38
  2. "Like This" (Redline Radio Remix) - 2:48
US Vinyl single
  1. "Like This" (Album Version) - 3:38
  2. "Like This" (Instrumental) - 3:35
  3. "Like This" feat. Sean P (DJ Speedy Remix Edit)
  4. "Like This" (Redline Club Remix)

[edit] Credits and personnel

  • Engineering: Wayne Allison, Rommel Nino Villanueva, Vernon Mungo, Brian Sumner
    • Assistants: David Montecelo, Kory Aaron, Nate Hertweck
  • Mixing: Jean Marie Horvat
    • Assistant: Colin Miller
  • Mastering: Chris Gehringer

[edit] Charts

Chart (2007) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[1] 13
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 75)[11] 75
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[12] 50
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[13] 76
European Hot 100 Singles[14] 16
Ireland (IRMA)[15] 5
Netherlands (Mega Single Top 100)[16] 85
New Zealand (RIANZ)[17] 11
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[18] 77
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[19] 4
US Billboard Hot 100[20] 30
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[21] 7
US Hot Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[2] 1

[edit] Year-end charts

Charts (2007) Position
Australian Singles Chart[22] 84
Preceded by
"Sound of Freedom" by Bob Sinclar		 U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single
September 1, 2007		 Succeeded by
"Don't Stop the Music" by Rihanna

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Australian-charts.com – Kelly Rowland feat. Eve – Like This". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Hung Medien.
  2. ^ a b c d "Kelly Rowland Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot Dance/Club Play for Kelly Rowland. Prometheus Global Media.
  3. ^ a b c Gottlieb, Steven (2007-03-19). "SHOT: Kelly Rowland - Mike Ruiz, director". Video Static. http://www.videostatic.com/vs/2007/03/shot_kelly_rowl.html. Retrieved 2007-05-12. 
  4. ^ "Interview". MiddleChild Promotions. Archived from the original on 2007-10-23. http://web.archive.org/web/20071023091212/http://www.middlechildpromotions.com/interviews/kelly.htm. Retrieved 2008-03-25. 
  5. ^ a b c d e Moss, Corey (2006-09-27). "Kelly Rowland Scraps Sappy Story, Picks Up Snoop". MTV News. VH1. http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1541798/20060926/rowland_kelly.jhtml. Retrieved 2007-05-12. 
  6. ^ a b "Ms. Kelly". Official website. http://www.kellyrowlandonline.com/. Retrieved 2007-05-12. 
  7. ^ DJ B. "DJ B interviews Kelly Rowland". BBC - 1Xtra. Archived from the original on 2007-12-25. http://web.archive.org/web/20071225103557/http://www.bbc.co.uk/1xtra/rnb/features/kelly.shtml. Retrieved 2008-01-25. 
  8. ^ "Kelly Rowland on the set of "Like This" Video Shoot". YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQbNINHWq2M. Retrieved 2009-05-17. 
  9. ^ Taken from the videocountdown "Kelly Rowland's Official Top 10", broadcast 10 December 2011 on MTV Music UK (http://www.unrealitytv.co.uk/x-factor/kelly-rowland%E2%80%99s-official-top-10-coming-to-mtv & http://www.theofficialcharts.com/our-partners/)
  10. ^ "Neue Single". Union Street. http://www.unionstreet.de/usnews.php?id=1483. Retrieved 2007-06-30. 
  11. ^ "Kelly Rowland feat. Eve – Like This – Austriancharts.at" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Hung Medien.
  12. ^ "Ultratop.be – Kelly Rowland feat. Eve – Like This" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.
  13. ^ "Kelly Rowland Album & Song Chart History" Canadian Hot 100 for Kelly Rowland. Prometheus Global Media.
  14. ^ "Kelly Rowland Album & Song Chart History" European Hot 100 for Kelly Rowland. Prometheus Global Media.
  15. ^ "Chart Track". Irish Singles Chart. Irish Recorded Music Association.
  16. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Kelly Rowland feat. Eve – Like This" (in Dutch). Mega Single Top 100. Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.
  17. ^ "Charts.org.nz – Kelly Rowland feat. Eve – Like This". Top 40 Singles. Hung Medien.
  18. ^ "Kelly Rowland feat. Eve – Like This – swisscharts.com". Swiss Singles Chart. Hung Medien.
  19. ^ "Chart Stats – Kelly Rowland – Like This" UK Singles Chart. Chart Stats.
  20. ^ "Kelly Rowland Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot 100 for Kelly Rowland. Prometheus Global Media.
  21. ^ "Kelly Rowland Album & Song Chart History" Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for Kelly Rowland. Prometheus Global Media.
  22. ^ "ARIA Charts – End Of Year Charts – Top 100 Singles 2007". Australian Recording Industry Association. http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-singles-2007.htm. Retrieved 2011-01-08. 

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