Ice Box (song)

"Ice Box"
Song

"Ice Box" is the second single from Omarion's sophomore album, 21. Omarion had stated in his official MySpace blog that the song was produced by Timbaland. However, the liner notes credit the production to Timbaland, King Logan, and Johnkenun Spivery. The song is a departure from his previous singles and is a mid-tempo number. Sixteen remixes of the song have been released, including the web-wide attentive Davenport Remix. The main remix features Usher. Alternate remixes feature Fabulous, Busta Rhymes, Jim Jones, and Da Brat, and others have different backgrounds.

The single's physical CD release had been canceled in the United Kingdom, but because the song had such success on the charts, it was decided that the physical release would go ahead. It was released on March 5, 2007.

Music video

The video was filmed by Anthony Mandler. The video starts off with Omarion sitting at a table alone, with flashes of the video. The camera digitally goes inside of Omarion's body and stops to show his beating heart frigid cold. The camera zooms out of his body and the music begins. Omarion's girlfriend (played by Solange Knowles) appears sitting opposite him at the table. Throughout his video, his girlfriend will appear, disappear, and then reappear.

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Omarion in the music video.

The video is then taken into a forest like setting, where Omarion chases his girlfriend around. Scenes cut to Omarion dancing along with male backup dancers. The video ends with Omarion down on his knees after saying "...I'm tired of fighting", and Timbaland rides up in a Phantom and opens the door to let Omarion in. Omarion then puts on a pair of sunglasses and looks at Timbaland who taps the girl on the shoulder before they drive away.

Trivia

This song was parodied by Hot 97 into a song called "Ice Pick". The song is about a man who is being forced by the girl he is cheating with to leave his wife. He refuses and gets stabbed, leading to the chorus, "I got an ice pick where my heart used to be, and ice pick where my heart used to be. I'm losin' blood, I'm losin' blood, I'm losin' blood, I'm losin' blood".

The song was also remixed. The remix features Hip-Hop and R&B mega-artist, Usher and Fabolous. The remix chronicles Omarion's feelings and thoughts after the infidelity of his girlfriend while Usher and Fabolous advise him.

Sample Source Controversy

On February 20, 2007, Special Ed, a radio host from KDWB, 101.3 FM in Minneapolis, Minnesota, mentioned in an online audio clip posted on his blog at KDWB.com that the hook of "Ice Box" was taken from the "Dungeon Theme" in The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. However, there has been no confirmation of these claims. This score was originally composed by Koji Kondo. If this incident is confirmed, it would be the second case of plagiarism on the part of Timbaland in 2007 (see 2007 Timbaland plagiarism controversy).

Charts

"Ice Box" has become Omarion's most successful single to date, as a solo artist, becoming his first single to chart within the top twenty on the Billboard Hot 100. It has recently been certified gold

In the UK "Ice Box" became Omarion's biggest hit, charting at #14, becoming his first Top 20 hit there.

Chart (2007)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	12
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay	4
U.S. Billboard Hot Digital Songs	19
U.S. Billboard Hot RingMasters	12
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs	5
U.S. Billboard Pop 100	15
U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40	3
UK Singles Chart	14
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart	10
Irish Singles Chart	42
United World Chart	24

External links

• Special Ed's blog at KWDB.com

References

• "Omarion-Zelda audio comparison". KDWB.com. Retrieved 2007-04-24.
• "On Air Staff: Special Ed". KDWB.com. Retrieved 2007-04-24.