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"Sexy Bitch"
Song

"Sexy Bitch" (retitled "Sexy Chick" when censored) is a song recorded by French producer David Guetta. It features Senegalese-American R&B singer Akon and was released digitally on July 24, 2009, worldwide and later on July 28 in the United States.[1] It is the second single from Guetta's fourth studio album One Love. The song uses melody inspired by the previous hit "Tainted Love" made popular by Soft Cell and has become a worldwide hit, reaching the top spot on thirteen different charts so far. Additionally, the song also appears in DJ Hero as part of downloadable content.

Background

After a concert in England in which David Guetta performed his hit single "When Love Takes Over", he was approached by Akon, who expressed interest in collaborating. Though Akon was constrained by a 6am flight the following morning, Guetta convinced him to work through the night on the song at a nearby studio.[2]

Critical reception

"Sexy Bitch" was praised by Entertainment Weekly, which called it "a thumping club jam with R&B star Akon."[3] The song was praised by Michael Menachem of Billboard, saying "Don't be surprised if this track takes over dancefloors as the summer ends."[4] Digitalspy gave it 3/5 stars, criticising the lyrics while admitting that "the beats and big old hook [were] enough to make [the song] bearable."[5]

Music video

Akon wakes up to find a message made of lipstick that says "find me at the pool party" and a photo.

The video was directed by Stephen Schuster. The video starts with a plane coming and girls in bikinis are seen tanning and swimming. The camera switches to Akon who wakes up and finds pictures of his date from David Guetta's pool party. He then finds lipstick note on his mirror that reads "find me at pool party" with yet another photo. As the party starts, people enter; a group of teenage boys are not allowed but they employ various methods to get in. The camera switches to Akon again, who is shown singing underwater. The camera flicks to Guetta arriving meeting up with Akon, who then grabs Guetta and they throw each other in the pool. The party continues as Akon pushes more people in, girls dance and Akon with Guetta are shown to be having a water fight. The scene then skips to a club that is called "Fuck Me, I'm Famous" where David Guetta is performing a concert with Tocadisco, and Akon is walking in from the back, where he meets some girls. Akon then arrives and performs "Sexy Bitch" at the concert. A light up man in blue and green appears. Girls are shown dancing and Akon does a crowd surf before the video ends. At the end, Akon is seen sleeping in the bed waking up finding pictures but goes back to sleep.

The video was filmed in Ibiza, Barcelona, Spain, and Swindon, England around July 27, 2009.[6]

An alternate version for a censored version of the song (Sexy Chick) depicts two girls in Akon's bedroom; one is taking Polaroid photos of the other. They even take photos of themselves in Akon's bed while he sleeps. Akon's bed is covered in photos, and as the girls leave, the one most heavily photographed writes in lipstick on the bathroom mirror, "find me at pool party". She attaches another photo and leaves a lipstick impression of her lips on the mirror before she goes to the pool party. Akon then wakes up. The rest of the video is much like the other version, with a few scenes cut or added at the pool party and the club. For example, the underwater singing scene is omitted.

Chart performance

"Sexy Bitch" made its chart debut on the Irish Singles Chart at number ten on the issue dated July 30, 2009[7] and peaked at number two on the issue dated September 3, 2009.[8] It also debuted on the Australian Singles Chart at number fourteen on the issue dated August 3, 2009.[9] It topped the chart peaking at number one on the issue dated August 17, 2009.[10] After holding the spot for three consecutive weeks, it was replaced with "Like it Like That" by Guy Sebastian on the issue dated September 7, 2009.[11] On the Finnish Singles Chart, it made its debut at number ten on the issue dated August 5, 2009.[12] It managed to peak at number four.[13] "Sexy Bitch" also debuted on the Austrian Singles Chart at number ten on the issue dated August 5, 2009.[14] It moved up to a new peak of seven on the issue dated September 2, 2009.[15] On the issue dated August 6, 2009, it debuted at number eight on the Swedish Singles Chart.[16] The song moved up to a peak of four on its fourth week on the chart.[17] It debuted at number nine of the Danish Singles Chart on the issue dated August 7, 2009.[18] It moved up to a peak of number two on its fifth week on the chart.[19] The song has debuted at number three on the Swiss Singles Chart on the issue dated August 9, 2009.[20] It moved up to number two the following week.[21]

On the issue dated August 15, 2009, Sexy Bitch debuted on the Canadian Hot 100 at number nine.[22] It peaked at number one on the issue dated October 31, 2009.[23] The song is also Guetta's most successful single on North American radio, as the song reached #1 on the Canadian top 40 chart, the first #1 in North America outside the U.S. Hot Dance Airplay chart. It also debuted on the official U.S. Billboard Hot 100 at #56.[24] On the week ending December 26, 2009, it broke into the Top Ten at #6 where it seemingly peaked for four non-consecutive weeks, but later climbed to #5, making it Guetta's biggest hit in the United States, as well as being one of Akon's biggest US hits. It became another number-one hit in the Hot Dance Club Songs.[25] It became his fourth number one single on Billboard's Hot Dance Airplay chart in its October 31, 2009 issue. As of January 2011, the single was sold 2,950,000 times.[26]

In the issue dated August 8, 2009, "Sexy Bitch" made its debuted on the Belgium Singles Chart (Flanders) at number five[27] and on the Belgium Singles Chart (Wallonia) at number three.[28] On the issue dated September 5, 2009 it set a new peak at number one.[29] On the issue dated for August 14, 2009, the song debuted at number twenty on the German Singles Chart at number twenty.[30] It peaked at number nine on the issue dated September 4, 2009.[31] In the United Kingdom, the song debuted on the UK Singles Chart at number twenty-one on the issue dated August 16, 2009, with a remix by cover band GG appearing at number sixty.[32] The following week, the song moved up to number one, giving Guetta his second chart topper in Britain.[33] On the issue dated August 30, 2009 it slipped down to number two with "Holiday" by Dizzee Rascal debuting at number one. "Sexy Bitch" remained in the UK top 10 for a total of 9 weeks. It ended the year as the 10th best selling UK single of 2009.[34] "Sexy Bitch" debuted on the New Zealand Singles Chart at number twenty-two on the issue dated August 10, 2009.[35] It peaked at number one.[36] On the issue dated September 5, 2009, the song was a new entry on the French Physical Singles Chart debuting at number two with 3 296 sales.[37][38] "Sexy Bitch" became number 1 on the French Digital Singles Chart on the issue date August 23, 2009 with 7 855 sales,[39] the single will be at the first place for 10 consecutive weeks, the peak sales in one week took place on the issue date September 20, 2009 with 15 725 sales.[40] "Sexy Bitch" debuted on the Dutch Top 40 at number twenty-four on the issue dated August 29, 2009.[41] It has so far peaked at number four.[42] The song re-entered the UK Singles Chart on the 3rd January 2010 at number 33.

Track listing

  1. "Sexy Bitch"  – 3:14
  2. "Sexy Bitch" (Extended Version)   – 5:12
  • French CD Single[44]
  1. "Sexy Bitch" – 3:14
  2. "Sexy Bitch" (Chuckie & Lil' Jon Remix) – 5:58
  3. "Sexy Chick" (US Version) – 3:13
  4. "Sexy Bitch" (Video)
  • European CD Single[45]
  1. "Sexy Bitch" (Chuckie & Lil' Jon Remix)  – 5:58
  2. "Sexy Bitch" (Koen Groeneveld Remix)   – 7:15
  3. "Sexy Bitch" (Koen Groeneveld Remix) (David Guetta Vocal Re-Edit)   – 7:30
  4. "Sexy Bitch" (Abel Ramos Atlanta With Love Remix)   – 7:13
  5. "Sexy Bitch" (Afrojack Remix)   – 4:45
  6. "Sexy Bitch" (Extended Version)   – 5:12
  7. "Sexy Bitch"  – 3:14
  1. "Sexy Bitch" (Chuckie & Lil' Jon Remix)  – 5:58
  2. "Sexy Bitch" (Koen Groeneveld Remix)   – 7:15
  3. "Sexy Bitch" (Koen Groeneveld Remix) (David Guetta Vocal Re-Edit)   – 7:30
  4. "Sexy Bitch" (Abel Ramos Atlanta With Love Remix)   – 7:13
  5. "Sexy Bitch" (Afrojack Remix)   – 4:45
  6. "Sexy Bitch" (Footlose Remix)   – 5:12
  7. "Sexy Bitch" (Album Version) – 3:14
  8. "Sexy Bitch" (Extended Version)   – 5:12
  9. "Sexy Bitch" (Extended Instrumental)   – 5:12
  10. "Sexy Chick" (Clean Album Version) – 3:14
  11. "Sexy Chick" (Clean Album Version Extended) – 5:12

Personnel

Charts and certifications

Release history

Region Date Format
Worldwide July 24, 2009 Digital download
United States July 28, 2009
September 1, 2009 Airplay[86]

See also

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