My Love (Justin Timberlake song)

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"My Love"
Song

"My Love" is the hit single co-written by Justin Timberlake, T.I., Nate Hills and Timbaland for Timberlake's second solo album FutureSex/LoveSounds (2006). It won the 2007 Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration.

Despite the huge commercial success and relatively recent release of the album's first single "SexyBack", radio stations in various cities across the U.S. began spinning the cut in mid-August 2006. In a similar fashion to "SexyBack", Timbaland contributes limited background vocals to the song, and the song also features a rap verse from T.I. In the chorus part, Justin says "My love", while Timbaland says "So don't give away". Reception of the song has been very positive, with many fans and critics preferring it over "SexyBack." The song received a rare 5/5 star rating from Pitchfork Media and was subsequently named their number one song of 2006.[1] Justin performed "My Love" and "SexyBack" as a medley for the opening of the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards. He performed it as well as a medley in the opening of the European Music Awards, which he also hosted. He once again played the song on Saturday Night Live.

Timberlake became the first male artist since Usher in 2004 to have two consecutive number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100. My Love became Timberlake's second number one single on the Hot 100, and T.I.'s first. "My Love" and its predecessor both took eight weeks to reach the top. It was the first #1 on the Piczo Top 50.

"My Love" is Justin Timberlake's second top 10 single in a row in the Latin America Top 40.

In the iTunes Music Store, there are alternative versions of the single cover. The spot in the cover are different and have several versions of the song.

  • Red - Single & Instrumental
  • Green - My Love: The Remixes EP
  • Blue - PodPak Single (with single version, a remix [Mike D Bass Mix], and music video)

Music video

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Timberlake and Timbaland in "Let Me Talk To You (Prelude)" of the video.

The music video, directed by Paul Hunter, premiered on October 12. It includes the prelude to the song (Let Me Talk To You) which features the song's (and album) producer Timbaland. At the beginning it shows Timberlake in what seems to be a studio filled with white bars of light dancing with one of the many girls in the video. Then it goes on to show Timbaland and Timberlake rapping the prelude. Afterwards, the screen turns white and shows a distant Timberlake rotating coming towards the screen. He stops rotating once he is straight and starts singing the first verse. At random points in the video, the screen will change colors from black to white and show Timberlake with his dancers (the same ones who helped him out at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards), and different girls he seems to be singing the song to. While Timberlake is standing still in random parts of the video, the object he is talking about in the verse will start floating past him towards the screen. One example is when T.I. is rapping in front of a black screen, rubberbands start to float past him through the air towards the screen, which refers to his nickname as the "Rubberband Man" that he and his fans had given him. Other examples are the start of the first verse, Timberlake sings "If I wrote you a symphony", while having violins float past him toward the screen, and the start of the second verse, Timberlake sings "If I wrote you a love note", while sheets of paper and black pens float past him toward the screen.

There are three versions of the video. The first version released was the "Let Me Talk to You/My Love", which is 6:12. The second version is "My Love" album edit only. The last re-edit version is the "Let Me Talk to You/My Love" with a shortened interlude in the video.

Credits

Notable covers of this song

  • "My Love" was covered by Irish band The Coronas to considerable acclaim from radio listeners
  • "My Love" was covered by British band Klaxons on BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge.
  • "My Love" was also covered by Swedish indie pop singer Marit Bergman and released as a B-side to the single "Eyes Were Blue".

Charts

Chart (2006)[2] Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 1
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 2
U.S. Billboard Pop 100 1
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Airplay 1
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play 15
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks 29
U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40 3
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream 1
United World Chart 1
Latin America Top 40[3] 10
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart 1
South Africa (Five Fm Top 40) 1
Polish Singles Chart 1
Korean Singles Chart 1
Eurochart Hot 100 Singles 2
Sweden Singles Chart 2
Swiss Singles Chart 2
UK Official Singles Chart 2
UK Official Download Chart 2
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[4] 3
German Singles Chart 4
Irish Singles Chart 4
Croatian Singles Chart[5] 1
Finnish Singles Chart 5
Austrian Singles Chart 6
Latvian Airplay Top 7
Portuguese Top 50 7
Canadian BDS Airplay Chart 8
Netherlands Singles Chart 12
France Singles Chart 14
Belgium Singles Chart 19
Russian Airplay Chart[6] 15
Brazilian Hot 100 Singles Chart 1
Chile Top 100 Airplay 22
Czech Airplay Chart 9
Bulgarian Airplay Chart 1

References

  1. ^ "Pitchfork: Justin Timberlake: "My Love (ft. T.I.)" (Track Review)". Pitchfork. 2006-08-04. Retrieved 2006-10-10. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |accessyear=, |month=, |accessmonthday=, and |coauthors= (help); External link in |authorlink= (help)
  2. ^ Chart Data: Justin Timberlake Mariah-Charts.com
  3. ^ [1]
  4. ^ "Australian Top 50 Singles Chart". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved November 19. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ Croatian Singles Chart
  6. ^ "Russian Airplay Chart". Tophit.ru. Retrieved 2007-02-25.
Template:Succession box two to one
Preceded by Billboard Hot 100 number-one single
November 11, 2006 - November 25, 2006 		Succeeded by
Preceded by RIANZ New Zealand number one single
December 18 2006 - December 25 2006 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Bulgarian Airplay Chart
January 8, 2007 (1 week) 		Succeeded by


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