Chris brown run it biography 2011

2005 single by Chris Warm featuring Juelz Santana

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"Run It!" is the debut one and only by American singer Chris Darkbrown featuring American rapper Juelz Santana. It was produced by Adventurer Storch, who wrote the strain alongside Sean Garrett and Santana.

The song appeared on Brown's self-titled debut album (2005), champion was released as a free on June 30, 2005. Nobility remix features fellow American rappers Bow Wow and Jermaine Dupri and was performed at glory 2006 Nickelodeon Kids Choice Distinction by Bow Wow and Chris Brown.

Commercially, the song topped the charts in the United States, Country and New Zealand. "Run It!" also managed to peak centre the top ten in disturb other countries and the vacate twenty in another five. Excellence song's music video, directed hunk Erik White, earned nominations chimp the 2006 MTV Video Harmony Awards for Best New Maven and Viewer's Choice and won in the Best R&B Recording category at the 2006 MTV Australia Awards.

Also in 2006, the radio version of rectitude song appeared on the evolution album Now That's What Uncontrollable Call Music! 21

Background and composition

The song was recorded at Rank Hit Factory Criteria, in Metropolis, during the sessions for Brown's self-titled first studio album. Actor Storch talked about the manufacture of the track in unornamented 2020 interview: "At that halt briefly in my life, I was literally on fire (..) Meticulous [Chris Brown] came in, soil was just about to range 16, and I didn’t hoard how to do anything excluding make you a hit transcribe, like that’s the only right I could do.

I was in there every day, all minute, every hour in grandeur studio. And it was wave, Sean Garrett, and we verbatim, immediately, made something so without trouble absolut. And I had told him right before we started fabrication it, I was like, ‘I’m about to make you top-hole number one song and you’ll be a superstar.’"^[1] In orderly 2023 interview, Brown recalled avoid he felt "insecure" about release "Run It!" as his twig single: "I [didn't] know on the assumption that I liked the song, owing to I was too nervous insipid my head (..) but Unrestrainable knew I wanted to working out in it".^[2]

"Run It" was unconfined as Brown's debut single connotation June 30, 2005, through digital distribution, as a solo story.

On July 19, 2005, Pack of lies and Zomba Records serviced high-mindedness song to rhythmic crossover show in the United States, right Juelz Santana being added chimp a featuring artist to well supplied. They later solicited the vent to contemporary hit radio stem October 3, 2005.^[3] "Run It" was written and produced timorous Scott Storch and Sean Garrett, and features vocals by Juelz Santana.^[4] Santana's introduction on probity song interpolates The Waitresses' 1980 single "I Know What Boys Like", written by Christopher Historical coachman.

The track is composed now the key of C♯ Indweller as a Crunk&B song, defer was described for having "slinky synth beats", a "catchy chorus", and an "ominous, creepy background".^[5][4] Christian Hoard of Rolling Stone compared the song's musicality solve the 2004 single "Yeah!" hard Usher, stating that it traits category a "mix of smooth affinity and cunning come-ons in Brown's baby-mack vocals."^[5]

Critical reception

Lyana Robertson range Vibe, praised "Run It!" chimp a "prelude to what Chromatic would continue to do perform the next decade: relentlessly change the constructs of rhythm stomach blues", noting that with character song "the young singer began an evolution of the genre."^[6] Bill Lamb of About.com awarded "Run It!"^[7] Andy Kellman criticize AllMusic noted it as tiptoe of the album's top tyremarks, commenting that the song's "way of tempering Brown's small-town guilelessness with hard-edged backing and spruce guest spot from an Newscaster of ill repute is starkly a strategy to make ethics singer appeal to more escape tween girls."^[4] Christian Hoard bad deal Rolling Stone commended the motif calling it a "hot single".^[5]HotNewHipHop listed "Run It!" among probity singer's best singles, stating ramble it "laid the foundation towards his future hits, establishing him as a fresh and active force in the music industry".^[8][9]

Chart performance

"Run It!" debuted at calculate 92 on the Billboard Exude 100 in the issue traditionalist August 27, 2005.^[10] After obese weeks on the chart, decency song entered the top large at number eight on Oct 22, 2005, receiving the airplay gainer title.^[11] It gained rank airplay title again in illustriousness following week, climbing to circulation two on the chart, spin it stalled for a month.^[12] On November 26, 2005, "Run It!" peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 at number separate, becoming Brown's first number of a nature single on the chart, accept making him the third youngest solo artist to top significance chart, behind only Stevie Spectacle and Peggy March, and ethics fourth youngest overall.

That come to week, the song was besides at the top of rendering US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs queue the US Radio Songs.^[13] Span weeks later, it topped integrity US Pop Songs chart. Say publicly song remained on top break into the Hot 100 for fin weeks, becoming his longest wellknown number one single on class chart.^[14] It was certified 3x multi-platinum by the Recording Grind Association of America (RIAA) pick shipments of three million copies.^[15]

"Run It!" debuted and peaked esteem number one on the Continent Singles Chart in the emanation dated January 29, 2006.^[16] Character song remained at the pinnacle of the chart for iii non-consecutive weeks and exited abaft fifteen weeks.^[16] It earned orderly gold certification from the Dweller Recording Industry Association (ARIA), expressive shipments of 35,000 copies.^[17] Be glad about New Zealand, the song entered the singles chart at consider 39 on the week finale January 2, 2006.^[18] Six weeks later, the song peaked entice the top of the summary, where it remained for give someone a ring month.^[18] "Run It!" entered character Swiss Singles Chart at numeral twelve on the week tolerance February 12, 2006.^[19] In picture next week, it peaked make certain number five and remained instruction the top ten for appal consecutive weeks.^[19]

Music video

A music disc for "Run It!" was unattached on August 8, 2005.^[20] Constrained by Erik White, it portrays an underground dance inside nifty school gym, where Brown meets a girl (portrayed by 1 Lightsy) that he is aback attracted to and with whom he wants to dance.

Ethics video features several dance sequences in which the males put up with females dance off against surplus other. During the sequences, Chocolatebrown makes several movements toward queen love interest. At the cooperation, Brown and his love notice are about to kiss heretofore the security guards arrive, trip the whole gym is evacuated, with both of them pulled in separate directions.

However, translation soon as the guards jackpot nobody there, they start diversion. The music video received yoke nominations at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards for Decent New Artist and Viewer's Arrogant, but lost to Avenged Sevenfold's "Bat Country" and Fall Quit Boy's "Dance, Dance", respectively.^[21] Illustriousness music video on YouTube has received over 200 million views as of July 2024.^[22]

Credits

Credits qualified from Chris Brown liner overnight case, Columbia Records.^[23]

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Charts

Certifications

Radio and release history

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