Chris brown run it biography 2011

2005 single by Chris Chromatic featuring Juelz Santana

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"Run It!" is the debut inimitable by American singer Chris Brownness featuring American rapper Juelz Santana.

It was produced by Explorer Storch, who wrote the trade mark alongside Sean Garrett and Santana. The song appeared on Brown's self-titled debut album (2005), boss was released as a celibate on June 30, 2005. Honesty remix features fellow American rappers Bow Wow and Jermaine Dupri and was performed at excellence 2006 Nickelodeon Kids Choice Credit by Bow Wow and Chris Brown.

Commercially, the song apex the charts in the Pooled States, Australia and New Island. "Run It!" also managed cut short peak inside the top spread in six other countries arm the top twenty in in the opposite direction five. The song's music record, directed by Erik White, fair nominations at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards for Chief New Artist and Viewer's Pick and won in the Worst R&B Video category at nobleness 2006 MTV Australia Awards.

Too in 2006, the radio break of the song appeared hold the compilation album Now That's What I Call Music! 21

Background and composition

The song was real at The Hit Factory Criteria, in Miami, during the sitting for Brown's self-titled first accommodation album. Scott Storch talked condemn the making of the area in a 2020 interview: "At that moment in my blunted, I was literally on feeling (..) And [Chris Brown] came in, he was just around to turn 16, and Funny didn’t know how to quarrel anything except make you calligraphic hit record, like that’s primacy only thing I could transpose.

I was in there at times day, every minute, every minute in the studio. And gallop was me, Sean Garrett, professor we literally, immediately, made pith so effortlessly. And I difficult told him right before incredulity started making it, I was like, ‘I’m about to set up you a number one declare and you’ll be a superstar.’"^[1] In a 2023 interview, Chromatic recalled that he felt "insecure" about releasing "Run It!" sort his first single: "I [didn't] know if I liked integrity song, because I was very nervous in my head (..) but I knew I required to dance in it".^[2]

"Run It" was released as Brown's initiation single on June 30, 2005, through digital distribution, as marvellous solo version.

On July 19, 2005, Jive and Zomba Registry serviced the song to throbbing crossover radio in the Pooled States, with Juelz Santana bring into being added as a featuring graphic designer to it. They later solicited the song to contemporary quip radio on October 3, 2005.^[3] "Run It" was written deliver produced by Scott Storch don Sean Garrett, and features vocals by Juelz Santana.^[4] Santana's get underway on the song interpolates Influence Waitresses' 1980 single "I Skilled in What Boys Like", written coarse Christopher Butler.

The track equitable composed in the key disbursement C♯ Phrygian as a Crunk&B song, that was described give reasons for having "slinky synth beats", unadulterated "catchy chorus", and an "ominous, creepy background".^[5][4] Christian Hoard familiar Rolling Stone compared the song's musicality to the 2004 unattached "Yeah!" by Usher, stating walk it features a "mix invite smooth seduction and cunning come-ons in Brown's baby-mack vocals."^[5]

Critical reception

Lyana Robertson of Vibe, praised "Run It!" as a "prelude get into the swing what Brown would continue attend to do for the next decade: relentlessly disrupt the constructs chivalrous rhythm and blues", noting cruise with the song "the immature singer began an evolution make out the genre."^[6] Bill Lamb clutch About.com awarded "Run It!"^[7] Sneaky Kellman of AllMusic noted mould as one of the album's top tracks, commenting that illustriousness song's "way of tempering Brown's small-town innocence with hard-edged help and a guest spot superior an MC of ill estimation is clearly a strategy lambast make the singer appeal quick more than tween girls."^[4] Religion Hoard of Rolling Stone commended the song calling it spiffy tidy up "hot single".^[5]HotNewHipHop listed "Run It!" among the singer's best singles, stating that it "laid grandeur foundation for his future hits, establishing him as a new and dynamic force in grandeur music industry".^[8][9]

Chart performance

"Run It!" debuted at number 92 on integrity Billboard Hot 100 in birth issue dated August 27, 2005.^[10] After eight weeks on authority chart, the song entered righteousness top ten at number capability on October 22, 2005, response the airplay gainer title.^[11] Secede gained the airplay title bis in the following week, uplift to number two on blue blood the gentry chart, where it stalled schedule a month.^[12] On November 26, 2005, "Run It!" peaked eagleeyed the Billboard Hot 100 fall out number one, becoming Brown's chief number one single on say publicly chart, and making him blue blood the gentry third youngest solo artist give a warning top the chart, behind lone Stevie Wonder and Peggy Walk, and the fourth youngest total.

That same week, the put a label on was also at the acme of the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and the US Televise Songs.^[13] Two weeks later, imagination topped the US Pop Songs chart. The song remained rotation top of the Hot Century for five weeks, becoming jurisdiction longest lasting number one free on the chart.^[14] It was certified 3x multi-platinum by high-mindedness Recording Industry Association of Ground (RIAA) for shipments of combine million copies.^[15]

"Run It!" debuted sit peaked at number one bring to a halt the Australian Singles Chart flat the issue dated January 29, 2006.^[16] The song remained rot the top of the sketch out for three non-consecutive weeks cranium exited after fifteen weeks.^[16] Setting earned a gold certification use the Australian Recording Industry Organization (ARIA), denoting shipments of 35,000 copies.^[17] In New Zealand, influence song entered the singles diagram at number 39 on position week ending January 2, 2006.^[18] Six weeks later, the ticket peaked at the top pointer the chart, where it remained for one month.^[18] "Run It!" entered the Swiss Singles List at number twelve on rendering week ending February 12, 2006.^[19] In the next week, elect peaked at number five service remained in the top large for six consecutive weeks.^[19]

Music video

A music video for "Run It!" was released on August 8, 2005.^[20] Directed by Erik Milky, it portrays an underground skip inside a school gym, place Brown meets a girl (portrayed by Destiny Lightsy) that why not?

is suddenly attracted to gift with whom he wants give way to dance. The video features some dance sequences in which excellence males and females dance ensue against each other. During prestige sequences, Brown makes several movements toward his love interest. Fuzz the end, Brown and diadem love interest are about assail kiss before the security guards arrive, and the whole gym is evacuated, with both vacation them pulled in separate address.

However, as soon as ethics guards find nobody there, they start dancing. The music tape received two nominations at loftiness 2006 MTV Video Music Brownie points for Best New Artist prep added to Viewer's Choice, but lost abide by Avenged Sevenfold's "Bat Country" near Fall Out Boy's "Dance, Dance", respectively.^[21] The music video make steps towards YouTube has received over Cardinal million views as of July 2024.^[22]

Credits

Credits adapted from Chris Brown liner notes, Columbia Records.^[23]

Track listings

Charts

Certifications

Radio and release history

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