Bassline (Chris Brown song)

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"Bassline"
Song by Chris Brown
from the album Fortune
Genre
Length3:58
LabelRCA
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Pop Wansel
  • Dayvi Jae
Audio video
"Bassline" on
YouTube

"Bassline" is a song by American recording artist

UK Singles Chart
, respectively.

Development and composition

"Bassline" was written by Andrea Simms, Andrew "Pop" Wansel,

synthesizers.[7][8] Melinda Newman of HitFix compared "Bassline" to the songs by Kesha and LMFAO.[3] Trent Fitzgerald of PopCrush noted that the lyrics are about Brown trying to "convince a hot girl he spots in the club to come back to his crib", in which he sings "Hey girl tell me what you talk / Pretty as a picture on the wall / Hey girl you can get it all / Cause I know you like the way the beat go".[9] Brown also declares, "You heard about my image / But I could give a flying motherfuck who's offended".[10] Hayley Avron of Contactmusic.com noted that a robot voice joins Brown in the hook "Girls like my bassline".[11] Hazel Robinson of California Literary Review magazine noted that the word "bassline" is a metaphor for penis.[12]

Critical reception

One reviewer criticized the song as "a lazy attempt" from Brown.

"Bassline" garnered mixed to negative reviews from

Allmusic's Andy Kellman noted that Brown "clearly feels more emboldened than ever" on "Bassline".[17]

Chart performance

Upon the release of Fortune, due to digital sales, "Bassline" debuted on the

UK Singles Chart.[19]

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes for Fortune[1]

Charts

Chart (2012) Peak
position
UK R&B (Official Charts Company)[18]
 28
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[19]
 122

References

  1. ^
    Chris Brown. RCA Records. 2012.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link
    )
  2. ^ Haider, Arwa (2012-07-02). "Chris Brown, Fortune: Album Review". Metro. Retrieved 2012-09-10.
  3. ^ a b Newman, Melinda (2012-07-02). "Album Review: Does Chris Brown have good Fortune on new set?". HitFix. Retrieved 2012-09-10.
  4. ^ Rytlewski, Evan (2012-07-10). "Chris Brown: Fortune". The A.V. Club. The Onion, Inc. Retrieved 2012-09-10.
  5. ^ Kot, Greg (2012-07-01). "Chris Brown Album Review: Fortune". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2012-09-10.
  6. Apple
    . Retrieved 2012-08-16.
  7. ^ Johnston, Maura (2012-07-16). "Fortune | Album Review". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2012-09-10.
  8. Daily News (New York)
    . Daily News, L.P. Retrieved 2012-09-10.
  9. ^ Fitzgerald, Trent (2012-07-03). "Chris Brown, 'Fortune' – Album Review". PopCrush. Retrieved 2012-09-10.
  10. ^ a b Anderson, Kyle (2012-06-29). "Fortune Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2012-09-10.
  11. ^ Avron, Hayley (2012-08-03). "Chris Brown – Fortune Album Review". Contactmusic.com. Retrieved 2012-09-10.
  12. ^ a b Robinson, Hazel (2012-07-06). "Album Review: Chris Brown's Fortune". California Literary Review. Archived from the original on 2012-09-21. Retrieved 2012-07-31.
  13. ^ Wilbur, Sam (2012-07-05). "Chris Brown, 'Fortune' – Album Review". AOL Radio. AOL. Retrieved 2012-09-10.
  14. ^ Kara, Scott (2012-07-12). "Album Review: Fortune – Chris Brown". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 2012-09-09.
  15. Hearst Magazines UK
    . Retrieved 2012-09-10.
  16. ^ Roberts, Randall (2012-07-02). "Review: Chris Brown's 'Fortune' is brash and commercial". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-09-10.
  17. Rovi Corporation
    . Retrieved 2012-09-10.
  18. ^ a b "Top 40 R&B Singles Archive 2012-07-14". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2012-09-08.
  19. ^ a b "UK Singles Chart / CLUK Update (14.07.2012 – Week 27)". zobbel.de. Tobias Zywietz. Retrieved 2012-09-08.
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