Bassline (Chris Brown song)
"Bassline" | |
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Song by Chris Brown | |
from the album Fortune | |
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Length | 3:58 |
Label | RCA |
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Audio video | |
"Bassline" on YouTube |
"Bassline" is a song by American recording artist
UK Singles Chart
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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
"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]
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Charts
Chart (2012) | Peak position |
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UK R&B (Official Charts Company)[18]
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28 |
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[19]
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122 |
References
- ^ Chris Brown. RCA Records. 2012.)
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: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link - ^ Haider, Arwa (2012-07-02). "Chris Brown, Fortune: Album Review". Metro. Retrieved 2012-09-10.
- ^ a b Newman, Melinda (2012-07-02). "Album Review: Does Chris Brown have good Fortune on new set?". HitFix. Retrieved 2012-09-10.
- ^ Rytlewski, Evan (2012-07-10). "Chris Brown: Fortune". The A.V. Club. The Onion, Inc. Retrieved 2012-09-10.
- ^ Kot, Greg (2012-07-01). "Chris Brown Album Review: Fortune". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2012-09-10.
- Apple. Retrieved 2012-08-16.
- ^ Johnston, Maura (2012-07-16). "Fortune | Album Review". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2012-09-10.
- Daily News (New York). Daily News, L.P. Retrieved 2012-09-10.
- ^ Fitzgerald, Trent (2012-07-03). "Chris Brown, 'Fortune' – Album Review". PopCrush. Retrieved 2012-09-10.
- ^ a b Anderson, Kyle (2012-06-29). "Fortune Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2012-09-10.
- ^ Avron, Hayley (2012-08-03). "Chris Brown – Fortune Album Review". Contactmusic.com. Retrieved 2012-09-10.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Wilbur, Sam (2012-07-05). "Chris Brown, 'Fortune' – Album Review". AOL Radio. AOL. Retrieved 2012-09-10.
- ^ Kara, Scott (2012-07-12). "Album Review: Fortune – Chris Brown". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 2012-09-09.
- Hearst Magazines UK. Retrieved 2012-09-10.
- ^ Roberts, Randall (2012-07-02). "Review: Chris Brown's 'Fortune' is brash and commercial". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-09-10.
- Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-09-10.
- ^ a b "Top 40 R&B Singles Archive 2012-07-14". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2012-09-08.
- ^ a b "UK Singles Chart / CLUK Update (14.07.2012 – Week 27)". zobbel.de. Tobias Zywietz. Retrieved 2012-09-08.