It's OK (CeeLo Green song)
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Noel Fisher, Hitesh Ceon, Kim Ofstad | ||||
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"It's OK" is the second single from American soul singer
Background
Unlike the first single from the album, "It's OK" was exclusively released in the UK and certain areas of Europe. The song received its first recognition on the British charts following the video premiering on
Critical reception
In the context of The Lady Killer, the song was positively reviewed. David Carr for Chicks With Guns (CWG) Magazine says, "On the more up tempo numbers [on The Lady Killer], "Cry Baby, [and] It's OK", you may feel as if you are watching reruns of the 70’s TV show Love American Style as Cee Lo creates some great lyrical vignettes to go with his amazingly versatile voice. Don’t even think of asking if the man uses auto-tune because the answer is a resounding no!"
Not all reviews of "It's OK" were positive, however. Robin Murray for
Commercial performance
After its December 27, 2010 release, "It's OK" entered the
Music video
The music video
Cee Lo makes his way down a neon-lit city street in the clip as he tries to woo three very different lovely ladies. Like the viral-bomb video for his Grammy bait "Fuck You!", the new one mixes live-action footage with stylized, cartoony graphics spotlighting the singer's name, the song title and key lyric phrases, while adding a picture-frame device that highlights the three objects of his affection. Looking dapper in a pin-striped tuxedo with oversized black bowtie, Cee Lo checks his look as the clip unfolds, while the women dance in their candy-colored outfits. One looks demure in a long, flowing blue gown, another hip and fun in a short yellow shirt dress and matching tights and the third sexy in a tight red minidress. Standing next to hand-drawn images of their fingers snapping along to the song's Motown bounce, Cee Lo starts making his way down the street mooning about a girlfriend whose perfume he can still smell on his sheets, but who has abandoned him. As he reminds her that "It's OK to say that you love me/ I think of you, still thinking of you," Cee sits in a chair while his yellow-dress beauty shows him some of her sexiest dance moves. By the time he gets to his "legendary" blue-dress lady, Green is ready to put a tiara on his queen and waltz her around the room while the song's lyrics are scrawled across the screen. He breaks into his crooner mode for the lady in red, who emerges from a bathtub filled with roses in lingerie to share a drink with the singer on the couch. The ladies — who also served as his backup singers in the "Fuck You!" clip — then dance behind Cee Lo as he sings the song's chorus with an evening skyline behind him. Combined with the earlier video, Green is clearly going for a consistent theme in his Lady Killer promo pieces, reaching back for a classic look and performance-oriented feel that fits with the album's elegant, soul-throwback sound.
Live performances
Cee Lo is touring with an
Track listing
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Personnel
- Songwriting - Cee Lo Green, Hitesh Ceon, Kim Ofstad, Noel Fisher
- Recording - [At Elementary Studios, Oslo, Norway] - Hitesh, Kim
- Recording [At Pre Productions Studios] - Mark Rankin
- Production - Element*
- Production (co-production) - Paul Epworth
- Engineering- [Engineered At Metropolis Studios, London, England] - Dan Parry*
- Management [Element] - Danny D, Tim Blacksmith
- Mixing - Tom Elmhirst
- Backing Vocals - Philip Lawrence*
- Performers [instruments] - Hitesh Ceon, Jacob Lutrell, Jerry Wonder, Kim Ofstad, Mike Caren, Nikolaj Torp Larsen, Paul Epworth
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Charts
Chart (2011) | Peak position |
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Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)[30] | 4 |
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia)[31] | 11 |
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[32] | 94 |
Ireland (IRMA)[33] | 31 |
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[34] | 6 |
20 | |
6 | |
Scotland (OCC)[37] | 19 |
Release history
Region | Date | Format | Label |
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United Kingdom | December 27, 2010 | CD single, digital download | Elektra |
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