There Goes My Baby (Usher song)
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Length | 4:44 | |||
Label | LaFace | |||
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"There Goes My Baby" on YouTube |
"There Goes My Baby" is a song by American singer
While reaching a peak of twenty-five on the Billboard Hot 100, it topped the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The charting gave Usher his eleventh number-one on the chart, tying Ray Charles and R. Kelly for the fifth-most number-one's since the chart's inception. The song's accompanying music video features Usher pursuing his love interest in risque scenes. Usher performed the song a number of times, including at the 2010 BET Awards. The song earned Usher a Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance, at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards on February 13, 2011.[1]
Composition and critical reception
"There Goes My Baby" is a, "slinky" down-tempo
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Chart performance
As a promo single, the song debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 chart at number seventy-one solely from digital downloads.[13] It fell off the next week, but upon its release as a single it re-entered at number 100, and eventually reached number twenty-five.[13] It topped the US R&B/Hip-Hop chart for four consecutive weeks, giving Usher his eleventh number-one hit on that chart, and to date spent there the huge amount of 71 weeks.[14] With eleven top singles on the chart, Usher tied with R. Kelly and Ray Charles on the Stevie Wonder-led list of most number ones since the inception of the chart.[14] As the fourth single from Raymond v. Raymond, the single was also Usher's fourth consecutive top ten song on the R&B chart, a feat not matched by him since his Confessions era.[13] "There Goes My Baby" was also Usher's fourth consecutive top forty song on the Hot 100, another feat not matched since Confessions.[13]
Music video
Background and synopsis
The accompanying music video for the song was filmed on June 16, 2010, in
Containing a vague plot,[18] the opening scene of the clip features Usher donning a black tank top and dark jeans, while he stands in a field with the sun rising in the background. While performing tai chi-inspired dance moves, he begins to pursue his love interest, and appears shirtless in front of a black backdrop.[18]
Appearing alongside his interest in the backdrop scenes, Usher then sings propped on a concrete wall in a dark alley, while he and the woman tease each other, before moving outside on the balcony of a house on top of mountains. The singer performs acrobatic moves, including one in particular in which he does a pull-up onto the roof to kiss his partner.[19] All previous scenes are intercut before culminating with Usher seducing his partner in bed, in racy moments with Usher in nothing but briefs as he pulls off her stockings.[18][20] The final scene sees the singer driving off in a convertible.
Reception
Jayson Rodriguez of MTV News positively reviewed the clip, stating, "with a new video for his single "There Goes My Baby," the singer continues to push back at detractors who dare to suggest he's slipped."[21] Megan Vick of Billboard said the clip was classic Usher, "from the stunning women to the architectural scenery and most importantly, the rippling abs."[19] Lining up points on why the video should be watched, AOL Boombox said that the singer "sexes it up" in the video as he "proudly proclaims" the song's title.[22] Brad Wete of Entertainment Weekly gave the video a mixed review, complimenting Usher's trademark sexual videos, but at the same time said it was not "new territory" for the singer, preferring he would take a video route as he did in 2008's "Trading Places."[20]
Live performances
While promoting
Track listing
- Digital download[29]
- "There Goes My Baby" - 4:44
Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from Raymond v. Raymond's liner notes.[30]
- Songwriting – Rico Love, James Scheffer, Frank Romano, Danny Morris
- Production – Jim Jonsin, Rico Love
- Keyboardsand programming – Jim Jonsin, Danny Morris
- Guitars– Frank Romano
- Additional vocals – Rico Love
- Recording – Ian Cross and assisted by Thomas McCrea and Jason Wilkie
- Mark “Spike" Stent, assisted by Matty Green
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
Decade-end charts
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Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States (RIAA)[38] | 2× Platinum | 2,000,000‡ |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
Release history
Region | Date | Format(s) | Ref. |
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United States | June 15, 2010 | urban airplay
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See also
- List of R&B number-one singles of 2010 (U.S.)
References
- Grammy.com. Retrieved on December 2, 2010.
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- ^ Usher Raymond v. Raymond Liner notes. LaFace Records (2010)
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