What's Your Name (Usher song)

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"What's Your Name"
Usher
singles chronology
"Moving Mountains"
(2008) 		"What's Your Name"
(2008) 		"Here I Stand"
(2008)
will.i.am singles chronology
"One More Chance"
(2008) 		"What's Your Name"
(2008) 		"All My Life (In the Ghetto)"
(2008)

"What's Your Name" is a song by American recording artist

riffs
.

The song entered the

Sony Ericsson
contest.

Background and release

"What's Your Name" was written by

Atlanta, Georgia, and by will.i.am and Padraic Kerin at Ethernet Studios, Los Angeles, California. Dylan Dresdow mixed the record at PaperVu Studios, Los Angeles.[1] Usher explained to MTV News that the "lighthearted" song was written for his "younger, up-and-coming fans".[2]

"What's Your Name" was sent to US

Sony Ericsson used "What's Your Name" in a customer competition to meet Usher. Contestants entered by sending videos of themselves singing twenty to sixty seconds of Usher's parts of the song.[9]

Composition

"What's Your Name"
The song uses thrusting
riffs
.
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"What's Your Name" is a

riff to the music that was popular during the 1980s MTV generation,[15] while John Soeder from The Plain Dealer noted its similarity to British duo the Eurythmics.[16] Usher monotonously repeats the pick-up line hook, "What's your name?",[14] and thereby pays homage to his bachelor history.[13] The song's lyrics describe "the feeling you get when you run into a woman that makes you speak gibberish".[17]

Reception

Allmusic's Andy Kellman noted the song as a highlight of Here I Stand, and compared it to "Yeah!" (2004).[13] Chad Grischow from IGN also chose the song as one of the album's best tracks, and called it appropriate for "a windows-down spring car ride".[18] Digital Spy's Nick Levine called the song "rubbery" and danceable and compared it to Timbaland's work.[11] The Washington Post's Serena Kim praised will.i.am's production and vocal appearance on "What's Your Name".[12] Sara Berry called it "a sleek, edgy dance hit".[19]
In his mixed review of the song, Waleed Hafeez from
Midas touch.[21] A writer for Stuff called "What's Your Name" the worst song from Here I Stand, describing it as "downright awful".[22] "What's Your Name" entered the Canadian Hot 100 at number eighty-four on June 14, 2008, but fell off the chart the following week, and made no reappearance.[23] "What's Your Name" debuted on the Australian Singles Chart at number ninety-one on September 22, 2008.[24] The following week it moved to number one hundred, before slipping out of the chart.[25] It peaked at number fifty-one on the Australian Physical Singles Chart and lasted nineteen weeks in the chart.[26]

Track listing

All tracks written by Usher, will.i.am, and Ryan Toby.[27]

Digital single[27]
No.TitleLength
1."What's Your Name" (album version)3:58
2."What's Your Name" (instrumental)3:58

Personnel

Credits lifted from the liner notes of Here I Stand.[1]

Charts

Weekly chart performance for "What's Your Name"
Chart (2008) Peak
position
Australia (
ARIA)[24]
 91
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[28] 84

References

  1. ^
    Usher. LaFace Records. 2008.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link
    )
  2. ^ Reid, Shaheem; Dotiwala, Jasmine (May 20, 2008). "Usher Recruits Fellow Newlywed Jay-Z For Marriage-Focused Track: '[At] Some Point In Life, You've Got To Grow Up'". MTV News. Retrieved April 20, 2011.
  3. ^ "Available for Airplay". FMQB. Retrieved April 20, 2011.
  4. ^ "Whats Your Name". Sanity Entertainment. Archived from the original on March 18, 2012. Retrieved June 1, 2011.
  5. Usher featuring will.i.am. Australia: LaFace Records. 2008.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link
    )
  6. ^ "What's Your Name". Getmusic.com.au. Retrieved April 21, 2011.
  7. Apple Inc
    ). Retrieved November 9, 2013.
  8. Today.com. NBCUniversal
    . Associated Press. August 30, 2008. Retrieved April 21, 2011.
  9. Sony Ericsson. Archived from the original
    on August 21, 2010. Retrieved June 1, 2011.
  10. ^ Abbott, Jim (June 6, 2008). "Usher experiences growing pains". Orlando Sentinel. Tribune Company. Retrieved April 20, 2011.
  11. ^ a b Levine, Nick (30 May 2008). "Usher: 'Here I Stand'". Digital Spy. Retrieved April 20, 2011.
  12. ^ a b Kim, Serena (May 27, 2008). "Usher's Sensuous Storytelling Matures in 'Stand'". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 20, 2011.
  13. ^
    AllMusic
    . Retrieved April 20, 2011.
  14. ^ a b "Album Preview: Usher – 'Here I Stand'". Rap-Up. May 20, 2008. Retrieved April 20, 2011.
  15. Tribune Company
    . Retrieved April 20, 2011.
  16. ^ Soeder, John (May 30, 2008). "Usher takes a strong 'Stand' following hit 'Confessions'". The Plain Dealer. Advance Publications. Retrieved April 21, 2011.
  17. ISSN 0006-2510
    .
  18. News Corporation
    . Retrieved April 20, 2011.
  19. ^ Berry, Sara (June 4, 2008). "Former playboy Usher settles down on 'Here I Stand'". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Lee Enterprises. Retrieved April 21, 2011.
  20. Mubadala Development Company
    . Retrieved April 21, 2011.
  21. ^ Gennoe, Dan (June 3, 2008). "Usher – Here I Stand Album Review". Yahoo! Music. Yahoo! UK & Ireland. Retrieved April 20, 2011.
  22. Fairfax New Zealand. May 20, 2008. Archived
    from the original on October 24, 2012. Retrieved April 20, 2011.
  23. ^ "Canadian Hot 100". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. June 24, 2008. Retrieved April 24, 2011.
  24. ^ a b "The ARIA Report" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. September 22, 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-10-19. Retrieved April 21, 2011.
  25. ^ "The ARIA Report" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. October 6, 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-10-19. Retrieved April 26, 2011.
  26. ^ "The ARIA Report" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. February 2, 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-02-19. Retrieved April 21, 2011.
  27. ^ a b "Usher – What's Your Name". Spotify. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
  28. ^ "Usher Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved June 4, 2022.

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