My revision song of choice . . . surprisingly
Spyke
The demo version of this track just featuring Ne-Yo leaked several months ago and I was quite the fan. Though it seemed to lack the production to transform it into a masterpiece like Beautiful Monster or Closer (after hearing the latter on the radio yesterday I can announce that it still sounds brilliant three years on). So when I heard that the song was going to serve as the second single from Pitbull's album Planet Pit I was quite disgusted at the idea. However trying to do twelve hours of Maths revision a day can warp your music taste in weird way; I actually put California Gurls onto my ipod shuffle the other day and enjoyed it! So after realising I didn't own several of the most recent number one singles on my laptop I decided to download this and give it a chance.
I think Pitbull, Afrojack and Nayer all help to give the track the edge that it was otherwise lacking. They fill the gaps which just sound empty in the Ne-Yo version. There is just so much going on and I find it fascinating how all the different elements combine and work so effectively alongside one another. When you put so many artists on a record it sometimes becomes difficult to distinguish each artist's contribution (yes Gettin Over You I'm looking at you!). Having seen just Ne-Yo and Pitbull perform the track on The Voice a few weeks ago it really emphasised how much all the elements are required to make this track work to full effect.
After topping the Hot 100 last week it became our second Transatlantic #1 of the year. But after it bowed out to LMFAO this week we soon got our third.
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