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Thread started 01/07/10 9:31am

amit1234

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Whitney's new single "Worth It"

Larry Jackson (President, A&R of Arista) confirmed it on Twitter...

thelarryjackson
@thatgrapejuice By popular demand, the next Whitney single in the U.S. is "Worth It"! It's official, and you can quote me.

http://twitter.com/thelarryjackson

Perfect choice. I can definitely see Urban/Urban AC spinning this continuously through 2010.
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Reply #1 posted 01/07/10 9:41am

amit1234

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BTW, the song was written by Eric Hudson and Johntá Austin.

So far, both singles she's released from I Look To You have hit Top 20 R&B ("I Look To You" peaked @ #19 and "Million Dollar Bill" peaked @ #16).

IMO, this new single has Top 10 R&B written all over it.

Yeah, it's that good.

music

"This is for the lovers just getting on their feet..."
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Reply #2 posted 01/07/10 9:41am

babybugz

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Good , I would have went with Call You Tonight as well
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Reply #3 posted 01/07/10 9:56am

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I would have loved it to be "For the Lovers" or "Call Me Tonight" but this is good too
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Reply #4 posted 01/07/10 10:57am

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They should just stop releasing singles from this album. "I Look To You" is one of the worst albums I bought last year.
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Reply #5 posted 01/07/10 10:59am

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OVA.
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Reply #6 posted 01/07/10 11:03am

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good choice, great song. Hope it does well.
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Reply #7 posted 01/07/10 11:39am

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Graycap23 said:

OVA.

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Reply #8 posted 01/07/10 12:18pm

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daPrettyman said:

They should just stop releasing singles from this album. "I Look To You" is one of the worst albums I bought last year.


Quite frankly, I would have released, "Million Dollar Bill", first.
"Love is like peeing in your pants, everyone sees it but only you feel its warmth"
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Reply #9 posted 01/07/10 1:04pm

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shorttrini said:

daPrettyman said:

They should just stop releasing singles from this album. "I Look To You" is one of the worst albums I bought last year.


Quite frankly, I would have released, "Million Dollar Bill", first.

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daPrettyman said:

shorttrini said:



Quite frankly, I would have released, "Million Dollar Bill", first.

"salute" 2nd


She needed a "kick ass" song to start off with, I look to you, was NOT it!
"Love is like peeing in your pants, everyone sees it but only you feel its warmth"
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Reply #11 posted 01/07/10 3:39pm

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shorttrini said:

daPrettyman said:


"salute" 2nd


She needed a "kick ass" song to start off with, I look to you, was NOT it!

"I Look To You" was a marketing strategy (which actually worked). "I Look To You" could be played on virtually any radio format. "Million Dollar Bill" not so much. I heard "I Look To You" on Gospel, AC, Pop, Urban, and Urban AC formats.
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daPrettyman said:

shorttrini said:



She needed a "kick ass" song to start off with, I look to you, was NOT it!

"I Look To You" was a marketing strategy (which actually worked). "I Look To You" could be played on virtually any radio format. "Million Dollar Bill" not so much. I heard "I Look To You" on Gospel, AC, Pop, Urban, and Urban AC formats.


You're right it part of the strategy. But, she was making a comeback and to me, that song was not a good song to come back with. You want a song that will make the people get on the floor and shake their asses; "Million Dollar Bill", was it.
"Love is like peeing in your pants, everyone sees it but only you feel its warmth"
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Reply #13 posted 01/07/10 4:33pm

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amit1234 said:

BTW, the song was written by Eric Hudson and Johntá Austin.

So far, both singles she's released from I Look To You have hit Top 20 R&B ("I Look To You" peaked @ #19 and "Million Dollar Bill" peaked @ #16).

IMO, this new single has Top 10 R&B written all over it.

Yeah, it's that good.

music

"This is for the lovers just getting on their feet..."



Eric Hudson was a student of mine. We remained in touch after he graduated. In fact, I saw him a couple of weeks ago.
He wrote the music for and produced "Flashing Lights" by Kanye, as well as a list of others...

I am very proud of that young man. touched

"Love Hurts.
Your lies, they cut me.
Now your words don't mean a thing.
I don't give a damn if you ever loved me..."

-Cher, "Woman's World"
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Reply #14 posted 01/07/10 4:58pm

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shorttrini said:

daPrettyman said:


"I Look To You" was a marketing strategy (which actually worked). "I Look To You" could be played on virtually any radio format. "Million Dollar Bill" not so much. I heard "I Look To You" on Gospel, AC, Pop, Urban, and Urban AC formats.


You're right it part of the strategy. But, she was making a comeback and to me, that song was not a good song to come back with. You want a song that will make the people get on the floor and shake their asses; "Million Dollar Bill", was it.

But "Million Dollar Bill" couldn't get played on gospel stations.

I do agree with you though. I guess that explains why radio was serviced "Million Dollar Bill" about a week or 2 after they serviced "I Look To You". Immediately after that, the Freemasons and Frankie Knuckols remix of MDB showed up in the clubs.
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daPrettyman said:

shorttrini said:



You're right it part of the strategy. But, she was making a comeback and to me, that song was not a good song to come back with. You want a song that will make the people get on the floor and shake their asses; "Million Dollar Bill", was it.

But "Million Dollar Bill" couldn't get played on gospel stations.

I do agree with you though. I guess that explains why radio was serviced "Million Dollar Bill" about a week or 2 after they serviced "I Look To You". Immediately after that, the Freemasons and Frankie Knuckols remix of MDB showed up in the clubs.


See, if it were me, I would have done something similar to what MJ did years ago when he first released, Dangerous. When he released "Remember The Time", he had released a house mix to it. When that was played in the clubs, people went nuts! Whitney needed that shot in the arm,(no pun intended). People were calling this a comeback, will give us a comeback record. Don't give me the same old Whitney, singing that old ballad shyt. Number one, her voice is cannot handle that anymore and second, the song was boring....Meaning it was no, "I'll always love you",(even though, I hate her version).
"Love is like peeing in your pants, everyone sees it but only you feel its warmth"
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Reply #16 posted 01/07/10 6:00pm

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This is one of my least favorites on the album. I have to listen again.

I would have went with "Call You Tonight" or "Like I Never Left".
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Reply #17 posted 01/07/10 8:52pm

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Good , I would have went with Call You Tonight as well



me too.
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