![]() But when Furtado first arrived, her music gestured toward commonplace notions of integrity. Nelly Furtado always made commercial pop music she went top-10 with her very first single. It’s probably a bit inaccurate to use the term “selling out” here, but I can’t help myself. With “Promiscuous,” Furtado streamlined and foregrounded a few elements that had existed in her music from the beginning. “Promiscuous,” Nelly Furtado’s first chart-topper, was a clear bid for the mainstream success that she’d seen slip away. A few years and one sophomore slump later, she was half-rapping about being horny over a clattering club beat. Her music was giddy and eclectic, but it seemed to have some basis in idealistic coffeehouse folk-pop. Furtado first came into the mainstream in the dying days of the whole Lilith Fair MOR singer-songwriter boom. If you weren’t paying close attention to Nelly Furtado’s whole arc, “Promiscuous” must’ve seemed like a wild, out-of-nowhere zag. You can’t just attempt to meet the mainstream where it is you also have to move the mainstream closer to where you are. That’s one of the secrets to selling out. Together, they nudged pop music in a slightly different direction. The combination might’ve seemed random, but the two of them clicked.Īt the moment that they made their first big hit together, Furtado and Timbaland were both coming out of minor career slumps, so they helped each other with the process of reinvention. Furtado and Timbaland had already worked together, which helped. In Timbaland, she found a simpatico collaborator who had some similar ideas about rhythm and playfulness. She found a sound that was still emerging, one that would colonize the pop charts over the next few years. ![]() But when Nelly Furtado sold out, she surfed the cultural wave just right. Most sellout attempts sound like they’re at least a couple of years out of date when they first arrive. And you have to understand and even anticipate the zeitgeist. You have to find a way to get excited about the prospect of becoming a centrist pop figure. People can tell when you’re faking, so you have to find a way to inject your actual personality - or, at least, some version of your actual personality - into music that’s engineered to pop off. Instead, you have to walk a delicate line. When you come from somewhere even slightly left of center, you can’t just suddenly flip a switch and start making mainstream pop music. ![]() Baby we can keep it on the low Let your guard down ain"t nobody gotta know If you with it girl I know a place we can go What kind of girl do you take me for? Don't be mad, don't get mean Don't get mad, don't be mean Hey! Don't be mad, don't get mean Don't get mad, don't be mean Wait! I don't mean no harm I can see you with my t-shirt on I can see you with nothing on feeling on me before you bring that on Bring that on You know what I mean Girl, I"m a freak you shouldn't say those things I"m only trying to get inside your brain To see if you can work me the way you say It's OK, it's alright I got something that you gonna like Hey is that the truth or are you talking trash Is your game M.V.P.In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Hey! I can't keep my mind off you Where you at, do you mind if I come through I"m out of this world come with me to my planet Get you on my level do you think that you can handle it? They call me Thomas last name Crown Recognize game I'm a lay mine's down I'm a big girl I can handle myself But if I get lonely I"ma need your help Pay attention to me I don't talk for my health I want you on my team So does everybody else. Am I throwing you off? Nope Didn"t think so How you doin" young lady That feelin" that you givin" really drives me crazy You don"t have to play about the joke I was at a loss of words first time that we spoke You're looking for a girl that"ll treat you right You lookin" for her in the day time with the light You might be the type if I play my cards right I'll find out by the end of the night You expect me to just let you hit it But will you still respect me if you get it All I can do is try, gimme one chance What"s the problem I don"t see no ring on your hand I be the first to admit it, I"m curious about you, you seem so innocent You wanna get in my world, get lost in it Boy I"m tired of running, lets walk for a minute Promiscuous girl Wherever you are I"m all alone And it's you that I want Promiscuous boy You already know That I"m all yours What you waiting for? Promiscuous girl You're teasing me You know what I want And I got what you need Promiscuous boy Let's get to the point Cause we're on a roll Are you ready? Roses are red Some diamonds are blue Chivalry is dead But you're still kinda cute
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