Thank You (Jamelia album)
Thank You | ||||
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Studio album by Jamelia | ||||
Released |
29 September 2003 1 March 2004 (Version 2) 8 November 2004 (Version 3) | |||
Recorded | 2002–2003 | |||
Genre | R&B[1] | |||
Length |
46:06 (Version 1) 53:59 (Versions 2 & 3) | |||
Label | Parlophone | |||
Producer | Cutfather & Joe, Soulshock, Cameron McVey, Matt Kent, Jimmy Hogarth, Ignorants, Copenhaniacs, Colin Emmanuel (aka C-Swing), Marc 'M2E' Smith, Sylvia Bennett Smith | |||
Jamelia chronology | ||||
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Singles from Thank You | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Thank You is the second studio album by British R&B recording artist and songwriter Jamelia, first released on 29 September 2003 by Parlophone Records. Recording sessions for Thank You took place from mid-2002 until early 2003 and features production from a variety of record producers including, Colin Emmanuel (who produced the majority of the album), Cutfather, Soulshock, Peter Biker, Matt Kent and Cameron McVey among others. It was shortlisted for the Mercury Prize in 2004.[2] Thank You is Jamelia's best-selling album to date, with sales of over three million copies shipped worldwide.
Background
Thank You has received generally positive reviews. At the online music guide Allmusic, the album received a rating of four stars out of five. It also received a generally positive review from the BBC. Commercially, Thank You remains Jamelia's most successful album to date. In the United Kingdom, Thank You reached a new peak of #4 following its re-release in March 2004, thus becoming Jamelia's highest charting album to date. It has since been certified 2× Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for sales in excess of 600,000 copies.[3] Elsewhere in the world, Thank You has reached the top twenty in New Zealand and the top forty in Ireland and Switzerland.
The album produced seven singles, all of which attained varying degrees of international chart success. "Bout" was released as the album's lead single In June 2003. It featured guest vocals from Rah Digga and reached the top forty in the United Kingdom. The follow-up single, "Superstar" became Jamelia's most successful single internationally to date, topping the charts in Australia and New Zealand. The title track was released as the album's third single in February 2004 and became Jamelia's highest charting single in the UK to date, peaking at #2 on the UK Singles Chart. Following the single's success, the album was re-released with two additional tracks (three including Jamelia's duet with Italian singer Tiziano Ferro on the single, "Universal Prayer", which was only included on international versions of the re-release). "See It In a Boy's Eyes" served as the first single from the re-release and as the album's fourth single overall. It was most successful in the United Kingdom, where it became Jamelia's third consecutive top five hit. "Universal Prayer", a duet with Italian singer Tiziano Ferro, served as the album's fifth single and became Jamelia's first number-one hit in Italy and Spain. The album's final two singles, "DJ" and "Stop!" were released jointly as a double a-side single and became Jamelia's fourth consecutive top ten hit in the United Kingdom.
Track listing
Original release
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Bout" (featuring Rah Digga) | Jamelia, Colin Emmanuel | Emmanuel | 4:26 |
2. | "Off Da Endz" (featuring Asher D) | Jamelia, Emmanuel | Emmanuel | 3:21 |
3. | "Taxi" | Karen Poole, Jimmy Hogarth | Hogarth | 3:26 |
4. | "Thank You" | Jamelia, Carsten Schack, Peter Biker | Carsten Schack | 3:13 |
5. | "Dirty Dirty" | Jamelia, Trevor Henry | Ignorants | 4:22 |
6. | "B.I.T.C.H." | Jamelia, Jens Lomholt | Copenhaniacs | 4:07 |
7. | "Superstar" | Remee, Joe Belmaati, Mich Hansen | Cutfather, Remee | 3:35 |
8. | "Life" | Jamelia, Emmanuel | Emmanuel | 4:45 |
9. | "Club Hoppin" | Jamelia, Ali Tennant, Holmolt, Philip Denker | Copenhaniacs | 3:40 |
10. | "Antidote" | Jamelia, Emmanuel | Emmanuel | 3:32 |
11. | "Cutie" | Jamelia, Emmanuel | Emmanuel | 3:52 |
12. | "Bounce" | Marc Smith, Sylvia Bennett Smith, Dane Bowers | Smith, Bennett Smith | 4:15 |
Re-release
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Superstar" | Remee, Joe Belmaati, Mich Hansen | Cutfather, Remee | 3:35 |
2. | "Thank You" | Jamelia, Carsten Schack, Peter Biker | Carsten Schack | 3:13 |
3. | "DJ" | Carsten Schack, Kenneth Karlin, Philip White, Alex Cantrall, Olivia Longott | Carsten Schack, Karlin | 3:45 |
4. | "See It In a Boy's Eyes" | Jamelia, Chris Martin | Matt Kent, Cameron McVey | 3:41 |
5. | "Taxi" | Karen Poole, Jimmy Hogarth | Hogarth | 3:26 |
6. | "Dirty Dirty" | Jamelia, Trevor Henry | Ignorants | 4:22 |
7. | "Club Hoppin" | Jamelia, Ali Tennant, Holmolt, Philip Denker | Copenhaniacs | 3:40 |
8. | "Cutie" | Jamelia, Colin Emmanuel | Emmanuel | 3:52 |
9. | "Bounce" | Marc Smith, Sylvia Bennett Smith, Dane Bowers | Smith, Bennett Smith | 4:15 |
10. | "Bout" (featuring Rah Digga) | Jamelia, Emmanuel | Emmanuel | 4:26 |
11. | "Off Da Endz" (featuring Asher D) | Jamelia, Emmanuel | Emmanuel | 3:21 |
12. | "B.I.T.C.H." | Jamelia, Jens Lomholt | Copenhaniacs | 4:07 |
13. | "Life" | Jamelia, Emmanuel | Emmanuel | 4:45 |
14. | "Antidote" | Jamelia, Emmanuel | Emmanuel | 3:32 |
French Edition Alternate Track
No. | Title | Length |
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2. | "Thank You" (with Singuila) |
International Re-release Bonus Track
No. | Title | Length |
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15. | "Universal Prayer" (with Tiziano Ferro) |
Japanese Edition Bonus Tracks
No. | Title | Length |
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15. | "Superstar" (Bob 'Reef' Tewlow Remix) | |
16. | "Superstar" (Copenhanicas Remix) | |
17. | "Superstar" (Ayo Supersar JD Remix) |
Samples
- Bout samples Bill Conti's Gonna Fly Now
Charts
Weekly charts
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Certifications
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Singles
Year | Song | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||
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UK | AUS | FRA | AUT | BEL (VLA) | GER | IRL | ITA | NLD | NZD | SWI | |||
2003 | "Bout" (featuring Rah Digga) |
37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
"Superstar" | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | ||
2004 | "Thank You" | 2 | 7 | 30 | 43 | 37 | 46 | 10 | — | 28 | 8 | 35 |
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"See It in a Boy's Eyes" | 5 | 35 | — | — | 36 | — | 11 | — | — | — | — | ||
"Universal Prayer" (with Tiziano Ferro) | — | — | 52 | 46 | — | 34 | — | 1 | 69 | — | 31 | ||
"DJ" / "Stop" | 9 | 37 | 26 | — | 46 | 56 | 12 | — | — | — | 36 |
References
- 1 2 Allmusic review
- ↑ http://www.mercuryprize.com/aoty/track.php?TrackID=6
- ↑ Platinum Awards Content
- 1 2 "ARIA Charts > Accreditations > 2004 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 2009-04-09.
- ↑ ultratop.be - ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS
- ↑ "2004 French certifications" (in French). SNEP. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
- ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank ('Superstar')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
- ↑ RIANZ