" Work from Home " is a song recorded by the American girl group, Fifth Harmony, featuring American rapper Ty Dolla Sign. The song had an impact on contemporary hit radio four days after its initial release on March 1, 2016 and was released as the lead single from the group's second studio album, 7/27 (2016). "Work from Home" was written by Daniel Bedingfield, Joshua Coleman, Dallas Koehlke, Jude Demorest, Tyrone Griffin, Jr., Alexander Izquierdo, and Brian Lee with production from Coleman and Dallas Koehlke. This song is mainly R & amp; B which incorporates elements of musical traps and tropical home beats with lyrics depicting "work" as a euphemism for sex. Many music publications include it in their list of best songs of the year.
The song debuted at number 12 on Billboard Hot 100 with 88,000 downloads sold, and reached number four in the thirteenth week, becoming their highest chart single in the United States; it surpassed "Worth It", which peaked at number 12. "Work from Home" also became the country's first top single by girl group in ten years, after the peak of "Butts" in September 2006 by The Pussycat Dolls at number three. Among the national charts, the song topped Topstream Top 40 and Rhythmic Songs. By December 2016, the single has sold 1.4 million digital copies in the United States. The song has earned multi-platinum certification in several countries, including quintuple platinum in Canada and the United States.
Accompanied by a music video directed by Dirt X and filmed on a home construction site. It was released on February 26, 2016 in the group Vevo channel. This video received comments from critics about the dual meaning in the visuals, which are in the lyrics as well. The girls were seen interacting with male construction workers and performing choreographed dancing routines wearing construction clothing. "Work from Home" won awards for Best Collaboration at the MTV Video Music Awards 2016 and the American Music Awards, winning the group's first award on the network. The music video reached one billion views in October 2016, and became the most watched music video of 2016.
Video Work from Home
Background and release
"Work from Home" originally written by Joshua Coleman with Jude Demorest, Alexander Izquierdo, Dallas Koehlke, and Brian Lee, this song also contains a sample of Gotta Get Thru This by Daniel Bedingfield. Coleman and Koehlke were also produced, performing all the instruments and programming for the song. Group vocals produced & amp; recorded by Victoria MonÃÆ'Â © t and Andrew Bolooki at Windmark Recording Studios and The Northership, both located in California. The song was mixed by Phil Tan at Callanwolde Fine Arts Center with the help of Daniela Rivera. This song comes for the group after A & amp; R Joey Arbagey played it during a meeting to discuss the direction of their sophomore album; each member immediately approved the song. During an interview with Spin , Cabello explained that the group "fell in love" with the song after hearing it mostly because of its "relaxed" and "chill" atmosphere that featured "sort of urban pockets". She explained that that was the reason she and her group mates liked the track for "branched out in different ways" from whatever they had recorded. The title song was announced on February 24, 2016. Originally titled "Work" and planned to be released on January 26, 2016, the group had to sing the song back to "Work from Home" to avoid confusion with Rihanna's song of the same name, released a month previous.
When talking about how the collaboration with Ty Dolla Sign was united, Dinah Jane told Billboard that she was "glad she agreed" to be on track because she is one of her "favorite artists". After hearing the song, "Paranoid", he told his group friends, "Guys, we have to get this guy in our song," when he sees it "as the perfect partner" for this song. Jane praised her way of "riding" the song and "bringing different nuances to it". Sharing a similar sentiment, Cabello said that he "added extraordinary talent" to the song. He also praised the way he played "melodies and dissonant notes," saying that he "made his own bridge section." Artist of choice Ty Dolla Sign discussed her contribution in the song during a comment for Billboard where she revealed that she was persuaded to join the song after her 11-year-old daughter constantly played their song. He remembers the time in which he toured and had many girls "in the hotel room". According to Ty, they usually "wear a Future or something more turned away" but they all want to "hear the Fifth Harmony". He said it was the first time it had happened. When discussing the selection of single albums, Kordei told Entertainment Weekly that the song made sense after releasing "Worth It" because they had "similar style, but still sounded" different. "She elaborated by saying that the song is "cold" and "not too much" while calling it "sexy" but "cool" with "something thrilling about it." Almost a month after the interview, the song premiered for the first time on radio in February. , 2016 at the Elvis Duran and Morning Show, and released simultaneously with a pre-order album and then service to a contemporary hit radio in the United States four days later on March 1, 2016.
Maps Work from Home
Lyrical composition and interpretation
"Work from Home" is a midtempo song with musical trap elements. Katherine St. Asaph from Pitchfork records the elements of Rnbass in its production, while Meaghan Garvey of MTV finds the influence of the tropical house on its tap. Discussing songs musically, Chris Martins from Billboard classified it as "a pop-R & amp B confection that sucks from a colorful EDM pool." According to the music sheet published by Sony/ATV Music Publishing, "Work from Home" is written in a general time-line, with a moderate tempo of 104-108 beats per minute. This is composed in the key of Ab major because the quintet sound spans the tonal nodes from G 3 to F 5 . "Work from Home" follows the chord F m -D ? - A ? .
According to J.C Pan from The Fader , "Work from Home" uses work as a euphemism for sexual seduction, "rolling out one type of entering related work after the other". In the review of the album 7/27 , Peter Meister of Sputnikmusic describes the song, writes, "In the glowing section, the" Work from Home "section, R & crooner Ty Dolla Sign is perfectly aligned with the girls among the stylish and elegant synths that explode and buzz with the thunderous bass booming over their beloved demands not to go to work but instead, putting "work" at home with him Complete instrumentation with electro applause, strong bassline and synthetic supported.
The song features a typical pre-chorus-chorus alloy structure with rap bridges performed by Ty Dolla Sign before the third and outro choruses. The song starts with a boiling beat and a finger pin. The first verse was sung by Cabello, the first pre-chorus sung by Kordei. "I know you are always in the night shift/but I can not stand these nights alone", he sang. Here is a chorus sung by Jauregui, with the word "work" repeated seven times after each line. The second verse is sung by Hernandez who sings: "Let's start moving/Imma gives you promotion/I will make it feel like a hollow/Turning the bed into the ocean". Hansen sang a second pre-chorus. Ty Dolla Sign sings after the second chorus, and on Chorello's third and final Chabello closes the song with outro-libbed.
Critical reception
Matt Collar from AllMusic described "Work from Home" as one of the "funniest tracks" from 7/27 writing a song that reads together "Not That Kinda Girl" "builds the fifth Harmony skill for juicy mixing R & B hook with enough hip-hop muscle to keep it from being too polite. "Maeve McDemortt from USA Today agreed, citing it as highlighting and praising his production. The writer of The Boston Globe Maura Johnston called it "Sore Delight", as well, Brittany Spanks of Rolling Stone described it as "an" Sore Delight "for the smartphone generation that was fluttered by a minimalist synthesis. "Carolyn Dises of the Music Times gave her a positive review, noting" cold vibes "and" choruses that cooled the momentum of the song rather than pumping it. "
Isabella Biedenhan from Entertainment Weekly writes that "... slinking taps and sexy fun lyrics about convincing your partner to pass through the boardroom for the bedroom" is important in the song. Sexuality and double entenders present in the lyrics, is another point discussed by critics. Spencer Kornhaber from The Atlantic journal notes that "Work from Home" "is a hallmark of strange room fun as something very noble in relationships." Katherine St. Asaph,
Some critics note the style of this song is comparable to the style of music from hip hop producer DJ Mustard. In a review published by Idolator staff, Robbie Daw said the song was viable based on the previous single with titular names called the group's "densest single for dates". In a mixed-positive review, Carl Williott initially labeled the song "DJ Mustard ripoff" but praised the group for managing to make their song "with their" fine harmonization adding some texture ", he added. Mike Wass shares a similar sentiment and calls it "sleek and sexy bop with trendy production" and "exciting choir" while lauding the evolution of group music. Some publications thought it was a strong competitor for the summer song. However, other criticisms are not so positive. Christopher Bohlsen of Famous for Voice gave a negative review, saying that while the vocal melodies in the verses were "satisfying", the chorus just "did not sound appealing enough," calling it a "really standard pop song". Bohlsen gave the song two and a half of five ratings.
Critical List '
Some sites, such as Billboard , Rolling Stone , Entertainment Weekly
In the annual Village Voice ' s Pazz & amp; Jop's critique of the best poll poll of the year in music in 2016, "Work from Home" was tied at number 36, with six other songs. The Arizona Republic and The Fader rated songs on 28 and 23 on their year-end lists, respectively. The Facts ranked 34 and Spin ranked 94. In the list of best pop singles, Digital Spy puts the song at number seven. Elle puts the song on an incomparable end-of-year list.
"Work from Home" was ranked 14th in the list of 100 Greatest Girl Group of All Time, published by Billboards. S.J.H. dismissed the fact that the word "labor" was mentioned "95 times" and added that "repetition is part of its charm". J.H. finished their statement saying that this group secured their biggest hit to date with "melodies against the blooping syntax, emphasizing a relatively sparse tap" and praised the same submissions from each member, in particular Cabello, whose vowels contradict " direct verses of the song with acrobatic runs that took him home. "
Performance chart
North America
On the week of March 7, 2016, "Work from Home" debuted at number 12 on Billboard Hot 100 with 88,000 downloads sold, 10 million US streams, and 20 million radio impressions in its first week, marking the highest debut group and equaled his best for "Worth It", which climbed to number 12 in August 2015, twenty-three weeks after it was released. The following week, the song dropped four dots to number 16. It would then climb three places to number 13 and go one more place, to match its debut position for the week of April 9, 2016. The following week, the song would rise two places to reach the top at number 10, earning their first top 10 group in the United States. Furthermore, they became the first female group to be in the top 10 list since "When I Grow Up" by The Pussycat Dolls reached number nine in 2008. It recorded a 6-4 jump on the Digital Songs chart that sold 89,000 copies, an increase of 34 percent from last week. The song also saw an 8-5 jump in Streaming Song with 14.4 million steam, up 20 percent, and a 22-17 jump on the Radio Songs chart, retaining 49 million viewers, up 22 percent from the previous week.
For April 23, 2016, the song rose one more spot to number nine, becoming the weekly top winner that kept 89 million viewers, up 12 percent from the previous week. The song went up two more points the following week, jumping from 9-7. It will rise one more spot in the new position at number 6. The next week, it falls one place, after one of Prince's songs entered the big five shortly after his death. The song will soar 7-5 jumps, making this group the first top five, marking them as the first female group to achieve this honor since The Pussycat Dolls' Buttons "with the song Snoop Dogg peaked at number three in 2006 For the week marked May 21 2016, the trajectory increased 8 percent of radio climb and 10.5 million viewership and was assisted in ascent with 15.9 million US weekly streams, down 1 percent.The track will fall one point after Justin Timberlake "Can not Stop the Feeling ! "made a debut hero at number one.Had a place for the week marked June 4, 2016 in the number, retaining the previous peak position.Following track performance on the Billboard Music Awards, the song jumps 5-4, group entries and their highest peak in the chart.For that week, he recorded a jump of 10-7 on Digital Songs, sold 73,000 copies, 26 percent improvement and made the group won the first five tracks of the first brand a on Radio Songs, jumped 6-4 with 105 million viewers, up 5 percent. In the Streaming Songs chart, the song stays at number 5 with 15.8 million streams, down 2 percent.
In addition, on the May 21, 2016 chart, "Work from Home" topped the Rhythmic Songs chart, jumping to 2-1 and becoming the first girl group to achieve that achievement in 15 years, since Destiny's Child was named in 2001 with "Survivor". On the June 4, 2016, "Work from Home" chart topped the Mainstream Top 40 after playing 4-1, becoming the number one female pop song by women's group in nearly 10 years since The Pussycat Dolls led for two weeks in September 2006 with "Buttons" featuring Snoop Dogg. The song is also the second entry of Top 40 owned by Ty Dolla Sign on Hot 100. "Work from Home" earned their best-selling debut week group, surpassing "Boss", which debuted with 75,000 downloads in July 2014. In Canada, "Work from Home "debuted at number 18 on the Canadian Hot 100 after the first week of release. In the week of April 2, 2016, the song went up 18-14 and then climbed two more places in its third week, reaching the peak of its predecessor "Worth It". Two weeks later, the song rose 12-8, making this group their first top 10 in this market. It goes up one more spot the following week and then rises from 7-5, giving their Fifth Five Five their first entries as well. Finally, climb to number four in the eleventh week. It also became the group's highest single in Canada, surpassing the peak of its predecessor, peaking at number 12 in August 2015. Apart from charting in Canada and the United States, the song entered two Mexican charts, peaking outside the top. ten at number 12 and 11, respectively. By December 2016, the single has sold 1.4 million copies in the United States. As early as 2017, the song was certified platinum fourfold by the Recording Industry Association of America for combined sales and streaming four million equivalent units.
Europe and Oceania
In the UK, "Work from Home" debuted at number 23 on Official Charts Company after the first week of release. The following week, up 12 places to reach number 11. It will rise seven places to reach the top in number four, making the group enter the top 10 second in this market after "Worth It" peaked number three in July 2015. For two consecutive weeks , it rose one point, until it reached number two and peaked on the graph behind Mike Posner's "I Took a Pill in Ibiza" during the fifth week, becoming the group's highest song in the UK, surpassing its predecessor. The song will remain in the top ten for an additional eight weeks and at the top 40 for twelve weeks for a total of thirty-seven weeks.
At the same time, the song appeared on the charts in the Republic of Ireland, making this group their first top five there. In the Netherlands, the single debuted at number 29 in the Top 40 of the Netherlands after the first week of its release. It's up for the next three weeks, reaching number four in the fourth week and becoming their first top 10 in the country. It also became the group's highest peak in the Netherlands, surpassing the peak of its predecessor "Worth It", which peaked at number 25 in August 2015. "Work from Home" eventually topped the Top 100 and Top 40 Netherlands, becoming the group's first song to occupy both ladders songs in this country.
Elsewhere in Europe, the song entered the charts in Austria, where the song peaked at number nine and mapped for twenty-eight weeks. A similar trend occurred in Denmark and Latvia, where the song also reached number nine. On the Belgian charts, the song peaked in the top 10 in the Flanders and Wallonia categories, grabbing the top five on the Flanders charts. The track also peaked in the top 10 in the Czech Republic, making an appearance on both the country's major charts. In Germany and Norway, the song peaked at seven and six, respectively and charted for fifteen and twenty-six weeks. "Work from Home" earned the top five in countries like Spain and Poland, charting for 18 weeks on the Spanish charts. In its digital track component, the song peaked in the top 10 in Slovakia. It also reached the top 10 peaks in Switzerland and the Scandinavian countries of Sweden and Norway, where it also became their highest charting track in those countries. The track is certified platinum in Denmark, double platinum in countries including Belgium, Italy, Poland, Spain, platinum quadruple in Sweden and Diamond in France, where single sold a quarter million copies.
In Australia, "Work from Home" debuted at number 39 on ARIA Charts after the first week of release. It rose to number three in the fourth week, becoming the second top ten and the top five singles first in the country. The song remained on the charts for almost thirty weeks. Since its release, the song has been certified as platinum quintuple and has also become one of the best-selling songs by the women's group there. A similar trend was followed in New Zealand where the song debuted at number 21 on the New Zealand Music Stairs after the first week of release. It rose to number two in the fifth week, becoming the country's first top single. "Work from Home" also became the group's highest singles in New Zealand, surpassing "Miss Movin 'On", which peaked at number 27 in July 2013. On April 15, 2016, it became their first number one in the country.. The single is certified double platinum, becoming the group's best-selling song, after "Worth It" is certified platinum.
Music video
Background and development
The music video, directed by Director X, was released on February 26, 2016. Speaking of video concepts, X said that he wanted to include the theme of "work" but "with a different approach." Initially, the arrangement would be in the "corporate office" but the idea was not executed as a group that was previously released "Worth It" in the same setting. Other ideas include a set of condo constructions. He notes the role of reverse gender in which men are "objects" as "opposed in other ways" and many interpretations of work, which he says help in the success of the song.
This video resulted in their third Vevo certification group, reaching over 100 million views on March 31, 2016 and became one of the fastest videos to achieve this milestone. It became the most watched music video of 2016, and the 28th most watched video. Until June 2018, this video has surpassed 1.8 billion views. It won Best Collaboration at the MTV Video Music Awards 2016, and also won the "Song of the Year" category at the Nickelodeon Kids' 2017 Choice Awards.
Synopsis
The video begins with a muscular man carrying a half-full pack of cement. As he walked, Camila sang as she put her arm in the shovel. Some workers are shown working around the area as well. As Camila walked to the tractor, the verse switched to Normani, who was standing on a tricycle tractor. Normani danced near the tractor, approaching a male worker seated in the driver's seat.
The group is now in front of the construction house, all doing synchronous dance choreography. Some dance routines include imitating visuals to jackhammer and using driller. Ally is seen inside the house with a hammer, as she approaches a male construction worker, turns her body by pulling on her shirt and teasing with her. In the next scene, Dinah stood by the wall, and walked to another male worker, opened a map of blueprints, and used a measuring tape. The scene then shifts to Lauren, who handles the torch.
All the girls were then seen performing a routine dance in the hall of the house, with Lauren in the middle and two girls on each side of the stairs. Ty Dolla Sign appears while singing with a hammer on his shoulder. She looks for the first time along with the group, leaning against the wall, while the girls dance off-cam and do twerking moves. The girls are now out of the house, where the night is approaching, because every girl does synchronized dance moves.
Reception and analysis
In an article published by Idolator Robbie Daw praised the video for reversing the men's degrading role and noting the direction of the Madonna-inspired video, saying the group "seems now in complete control of their collective sexuality and holding it as it is they chose instead of relying solely on selling records. "Carl Whilliott praised the group for making the video" their own ", commenting on how this style of video typically fits with Ty Dolla Sign. He, however, criticized the song for not receiving much criticism like Rihanna's song, 'Work' (2016).
Rebecca H. Dolan from The Crimson website noted that the video "takes women to the front of the workplace." And says that the song calls something described as "neo-feminism", he writes: "we see the Fifth Harmony highlighting the concept of ninth wave feminism, gender fields, sexual stereotypes, etc. The whole scene takes place on the construction site - very hot from its appearance ! - full of men wearing hard hats with prominent muscles.The women at Fifth Harmony appeared on the scene as well.Under their tangled hair, they wore pretty clothes that were perfect for manual work, like, too, women. "
Live show and cover version
The group performed the song for the first time on television on February 29, 2016, on a special episode after Oscar at Live! with Kelly and Michael . Reinventing the set of music videos, they performed a song on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on March 24, 2016 and at Alan Carr: Chatty Man about two weeks later. The group performed the song on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on May 10th, dancing in and around the car and at the Billboard Music Awards on May 22 with Ty Dolla Sign. Other performances include "Much Music Video Awards 2016" and "CMT Music Awards 2016", where the group performed the song with country singer Cam, as a mashup with Cam's singles, Mayday.
The song is covered by British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran in radio appearances in the UK. Other artists covering the song include the classic Clean Bandit crossover group with Louisa Johnson on BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge, where Fifth Harmony also includes songs alongside Elle King's Ex & amp; Oh, Clean Bandit also recorded a mash-up version of the song at Spotify Studios in New York City. Bebe Rexha gave acoustic performances at SiriusXM studio. When asked to comment on the reason for covering the song, Rexha said she liked the song and called it "sexy".
The edited single version was made at the People's Choice 2017 Awards, where the group first appeared as a quartet following Camila Cabello's departure by the end of 2016. The version was changed, leaving group-mate Lauren Jauregui to sing what was previously a Camila poem, followed by three girls others sing their verses as a normal outfit in the style of black slavery. They then end their performance with a new dance.
Accolades
Credits and personnel
Credits are adapted from 7/27 ' s liner notes.
Record
- Recorded at The Northership (Los Angeles) and Windmark Recording (Santa Monica, California)
- Mixed in Callanwolde Fine Arts Center (Atlanta, Georgia)
- Mastering in The Mastering Place (New York City)
Management
- Published by Every Note Count/Song Recipe (ASCAP), Jude Demorest Publishing Designee (BMI), It's Publishing/Sony ATV (BMI), Gold BMG/AIX Publishing (ASCAP)
- All Rights Managed by BMG Rights Management LLC, Dallas K Music/Freescription Songs (ASCAP) and Warner Chappell (BMI)
- Ty Dolla Sign's participation is owned by Atlantic Recording Corporation
Personnel
Diagram
Certification
Since May 2013, the RIAA certification for digital singles includes streaming audio and/or on-demand video tracks in addition to downloads.
Radio and history release
See also
- List of Dutch single-top 40s by 2016
- List number one from 2010 (New Zealand)
- List of UK R & amp numbers B Singles Chart 2016
- Top Billboard Hot 100 10 single list in 2016
- Billboard Playlist 40 top number one track 2016
- Billboard List Songs numbered rhythm-one in 2010's
References
External links
- Behind the "Work from Home" screen on YouTube
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