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Grass Ain't Greener
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"Grass Ain't Greener"
Single by Chris Brown
from the album Heartbreak on a Full Moon
Released
May 5, 2016
Format
Digital download
Recorded
2015
Genre
Alternative R&B
trap
Length
3:21
Label
RCA
Songwriter(s)
Chris Brown
Prince Chrishan
Nikhil Seetharam
Lyrica Anderson
Producer(s)
Nikhil
Chris Brown singles chronology
"Wishing"
(2016) "Grass Ain't Greener"
(2016) "I'm the Man (Remix)"
(2016)
"Wishing"
(2016) "Grass Ain't Greener"
(2016) "I'm the Man (Remix)"
(2016)
"Grass Ain't Greener" is a song by American singer Chris Brown released on May 5, 2016 as the lead single from Brown's eight studio album, Heartbreak on a Full Moon.[1] The song was produced by Nikhil.[2] "Grass Ain't Greener" is a mid-tempo song, with a mainly alternative R&B genre, with a bouncy tune, and minor influences of trap, with lyrics that tells a story of how his side girl became his main girl and their relationship changed for the worse, combining passion and romance, even though Brown is wary of the intentions of his female liaisons.
Contents
1 Background
2 Composition and lyrics
3 Music video
3.1 Synopsis
3.2 Reception
4 Charts
4.1 Weekly charts
4.2 Year-end charts
5 Certifications
6 Release history
7 References
Background[edit]
On January 10, 2016, Brown had previewed some unreleased songs on his Periscope and Instagram profiles, showing him dancing and lip-synching these songs, and "Grass Ain't Greener" was one of these songs.[3][4][5] On April 27, Brown announced the publication of a new single on May 5.[6][7][8] On May 3 he has revealed that the single published will be "Grass Ain't Greener", showing its cover art.[9] The single was released on May 5, 2016, the day of Brown's 27th birthday.[10]
Composition and lyrics[edit]
"Grass Ain't Greener" is an alternative R&B, mid-tempo song, with a bouncy tune,[11] that features beats and minor influences of trap.[10][12] The production of the song is based on a roland TR-808. After the first two sung verses, Brown visits his rapping skills in the final verse of the song. Lyrically, the song tells a story of how his side girl became his main girl and their relationship changed for the worse, combining passion and romance, even though Brown is wary of the intentions of his female liaisons. The crooner calls out an ex for fronting and admits he's fed up with blowing up her phone, as he sings "I know what you want, but you're not gon' get it / You do what you want with somebody else / I'm gone, baby".[13][14][15]
Music video[edit]
On August 26, 2016, Brown uploaded the music video for "Grass Ain't Greener" on his YouTube and Vevo account.[16]
Synopsis[edit]
The video starts with Chris and his friends (one of them being Famous Fresh) driving on a lonely road in the dark. His friends tease him how he’s “always chasing girls” and mention that his ex may be where they’re headed. Then the guys finally arrive to foggy club with cool fluorescent lights, where dancers in lingerie laying in hoops that are hanging from the ceiling. Chris looks around while flashes of a girl (his ex) pop up in his mind. The girl is dressed in tribal-like clothing with her hair teased and white paint on her body. The dancers end up being vampires and the dancer takes a bite into Chris' neck. Chris starts to chase around a girl in a black bikini top and she looks like the same girl who took a bite out of his neck. He basically takes a trip to another world when he’s in a grey, forest-like setting where people are running and jumping through the trees. The video ends with the girl he was having flashes of in the beginning of the video. She seductively looks at the camera before she turns and walks away into the forest.[17]
Reception[edit]
Capital XTRA called the video "cinematic" and "dark".[18] A writer for Rap-Up described the video as "mysterious".[19] The sites 2DBZ and Urban Islandz noted that the girl that is supposed to be the ex-girlfriend of Brown in the video could be reportedly referred to Karrueche Tran.[20][21]
Charts[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]
Chart (2016)
Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[22]
97
Australia Urban (ARIA)[23]
11
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[24]
100
UK R&B (Official Charts Company)[25]
31
US Billboard Hot 100[26]
71
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[27]
23
US R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay (Billboard)[28]
15
US Rhythmic (Billboard)[29]
40
Year-end charts[edit]
Chart (2016)
Position
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[30]
94
US R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay (Billboard)[31]
50
Certifications[edit]
Region
Certification
Certified units/Sales
United States (RIAA)[32]
Platinum 1,000,000
*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
sales+streaming figures based on certification alone
Release history[edit]
Region
Date
Format
Label
Ref.
Worldwide
May 5, 2016 Digital download RCA [33]
United States
June 21, 2016 Rhythmic contemporary [34]
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "Listen to a 30-second teaser of Chris Brown's newly-released single "Grass Aint Greener."". hotnewhiphop. May 5, 2016. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
Jump up ^ "Chris Brown Teases New RnBass Song "Grass Ain't Greener"". rnbass.com. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
Jump up ^ Riccardo Falconieri. "Chris Brown fa ascoltare inediti live, su Periscope e Instagram". rnbjunk.com. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
Jump up ^ "Chris Brown Previews New Music On Periscope, Ignites Rumors Of Another Surprise Mixtape Release". inquisitr.com. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
Jump up ^ "Chris Brown Announces New Single ‘Grass Ain’t Greener’ | Rap-Up". rap-up.com. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
Jump up ^ "Chris Brown Readies ‘OHB’ Mixtape, New Single | Rap-Up". rap-up.com. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
Jump up ^ "Chris Brown Introduces You To His Crew With A New Mixtape - MTV". mtv.com. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
Jump up ^ "Chris Brown Says Collaborative "OHB" Mixtape Drops Friday; Followed By New Solo Single". hotnewhiphop.com. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
Jump up ^ "Chris Brown Announces New Album ‘Heartbreak on a Full Moon’ | Rap-Up". Archived from the original on 2016-05-02. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
^ Jump up to: a b "New Music: Chris Brown – 'Grass Ain't Greener'". Rap-Up. May 5, 2016. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
Jump up ^ http://hiphop-n-more.com/2016/08/new-video-chris-brown-grass-aint-greener/
Jump up ^ "Grass Ain't Greener – Chris Brown - Free Android Ringtones". Retrieved 29 June 2016.
Jump up ^ "Chris Brown - Grass Ain't Greener | Stream [New Song]". hotnewhiphop.com. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
Jump up ^ "Chris Brown Previews 'Heartbreak on a Full Moon' Album With New Single 'Grass Ain't Greener'". Billboard. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
Jump up ^ "Chris Brown Tells A Tale Of A Relationship Gone Wrong With 'Grass Ain't Greener'". 5 May 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
Jump up ^ "Chris Brown - Grass Ain't Greener". YouTube. August 26, 2016. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
Jump up ^ http://hollywoodlife.com/2016/08/26/chris-brown-grass-aint-greener-music-video-dance-bitten-watch/
Jump up ^ http://www.capitalxtra.com/artists/chris-brown/videos/official-grass-aint-greener/#zV4TqTflp7Jzov7D.97
Jump up ^ http://www.rap-up.com/2016/08/26/video-chris-brown-grass-aint-greener/
Jump up ^ http://2dopeboyz.com/2016/08/26/chris-brown-grass-aint-greener-video/
Jump up ^ http://urbanislandz.com/2016/08/26/chris-brown-finally-premiere-grass-aint-greener-video/
Jump up ^ Ryan, Gavin (May 14, 2016). "ARIA Singles: Drake 'One Dance' Still No 1". Noise11. Retrieved May 14, 2016.
Jump up ^ "ARIA Urban Singles Chart" (PDF). ARIA. May 15, 2015. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
Jump up ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
Jump up ^ "Official R&B Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
Jump up ^ "Chris Brown Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
Jump up ^ "Chris Brown Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
Jump up ^ "Chris Brown Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
Jump up ^ "Chris Brown Chart History (Rhythmic)". Billboard. Retrieved April 1, 2017.
Jump up ^ "R&B/Hip-Hop Songs - Year-End 2016". Billboard. Billboard. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
Jump up ^ "R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay Songs - Year-End 2016". Billboard. Billboard. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
Jump up ^ "American single certifications – Chris Brown – Grass Ain't Greener". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved August 1, 2017. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH
Jump up ^ *Australia: "Grass Ain't Greener - Single by Chris Brown". iTunes (AU). Retrieved May 6, 2016.
Brazil: "Grass Ain't Greener - Single by Chris Brown". iTunes (BR). Retrieved May 6, 2016.
Canada: "Grass Ain't Greener - Single by Chris Brown". iTunes (CA). Retrieved May 6, 2016.
Great Britain: "Grass Ain't Greener - Single by Chris Brown". iTunes (GB). Retrieved May 6, 2016.
Japan: "Grass Ain't Greener - Single クリス・ブラウン". iTunes (JP). Retrieved May 6, 2016.
New Zealand: "Grass Ain't Greener - Single by Chris Brown". iTunes (NZ). Retrieved May 6, 2016.
United States: "Grass Ain't Greener - Single by Chris Brown". iTunes (US). Retrieved May 6, 2016.
Jump up ^ "Top 40 Rhythmic Future Releases". All Access. Retrieved June 17, 2016.
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Stacy's Mom
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"Stacy's Mom"
Single by Fountains of Wayne
from the album Welcome Interstate Managers
B-side
"Trains and Boats and Planes"
Released
September 29, 2003 (2003-09-29)
Format
CD single
7" single
digital download
Recorded
Stratosphere Sound (New York)
Q Division Studios (Somerville, Massachusetts)
Clubhouse Recording Studios (Rhinebeck, New York)
Genre
Power pop
new wave
pop rock
Length
3:19
Label
S-Curve
Virgin
Songwriter(s)
Adam Schlesinger
Chris Collingwood
Producer(s)
Schlesinger
Collingwood
Mike Denneen
Fountains of Wayne singles chronology
"The Valley of Malls"
(2000) "Stacy's Mom"
(2003) "Mexican Wine"
(2003)
"The Valley of Malls"
(2000) "Stacy's Mom"
(2003) "Mexican Wine"
(2003)
"Stacy's Mom" is a pop rock song recorded by the American rock band Fountains of Wayne for their third studio album, Welcome Interstate Managers. "Stacy's Mom" was released to radio on May 20, 2003.[1] The song was released as the lead single from Welcome Interstate Managers on September 29, 2003 through S-Curve Records and Virgin Records. "Stacy's Mom" was written by bassist Adam Schlesinger and vocalist Chris Collingwood, both of whom produced the song alongside Mike Denneen. Its subject matter was inspired by a friend of Schlesinger's when he was young who had a crush on his grandmother. A power pop song, the group hoped to emulate the sound of The Cars with the track.
"Stacy's Mom" reached number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the band's highest-charting hit in the United States. Additionally, the song peaked within the top 10 in Ireland, and the top 20 in the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia. The single was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for sales of over 500,000 copies. It was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Vocal Pop Performance. The song was accompanied with a music video in which model Rachel Hunter plays the titular role. "Stacy's Mom" was the only mainstream hit by Fountains of Wayne.
The song has been frequently misattributed to pop punk band Bowling for Soup, who in 2011 released their own cover version of the song.
Contents
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1 Background
2 Chart performance
3 Reception
4 Music video
5 Formats and track listing
6 Charts and certifications
6.1 Weekly charts
6.2 Year-end charts
6.3 Certifications
7 Release history
8 Bowling for Soup cover
9 In popular culture
10 References
11 External links
Background[edit]
"Stacy's Mom" was written by Chris Collingwood and Adam Schlesinger. Stylistically it is power pop.[2][3] Part of the song's inspiration was a friend Schlesinger had growing up who thought Schlesinger's grandmother was hot. "One of my best friends, when we were maybe 11 or 12, came to me and announced that he thought my grandmother was hot. And I said, 'Hey, you're stepping over the line,' but at that point in life, I wouldn't put it past anyone," he recalled.[4] He hoped to strike a balance "between humor and personality" with the song.[5] In writing the song, he was hoping to take influence from new wave and power pop music: "I was thinking a little bit about "Mrs. Robinson" and sonically I was thinking about the Cars, a Rick Springfield sort of thing." He acknowledged that stylistically, the song "owes a debt" to the Cars' "Just What I Needed"; its opening guitar riff is similar.[6] Cars frontman Ric Ocasek thought that the intro was a sample from "Just What I Needed"[7] but the band says they performed it in the studio and just "got it right."
Chart performance[edit]
"Stacy's Mom" debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 the week of October 11, 2003 at number 59, making this their first song to appear on that chart.[8] It entered the top 40 the week after by moving twenty-one spots to number 38 and moved nine spots to number 31 on the week of October 25, 2003.[9] It peaked at number 21 the week of November 21, 2003 and stayed there for two weeks. It stayed on the chart for seventeen weeks.[10]
It was one of the first songs to reach the No. 1 spot on the "Most Downloaded Songs" list of the iTunes Music Store. It reached No. 11 in the UK Singles Chart. It was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Vocal Pop Performance at the 2004 awards. The single's sales were last estimated at 888,000, according to Nielsen SoundScan, in 2011.[11]
Reception[edit]
Richard Harrington of The Washington Post dubbed it "nicely naughty."[12] Ben Greenman, writing for The New Yorker, considered it the "second-catchiest song ever written about a girlfriend's parent," after "Mrs. Robinson".[13] The song ranks No. 350 on Blender's 500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born[14] and No. 88 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the '00s.[15]
Music video[edit]
New Zealand model Rachel Hunter plays the title role in the song's music video.
The music video, directed by Chris Applebaum,[16] features several comedic scenes illustrating the boy's attempts to get closer to Stacy's mother. "We looked at a lot of treatments and some directors were trying to be kind of arty and subtle with it, but Chris Applebaum went completely for the jugular," said Schlesinger.[4] Model Rachel Hunter plays the title role,[16] which she accepted because she was a fan of the band and the song.[12] The group had previously hoped to get Paulina Porizkova for the role.[17] The clip was shot in Los Angeles in late May 2003.[4] "It was 7 a.m., and there was Rachel Hunter doing a striptease on the kitchen counter," remembered Schlesinger.[18] The video was first sent to television in July 2003.[16]
The video begins with the boy (Shane Haboucha), Stacy (Gianna Dispenza) and some other children standing at a school crossing. Stacy's mother (Rachel Hunter) then pulls up in a red convertible in front of them to pick up Stacy. The boy and his friends gaze at her in awe. The boy later goes over to Stacy's house and is seen lying on a pool toy in her backyard swimming pool while wearing large, dark sunglasses. Through a window he sees Stacy's mother, and then watches her undress. Stacy gives the boy a bottle of soda and, as he sees Stacy's mother remove her bra, he spills soda on himself. As his eyes are hidden by his shades, Stacy laughs, thinking that he is just clumsy. After a scene with the band during the chorus, Stacy, in red heart-shaped sunglasses and swimsuit, is shown sunbathing while the boy mows her lawn. Stacy's mother comes out wearing just a towel and is given a massage on both her back and front. The masseur gives the boy a look of amusement, since he gets to look at Stacy's mother naked and the boy does not. The boy is distracted by the massage and ends up knocking over Stacy's birdhouse with the lawnmower. The video then cuts to him and Stacy watching Fountains of Wayne on TV, before the boy imagines Stacy's mother, while scrubbing the floors, as a pole dancer teasing him. Near the end of the video it is implied that the boy begins to masturbate by the bathroom window while Stacy's mother climbs out of the pool in her red bikini.[19] Moments later, Stacy opens the bathroom door, ignoring a sign saying Ocupado, and catches him in the act. Stacy quickly closes the door and starts smiling, implying that she believes the boy is masturbating to her and not her mother.[20]
Fountains of Wayne had asked Ric Ocasek to be in the video for the song. Schlesinger explains that while Ocasek claims that he "politely declined"; he actually just never responded to the request.[21] There are several references to The Cars in the video: a license plate reads "I ♥ RIC", a reference to Ric; one of the boys in the opening scene has dark hair, sunglasses, and clothes such that he looks like an adolescent version of Ocasek; the trademark Elliot Easton "bouncing" (at approximately 1:15 into the video) and hairdo as he plays his guitar for The Cars; and the re-creation of the Fast Times scene, which featured The Cars' "Moving in Stereo". Further links to The Cars and New Wave music are given by the magazine Nu Wave that is featured in the video, the Roland Juno-6 keyboard (a synthesizer of the 1980s), and the record sleeve showing 'Stacy's Mom' in a car.[22] The video reached No. 1 on both MTV's TRL and VH1's VSpot Top 20 Countdown.
Formats and track listing[edit]
Europe 7"[23]
A. "Stacy's Mom" – 3:17
B. "Trains and Boats and Planes" – 3:02
UK CD (Enhanced)[24]
1. "Stacy's Mom" – 3:16
2. "Elevator Up" – 4:02
3. "Trains and Boats and Planes" – 3:02
4. "Stacy's Mom" (Video) – 3:16
US CD (Promo)[25]
1. "Stacy's Mom" – 3:18
Charts and certifications[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]
Chart (2003–04)
Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[26] 14
Canada (Nielsen SoundScan)[27] 13
Ireland (IRMA)[28] 9
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[29] 99
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[30] 35
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[31] 6
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[32] 11
US Billboard Hot 100[33] 21
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[34] 20
US Alternative Songs (Billboard)[35] 31
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[36] 3
Year-end charts[edit]
Chart (2004)
Position
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[37] 121
Certifications[edit]
Region
Certification
Certified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)[38]
Gold 35,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[39]
Silver 200,000
United States (RIAA)[40]
Gold 500,000^
^shipments figures based on certification alone
sales+streaming figures based on certification alone
Release history[edit]
Country
Date
Format
Label
Ref.
United States
September 29, 2003 Digital download
S-Curve
Virgin
United Kingdom
October 7, 2003 [41]
United Kingdom
March 8, 2004 7" single [42]
Bowling for Soup cover[edit]
"Stacy's Mom"
Song by Bowling for Soup
from the album I've Never Done Anything Like This
Released
October 10, 2011
Format
Digital download
Genre
Pop punk
Length
3:13
Label
Que-so Records
Brando Records
Songwriter(s)
Adam Schlesinger
Chris Collingwood
Producer(s)
Jarinus
In 2011, pop punk band Bowling for Soup released a cover version of "Stacy's Mom" as a B-side to their single "I've Never Done Anything Like This".[43]
The cover version came about because the original Fountains of Wayne song was often misattributed to Bowling For Soup. The song was misidentified as a Bowling for Soup song on YouTube and other video sites.[43] In multiple interviews, Bowling For Soup bandleader Jaret Reddick has said that he regularly encountered fans at their concerts who mistakenly thought "Stacy's Mom" was a Bowling for Soup song.[43][44] In 2011, they recorded and released a cover version of the song.[45] Jaret said that by finally releasing their own version of the song, "I’ve basically just taken care of a large part of the population that’s been wrong for years, and I’ve made them right."[44] Alluding to the mistaken identity issue, the cover art for the song release reads: "Finally you can say this is your favorite song by BFS and not look like an idiot!"[43]
Bowling for Soup has since made the song part of their live set list.[46]
In popular culture[edit]
The song was included on the setlist for Guitar Hero: Van Halen as a guest act. It also appeared in the 4th episode of the 1st season of the television series Psych, Woman Seeking Dead Husband, Smokers Ok, No Pets. The song was parodied on The Howard Stern Show to mock Wack Pack character Hanzi (Imran Kahn). It has also been performed by Postmodern Jukebox ft. Casey Abrams. A cover of the song by the Northeastern University pep band has become an unofficial theme song for the Northeastern Huskies men's ice hockey team. At each game, the pep band plays the song during a stoppage of play with the fan sections continuing to sing through the chorus without accompaniment once gameplay begins again.[47]
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External links[edit]
Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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