Better with the Lights Off

"Better with the Lights Off"
Single by New Boyz featuring Chris Brown
from the album Too Cool to Care
Released August 2, 2011[1]
Format Digital download
Recorded 2010
Genre Electro-hop, pop rap
Length 3:42
Label Shotty, Asylum, Warner Bros.
Writer(s) Dominic Thomas, Earl Benjamin, Chris Brown
Producer(s) The Cataracs, H-Money
New Boyz singles chronology
"Backseat"
(2011)		 "Better with the Lights Off"
(2011)		 "I Like It Like That"
(2011)
Chris Brown singles chronology
"Body 2 Body"
(2011)		 "Better with the Lights Off"
(2011)		 "Wet the Bed"
(2011)

"Better with the Lights Off" is a song written and recorded by American hip hop duo New Boyz and R&B singer Chris Brown, taken from New Boyz' second studio album, Too Cool To Care. The song was released as a promotional single on May 3, 2011[2] via digital download in the United States and was released as the third single from the album on August 2, 2011.[1]

Critical response

Allmusic highlighted the song and wrote a positive opinion: "when “girl you look better with” ends up the big hook behind the Chris Brown feature “Better with the Lights Off,” it’s hard to think of a grander moment that the entire snotty-males-in-their-early-twenties movement has yet offered."[3]

Chart performance

The single debuted at number 61 on the Billboard Hot 100 as a promotional single.[4] After being officially released, it re-entered the chart at number 75 and reached a peak of number 38.[5]

Music video

The official music video premiered on MTV on June 15, 2011.

Charts

Chart (2011) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart[6] 90
US Billboard Hot 100[7] 38
US Pop Songs (Billboard) 23
US Rap Songs (Billboard) 13

References

  1. 1 2 "Top 40/M Future Releases | Mainstream Hit Songs Being Released and Their Release Dates". Allaccess.com. Retrieved 2011-12-27.
  2. ↑ "iTunes Store". itunes.apple.com. Retrieved 2011-12-27.
  3. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/too-cool-to-care-mw0002033198
  4. ↑ Grein, Paul (May 11, 2011). "Week Ending May 8, 2011. Songs: Rolling In The Dough | Chart Watch – Yahoo! Music". New.music.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2011-12-27.
  5. ↑ "New Boyz Album & Song Chart History". Billboard. August 24, 2011. Retrieved August 24, 2011.
  6. ↑ "Chartifacts – Week Commencing: 26th September 2011". Australian Recording Industry Association. September 26, 2011. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
  7. ↑ Grein, Paul (September 14, 2011). "Week Ending Sept. 11, 2011. Songs: The Voices". Yahoo! Chart Watch. new.music.yahoo.com. Retrieved September 14, 2011.

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