C'Mon (Kesha song)

"C'Mon"
Single by Kesha
from the album Warrior
Released January 7, 2013 (2013-01-07)
Format
Recorded
Genre Technopop
Length 3:34
Label
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
Kesha singles chronology
"Die Young"
(2012)		 "C'Mon"
(2013)		 "Crazy Kids"
(2013)
Music video
Official music video on YouTube

"C'Mon" is a song by American singer Kesha from her second studio album, Warrior (2012). It was released as the album's second single on January 7, 2013, after being initially released as a promotional single on November 16, 2012. The song was written by Kesha, Dr. Luke, Benny Blanco, Max Martin, Cirkut, and fellow pop singer and longtime collaborator Bonnie McKee, while production was handled by Dr. Luke, Blanco, and Cirkut. Containing elements of pop rap, "C'Mon" is a technopop song with brash lyrics that center on partying and falling in love. Stylistically, the song follows a verse–chorus pattern typical in pop music, with Kesha adding traditional singing in the latter and the discordant enunciation and stresses of vowels to force assonance and rhyme that epitomize her rap technique in the former.

The song has received generally positive reviews from music critics, who commended it for its chorus and labeled it as "catchy" and compared it to her previous hit, "Your Love is My Drug". The music video for the song premiered on 11 January 2013, and has received positive reviews. "C'Mon" has been well received in Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, Belgium, and the US.

The song peaked at number twenty-seven on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the first single not to reach the top ten of the chart since her debut single "Tik Tok" reached number one on 2 January 2010, beginning her eight song stretch. However, the single did peak at number nine in the Billboard Pop Songs Charts, making it Kesha's seventh top-ten hit since "Tik Tok". Follow-up single "Crazy Kids" featuring will.i.am or Juicy J brought her mainstream success again in the UK. In Australia, the song obtained moderate success, gaining a gold certification with digital sales brimming 35,000 units.

The song is included in the fifth edition of the Just Dance series, Just Dance 2014.

Background and composition
"C'Mon"
In "C'Mon", the artist shifts vocal techniques from tradition singing to rapping between the refrains and verses, depicting discordant stresses on ending consonances with mid-word enunciation to force assonance that have become her signature.[1][2]
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"C'Mon" was written by Kesha, Dr. Luke, Max Martin, Bonnie McKee, Benny Blanco, Melin Shikder, and Cirkut, while production was helmed by Dr. Luke, Martin, Cirkut, and Blanco.[3] Registered on the Broadcast Music Incorporated database on 13 October 2012, under the legal title "C Mon", the song was released as the second single from her second studio album, Warrior. "C'Mon" is a technopop[4] and pop rap record thematically similar to Kesha's previous single, "Die Young"; Billboard called the song, a YOLO dance jam about taking hookups from the dance floor to the bedroom",[5] while MTV called the track a, "...case for a sassy one-night stand."[6] The track begins with harmonized, acapella male vocals, before breaking into a "crunchy" beat.[6][7] In "C'Mon"'s verse, Kesha raps: ""Saw you leaning against that old record machine/ Saw the name of your band written on the marquee/ It's a full moon tonight so we gettin' rowdy/ Yeah, we gettin' rowdy, get-get-gettin' rowdy."[6] The refrain is sung with the lyrics: "C'mon 'cause I know what I like/ And you're looking just like my type/ Let's go for it just for tonight/ C'mon, c'mon, c'mon/ Now don't even try to deny/ We're both going home satisfied/ Let's go for it just for tonight/ C'mon, c'mon, c'mon".[6]

According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com, "C'Mon" is written in the key of E major and has a moderate tempo of 126 beats per minute. The song follows a chord progression E–A–C♯m–A, and Kesha's vocals span from B3 to E5.[8]

Reception

Critical response

"C'Mon" received generally positive reviews upon its release. Seventeen gave a positive review of both the song and the video, calling C'Mon a "perfect dance jam with a catchy chorus."[9] Carl Williot of Idolator gave a mixed review of the track, calling the song "fun but familiar."[10] The Huffington Post praised the song, calling the chorus "awesome," and stating it could be Kesha's "latest destined-for-smash-y song."[11] Billboard gave a positive review of the song, comparing it to Robyn's "Call Your Girlfriend", as well as Kesha's previous hit, "Your Love Is My Drug".[5] Contessa Gayles of AOL Music said "C'Mon" stayed true to Kesha's trademark half-rapping, half-singing style.[12] Fuse gave the track a positive review, stating that fans of the un-Auto-Tuned "Die Young" would find similar gems in "C'Mon".[13] Mark Hogan blogging for SPIN wrote that despite Kesha's hedonistic persona in "C'Mon" was marketable, it remained an ordinary electropop song better suited for label-mate, Katy Perry, adding that Kesha's party-goer shtick present in previous hits "Tik Tok" and "Take It Off" was starting to become more of a caricature with the release of "C'Mon".[7]

Commercial performance

Weeks prior to being released officially to radio stations of the U.S., "C'Mon" debuted at number 99 on the Billboard Hot 100 and 28 on the Billboard Pop Songs Chart.[14][15] Upon the release, the song debuted at number 70 on the Hot Digital Songs with 60,000 copies sold. It peaked at number 27 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming her first solo single to not chart within the top ten in the United States. It has sold 350,000 copies in its first month being released.[16]

The song performed poorly in Europe; Ireland is the only country there where it reach number 33. On the UK Singles Chart, it peaked at 70, but her follow-up single, "Crazy Kids", was more successful across the continent.

Music video

On December 22, 2012, Kesha confirmed that she was filming the "C'Mon" music video when she posted a picture of herself on set on her Twitter account.[17] The music video for "C'Mon" was released on January 11, 2013.[18]

Synopsis

The video opens with Kesha working as waitress at a waffle house named the "Awful House".[18][19] Wearing pink ribbons, a pink-checkered shirt, and "daisy duke" shorts, Kesha quits her job and jumps into a van called the "Dream Machine"[19] driven by someone in a cat costume.[18] Switching costumes into what MTV considered something more in-tune Kesha's style, the rapper terrorizes a convenience store with a gang of people dressed in animal costumes.[18] The following scenes depict Kesha on a motorcycle and taking a bath.[19]

Lyric video

The official lyric video was released on December 12, 2012, and features rainbows, kittens, puppies, bunnies, ducklings, unicorns and penguins.[20]

Live performances

Kesha performed "C'Mon" at The X Factor on December 6, 2012,[21] and at MTV's NYE Countdown on January 1, 2013. Kesha also performed "C'Mon" on The Jonathan Ross Show on February 16, 2013, and on The Jimmy Fallon Show on February 20, 2013. On March 23, 2013, at the 2013 Kids' Choice Awards, Kesha performed a segment of "We R Who We R" and "C'Mon".[22]

Track listings

  1. "C'Mon" – 3:34
  1. "C'Mon" – 3:34
  2. "C'Mon"  (Wideboys Club Mix) – 5:51
  3. "C'Mon"  (Wideboys Radio Mix) – 3:52
  4. "C'Mon"  (Cutmore Club Mix) – 6:08
  5. "C'Mon"  (Cutmore Radio Mix) – 3:57

Charts

Chart (2013) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[23] 19
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[24] 64
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[25] 4
Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)[26] 6
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[27] 16
Czech Republic (Rádio Top 100)[28] 49
France (SNEP)[29] 181
Germany (Official German Charts)[30] 79
Ireland (IRMA)[31] 33
Italy (FIMI)[32] 71
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[33] 22
Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[34] 56
South Korea International Singles (Gaon)[35] 2
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[36] 70
US Billboard Hot 100[37] 27
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[38] 27
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[39] 16
US Dance/Mix Show Airplay (Billboard)[40] 14
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[41] 9
US Rhythmic (Billboard)[42] 27

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[43] Gold 35,000

^shipments figures based on certification alone

Release history

Promotional release

Country Date Format
Worldwide November 16, 2012 Digital download

Single release

Country Date Format
United States January 7, 2013[44][45] Mainstream radio
January 28, 2013[46] Hot AC radio
United Kingdom March 1, 2013[47] Digital remixes EP
Italy March 1, 2013[48] Contemporary hit radio
Germany March 15, 2013[49] Digital remixes EP
March 29, 2013 CD single

References

  1. ↑ Weiner, Jonah (7 December 2010). "Make It $top". Slate. The Slate Group, LLC. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  2. ↑ Caramanica, Jon (23 December 2009). "Changing the Face (and Sound) of Rap". The New York Times (The New York Times Company). Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Ke$ha - C'Mon - Single". iTunes Store. Apple Inc. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  4. ↑ Zaleski, Annie (4 December 2012). "Ke$ha: Warrior - Review". The A.V. Club. The Onion. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  5. 1 2 "Ke$ha, 'Warrior': Track-By-Track Review". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Vena, Jocelyn (19 November 2012). "Ke$ha Releases 'C'Mon': Listen To The 'Rowdy' Track Now!". MTV. Viacom. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  7. 1 2 Hogan, Mark (16 November 2012). "Ke$ha Keeps Partying on 'C'Mon' and Rap-Heavy 'Die Young' Remix". Spin. Buzz Media. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  8. ↑ http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtdFPE.asp?ppn=MN0116261
  9. ↑ Ke$ha's New Video For C'Mon - Ke$ha News - Seventeen
  10. ↑ Ke$ha’s “C’Mon”: Hear The Fun But Familiar Song
  11. ↑ Rosen, Christopher (16 November 2012). "LISTEN: Ke$ha Feels Like A Sabertooth Tiger". Huffington Post.
  12. ↑ Gayles, Contessa (11 January 2013). "Kesha 'C'Mon' Video Premiere: Pop Star Gets Frisky With Animal Suit-Clad Friends". AOL Music Blog. AOL. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  13. ↑ James, Nicole (16 November 2012). "Listen to Ke$ha's Latest 'Warrior' Leak, "C'mon"". Fuse. Viacom. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  14. ↑ Trust, Gary (2012-12-26). "Bruno Mars Marks a Chart First With Hot 100 Leader 'Heaven'". Billboard (Prometheus Global Media). Retrieved 2012-12-26.
  15. ↑ Ke$ha "C'Mon" chart history
  16. ↑ "C'mon". Billboard (Prometheus Global Media). 2013-02-09. Retrieved 2013-02-07.
  17. ↑ Twitter / keshasuxx: WTF what is going on??? Will
  18. 1 2 3 4 "Ke$ha - 'C'mon' (Official Video)". Capital. Global Radio. 11 January 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  19. 1 2 3 Darwin, Liza (11 January 2013). "Ke$ha's 'C'Mon' Music Video: Look By Look". MTV. Viacom. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  20. ↑ "Ke$ha debuts "C'Mon" lyric video". 2012-12-07. Retrieved 2012-12-07.
  21. ↑ Two More Finalists Eliminated On 'The X Factor'!, plus Kesha and first season winner
  22. ↑ Deitch, Maud. "Ke$ha Rocks Fur And Creepers At The 2013 Kids' Choice Awards". MTV. Viacom. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  23. ↑ "Australian-charts.com – Ke$ha – C'mon". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved February 3, 2013.
  24. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Ke$ha – C'mon" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  25. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Ke$ha – C'mon" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
  26. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Ke$ha – C'mon" (in French). Ultratip. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
  27. ↑ "Ke$ha – Chart history" Canadian Hot 100 for Ke$ha.
  28. ↑ "ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 201310 into search.
  29. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Ke$ha – C'mon" (in French). Les classement single.
  30. ↑ "Musicline.de – Ke$ha Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
  31. ↑ "Chart Track: Week 05, 2013". Irish Singles Chart.
  32. ↑ "Tutti i successi del 2013" (in Italian). Hit Parade Italia. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
  33. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – Ke$ha – C'mon". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
  34. ↑ "SNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 201316 into search.
  35. ↑ "South Korea Gaon International Chart (Week: November 25, 2012 to December 01, 2012)". Gaon Chart. December 15, 2012. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
  36. ↑ "Archive Chart: 2013-03-02" UK Singles Chart.
  37. ↑ "Ke$ha – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Ke$ha.
  38. ↑ "Ke$ha – Chart history" Billboard Adult Pop Songs for Ke$ha.
  39. ↑ "Ke$ha – Chart history" Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs for Ke$ha.
  40. ↑ "Ke$ha – Chart history" Billboard Dance/Mix Show Airplay for Ke$ha.
  41. ↑ "Ke$ha – Chart history" Billboard Pop Songs for Ke$ha.
  42. ↑ "Ke$ha – Chart history" Billboard Rhythmic Songs for Ke$ha.
  43. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2013 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association.
  44. ↑ FMQB: Radio Industry News, Music Industry Updates, Arbitron Ratings, Music News and more!
  45. ↑ Top 40/M Cool New Music | New Top Popular Music, Free Radio Play | AllAccess.com
  46. ↑ ®R&R :: Going For Adds™ :: Hot AC
  47. ↑ iTunes - Music - C'mon (Remixes) - EP by Ke$ha
  48. ↑ http://www.radioairplay.fm/RadioDate/PublicDetails/505
  49. ↑ C'Mon:Amazon.de:MP3-Downloads
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