Hey Mami/Play It Right

"Hey Mami/Play It Right"
Single by Sylvan Esso
from the album Sylvan Esso
Released 2013 (2013)
Format 12", CD
Genre Electronic
Length "Hey Mami": 3:20
"Play It Right": 3:04
Label
Writer(s) Sylvan Esso[1]
Sylvan Esso singles chronology
"Hey Mami"/"Play It Right"
(2013)		 "Coffee"/"Dress"
(2014)
Sylvan Esso track listing
"Hey Mami"
(1)		 "Dreamy Bruises"
(2)
Sylvan Esso track listing
"Uncatena"
(8)		 "Play It Right"
(9)		 "Come Down"
(10)
Music video
"Play It Right" on YouTube

"Hey Mami"/"Play It Right" is a single by Sylvan Esso, issued as the lead single from the band's eponymous debut album. The A-side, "Hey Mami", is the album's opening track; while the B-side, "Play It Right", is the album's ninth track. It is the only single the band released on Trekky Records before they moved to Partisan Records.[2][1]

Critical reception

"Hey Mami"

"Hey Mami" has received positive reviews from critics. Robin Young and Jeremy Hobson of Here and Now chose it as a Song of the Week in March 2014.[3] Ian Cohen of Pitchfork said the song "succeeds in being a folk song in an ethnomusical sense".[4]

"Play It Right"

"Play it Right" has also received positive reviews from critics. BUST Magazine described the song as "two sounds and two souls coming together".[5] Bryan Parker of Pop Press International, while giving the parent album a middling rating, praised the song's production, calling it "hard-hitting" and "anthemic".[6]

Music video

No official music video was created for "Hey Mami"; however, the official music video for "Play It Right" was directed by the band and Remedy.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Sylvan Esso - Sylvan Esso (CD, Album) at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved August 6, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Sylvan Esso - Hey Mami / Play It Right (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved August 6, 2014.
  3. ↑ Young, Robin; Hobson, Jeremy (March 24, 2014). "Song of the Week: Sylvan Esso’s ‘Hey Mami’ - Here & Now". Here and Now. WBUR-FM. Retrieved August 6, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Sylvan Esso: Sylvan Esso - Album Reviews - Pitchfork". Pitchfork Media. May 28, 2014. Retrieved August 6, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Album Review: Sylvan Esso - Sylvan Esso". BUST. July 17, 2014. Retrieved August 6, 2014.
  6. ↑ Parker, Bryan (May 16, 2014). "Album Review: Sylvan Esso – Sylvan Esso - Pop Press International". Pop Press International. Retrieved August 6, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Sylvan Esso - Play It Right (Official Music Video) - YouTube". YouTube. Partisan Records. Retrieved August 6, 2014.

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