He began the song seated at a grand piano, while a female backup dancer removed Usher's shirt and, while wearing the shirt herself, lay on top of the piano. Usher sang the song on his 2008 One Night Stand: Ladies Only tour. Usher performed "Trading Places" along with " Here I Stand" and " What's Your Name" at the warmup concert for the 2008 National Football League Kickoff game on September 4. In some of the sex scenes the camera is rotated 180 degrees, so that an illusion is given from Usher being "on the top" to being "on the bottom". Interspersed are scenes of him playing the song on a transparent piano, sitting in a chair singing and dancing against a brick backdrop. In the video Usher and his love interest simulate sexual intercourse, with the woman maintaining dominance, echoing the song's theme. The video also serves as his medium to introduce his new line of lingerie, with his love interest in the video wearing some designs. Of the video's concept Usher said, "We wanted to do something . very hot and very forward-thinking". The music video for "Trading Places" was shot on Septemin Venice, Los Angeles, and was directed by Chris Robinson. On January 3, 2009, it climbed to its high position of number four, and slipped off the chart in April 2009 after thirty-three weeks. The song was more successful on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, where it entered at number ninety-six. "Trading Places" fell off the Hot 100 after seventeen weeks. The song peaked in its seventh charting week, when it reached number forty-five on the final chart of 2008. The next week it moved ten places to number ninety. "Trading Places" debuted on the United States Billboard Hot 100 at number one hundred on November 15, 2008. IGN's Chad Grischow criticized the song's production, calling it "a muddled mess". Andy Kellman from Allmusic said that the song was the best of "the small handful of brow-raising moments" on Here I Stand. Mark Edward Nero of called it "all-around excellent: the vocals, production and (especially the) lyrics all excel". Is also sampled from You which appeared on Chris Brown’s 2007 album Exclusive.ĭigital Spy's David Balls gave "Trading Places" three out of five stars, and wrote that the song's lyrics "may be verging on the sickly, but Usher just about gets away with it". Usher described the song's idea as "wishful thinking for all men to have a woman who takes control and compliments us the way we compliment them", and Steve Jones of USA Today saw the song as a way for Usher to "satisfy his inner freak . within the confines of marriage." Angela Barrett of Rap-Up noted "Trading Places" as a male version of " Cater 2 U" (2004) by Destiny's Child. The theme of the song surrounds role reversal in a relationship, predominantly in sexual situations, with its hook consisting of the lyrics, "I'm always on the top, tonight I'm on the bottom / 'cause we trading places". Holiday's " Bed" "Trading Places" also uses guitar instrumentation. McKinney used the drums that appear in J. "Trading Places" is a slow-tempo R&B ballad, and contains influences of hip hop music. Problems playing this file? See media help. The song was recorded at Music Line Studio, Triangle Sound Studios and Chalice Recording Studios, and was released on October 17, 2008. "Trading Places" was written by The-Dream, Carlos "Los Da Mystro" McKinney and Usher, and produced by McKinney, while Jaycen Joshua mixed the record. Usher performed "Trading Places" on both his One Night Stand: Ladies Only Tour (2008) and OMG Tour (2010–11). A music video was filmed for the song, which demonstrated intimate sexual scenes, and promoted Usher's lingerie line. The song appeared on the US Billboard Hot 100 and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, peaking at numbers forty-five and four, respectively. Produced by McKinney, it is a slow-tempo R&B ballad with hip hop influences, and focuses on the idea of role reversal in a relationship. Released on Octoas the fifth and final single from his fifth studio album Here I Stand, Usher wrote the song with The-Dream and Carlos "Los Da Mystro" McKinney. Usher, Carlos "Los Da Mystro" McKinney, The-Dream
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