Best Love Song
{{Infobox song
| name = Best Love Song
| cover = TPainBLS.jpeg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = T-Pain featuring Chris Brown
| album = RevolveЯ
| released = March 22, 2011
| recorded = 2011
| studio =
| venue =
| genre =
- Pop
- pop rock
- R&B{{cite magazine|last=Wood|first=Mikael|url=https://ew.com/article/2011/12/02/revolver-review-t-pain/|title=rEVOLVEr review - T-Pain Review|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|publisher=Time Inc.|date=December 5, 2011|access-date=2011-12-10}}
| length = 3:17
| label = {{hlist|Nappy Boy|Konvict|Jive}}
| writer = {{hlist|Faheem Najm|Chris Brown}}
| producer = Young Fyre
| chronology = T-Pain
| prev_title = Boom
| prev_year = 2011
| next_title = Booty Wurk (One Cheek at a Time)
| next_year = 2011
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Chris Brown
| type = singles
| prev_title = Beautiful People
| prev_year = 2011
| title = Best Love Song
| year = 2011
| next_title = She Ain't You
| next_year = 2011
}}
}}
"Best Love Song" is a single by American recording artist T-Pain. The song features Chris Brown and was released as the first official single from his fourth studio album, RevolveЯ, on March 22, 2011. The song was featured in the pilot of The CW TV series Hart of Dixie.{{cite web|title=Hart of Dixie Music -Season 1, Episode 1|url=http://www.cwtv.com/music/hart-of-dixie/season-1/episode-101|publisher=The CW|access-date=October 10, 2011|date=September 2011}}
Background
The song serves as the first official single from RevolveЯ, following the release of the singles "Take Your Shirt Off", "Rap Song", and "Reverse Cowgirl", which were billed as promotional singles. The song originally featured R&B artist Akon. The song also has background vocals from R&B group One Chance, Jon A. Gordon, Michael A. Gordon ([http://www.tgbrothers.com The Gordon Brothers])
The song, along with another track from RevolveR, "Separated", was first released to the public by T-Pain himself on February 7, 2011, via Twitter. T-Pain leaked the song himself on Twitter as a response to poor-quality rips of his upcoming music being leaked to the Internet, stating: "Since nobody wants to respect this form of art that you all say we 'love' so much, I'm just gonna go ahead and start leakin the album myself tonight".{{cite web |url=http://www.taletela.com/news/4866/t-pain-leaks-album-track-with-chris-brown |title=T-Pain Leaks Album Track with Chris Brown - TaleTela |access-date=2011-02-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110209084700/http://www.taletela.com/news/4866/t-pain-leaks-album-track-with-chris-brown |archive-date=2011-02-09 }} The song was then officially released as a single in digital download format on March 22, 2011.{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/best-love-song-feat-chris/id425455295|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110326031244/http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/best-love-song-feat-chris/id425455295|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 26, 2011|title=Best Love Song (feat. Chris Brown) - Single by T-Pain on Apple Music|website=iTunes }}
Critical reception
IGN editor Chad Grichow panned the song: "The only uptempo tune it becomes a hindrance on is "Best Love Song", where Chris Brown and T-Pain make the terrible decision to attempt harmony. The combination of T-Pain's electro-wave vocals and Brown's smooth voice is the sound of soul flat lining."{{cite web|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2011/12/05/t-pain-revolver-review|title=T-Pain: rEVOLVEr Review|first=Chad|last=Grischow|date=5 December 2011}} Jon Caramanica of The New York Times compared this song: "T-Pain also makes implicit arguments for himself in the lineage of R&B superhits: “Best Love Song” nods to Rihanna’s “Umbrella,” and “Bang Bang Pow Pow,” with its drunken strings, feels like a homage to Sisqo’s “Thong Song.”{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/06/arts/music/from-amy-winehouses-archives-lioness-new-music.html|title=Chipper Remnants of a Life Turned Sour|date=6 December 2011|work=The New York Times}} Jesse Cataldo wrote that "T-Pain can still pull in big names but can't provide interesting atmospheres for them to work in."{{cite web|url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/t-pain-revolver/2702|title=T-Pain rEVOLVEr - Album Review - Slant Magazine|website=Slant Magazine |date=5 December 2011 }}
Music video
On May 25, 2011, the official music video for "Best Love Song" was released via VEVO The music video depicts T-Pain and Chris Brown battling against each other to impress a certain girl who also appears in the video. But at the end she goes with another guy. The concept of the video, as well as the battle sequences depicted in the video, is a direct reference to the "battle of the bands" segment from the 2010 film Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.
Chart positions
Certifications
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References
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{{T-Pain singles}}
{{Chris Brown singles}}
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Category:Songs written by T-Pain
Category:Contemporary R&B ballads
Category:Music videos directed by Erik White