Better with the Lights Off
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{{Infobox song
| name = Better with the Lights Off
| cover = Better With the Lights Off.jpg
| alt =
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| type = single
| artist = New Boyz featuring Chris Brown
| album = Too Cool to Care
| released = August 2, 2011{{cite web|url=http://www.allaccess.com/top40-mainstream/future-releases |title=Top 40/M Future Releases | Mainstream Hit Songs Being Released and Their Release Dates |publisher=Allaccess.com |access-date=2011-12-27}}
| recorded = 2010
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = {{hlist|Electro-hop|pop-rap}}
| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=42}}
| label = Shotty • Asylum • Warner Bros.
| writer = Dominic Thomas • Earl Benjamin • Christopher Brown
| producer = The Cataracs • H-Money {{small|(co.)}}
| chronology = New Boyz
| prev_title = Boyfriend
| prev_year = 2011
| next_title = I Like It Like That
| next_year = 2011
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Chris Brown
| type = Single
| prev_title = Body 2 Body
| prev_year = 2011
| title = Better with the Lights Off
| year = 2011
| next_title = Wet the Bed
| next_year = 2011
}}
}}
"Better with the Lights Off" is a song written and recorded by American hip hop duo New Boyz and features vocals from 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{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/better-with-lights-off-feat/id432804758?i=432804768 |title=iTunes Store |publisher=iTunes |access-date=2011-12-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113203901/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/better-with-lights-off-feat/id432804758?i=432804768 |archive-date=November 13, 2012 |df=mdy-all }} via digital download in the United States and was released as the third single from the album on August 2, 2011.
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."{{Cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/too-cool-to-care-mw0002033198|title = Too Cool to Care - New Boyz | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic|website = AllMusic}}
Chart performance
The single debuted at number 61 on the Billboard Hot 100 as a promotional single.{{cite web|last=Grein |first=Paul |url=http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/74363/week-ending-may-8-2011-songs-rolling-in-the-dough/;_ylt=AslKpii5U.mTiJouKUFX6eMPwiUv |title=Week Ending May 8, 2011. Songs: Rolling In The Dough | Chart Watch – Yahoo! Music |publisher=New.music.yahoo.com |date=May 11, 2011 |access-date=2011-12-27}} After being officially released, it re-entered the chart at number 75 and reached a peak of number 38.{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=new boyz|chart=all}}|title=New Boyz Album & Song Chart History|magazine=Billboard|date=August 24, 2011|access-date=August 24, 2011}}
Music video
The official music video was filmed in Los Angeles on May 11, 2011. The video premiered on MTV on June 15, 2011. It was directed by Colin Tilley.
Charts
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| US Rhythmic (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2011/rhythmic-songs|title=Rhythmic Songs – Year-End 2011|magazine=Billboard|date=December 9, 2014|access-date=October 5, 2019}}
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Certifications
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References
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{{New Boyz}}
{{Chris Brown singles}}
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Category:Asylum Records singles
Category:Song recordings produced by the Cataracs
Category:Music videos directed by Colin Tilley
Category:Songs written by Chris Brown
Category:Songs written by Kshmr
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