Blowin' Me Up (With Her Love)
{{short description|2002 song by JC Chasez}}
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{{Infobox song
| name = Blowin' Me Up (With Her Love)
| cover = Blowin' Me Up.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = JC Chasez
| album = Drumline and Schizophrenic
| released = {{Start date|2002|12|3}}
| recorded = 2002
| studio =
| venue =
| genre =
| length = 4:50
| label = Jive Records/Zomba
| writer = Dallas Austin, JC Chasez
| producer = Dallas Austin
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Some Girls (Dance with Women)
| next_year = 2004
|misc={{External music video|{{YouTube|l_E1SIayy9UI|"Blowin' Me Up (With Her Love)"}}}}}}
"Blowin' Me Up (With Her Love)" is the debut solo single by American recording artist JC Chasez. The song was released as a single from the soundtrack to the 2002 film Drumline and was included on Chasez's 2004 debut studio album Schizophrenic. In the United Kingdom, the single was released as a double A-side with Chasez' following single, "Some Girls (Dance with Women)" in February 2004.
The song was written by Chasez and Dallas Austin, the latter having produced the Drumline film. In keeping with the theme of the movie, the beat contains drums and band instruments. The music video was released on December 12, 2002.
Background
In 2002, JC Chasez's band *NSYNC was on a hiatus.{{Cite web |date=11 October 2002 |title=Today in Music - JC Goes Solo |url=http://www.katrillion.com/music/musicgrabber.jsp?categoryId=4&newsId=24254 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030301214551/http://www.katrillion.com/music/musicgrabber.jsp?categoryId=4&newsId=24254 |archive-date=1 March 2003 |access-date=12 July 2021 |website=Katrillion}}{{Cite web |last=Blickley |first=Leigh |date=30 April 2018 |title=A History Of *NSYNC's Breakup, According To Bandmates Not Named Justin Timberlake |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nsync-interview-walk-of-fame_n_5ade1b2be4b0df502a4e64d0 |access-date=12 July 2021 |website=HuffPost |language=en}} During the hiatus, Chasez continued work as a songwriter while also considering acting in movies.{{Cite web |last=Moss |first=Corey |date=22 April 2003 |title=JC Chasez Previews Schizophrenic Solo Debut |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1471422/jc-chasez-previews-schizophrenic-solo-debut/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170704183149/http://www.mtv.com/news/1471422/jc-chasez-previews-schizophrenic-solo-debut/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 4, 2017 |access-date=12 July 2021 |website=MTV News |language=en}} While working with Dallas Austin on songs for the Drumline movie,{{Cite web |last=Moss |first=Corey |date=10 October 2002 |title='NSYNC's JC Chasez Records Solo Tracks, Considers Album |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1458058/nsyncs-jc-chasez-records-solo-tracks-considers-album/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111071454/http://www.mtv.com/news/1458058/nsyncs-jc-chasez-records-solo-tracks-considers-album/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 11, 2014 |access-date=12 July 2021 |website=MTV News |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Wiederhorn |first=Jon |date=2002-11-18 |title=JC Chasez, Joe, Jadakiss, Alicia Keys On 'Drumline' Soundtrack |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1458749/jc-chasez-joe-jadakiss-alicia-keys-on-drumline-soundtrack/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150120070918/http://www.mtv.com/news/1458749/jc-chasez-joe-jadakiss-alicia-keys-on-drumline-soundtrack/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 20, 2015 |access-date=2021-07-12 |website=MTV News |language=en}} Austin urged Chasez to sing on the track and to consider recording a solo album, which would become his album Schizophrenic.
Music video
File:Blowin' Me Up (With Her Love) Screenshot.jpg
The music video appears to be set in a post-apocalyptic world. Chasez sings the song with a marching band in the background, played by the RCC Marching Band.{{Cite web |date=13 November 2002 |title=HOT TOPIC! |url=http://www.rccband.org/news/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021219064141/http://www.rccband.org/news/ |archive-date=19 December 2002 |access-date=1 October 2021 |website=RCC Band}}{{Cite web |title=RCC Drum Line 'Backs Up' The Ting Tings in Music Video! |url=http://www.rccband.org/rcc-drum-line-and-the-ting-tings/ |access-date=1 October 2021 |website=RCC Band |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211001005957/http://www.rccband.org/rcc-drum-line-and-the-ting-tings/ |archive-date=2021-10-01}} He also pursues his love interest (Tara Reid) at a monster truck rally, a run-down diner, and a car junkyard. Initially the woman is not interested in Chasez, but has a change of heart midway and straddles him on the diner's counter. Chasez competes in a drag race and celebrates with his newfound love afterwards. The video also features a dance routine by Chasez and several backup dancers. Melissa Smith stars in the video as a girl dancing at the monster truck rally. Dallas Austin, who co-produced the single, appears in the video driving a monster truck and smashing cars. The music video premiered on Total Request Live on December 12, 2002.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=13 December 2002 |title=JC Chasez On TRL On Thursday |url=http://popdirt.com/jc-chasez-on-trl-on-thursday/11230/ |access-date=12 July 2021 |website=PopDirt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130329041733/https://popdirt.com/jc-chasez-on-trl-on-thursday/11230/ |archive-date=2013-03-29 |language=en-US}}
The music video for "Blowin' Me Up (with Her Love)" was directed by Bryan Barber and shot in 2002 in the San Fernando Valley.{{Cite web |last=Moss |first=Corey |date=21 November 2002 |title=JC Chasez, Tara Reid Find Love Among Wreckage For 'Blowin' Me Up' |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1458828/jc-chasez-tara-reid-find-love-among-wreckage-for-blowin-me-up/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160121193936/http://www.mtv.com/news/1458828/jc-chasez-tara-reid-find-love-among-wreckage-for-blowin-me-up/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 21, 2016 |access-date=12 July 2021 |website=MTV News |language=en}} JC approached Barber after seeing his video for OutKast, Killer Mike and Joi's "The Whole World." "It's totally different from what he's done with *NSYNC," the director said. "He wanted to go left of center and that's what we did. We had some fun and presented JC in a whole new way." Barber described the video as a "rock-and-roll version of Mad Max," with pyrotechnics, a demolition derby, and drag racing. The video was nominated for an MTV Video Music Award in 2003 for Best Video from a Film.{{Cite magazine |date=2003-07-25 |title=2003 MTV Video Music Awards Nominees |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/69818/2003-mtv-video-music-awards-nominees |magazine=Billboard |language=en |access-date=2021-07-12}}
Reception
The song was a modest hit, peaking at number 35 on the Billboard Hot 100 the week of February 28, 2003, and remaining on the chart for 17 weeks.{{Cite magazine|title=JC Chasez|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/jc-chasez/chart-history|access-date=2021-06-15|magazine=Billboard}} Positive reviews noted, "The bass is loud and pulsating and provides the perfect dance song,” and praised Chasez's vocal talents, saying "He starts off the song singing in a kind of whispery, yet seductive, tone and then progresses to full-out yelling in the chorus. He even pulls the yelling off, and his vocals come damn close to those of Prince."{{Cite news |last=Brown-Doherty |first=Brittany |date=27 September 2003 |title=Single Review : JC Chasez, "Blowin' Me Up (With Her Love)" (2002) |work=Snippets |access-date=}} In a more critical review, Chuck Taylor of Billboard wrote, “the song has no discernible direction and [is] a grossly unconvincing turn toward hip-hop for Chasez.”{{Cite magazine |last=Taylor |first=Chuck |date=7 December 2002 |title=New & Noteworthy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Og0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA67 |magazine=Billboard |volume=114 |issue=49 |page=67 |access-date=1 October 2021}}
Live performances
Chasez performed the song live on his Schizophrenic club tour. He also performed the song at Wango Tango, Z100's Zootopia, and Top of the Pops with a marching band.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=29 May 2003 |title=JC Chasez Flies HS Band Members To NYC For Zootopia |url=http://popdirt.com/jc-chasez-flies-hs-band-members-to-nyc-for-zootopia/16495/ |access-date=15 July 2021 |website=popdirt.com |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201193846/http://popdirt.com/jc-chasez-flies-hs-band-members-to-nyc-for-zootopia/16495/ |archive-date=2023-02-01}} Chasez was set to sing "Blowin' Me Up (With Her Love)" at the 2004 Pro Bowl's halftime show, altering the song to accommodate the NFL's concerns; however, he was unceremoniously dropped days before the performance in the wake of the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime controversy.{{Cite web |last=Moss |first=Corey |date=5 February 2004 |title=JC Chasez Slams NFL After Being Cut From Pro Bowl Halftime |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1484842/jc-chasez-slams-nfl-after-being-cut-from-pro-bowl-halftime/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020090828/http://www.mtv.com/news/1484842/jc-chasez-slams-nfl-after-being-cut-from-pro-bowl-halftime/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 20, 2014 |access-date=12 July 2021 |website=MTV News |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Magin |first=Janis L. |date=5 February 2004 |title=NFL recasts Pro Bowl halftime |url=http://archives.starbulletin.com/2004/02/05/news/story4.html |access-date=12 July 2021 |website=Honolulu Star-Bulletin}}
Track listing
; USA Promotional Single #1
- "Blowin' Me Up (With Her Love)" [Radio Edit] – 4:21
- "Blowin' Me Up (With Her Love)" [Radio Edit No Intro] – 3:57
; USA Promotional Single #2
- "Blowin' Me Up (With Her Love)" [Radio Edit] – 4:21
- "Blowin' Me Up (With Her Love)" [Instrumental] – 4:49
; USA Promotional 12" Vinyl
- "Blowin' Me Up (With Her Love)" [Radio Edit] – 4:21
- "Blowin' Me Up (With Her Love)" [Radio Edit No Intro] – 3:57
- "Blowin' Me Up (With Her Love)" [Album Version] – 4:50
- "Blowin' Me Up (With Her Love)" [Instrumental] – 4:49
Charts
| class="wikitable"
!align="left"|Chart (2003) !align="left"|Peak |
| align="left"|Canadian Singles Chart{{Cite magazine|title=Blowin' Me Up (With Her Love)|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/jc-chasez/chart-history/cns/|magazine=Billboard}}
|align="center"|24 |
| align="left"|U.S. Billboard Hot 100
|align="center"|35 |
| align="left"|U.S. Top 40 Mainstream{{Cite magazine|title=Mainstream Top 40 Airplay|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/jc-chasez/chart-history/tfm/|magazine=Billboard}}
|align="center"|14 |
| align="left"|U.S. Top 40 Tracks
|align="center"|17 |
| align="left"|Chart (2004)
!align="left"|Peak |
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| align="left"|Irish Singles Chart{{Cite web|title=Some Girls/Blowing Me Up|url=http://irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=JC+Chasez|website=Irish-Charts}}
|align="center"|20* |
| align="left"|UK Official Singles Chart{{Cite web|title=Some Girls/Blowin' Me Up|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/some-girls_slash_blowin'-me-up/|website=Official Charts Company}}
|align="center"|13* |
References
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External links
- [https://www.lyrics.com/lyric/6841782/JC+Chasez/Blowin%27+Me+Up+%28With+Her+Love%29+%5B%2A%5D Lyrics of this song] at [https://www.lyrics.com/ Lyrics.com]
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Category:Song recordings produced by Dallas Austin