Strip Me (song)
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{{Infobox song
| name = Strip Me
| cover = natasha-bedingfield-strip-me-single.jpg
| alt =
| border = yes
| type = single
| artist = Natasha Bedingfield
| album = Strip Me
| B-side = Unexpected Hero
| released = 31 August 2010
| recorded = Sub Zero Studios (Santa Monica)
Patriot Studios (Denver)
| studio =
| venue =
| length = 3:29
| label = {{hlist|Phonogenic|Epic}}
| writer = {{hlist|Natasha Bedingfield|Ryan Tedder|Wayne Wilkins}}
| producer = {{hlist|Wilkins|Tedder|Bedingfield}}
| chronology = Natasha Bedingfield
| prev_title = Touch
| prev_year = 2010
| next_title = Jet Lag
| next_year = 2011
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|vnhDIGTldho|"Strip Me"}}}}
}}
"Strip Me" is a song performed by British singer-songwriter Natasha Bedingfield. The song is the title track and second single from her third studio album, Strip Me, and was co-written and co-produced by Ryan Tedder.[http://idolator.com/5597442/natasha-bedingfield-offers-up-two-versions-of-new-single-strip-me Natasha releases new single] Idolator Retrieved 5 October 2010 The song was sent to US radio on 31 August 2010 and later to online music stores on 21 September.[http://www.natashabedingfield.com/us/news/us/2010/09/22/_strip_me_is_now_available_for_purchase_ Strip Me is now available for purchase] Natasha Bedingfield Retrieved 5 October 2010 The single debuted at number 95 on the Billboard Hot 100 on the week of 6 November 2010 and peaked at number 91.[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=natasha bedingfield|chart=Hot 100}} The billboard 200 – 91 to 100] Billboard Retrieved 27 October 2010
Critical reception
Jonathan Keefe from Slant Magazine said, positively, that: "Strip Me includes a whole lot of Ryan Tedder's trademark echo-heavy, CAPSLOCK drum-machine arrangements. There's something meta about the laziness in the production of the title track, in that Bedingfield hasn't changed her tune since the days of "Unwritten," so Tedder gives the song only the most insignificant of variations on his "Halo" and "Already Gone", template. Bedingfield uses her raspy warble to full effect, singing lines like "I'm only one voice in a million/But you ain't takin' that from me" as though her very life depended on it, but it's nothing that either she or Tedder haven't already done better before".Keefe, Jonathan (12 December 2010)[http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/natasha-bedingfield-strip-me/2347 Natasha Bedingfield – Strip Me] Slant Magazine Retrieved 18 February 2011 The song was one of the Track Pick on the Allmusic review.Erlewine,Stephen (9 November 2010) [http://www.allmusic.com/album/strip-me-r2030055 Strip Me Review – Allmusic] Allmusic Retrieved 13 February 2011
Chart performance
"Strip Me" made its US Billboard Hot 100 chart debut at number ninety-five on 6 November 2010,{{cite web|url=http://acharts.us/us_singles_top_100/2010/44 |title=US Singles Top 100 (November 6, 2010) – Music Charts |publisher=Acharts.us |date=6 November 2010 |accessdate=4 June 2011}} where it remained for just one week.{{cite web|url=http://acharts.us/us_singles_top_100/2010/45 |title=US Singles Top 100 (November 13, 2010) – Music Charts |publisher=Acharts.us |date=13 November 2010 |accessdate=4 June 2011}} However, in the week following the release of her album of the same name, "Strip Me" re-entered the Hot 100 at a new peak of ninety-one.{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a293669/katy-perry-remains-atop-us-singles-chart.html |title=Katy Perry remains atop US singles chart |publisher=Digital Spy (Hachette Fillapacchi Media) |last=Copsey |first=Robert |date=16 December 2010 |accessdate=10 January 2011}} To date, it is Bedingfield's least successful single,{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/natasha-bedingfield-p667957/charts-awards/billboard-singles |title=Natasha Bedingfield
Music video
According to Bedingfield herself, through her Twitter account, she went back to her hometown London to shoot the video for the song with photographer and director Kathie Rankin.[https://twitter.com/natashabdnfield/status/26629844148 Natasha Bedingfield's Twitter] Twitter. On 21 October 2010, Natasha's official website posted an official sneak peek of the video. Natasha Bedingfield Retrieved 2 November 2010
The music video premiered 3 November 2010. It features Bedingfield performing in various outfits. The video starts with a black figure of Bedingfield singing the song. She performs the verse while off-screen characters have her change in different outfits. The chorus then shifted in showing her singing in a shiny fur, leather and tribal-like outfit. The next verse shows off-screen characters doing her make-up while she is singing with a megaphone. The second chorus shows her wearing a police cap and a scene where she is crawling on mud. In the bridge, Bedingfield is in a lace dress singing in a black and white patterns. When it goes to the chorus, she threw paints of different colors on the wall and mud-scene returns through while Bedingfield is singing. The last scenes involves her removing all of the outfits that the off-screen characters are trying on her then shifting on her singing with the megaphone. She then fades to black as the video ends.[http://idolator.com/5677241/natasha-bedingfield-strip-me-video Natasha Bedingfield Shows Her True Colors In Her Uplifting "Strip Me" Video] Idolator Retrieved 10 December 2010
Promotion
The song is the official theme song for the 2010 film Morning Glory, being featured in the trailer and in the ending credits.[http://www.natashabedingfield.com/us/news/us/2010/10/07/_strip_me_in_morning_glory_ Strip Me in Morning Glory Trailer] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714155445/http://www.natashabedingfield.com/us/news/us/2010/10/07/_strip_me_in_morning_glory_ |date=14 July 2011 }} Natasha Bedingfield.com Retrieved 5 October 2010 According to All Access, the single moved to number 79 on the iTunes Top Songs Chart selling 7,000 copies just four days after the song was featured on the trailer for Morning Glory.[http://www.allaccess.com/hot-modern-ac Natasha Bedingfield's Strip Me iTunes success] All Access Retrieved 3 November 2010
Bedingfield performed the song on Live with Regis and Kelly and Today Show.[http://www.natashabedingfield.com/global/news/global/2010/12/10/watch_natashas_unbelievable_live_release_week_performances watch Natasha's Ubelievable Live Reelease Week Performances] NatashaBedingfield.com Retrieved 10 December 2010 She also performed it on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.[http://www.natashabedingfield.com/global/news/global/2010/12/10/watch_natashas_performance_on_the_tonight_show Watch Natasha's performance on the Tonight Show] Natasha Bedingfield com Retrieved 10 December 2010
Track listing
- "Strip Me" – 3:30
- "Strip Me" – 3:31
- "Unexpected Hero" – 3:25 (written by Natasha Bedingfield and Daniel Carey){{cite web |url=http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm?requesttimeout=300&mode=results&searchstr=881917722&search_in=i&search_type=exact&search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v&results_pp=25&start=1 |title=Title Search: Unexpected Hero (Natasha Bedingfield) Work ID: 881917722 |publisher=ASCAP |accessdate=19 December 2010}} (produced by Dan Carey){{cite magazine|author=Mikael Wood |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20446242,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101205081852/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20446242,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 December 2010 |title=Strip Me , Music |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=1 December 2010 |accessdate=19 December 2010}}
- "Unwritten" featuring Carney – 3:44
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |
| Chart (2010)
! Peak |
|---|
| Canada (Canadian Hot 100){{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=natasha bedingfield|chart=Billboard Canadian Hot 100}} |title=Canadian Hot 100 |magazine=Billboard |accessdate=4 June 2011}}
| style="text-align:center;"|65 |
| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Tipparade){{cite web |url=https://www.top40.nl/tipparade/2011/week-39|title=Tipparade-lijst van week 39, 2011|lang=dutch| publisher=Dutch Top 40|access-date=21 March 2023}}
|style="text-align:center;|17 |
| {{singlechart|Billboardhot100|91|song=Strip Me|artist=Natasha Bedingfield|artistid=622537}} |
| US Adult Pop Songs{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=natasha bedingfield|chart=all}} |title=Strip Me – Natasha Bedingfield |magazine=Billboard |accessdate=4 June 2011}}
| style="text-align:center;"|23 |
Radio adds and release history
References
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