- Do I Make You Proud
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"Do I Make You Proud" 
Single by Taylor Hicks B-side "Takin' It to the Streets" Released June 13, 2006 Format CD Single Recorded Los Angeles, California Genre Soul Length 4:13 Label Arista Writer(s) Tracy Ackerman, Andy Watkins, Paul Wilson Producer Absolute, Dave Way Certification - [1] Taylor Hicks singles chronology — "Do I Make You Proud"
(2006)"Just to Feel That Way"
(2007)"Do I Make You Proud" is a soul-pop song written for American Idol season five winner Taylor Hicks by Tracy Ackerman, Andy Watkins, and Paul Wilson of the Absolute production team, and co-produced by Dave Way. The song was released as a single on June 13, 2006 from the Arista record label.
Hicks first performed the song on the finale of American Idol's fifth season, to which he received outstanding comments from all three judges. Simon Cowell correctly predicted that Hicks would win that year's American Idol with the performance.
Along with "Do I Make You Proud", it includes, as a B-side track, his cover of The Doobie Brothers's "Takin' It to the Streets". The American Idol judges loved his rendition of "Takin' It to the Streets" – Randy Jackson said it was not his favorite song from Hicks, but he was trying to comprehend his dance moves onstage. Paula Abdul said that the song was great and loved the energy and dancing. Simon Cowell "loved the song" and said that "that's what it's all about — having fun and being memorable." Cowell also said it was the best performance of the night.
Hicks' rendition of "Takin' It to the Streets" would become his first song to chart, peaking at number sixty-nine on the Billboard Hot 100, due to moderate sales of digital downloads only. The song was not released as Hicks's single, since "Do I Make You Proud" was to become his first single after he won the American Idol competition.
"Weird Al" Yankovic's 2006 album Straight Outta Lynwood included a parody of "Do I Make You Proud", called "Do I Creep You Out". It is Yankovic's first parody of a singer from the Idol television series.
The song was chosen to be the theme for the first ever Asian Idol. December 16, 2007, Hicks performed it live together with 6 Asian Idol finalists in Jakarta, Indonesia.
The song appears on the game Karaoke Revolution Presents:American Idol.
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Content
The lyrics communicate a feeling of pride for one's accomplishments after struggling with and then finally achieving a long-term goal, all while retaining one's humility. This reflects Hicks' sudden career transformation from an independent musical artist to a celebrity.
Tracklisting
- "Do I Make You Proud" — 4:10
- "Takin' It to the Streets" — 3:37
Chart performance
Billboard magazine confirmed that "Do I Make You Proud" sold 190,000 physical singles and 38,000 digital downloads during its first week, prompting a number-one debut on the Hot 100 for the issue dated July 1, 2006. It has been the 15th song out of over 1000 number ones to debut at number one on the Hot 100 chart; all American Idol winner's first singles (with the exception of Ruben Studdard, Jordin Sparks, David Cook, Kris Allen, Lee DeWyze and Scotty McCreery) have gone to number one on the Hot 100 chart.[2] As of September 2009, "Do I Make You Proud" has sold 672,000 singles.[3]
"Do I Make You Proud" remained number-one on the Billboard Hot 100 for one week, gradually declining until it left the chart after eight weeks, making it the first #1 single in the history of the US charts to fall off the charts in less than ten weeks.[4]
In 2009 Billboard issued its Decade End Charts compiling the top artists and releases for the years 2000-2009. "Do I Make You Proud" charted at #39 on the Decade End Singles Sales chart.[5]
Charts
Chart (2006) Peak
positionCanadian Singles Chart 1 U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary Tracks 14 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 1 U.S. Billboard Pop 100 1 See also
- List of Canadian number-one singles of 2001–07
- List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 2006 (U.S.)
References
- ^ http://www.riaa.com/gp/database/search_results.asp
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002725624
- ^ http://content.usatoday.com/communities/idolchatter/post/2009/06/67621527/1
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/chart_beat/chat_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003019652
- ^ http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:G73J4JL5eD0J:www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/decadeendcharts/chart_display.jsp%3F%26f%3DSingles%2BSales%26g%3DDecade-end%2BSingles+%22do+I+make+you+proud%22+billboard+single+sales&cd=4&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a&source=www.google.com
Preceded by
Inside Your HeavenAmerican Idol winner's singles
2006Succeeded by
This Is My NowTaylor Hicks Studio albums Live albums In Your TimeCompilation albums American Idol Season 5: Encores • Early WorksSingles "Do I Make You Proud" · "Just to Feel That Way" · "Heaven Knows " · "What's Right Is Right" · "Seven Mile Breakdown"Tours Biography Heart Full of SoulArticles Categories Taylor Hicks albums · Taylor Hicks songsRelated topics American Idol season 5 Finalists Taylor Hicks · Katharine McPhee · Elliott Yamin · Chris Daughtry · Paris Bennett · Kellie Pickler · Ace Young · Bucky Covington · Mandisa · Lisa Tucker · Kevin Covais · Melissa McGheeOther sources Categories:- 2006 singles
- Taylor Hicks songs
- American Idol
- Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles
- Billboard Pop 100 number-one singles
- Canadian Singles Chart number-one singles
- Number-one debut singles
- Songs written by Tracey Ackerman
- Songs written by Absolute (production team)
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