All Good Things (Come to an End)

Single infobox |
Name = All Good Things (Come to an End)
Artist = Nelly Furtado


from Album = Loose
Format = Digital download, CD single, vinyl single
Released = November 17, 2006 (Continental EU)
November 27 2006 (UK)
April 7, 2007 (Australia)
April 10, 2007 (North America)
2008 (Brazil)
June 30 2008 (Chile)

Writer = Nelly Furtado, Timbaland, Chris Martin, Danja
Recorded = The Hit Factory, Miami, Florida; 2005
Genre = Pop, R&B
Length = 4:25 (radio edit)
5:11 (album version)
Label = Geffen
Producer = Timbaland, Danja
Chronology = Nelly Furtado singles
Last single = "Say It Right"
(2006)
This single = "All Good Things (Come to an End)"
(2006)
Next single = "Give It to Me"
(2007)Extra track listing
Album = Loose
Type = single
prev_track = "Somebody to Love"
prev_no = 12
this_track = "All Good Things (Come to an End)"
track_no = 13
next_track =
next_no = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Type = single

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Lower caption = "Lo Bueno Siempre Tiene un Final" (Spanish version)Audiosample
Upper caption = Audio sample
Name = All Good Things (Come to an End)
Audio file= All Good Things (Come to an End) sample.ogg

"All Good Things (Come to an End)" is a song written by singer Nelly Furtado, Timbaland, Danja and Chris Martin for Furtado's third album, "Loose" (2006). It was co-produced by Timbaland and Danja and released as the album's third European single in November 2006 (see 2006 in music). It was released as the fourth single in the United StatesCaulfield, Keith. [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/ask_bb/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003538446 "Ask Billboard - 'Loose' Change"] . "Billboard". January 26 2007. Retrieved February 2 2007.] and Australia. The single featured Chris Martin, frontman of the band Coldplay, harmonizing throughout the song. The original version had him say a few words at the beginning, and sing the chorus behind Furtado. "All Good Things (Come to an End)" was praised for having diversity in comparison to other songs on "Loose", but at the same time, criticized for its mellowness. The song reached number-one in more than fifteen countries including Germany, Austria, Netherlands and Spain.

Writing and recording

"All Good Things" was conceived near the end of the recording of "Loose". Furtado was at the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards ceremony, which was held in Miami, Florida in August, when she bumped into her old friend Chris Martin, who had been performing with Coldplay. Furtado told Martin she was working with Timbaland on a new album, and Martin said he "loved" Timbaland and asked if he could visit the studio. Timbaland had been listening to Coldplay's album "X&Y" in the studio frequently the previous week, so Furtado agreed and invited Martin to The Hit Factory the following night. [Intini, John. [http://www.macleans.ca/article.jsp?content=20060828_132446_132446 "Nelly Furtado: 'I'm not Mother Teresa'"] . "Maclean's". August 25 2006. Retrieved May 17 2007.] Lash, Jolie. [http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/9325140/nelly_furtado_brings_the_punkhop "Nelly Furtado Brings the Punk-Hop"] . "Rolling Stone". February 16 2006. Retrieved December 30 2006.] Vineyard, Jennifer. [http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1534662/06202006/furtado_nelly.jhtml "Chris Martin Covers Jay-Z — And Other Scenes From Nelly Furtado's "Loose"] . MTV News. June 20 2006. Retrieved December 30 2006.]

Timbaland and Martin had expressed admiration for each other's work, but they had not previously met. According to Furtado, "They were really humbled in each other's presence",Shepherd, Julianne. [http://www.mtv.com/bands/f/furtado_nelly/qa_feature_060706/ "How Nelly Furtado Got Her Ghetto Pass"] . MTV News. June 7 2006. Retrieved December 30 2006.] but because Timbaland has a large figure and kept calling Martin "Coldplay", Martin was initially nervous and scared. Furtado, who is "always the instigator", told Martin to sit down at the keyboard and begin making music. "Chris got to express his inner James Brown", she said. Martin originally contributed to the song with his vocals, but after a request from executives at his record label, they were removed from the finished version of the song included on "Loose". According to Furtado, the executives "didn't want his voice sounding so rocky". [Gilbert, Ben. [http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/33036840 "Nelly Furtado Pulls Chris Martin Duet"] . Yahoo! Music. June 7 2006. Retrieved December 30 2006.] The version of the song featuring Martin's vocals was leaked onto the Internet in late June 2006. [ [http://www.burninthespotlight.com/index.php/2006/listen-all-good-things-must-come-to-an-end-ft-chris-martin-unreleased-track/ "Listen: "All Good Things (Must Come to an End)" ft Chris Martin (Unreleased Track)"] . Burninthespotlight.com. June 26 2006. Retrieved December 30 2006.]

Furtado has said that because she has "a tendency towards melancholy" and considers Martin "Mr. Melancholic Genius", the process of creating the song was "magic". She has described the song as "a fusion of Tim's rough-sounding hip-hop beats with that melancholy Chris has mastered, and I'm in-between."

Critical reception

This song reviewed favorably by critics, often comparing this song as a reminiscence to Furtado's previous records. An MSN UK review of the song described it as "a reflective and emotional ballad with a strong melody, presumably the input of the Coldplay man, and lyrics which remind us that Nelly's still like a bird, albeit one who likes a bit of night-time action"; it gave the song 4.5 out of five stars. [ [http://news.entertainment.msn.co.uk/20061124_singles_R390741.htm Editorial ] ] HMV UK published a four out of five star review in which its writer said that, in contrast to the album's previous singles, "Maneater" and "Promiscuous", "All Good Things" is "a beautiful, hooky, emotive ballad". [ [http://www.hmv.co.uk/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=282;2;-1;-1&sku=568018 HMV.com: Music CDs, DVDs, Games & More ] ] Chuck Taylor of "Billboard" magazine wrote that the song is "adventurous, hip, playful and enduring. Featuring an enlightened lyric ("Pain sets in and I don't cry/I only feel gravity and wonder why") with the track's hypnotic melody featuring contribution from Coldplay's Chris Martin, "Good" lives up to Furtado's 2001 double Grammy Award nods."dotMusic called the song "a superior goosebumps slowie." [ [http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/060620/33/20bq5.html Nelly Furtado Loose Album Review, New album reviews and latest album releases on Yahoo! Music ] ]

Commercial release and chart performance

The single was released in Europe in November 2006, and it reached number four in the United Kingdom. [http://acharts.us/song/11495 "Nelly Furtado - All Good Things (come To An End)"] . aCharts.us. Retrieved June 7 2007.] In countries such as the Netherlands and Austria, it peaked higher than "Maneater" and "Promiscuous",Fact|date=January 2008 and it became Furtado's first number-one hit in the NetherlandsFact|date=January 2008 and GermanyFact|date=January 2008, where it was the second most successful single of 2007.Fact|date=January 2008 It reached number one in twenty countries,Taylor, Chuck. [http://billboard.com/bbcom/content_display/reviews/singles/e3i594095f6e6009d7840ffbbcaf1b05c27 "All Good Things (Come to an End) - Nelly Furtado"] . "Billboard".] including Switzerland and Austria. It topped the Eurochart Hot 100 SinglesFact|date=January 2008—Furtado's first number-one on the chartFact|date=January 2008—and reached number five on the United World Tracks Chart.The song was also a commercial succes in Spain, where it reached the top of Los 40 Chart for five weeks.

The song was released as the fourth single from "Loose" in the U.S. and Australia. It debuted at number twenty on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart, rising to number fifteen in its third week; in June, after descending the chart, it rose to a new peak of number twelve, and it remained on the chart for twenty-one weeks. A new mix of the song was released to radio on April 10 in the U.S., where it debuted at number ninety-nine on the "Billboard" Hot 100. It peaked at number eighty-six, falling short of the top twenty peaks achieved by the previous singles from "Loose", although it became the album's fourth number-one single on the Hot Dance Club Play chart.Fact|date=June 2008

A version of the song recorded with the Italian pop group Zero Assoluto was released in Italy,Fact|date=January 2008 where the song was released only as digital download.Fact|date=January 2008 In Germany, the lead singer of the German rock band Reamonn, Rea Garvey, was featured on the song.Fact|date=January 2008 At the end of April 2007, a Spanish version of "All Good Things (Come to an End)" titled "Lo Bueno Siempre Tiene un Final" was released.Fact|date=January 2008 It was on sale at the iTunes Store on June 5.Fact|date=January 2008 For Brazil's version, Diego Ferrero, the lead singer of the Brazilian band NX Zero, was invited. Remixes of the song by Dave Audé and Kaskade were released.Fact|date=January 2008

Music video

The "All Good Things" video, directed by Gabriel Coss and Israel Lugo, [ [http://allieiswired.com/archives/2006/10/all-good-things-come-to-an-end-nelly-furtado/ All Good Things (come to an end) - Nelly Furtado] AllieIsWired.com] was filmed in Puerto Rico and shot back-to-back with the video for "Say It Right", the album's third single in North America. It features a love story between Furtado and a male model, and Furtado is seen walking along a beach and into a forest, where she finds a dinner table hanging upside-down from a tree. There are accompanying shots of the model finding, and subsequently hanging from, the table. The video includes flashbacks to when Furtado and the model were eating at the table, and it ends with them holding each other under a stream of water. Furtado said that the video is "very tropical and romantic" and reminded her of videos for Sarah McLachlan singles: "it has that element of art to it. It's kind of like cinema."Vineyard, Jennifer. [http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1545025/20061106/furtado_nelly.jhtml "Nelly Furtado Double-Dips With Two Soaking-Wet Videos"] . MTV News. November 6 2006. Retrieved November 11 2006.]

The video features the radio edit of the song.Fact|date=January 2008 On March 7 2007, it made its North American premiere on MuchMusic in Canada,Fact|date=January 2008 and on March 19 2007, it debuted on MTV's "TRL" in the U.S.Fact|date=January 2008 It entered the show's countdown at number ten the next day, subsequently climbing the chart to reach number two.Fact|date=January 2008

Formats and track listings

;UK CD singleFact|date=January 2008
#"All Good Things (Come to an End)" (radio edit)
#"Maneater" (Radio 1 Live Lounge session
#" [All good things video featuring radio 3.46;Maxi-CDFact|date=January 2008
#"All Good Things (Come to an End)" (radio mix)
#"All Good Things (Come to an End)" (featuring Rea Garvey)
#"No Hay Igual" (featuring Calle 13)
#"All Good Things (Come to an End)" (video)

;European Germany maxi-CDFact|date=January 2008
#"All Good Things (Come to an End)" (radio edit)
#"All Good Things (Come to an End)" (featuring Rea Garvey)
#"Maneater" (Live Lounge Radio session)
#"All Good Things (Come to an End)" (video);iTunes singleFact|date=January 2008
#"All Good Things (Come to an End)" (radio edit)
#"Maneater" (Radio 1 Live Lounge session)

;Australian CD singleFact|date=January 2008
#"All Good Things (Come to an End)" (radio edit) – 4:2
#"Maneater" (Radio 1 Live Lounge session) – 3:01
#"No Hay Igual" (featuring Calle 13) – 3:41
#"All Good Things (Come to an End)" (video) – 3:48

;All Good Things (Come To An End) / No Hay Igual UK /Chilean Promotional CD single
#"All Good Things (Come to an End)" (UK Radio Mix) – 3:49
#"No Hay Igual" – 3:35
#"No Hay Igual" (featuring Calle 13) – 3:38
#"No Hay Igual" (featuring Calle 13) [Instrumental Version] – 3:37

Remixes

* "All Good Things (Come to an End)" (Dave Aude Club Mix) (9:07)
* "All Good Things (Come to an End)" (Dave Aude Audacious Dub) (7:58)
* "All Good Things (Come to an End)" (Dave Aude Radio Mix) (3:42)
* "All Good Things (Come to an End)" (Dave Aude Mixshow) (6:00)
* "All Good Things (Come to an End)" (Kaskade Club Mix) (6:46)
* "All Good Things (Come to an End)" (Kaskade Dub) (6:16)
* "All Good Things (Come to an End)" (Kaskade Radio Mix) (3:30)
* "All Good Things (Come to an End)" (Crystal Fake Bootleg Remix) (6:09)
* "All Good Things (Come to an End)" (Goove & Groove House Remix) (5:16)
* "All Good Things (Come to an End)" (Zero Assoluto Italo Dance Mix) (3:47)
* "All Good Things (Come to an End)" (Atti Master Remix) (3:36)
* "All Good Things (Come to an End)" (Thamoella Remix) (3:54)
* "All Good Things (Come to an End)" (EDY Remix) (5:14)
* "All Good Things (Come to an End)" (Pajy Mix) (3:58)
* "All Good Things (Come to an End)" (Il Hot Remix) (5:33)
* "All Good Things (Come to an End)" (Roman Heinken Remix) (4:05)
* "All Good Things (Come to an End)" (DJ Little A Reggaeton Remix) (3:57)
* "All Good Things (Come to an End)" (Sam998899's Club Mix) (7:04)
* "All Good Things (Come to an End)" (Hot Tracks Mix)
* "All Good Things (Come to an End)" (Drum & Bass Remix) (3:12)
* "All Good Things (Come to an End)" (Main Radio Mix) (3:48)
* "All Good Things (Come to an End)" (UltiMix) (5:57)

Other versions

* "All Good Things (Come to an End)" (Album Version) (5:11)
* "All Good Things (Come to an End)" (Radio Version) (3:45)
* "All Good Things (Come to an End)" (Main Radio Edit) (4:25)
* "All Good Things (Come to an End)" (Main Single Version)
* "All Good Things (Come to an End)" (Instrumental Version)
* "All Good Things (Come to an End)" (Karaoke Version) (4:13)
* "All Good Things (Come to an End)" (Acoustic Version)
* "All Good Things (Come to an End)" (featuring Chris Martin) (5:31)
* "All Good Things (Come to an End)" (featuring Rea Gravey from Reamonn) (3:55)
* "All Good Things (Come to an End)" (featuring Di Ferrero) (3:42)
* "All Good Things (Come to an End)" (featuring Zero Assoluto)

Charts

Credits and personnel

*Drums by Timbaland
*Keyboards by Danja
*Guitar by Dan Warner
*Background vocals by Nelly Furtado and Jim Beanz
*Recording, engineering and mixing by Demacio "Demo" Castellon
*Second engineered by James Roach, Kobla Tetey, Ben Jost and Vadim Chislov
*Additional recording by Marcella "Ms. Lago" Araica
*Vocal production by Jim Beanz
*Recorded at The Hit Factory, Miami, Florida
*Mixed at Thomas Crown Studios, Virginia Beach, Virginia

ee also

*Number ones of European Hit Radio Top 40 (2006)
*Number ones of European Hit Radio Top 40 (2007)
*Dutch Top 40 number-one hits of 2007
*Number-one dance hits of 2007 (USA)

Notes and references

*Unknown (2006). In "Loose" [CD liner notes] . United States: Geffen Records.

External links

*YouTube|lZy2xq1DTNo|Music video (U.S. version)