Lost Without U

Infobox Single
Name = Lost Without U


Artist = Robin Thicke
from Album = The Evolution of Robin Thicke
Released = January 30, 2007(US Rhythmic)
March 13, 2007(US Mainstream)
Format = Digital download
Recorded = 2006
Genre = R&B, Pop
Label = Interscope Records/Star Trak Entertainment
Writer = Robin Thicke, Sierra Thornton
Producer = Robin Thicke, Pro J
Certification =
Last single = "Shooter"
(2006)
This single = "Lost Without U"
(2006)
Next single = "Can U Believe"
(2007)"Lost Without U" is the second official single released from Robin Thicke's second album "The Evolution of Robin Thicke" (2006). It was released in late 2006.

Writing and inspiration

The single was written after the release of his first album and while he was on tour. It was at a time he was feeling insecure and wasn't having much commercial success with his music. Thicke said the following to "MTV News" about the inspiration for the song: "I was going through an insecure period and wanted my lady to tell me how fabulous and how sexy and how wonderful I am."cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/#/news/articles/1552974/20070221/thicke_robin.jhtml |title=MTV News | Robin Thicke, Pharrell Smiling At Last As Evolution Scales |accessdate=2007-02-28 |publisher=MTV.com]

Music video

Thicke appears in the music video of the song alongside his wife, actress Paula Patton. Fearful that the video for this single would be the last one he would ever make, Thicke chose to cast his wife as the leading lady in the music video as a way to tell the truth and represent how the last few years of his life has been. However, with the success of "Lost Without U" Thicke has stated that he will be filming a new video for the next single, "Can U Believe". The video is currently on Big Ten rotation on MTV, where Thicke was also a "Discover and Download" artist. The music video is dedicated to Robin's best friend Herve Romain.

Throughout the video, scenes are intercut of Thicke sitting on a chair playing his acoustic guitar and on a wall with a light flashing on him. The video begins with Thicke entering his apartment; he seems to be angry as he throws his keys to the floor. However, he is then seen on a bed, caressing his wife and kissing her shoulder. After, he is in a bathroom, where he imagines his wife taking off his clothes, though he is taking them off himself. After, his wife is shown in the shower, and he is shown singing. He is then shown sitting on a couch, and his wife walks up to him and sits on the couch suggestively, but then gets up and leaves. They are then shown in a bedroom, with Thicke's wife dancing and Thicke watching while holding a pair of socks (presumably hers). They are then shown on a boat, enjoying each other's presence. Thicke is shown back in his apartment angry, when all of a sudden his wife walks in, and she lets her jacket fall off her, exposing a revealing outfit. They begin kissing passionately, and Thicke lifts her up, but is then shown alone, confused (he had dreamed the kissing session).

Chart performance

"Lost Without U" has been known as his breakthrough single on the "Billboard" Hot 100, peaking at number fourteen on the chart, becoming his biggest hit to date. "Lost Without U" is Thicke's first charting single from his album, "The Evolution of Robin Thicke", and in his entire career as well.

"Lost Without U" also remains Thicke's most successful single on the "Billboard" Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, reaching number-one on the week of February 24, 2007, becoming his first number-one single on the R&B chart. [cite web | title=Artist Chart History - Lost Without U | work=Billboard.com | url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=512247&model.vnuAlbumId=758945 | accessdate=2007-02-27] He also became the first white male artist to reach #1 on the R&B charts since George Michael's "One More Try" in 1988. One week later, on the March 3 issue of "Billboard", the single also peaked at number one on two other "Billboard" charts; Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay and Adult R&B Airplay, simultaneously topping all three charts that week. The single eventually spent eleven consecutive weeks at number one on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Adult R&B Airplay charts and ten consecutive weeks on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart. The single was also popular in the United Kingdom, where it peaked at number eleven.

Due to the single's heavy promotion and popularity, it has been credited to have caused the significant spike in the sales of "The Evolution of Robin Thicke", which helped the album become certified platinum by the RIAA."lost without you" also spent 8 weeks at #1 on the Hit Las Vegas R&B Chart in early 2007.

Charts

ee also

*R&B number-one hits of 2007 (USA)

References

External links

* [http://www.mariah-charts.com/chartdata/PRobinThicke.htm Chart Data: Robin Thicke]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKNA42bj-do Watch "Lost Without U" courtesy of Universal Music Group] on YouTube