Goodies (song)

Infobox Single
Name = Goodies

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Artist = Ciara featuring Petey Pablo
from Album = Goodies
Released = flagicon|USA June 2004
flagicon|UK January 2005
Format = Digital download, CD single
Recorded = Hitco, Atlanta, Georgia & Circle House Studios, Miami, FL and Sony Music Studios, NYC
Genre = Crunk&B, pop, hip hop
Length = 3:43
Label = LaFace
Writer = Jonathan Smith, Ciara Harris, Sean Garrett, LaMarquis Jefferson, Craig Love
Producer = Lil Jon
Certification = Gold (RIAA)
Misc = Extra chronology
Artist = Ciara
Type = singles
Last single =
This single = "Goodies"
(2004)
Next single = "1, 2 Step"
(2004)Extra album cover

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Upper caption = Alternate cover

"Goodies" is a pop song recorded by American R&B singer Ciara and rapper Petey Pablo for Ciara's debut album "Goodies" (2004) and written by Ciara, Sean Garrett, LaMarquis Jefferson, Craig Love and Jonathan Smith. "Goodies" is a combination of crunk and R&B. The song's lyrics are about female empowerment and virginity. The protagonist does not want to an object, while performing over a complex beat. The song's protagonist rejects a male's sexual advances, proclaiming that he will never get her "goodies" because "they stay in the jar".

"Goodies" was released as the album's lead single in third and fourth quarters of 2004, and first quarter of 2005. As the album's opening track, the song made a successful debut single, becoming Ciara's first number one single on the Billboard Hot 100, and stayed number one for seven consecutive weeks. The song charted well on international markets. It was certified gold in the United States.

Background and writing

After the success of Usher's "Yeah!" and Petey Pablo's "Freek-a-Leek", LaFace executive L.A. Reid wanted a female version of Pablo's "Freek-a-Leek". Ciara went in the recording studio with Hip-hop producer Lil Jon. She began writing a demo, but she had difficulty composing lyrics and creating a melody. Reid asked songwriter Sean Garrett, who was co-writer of Usher's Yeah!, to help Ciara write a song. The process took several days including Ciara and Garrett writing verses over the phone. The demo became "Goodies", which is the answer song to Pablo's "Freek-a-Leek". Lil Jon heard the demo and wanted to record the full track and Ciara became the first woman to record a crunk song.

Reception

"Goodies" received positive reviews from music critics. Fazed.com called the song, "both clever and ironic considering how sexy her image" and "singularly disarming combination of an empowering message backed by an intoxicatingly sexy beat". [ [http://www.fazed.com/music/ciara_goodies.html Ciara - "Goodies" review] Retrieved January 23 2008] "The Situation" declared the track as "a great dance tune with a solid beat". Also it noted, Ciara shows "a lot of attitude, with girl empowering lyrics". [ [http://www.thesituation.co.uk/reviews/ciara_review.htm Ciara - Goodies] "The Situation" Retrieved January 23 2008] "Slant" published, "it's not the chorus that gets stuck in your head... but the incessant oscillating whistle (I swear you can hear dogs barking halfway through the song.)" [ [http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/music_review.asp?ID=507 Slant Magazine - Music Review: Ciara: Goodies] "Slant" Magaine Retrieved January 23 2008] Musiccomh.com reviewed, "Goodies" as "an instantly recognisable tune" and called it a "typically upbeat benefiting from Lil' Jon". [ [http://www.musicomh.com/albums/ciara.htmm Ciara - Goodies - review] "Musicomh.com" Retrieved January 23 2008] Hiphopgalaxy.com called the track a "ultimate party anthem of the summer, but it’s one of the best singles of the year." The song has "an infectious chorus" and "a crunked up groove." [ [http://www.hiphopgalaxy.com/Ciara-Goodies-hip-hop-1446.html Ciara Goodies - Hip Hop Galaxy] "Hiphopgalaxy.com" Retrieved January 23 2008] "Blender" published that Ciara "sounds like she's rapping right back at him, delivering her lines in a measured, sultry cadence with hardly any variation in tone or pitch. [ [http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=2981 Ciara Goodies review on Blender] "Blender" Magazine Retrieved January 23 2008]

In 2005, "Goodies" was nominated for "Best R&B/Soul or Rap Song of the Year" at Soul Train Lady of Soul Music Awards and in 2006. It won the Best Performed Songs in the ASCAP Repertory for the 2005 Survey Year at the ASCAP Pop Music Awards, including "1, 2 Step" and "Oh".

"Goodies" is featured in the 2006 film "Just My Luck".

Music video

The music video for "Goodies" was directed by Benny Boom. It shows Ciara and her friends driving in a Oldsmobile 442 convertible along the Atlanta, Georgia streets to the local car wash. It features cameo appearances by BoneCrusher, Monica, Rasheeda, Jazze Pha, Young Jeezy, Lil Jon and among others. Ciara filmed the video for 27 straight hours with director Benny Boom.

She gave her first performance ever of "Goodies" on BET's 106 & Park.

In the music video, Ciara is in front of a blue and white back ground with Jazze Pha at the end, and with her backup dancers at the beginning.

Chart performance

"Goodies" is Ciara's biggest single in the United States; it debuted at ninety-four on the Billboard Hot 100 and stayed at number one for seven consecutive weeks. [ [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=379&cfgn=Singles&cfn=The+Billboard+Hot+100&ci=3054327&cdi=8170629&cid=06%2F26%2F2004 Goodies - Billboard Hot 100 - 6-26-04] ] It topped several Billboard charts including the Hot 100 Airplay, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, Rhythmic Top 40 and Top 40 Tracks charts. The single reached three on the Top 40 Mainstream and four on the Hot Digital Tracks. [ [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=362&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Hot+Digital+Tracks&ci=3057162&cdi=8274754&cid=02%2F12%2F2005 Goodies - Billboard Hot 100 2-15-05] ] The song replaced "Lean Back" by Terror Squad, and was subsequently replaced by "My Boo" by Usher and Alicia Keys on both the Hot 100 and R&B/Hip-Hop charts. It ranked number nine on the 2004 U.S. Billboard year-end chart. [ [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=411&cfgn=Year-end+Singles&cfn=The+Billboard+Hot+100&ci=3077199&cdi=9011395&cid=12%2F31%2F2004 Goodies - Billboard Hot 100 year-end chart - 12-21-04] ]

"Goodies" reached number one in Canada and the United Kingdom. In the UK, it replaced "One Night/I Got Stung" by Elvis Presley and replaced another Presley re-release single "'O Sole Mio". The single peaked in the top twenty in Australia and Norway. The single reached ten in Germany and New Zealand. It was a moderate success in Austria, France, and Netherlands.

Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Goodies".

*"'Itunes UK digital download #1(Released October 18 2004)

#"Goodies" (Single version)
#"Goodies"

*"'Itunes UK digital download #2(Released October 18 2004)
#"Goodies" - Featuring Petey Pablo
#"Goodies" - Main - No rap
#"Goodies" - Clean

*UK CD 1(Released 2005)

#"Goodies" featuring Petey Pablo (main rap)
#"Goodies" (no rap)

*UK CD 2(Released 2005)

# "Goodies" (main rap - featuring Petey Pablo)
# "Goodies" (Richard X Remix) (featuring M.I.A. [UK exclusive]
# "Goodies" (Bimbo Jones remix - UK exclusive)
# "Goodies" (video)
# "Goodies" (ring tone)

*UK EP(Released January 11 2005)
#"Goodies" (Featuring Petey Pablo)
#"Goodies" (Album version)
#"Goodies" (Richard X remix)
#"Goodies" (Johnny Toobad remix)
#"Goodies" (Bimbo Jones mix)

Credits

*All vocals — Ciara
*Music performance — Lil Jon
*Engineer — Charles Sanders
*Second engineers — Steve Nowacynski and Brian Stanley
*Mixed by Lil Jon, Ray Seay, Brian Stanley

Charts

Official versions

*Alternate version featuring T.I. and Jazze Pha (bonus track on "Goodies")
*Alternate version featuring Mia X
*Bimbo Jones full vocal
*Extended version featuring Petey Pablo, Lil' Jon, and Ludacris
*Richard X Remix (featuring M.I.A.)
*Acapella
*Instrumental
*Johnny Toobad remix

ee also

*Hot 100 number-one hits of 2004 (USA)
*List of number-one R&B hits (United States)
*List of number-one singles from the 2000s (UK)

References

* Ciara (2006). BET Official presents "Ciara: The Evolution" (BET Exclusive DVD) New York: LaFace Records and Zomba Label Group – Ciara explains the writing process of "Goodies" and filming the music video.