Chewing Gum (Annie song)

Infobox Single
Name = Chewing Gum


Artist = Annie
Album = Anniemal
B-side = "The Greatest Hit"
"Kiss Me"
Released = Start date|2004|08|30
Format = CD, digital download
Recorded =
Genre = Electropop
Length = 3:56
Label = 679
Writer = Richard X, Hannah Robinson
Producer = Richard X
Last single = "I Will Get On"
(2002)
This single = "Chewing Gum"
(2004)
Next single = "Heartbeat"
(2005)

"Chewing Gum" is a electropop song written by Richard X and Hannah Robinson for Norwegian singer Annie's debut album "Anniemal" (2004). The song is based on metaphor which likens men to chewing gum.

The song was released as the album's lead single in August 2004. It received positive reviews from music critics. "Chewing Gum" was the album's most commercially successful single, reaching number eight on the Norwegian Singles Chart and number twenty-five on the UK Singles Chart. [ [http://acharts.us/song/1735 "Annie - Chewing Gum - Music Charts"] . αCharts. Retrieved 27 August 2008.] The song has been featured on the online game Audition Online. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7x8Pv960hU]

Background and writing

Producer Richard X was impressed with Annie's debut single "Greatest Hit". He asked Annie to record vocals for his debut album "Richard X Presents His X-Factor Vol. 1". In exchange, he contributed "Chewing Gum", co-written with Hannah Robinson, to "Anniemal".Draper, Jimmy. [http://www.sfbg.com/39/39/art_music_heartbeat.html "Norwegian would"] . "San Francisco Bay Guardian". Retrieved 26 August 2008.] Richard X's songwriting was inspired by a put-down that his girlfriend devised to describe self-important, vain people. [Frere-Jones, Sasha. "Singles Going Steady". "The New Yorker", volume 81, issue 14, page 18. 23 May 2005.]

The song's lyrics compare being in a relationship with chewing gum, "chewing for fun" and then moving on to the next relationship "when all the flavor has gone." Annie compared the song's sound to the work of New Wave group the Tom Tom Club. [Foley, Jack. [http://www.indielondon.co.uk/music/mu_annie_chewgumfeat.html "Annie - Chewing over the heartbreak along the way to success"] . IndieLondon. Retrieved 8 September 2008.] Reviewers compared "Chewing Gum" to the group's 1981 single "Genius of Love". [

• Rosen, Jody. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/01/arts/music/01rose.html "Much Ado About Annie"] . "New York Times". 1 May 2005. Retrieved 8 September 2008.
• Horning, Rob. [http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/a/annie-anniemal.shtml "Annie: Anniemal"] . "PopMatters". 22 June 2005. Retrieved 8 September 2008.

]

Critical reception

"Chewing Gum" received positive reviews from music critics. Pitchfork Media ranked the track at number eleven on its list of the "Top 50 Singles of 2004". [Petrusich, Amanda. [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/38513-staff-list-top-50-singles-of-2004/page_4 "Top 50 Singles of 2004"] . Pitchfork Media. December 30 2004. Retrieved June 16 2008.] "Stylus Magazine" listed it tenth on its list of the top 40 singles of 2004. [Gottlieb, Akiva. [http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/weekly_article/the-top-40-singles-of-2004.htm "Top 40 Singles of 2004"] . "Stylus Magazine". 6 December 2004. Retrieved 22 September 2008.] The song was listed thirty-first on the 2004 Pazz & Jop list, a survey of several hundred music critics conducted by Robert Christgau. [http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/pjres04.php "The 2004 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll"] . "The Village Voice". 15 February 2005. Retrieved 27 August 2008.]

Music video

The song's music video was directed by Barnaby Roper. In it, two versions of Annie sing the lyrics to each other as part of a dialogue. The video includes sequences of Annie and body doubles of her dancing in a sound stage. The video was filmed in less than a day. [Slomowicz, Ron. [http://dancemusic.about.com/od/artistshomepages/a/AnnieInt.htm "Annie Interview"] . About.com. Retrieved 22 September 2008.]

Formats and track listings

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

;12-inch vinyl single(679L075T; Released September 2004)
#"Chewing Gum" (Mylo remix)
#"Chewing Gum" (album version)
#"Chewing Gum" (Headman dub)

;UK CD single (CD1)(679L075CD1; Released September 2004)
#"Chewing Gum" (radio edit) – 3:30
#"Kiss Me"

;UK CD single (CD2)(679L075CD2; Released September 2004)
#"Chewing Gum" (radio edit) – 3:30
#"Chewing Gum" (Mylo remix) – 5:54
#"Chewing Gum" (Headman vocal remix) - 6:29
#"Chewing Gum" (Headman dub) – 6:31
#"Chewing Gum" (video)

Charts

Personnel

The following people contributed to "Chewing Gum":
*Annie – lead vocals
*Hannah Robinson – backing vocals
*Richard X – production
*Pete Hofmann – engineering, mixing
*Henrick Bulow – photography
*Mat Maitland, Richard Andrews – art direction and design

References

External links

* [http://www.anniemusic.co.uk/ Annie's official website]