Put Your Records On

"Put Your Records On"
CD single cover
Single by Corinne Bailey Rae
from the album Corinne Bailey Rae
B-side	"Since I've Been Loving You", "Another Rainy Day"
Released	20 February 2006
Format	CD single, DVD single, digital download, 7" single
Recorded	2005
Genre	Soul, singer–songwriter
Length	3:35
Label	EMI
Writer(s)	Corinne Bailey Rae, John Beck, Steve Chrisanthou
Producer	Steve Chrisanthou
Corinne Bailey Rae singles chronology
"Like a Star" (2005) "Put Your Records On" (2006) "Trouble Sleeping" (2006)
Alternate covers DVD single cover 7" single cover

"Put Your Records On" is a song by English soul singer–songwriter Corinne Bailey Rae from her debut album, Corinne Bailey Rae (2006). Written by Rae, John Beck, and Steve Chrisanthou, it was released as the album's second single in February and early March 2006 throughout Europe and as the lead single in North America. The track received two nominations at the 2007 Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year, losing both to Dixie Chicks' "Not Ready to Make Nice".

The song is featured on the Brazilian soap opera "Páginas da Vida".

Song information

Produced by Steve Chrisanthou, the song crashed into the UK Singles Chart at number two and was only kept off the top spot by Madonna's "Sorry". The carefree, chilled-out style of both the song and the video—set in South Africa—caught people's imagination and created hype around Rae that a British urban music artist has not enjoyed since Craig David and Ms. Dynamite's emergence in 2000 and 2002 respectively.^{[citation needed]} The song's opening line, "Three little birds sat on my window/And they tell me I don't need to worry", is a reference to Bob Marley & The Wailers' 1977 hit song "Three Little Birds".

"Put Your Records On" enjoyed a wealth of critical and commercial acclaim^{[citation needed]} which helped rocket the album to number one in its first week of release. The track topped the UK Official Download Chart and the UK R&B Singles Chart; it was also a smash hit on radio reaching at least number two on the UK Airplay Chart. However, the single did not fare as well in the United States, peaking at number sixty-four on the Billboard Hot 100. As of March 1 2006, Rae became only the second female solo act to top the UK Official Download Chart in history.

The acoustic version of this song was a featured Free Single of the Week on the Canadian and the U.S. iTunes Store.

The song earned a Grammy Award nomination for Song of the Year in 2007.^[1]

This song was covered many times in reality television programmes. On the sixth season of American Idol, semi-finalist Antonella Barba performed this song during the Top 16 week. Also, on the fourth season of the UK's The X Factor, finalist Alisha Bennett performed this song during the Top 8. Carly Rae Jepsen sang it on the fifth season of Canadian Idol during the Top 22 week. On the eighth season of American Idol, semi-finalist Megan Joy performed this song during week 2 of the Top 36 week.

The song appears on the 2006 compilation album The Acoustic Album, as well as in the 2007 video game Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore.

The song is also featured in the upcoming film "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel" sung by the Chipettes.

Track listings and formats

UK CD single

1. "Put Your Records On"
2. "Another Rainy Day"

International CD single

1. "Put Your Records On"
2. "Another Rainy Day"
3. "Since I've Been Loving You"

DVD single

1. "Put Your Records On"
2. "Put Your Records On" (Video)
3. "Put Your Records On" (Live at Bush Hall)
4. "Since I've Been Loving You"

7" single

1. "Put Your Records On"
2. "Since I've Been Loving You"

Digital download

1. "Put Your Records On" (Acoustic)

iTunes digital download Version 1

Put Your Records On - Single

1. "Put Your Records On"
2. "Since I've Been Loving You"

iTunes digital download Version 2

Put Your Records On - Single

1. "Put Your Records On"
2. "Another Rainy Day"

iTunes single

Put Your Records On - Single

1. "Put Your Records On"

Credits

• Written by Corinne Bailey Rae, John Beck and Steve Chrisanthou
• Produced and recorded by Steve Chrisanthou
• Additional production by Jimmy Hogarth
• Lead vocals performed by Corinne Bailey Rae
• Backing vocals by Corinne Bailey Rae and Cara Robinson
• Acoustic guitar performed by Corinne Bailey Rae
• Percussion performed by Corinne Bailey Rae
• Electric guitar, Spanish guitar, horns and percussion by Steve Chrisanthou
• Keyboards performed by John Beck
• Hammond organ performed by Joe Tatton
• Alto Sax performed by Jason Rae
• Tenor Sax performed by Jim Corry
• Trumpet performed by Malcolm Strachan
• Bass performed by Sam Dixon
• Published by Global Talent Publishing and Good Groove Songs
• Recorded at The Idle Studio

Charts

References