Rolling Stone would eventually name the song one of the best songs of the 2000s decade. It went on to earn Amerie a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. She debuted in 2002 with her sleeper hit single 'Why Dont We Fall in Love' and the subsequent album All I Have. We know it as “Get Right,” which was initially meant for Usher. Amerie Mi Marie Rogers (born January 12, 1980) is an American R&B music artist as well as model and occasional actress. desperately wanted the song because she had Harrison produce one with a similar sound. Later, it was featured in Will Smith’s romantic comedy Hitch. Columbia tried to suppress the success of the song. And given her penchant for putting her name on the work of Black women, Amerie made the right decision.
But also because Jennifer Lopez, who was Amerie’s label mate, was interested in the song. In 2004, Amerie and Rich leaked the song, hoping to force the label’s hand. Columbia, her label at the time, wasn’t convinced the song was a hit. It was the only single from the album because Amerie and her writing partner Rich Harrison had to sneak and release it.
Influenced by go-go rhythms and sampling The Meters’ “Calcutta,” it rose to number 8 in the Billboard Hot 100 that year and number 1 on the Hot R&B/Hip Hop charts. While people might argue about the relevance of this song, “1 Thing,” which debuted on her second album, Touch, was a certified hit. Sony was hesitant to release it and some other interesting tidbits. Turns out there was another artist who wanted it. F*ck the numbers.Īnd in sharing their admiration for the song, there were some interesting facts revealed-like how and why the song was released. And even though Amerie’s song is four years too old to be included in the conversation, Black folk wanted to acknowledge it as culturally significant. But now, with the onset of 2020, people are reflecting on memorable moments of the past decade. Shortly after that, Amerie’s career would fizzle a bit. Every so often, Amerie ‘s hit single ‘1 Thing’ crops up online and like clockwork, a fierce debate gets fired up inevitably bringing Beyonce and Jennifer Lopez into the convo. Not to mention the dance-ability of the song was remarkable. At the few parties I attended, the song we most wanted to hear at house parties, birthday shendigs and on our self-created mixes, was Amerie’s “1 Thing.” With the sound of blaring horns, kicking drums and a groove that couldn’t be denied, it was a jam. 1 Thing is a song by American singer Amerie from her second studio album, Touch (2005).
Don’t any of you have anything better to do than compare A to B (excuse the pun!)? It’s just boring, both ladies have paved the way for other artist like when Beyoncé bought out “Baby Boy” with it genius R&B and dancehall flavour that paved the way for Rihanna with her “Pon De Replay” song and her first two albums, I hope 2014 does bring back two things:ġ)Real R&B and hip-hop not this whole mixed up sound where artist try to sound like each other.Ģ)Amerie’s album, Mariah Carey’s album and Beyoncé’s long awaited album, all three of those R&B divas have and have had a successful career and loyal fans and have brought hits after hits and real soulful melodies, so cut the hate.In 2005, I was a junior in high school. But they are both two of R&B’s finest ladies Amerie does her R&B/go-go/hip-hop swing and Beyoncé does her R&B/soul/funk/hip-hop/slow jam flavour. I can’t wait for it, Amerie’s done some really good music, I think this whole Beyoncé copied Amerie hype is crap, I mean come on, OK maybe “B’Day” did sound a bit like “Touch” but to be honest haven’t any of you guys heard the stuff that’s been out for the past 4 years? Everyone’s jumped onto this Dance-pop/Electronic Dance-pop Music/Electro-pop/R&B-pop vibe and it’s boring! and OK maybe Beyoncé’s outfit in the “Crazy in Love” video does KINDA look like Amerie’s one in the “Why Don’t We Fall in Love” video.
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