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| Single by Jessica Simpson | |||||||||||||||
| from the album A Public Affair | |||||||||||||||
| Released | June 29, 2006 (See release history) |
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| Format | Digital download | ||||||||||||||
| Genre | Dance-pop Disco |
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| Length | 3:21 | ||||||||||||||
| Label | Epic | ||||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Jessica Simpson J. Austin G. Kurstin S. Watters L. Biancanello L.Mendez N. Ashford V.Simpson |
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| Producer | Lester Mendez | ||||||||||||||
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"A Public Affair" is the first single from Jessica Simpson's fourth studio album A Public Affair (2006). The song peaked the Top 10 in Canada and Ireland. It features an interpolation of the Diana Ross classic "Ain't No Mountain High Enough".
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Chuck Taylor of Billboard magazine called the song's production "wildly adventurous" and "maddeningly catchy", and the song itself "A perfect record."[1] Teen People called the song a fun, frothy dance track reminiscent of early Madonna; some in the media have criticized the unoriginality of the song because of its strong similarity to Madonna's "Holiday".[2] The video has also been noted for being similar to Madonna's "Sorry" video.
"A Public Affair" was shortlisted for the 2007 Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance but wasn't one of the final nominees, leaving Simpson still without a Grammy nomination or win.[citation needed]
The single debuted at number thirty-nine on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart,[3] Simpson's second highest debut after "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'". It had previously debuted at number twenty on Billboard's Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which represents the twenty-five singles below the Hot 100's number 100 position that have not yet appeared on the Hot 100. Digital download sales were moderate until the release of the single's music video. In late July "A Public Affair" joined Ashlee Simpson's song "Invisible" in the top ten on the U.S. iTunes Store's list of most popular songs, the first time in iTunes history that two siblings had different songs in the top ten. "A Public Affair" peaked in its fifth week on the Hot 100. In October, 2006 the song peaked #1 in Hot Dance Club Play.
In Canada, "A Public Affair" became the Jessica's third single in reached Top 10 after "I Wanna Love You Forever" and "Take My Breath Away", peaking # 8.
"A Public Affair" made the Jessica's seventh single in reached the Top 20 in Australia, debuting in the number 18 in ARIA chart, the next week peaked the # 17. Staying in the chart for 10 weeks.
In the 2007 the single was released in Ireland and reached the # 9 in the first week, became the second single of Jessica to reach the top 10 in Ireland.
The single also reached the Top 20 in the United Kingdom in February 2007, at #20, and also reached the Top 10 in the UK Physical Chart, at #6. "A Public Affair" was certified Gold in US for obtaining more than 500,000 downloads.
The Yahoo! Music download of the song gained media attention because it was made available in MP3 format, without Digital Rights Management, which is normally used to restrict copying of commercially released singles. However, the price to download the song was $1.99, higher than the $0.99 norm for most DRM-restricted tracks. The increased price was rationalized not by the DRM-free format, but by offering users the ability to "personalize" the song with a specific name.[4]
The song's music video was shot on June 23, 2006 and the late evening of June 24, 2006 at the Moonlight Rollerway in Glendale, California.[5] It features appearances by Christina Applegate, Christina Milian, Eva Longoria Parker, Maria Menounos, Andy Dick and Ryan Seacrest. It introduces Australian Reshad Strik, whose participation precipitated many comments on his resemblance to Nick Lachey, Simpson's ex-husband. The video was directed by Brett Ratner.[6]
Yahoo! Launch had managed to make a "Fans Version Only" version of the video as well, which instantly reached number one.
On July 19, Simpson visited Total Request Live to world premiere the video.[7]
The following day the video entered the TRL countdown at number six, the highest debut for any Simpson video; on its third day on the countdown, it reached number two.[8]
The video spent a total of 28 days on the TRL countdown. Her most successful video to date on TRL. The video reached number eight on Canada's MuchMusic chart.
In the chart Billboard Hot Videoclip Tracks peaked at the number 5.[9]
| Region | Date |
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| Australia | June 26, 2006 |
| United States | June 29, 2006 |
| Canada | June 29, 2006 |
| Japon | July 29, 2006 |
| United Kingdom | February 5, 2007 |
| Germany | February 16, 2007 |
| Chart (2006–2007) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Hot Dance Club Play[10] | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Pop 100 | 11 |
| U.S. | 12 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 14 |
| U.S. Top 40 Mainstream | 16 |
| Canadian Singles Chart | 8 |
| Irish Singles Chart[11] | 9 |
| Australian ARIA Singles Chart[12] | 17 |
| UK Singles Chart[13] | 20 |
| Swedish Singles Chart[14] | 36 |
| European Hot 100 Singles | 37 |
| German Singles Chart | 72 |
| Country | Certification | Sales |
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| U.S.[15] | Gold | 500,000 |
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   | "Jessica Takes A "Holiday"?" - Jessica Takes A "Holiday"? | TMZ.com |
| | "Nervous Simpson Debuts Video on Minnillo's Show" - Jessica Simpson - Nervous Simpson Debuts Video On Minnillo's Show - Contactmusic News |
| | Popfusion - TRL Archive - July 2006 - The TRL Archive - Recap - July 2006 |
| | "The Boots of Hazzard" - The Boots of Hazzard | The Sun |Showbiz|Bizarre |
| | Yahoo sells Jessica Simpson single sans DRM - Yahoo sells Jessica Simpson single sans DRM - CNET News |
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