Headsprung

"Headsprung"
Single by LL Cool J featuring Timbaland
from the album The DEFinition
B-side "Feel the Beat"
Released June 7, 2004
Format CD, 12", digital download
Recorded 2003
Genre Hip hop, Rap
Length 4:27 (Album Version)
3:55 (Radio Mix)
Label Def Jam Recordings
Songwriter(s) James Todd Smith
Producer(s) Timbaland, LL Cool J, Eric "NY" Nicks
LL Cool J singles chronology
"Amazin'"
(2003)		 "Headsprung"
(2004)		 "Hush"
(2004)

"Amazin'"
(2003)		 "Headsprung"
(2004)		 "Hush"
(2004)
Timbaland singles chronology
"Deliverance"
(2003) Deliverance2003		 "Headsprung"
(2004) Headsprung2004		 "Are You Feelin' Me?"
(2005) Are You Feelin' Me?2005

"Headsprung" is a song by American hip hop artist LL Cool J. It was released in June 2004 as the lead single from his eleventh album, The DEFinition. The song was a success on the charts, it peaked at number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 4 on the Hot Rap Songs and number 7 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.

Keri Hilson did a cover of this song featuring Justin Timberlake, the cover was used as a remix with LL Cool J's 1st verse. A version of this song, however without Timberlake, has appears, renamed, as the title track for Hilson's 2009 compilation album, Ms. Keri.

Critical reception

AllMusic's David Jeffries praised the song as a change from the slow jams of LL's 10, highlighting the southern production and New York style vocal delivery as a great merger, concluding that, "Simple, club, crunk, and not the kind of revolution Timbaland or LL Cool J can crank out when on fire, but solid enough to put the rapper back on top of the beatbox."[1] Nick Southall of Stylus Magazine said that it was "a hit but not a monster."[2]

Formats and track listing

Europe CD (Promo)[3]
  1. "Headsprung" (Radio Edit) – 3:55
UK CD[4]
  1. "Headsprung" (Album Version) – 4:27
  2. "Feel the Beat" (Album Version) – 4:17
US 12" (Promo)[5]
  1. "Headsprung" (Radio Edit) – 3:55
  2. "Headsprung" (Instrumental) – 4:27
  3. "Feel the Beat" (Radio Edit) – 3:48
  4. "Feel the Beat" (Instrumental) – 4:20
US CD (Promo)[6]
  1. "Headsprung" (Radio) – 3:58
  2. "Headsprung" (Instrumental) – 4:31
  3. "Call Out" – 0:11

Charts and certifications

References

  1. ↑ Jeffries, David. "Headsprung - LL Cool J". AllMusic. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
  2. ↑ Southall, Nick (September 14, 2004). "LL Cool J - The DEFinition". Stylus Magazine. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
  3. ↑ "LL Cool J - Headsprung (CD)". Discogs. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
  4. ↑ "LL Cool J - Headsprung (CD)". Discogs. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
  5. ↑ "LL Cool J - Headsprung (Vinyl)". Discogs. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
  6. ↑ "LL Cool J - Headsprung (CD)". Discogs. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Musicline.de – LL Cool J Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
  8. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – LL Cool J – Headsprung". Swiss Singles Chart.
  9. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  10. ↑ "LL Cool J Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
  11. ↑ "LL Cool J Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
  12. ↑ "LL Cool J Chart History (Hot Rap Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
  13. ↑ "American single certifications – LL Cool J – Headsprung". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved August 2, 2015. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH. 
  14. ↑ "2004 Year-End Charts: Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
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