Goodies (song)
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"Goodies" is the debut single by American recording artist Ciara
Ciara
Ciara Princess Harris , known mononymously as Ciara, is an American singer-songwriter, dancer, actress and fashion model. Born in Austin, Texas, she traveled around the world during her childhood, only to land in Atlanta, Georgia where she met music producer, Jazze Pha...

. Written by herself, Sean Garrett
Sean Garrett
Garrett Hamler, better known by his stage name Sean Garrett is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, and record producer. He has produced fifteen number one singles in only seven years of producing music. That number puts him in fifth place on the Billboard list of producers with the most number...

, LeMarquis Jefferson, and Craig Love, the song is produced by Lil Jon
Lil Jon
Jonathan Mortimer Smith , better known by his stage name Lil Jon, is an American rapper, music producer, entrepreneur, and occasional disc jockey who was a member of the group Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz. Lil Jon formed the group in 1997, and the group released several albums between then and 2004...

 and features label-mate Petey Pablo
Petey Pablo
Moses Mortimer Barrett III , known by the stage name Petey Pablo, is an American rapper from Greenville, North Carolina.-Biography:...

. It was released worldwide from June 2004 as the lead single from her debut album of the same name
Goodies (album)
Goodies is the debut studio album by American recording artist Ciara. It was released on September 28, 2004 via LaFace Records. After writing songs for several established acts, Ciara's talents were noticed by Jazze Pha, and she began to work on what became Goodies...

. The song was recorded as an answer song to the featured act's hit single, "Freak-a-Leek". Its lyrics are about virginity
Virginity
Virginity refers to the state of a person who has never engaged in sexual intercourse. There are cultural and religious traditions which place special value and significance on this state, especially in the case of unmarried females, associated with notions of personal purity, honor and worth...

. The song's protagonist
Protagonist
A protagonist is the main character of a literary, theatrical, cinematic, or musical narrative, around whom the events of the narrative's plot revolve and with whom the audience is intended to most identify...

 rejects men's sexual advances, proclaiming that they will never get her "goodies" because "they stay in the jar".

The single was well-received by critics who praised its whistling crunk
Crunk
Crunk is a music style that originated in Memphis, Tennessee in the mid-to-late 1990s and gained mainstream success around 2003–2004. Performers of crunk music are sometimes referred to as crunksters. An archetypal crunk track most frequently uses a drum machine rhythm, heavy bassline, and...

 beat and Ciara's breathy vocals. The song was a commercial success, peaking at number one in the United States for seven weeks, becoming the longest-running number one debut single by a female artist since 1977. It also topped charts in the United Kingdom and reached the top ten in many other international markets. It was certified Platinum by the RIAA, and remains as Ciara's most successful single in the US. The song gave Ciara the title as the "First Lady or Princess of Crunk&B".

Writing and inspiration

After the success of Usher
Usher (entertainer)
Usher Terry Raymond IV , who performs under the mononym Usher, is an American singer-songwriter, and actor. He is considered around the world to be the reigning King of R&B. Usher rose to fame in the late 1990s with the release of his second album My Way, which spawned his first Billboard Hot 100...

's "Yeah!
Yeah! (Usher song)
"Yeah!" is a song by American singer Usher, released on 3 February 2004 as the lead single from his hit fourth studio album Confessions. The song was written by Lil Jon, Sean Garrett, Patrick J. Que Smith, Ludacris, Robert McDowell, and LRoc. It was produced by Lil Jon, who combined crunk and R&B...

" and Petey Pablo
Petey Pablo
Moses Mortimer Barrett III , known by the stage name Petey Pablo, is an American rapper from Greenville, North Carolina.-Biography:...

's "Freek-a-Leek
Freek-a-Leek
"Freek-a-Leek" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American rapper Petey Pablo. It was released in May 2004 as the second single from his second album Still Writing in My Diary: 2nd Entry. It was produced by Lil Jon. The single peaked at number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 in May 2004....

", LaFace
LaFace Records
LaFace Records is an American record label, owned and operated by Sony Music Entertainment.-Company history:LaFace was formed in 1989 as a joint venture between the producing duo Antonio "L.A." Reid & Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, and Arista Records. The combined nicknames of the duo's successful...

 executive L.A. Reid wanted a female version of Pablo's "Freek-a-Leek", and asked Ciara if she could do it. She began writing a demo
Demo (music)
A demo version or demo of a song is one recorded for reference rather than for release. A demo is a way for a musician to approximate their ideas on tape or disc, and provide an example of those ideas to record labels, producers or other artists...

, but she had difficulty composing lyrics and creating a melody. Reid then asked songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...

 Sean Garrett
Sean Garrett
Garrett Hamler, better known by his stage name Sean Garrett is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, and record producer. He has produced fifteen number one singles in only seven years of producing music. That number puts him in fifth place on the Billboard list of producers with the most number...

, who was co-writer of Usher's Yeah!, to help Ciara write the song. The process took several days including Ciara and Garrett writing verses over the phone. Lil Jon heard the demo and wanted to record the full track. Af first Ciara was reluctant to record with him as she didn't like crunk
Crunk
Crunk is a music style that originated in Memphis, Tennessee in the mid-to-late 1990s and gained mainstream success around 2003–2004. Performers of crunk music are sometimes referred to as crunksters. An archetypal crunk track most frequently uses a drum machine rhythm, heavy bassline, and...

 music. After receiving pressure from her label, she went into the studio with him and the finished version of the song became "Goodies".

Composition

"Goodies" is a midtempo crunk&b
Crunk&B
Crunk&B is a type of music that combines crunk music and contemporary R&B. Both term and music were coined by Lil Jon after he produced Yeah! for Usher and Okay for Nivea in 2004.- Notable songs :* "Yeah!" – Usher featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris...

 song. The song features a whistling beat, with several crunk-pop synths throughout its course. It bears similarities to other crunk&b songs, "Yeah!" and "Freak-a-Leek". The songs features a guitar rhythm as it opens into its third verse and in its outro. Petey Pablo raps the first part of the first and third verses, which Ciara sings the rest of the song, including the chorus and other verses. The song is an answer song to "Freak-a-Leek" and surrounds the topics of female independence and virginity. The female protagonist tells the male that she isn't just another easy broad and that her "goodies stay in the jar".

Reception

The song received positive reviews from music critics. Fazed.com called the song, "both clever and ironic considering how sexy her image" and "singularly disarming combination of an empowering message backed by an intoxicatingly sexy beat". The Situation declared the track as "a great dance
Dance music
Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...

 tune with a solid beat". Also it noted, Ciara shows "a lot of attitude, with girl empowering lyrics". Slant published, "it's not the chorus that gets stuck in your head... but the incessant oscillating whistle (I swear you can hear dogs barking halfway through the song.)" Musiccomh.com reviewed, "Goodies" as "an instantly recognisable tune" and called it a "typically upbeat benefiting from Lil' Jon". Hiphopgalaxy.com called the track a "ultimate party anthem of the summer, but it’s one of the best singles of the year." The song has "an infectious chorus" and "a crunked up groove." Blender
Blender (magazine)
Blender was an American music magazine that billed itself as "the ultimate guide to music and more". It was also known for sometimes steamy pictorials of celebrities....

published that Ciara "sounds like she's rapping right back at him, delivering her lines in a measured, sultry cadence
Cadence (music)
In Western musical theory, a cadence is, "a melodic or harmonic configuration that creates a sense of repose or resolution [finality or pause]." A harmonic cadence is a progression of two chords that concludes a phrase, section, or piece of music...

 with hardly any variation in tone
Timbre
In music, timbre is the quality of a musical note or sound or tone that distinguishes different types of sound production, such as voices and musical instruments, such as string instruments, wind instruments, and percussion instruments. The physical characteristics of sound that determine the...

 or pitch
Pitch (music)
Pitch is an auditory perceptual property that allows the ordering of sounds on a frequency-related scale.Pitches are compared as "higher" and "lower" in the sense associated with musical melodies,...

.

In 2005, "Goodies" was nominated for "Best R&B/Soul or Rap Song of the Year" at Soul Train Lady of Soul Music Awards and in 2006. It won the Best Performed Songs in the ASCAP Repertory for the 2005 Survey Year at the ASCAP Pop Music Awards
American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers
The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers is an American not-for-profit performance-rights organization that protects its members' musical copyrights by monitoring public performances of their music, whether via a broadcast or live performance, and compensating them...

, including "1, 2 Step
1, 2 Step
"1, 2 Step" is a R&B/dance/hip hop song recorded by Ciara and Missy Elliott for Ciara's debut album Goodies . Written by Ciara and Missy Elliott and produced by Jazze Pha, it was released as the album's second single in October 2004 in the United States and the second quarter of 2005 ...

" and "Oh".

Cultural impact

"Goodies" was the first crunk
Crunk
Crunk is a music style that originated in Memphis, Tennessee in the mid-to-late 1990s and gained mainstream success around 2003–2004. Performers of crunk music are sometimes referred to as crunksters. An archetypal crunk track most frequently uses a drum machine rhythm, heavy bassline, and...

 song recorded by a female singer, thus giving Ciara the title as the "First Lady or Princess of Crunk&B". The song's innovativeness led other singers, such as Brooke Valentine
Brooke Valentine
Kanesha Nichole Brookes , better known by her stage name Brooke Valentine, is an American R&B singer and former member of the group Best Kept Secret. In 2005, her single "Girlfight" was a hit on the United States single charts....

 and Nivea
Nivea (singer)
Nivea B. Nash who performs under the mononym Nivea, is an American recording artist whose recordings reached the Billboard charts during the early 2000s. Nivea is known most for her singles "Don't Mess With My Man" and "Laundromat".-Early life:Hamilton was born in Savannah, Georgia, the youngest...

, to record under the genre. However, they weren't as successful as Valentine's "Girlfight
Girlfight
Girlfight is a 2000 drama film starring Michelle Rodriguez. It focuses on Diana Guzman, a troubled teen who decides to channel her aggression by training to become a boxer, despite the skepticism of both her abusive father and the prospective trainers in the male-dominated sport...

" peaked at twenty-three in the US, while Nivea's "Okay
Okay (song)
"Okay" is the title of a song recorded by American singer Nivea. It was released in October 2004 as the lead single from her second studio album Complicated. It features Lil Jon and YoungBloodZ. The song peaked at number 40 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart and number 14 on the U.S. Billboard Hot...

" only reached the top forty. It remains as one of only two crunk songs to peak at number one, with the other being Usher
Usher (entertainer)
Usher Terry Raymond IV , who performs under the mononym Usher, is an American singer-songwriter, and actor. He is considered around the world to be the reigning King of R&B. Usher rose to fame in the late 1990s with the release of his second album My Way, which spawned his first Billboard Hot 100...

's "Yeah!".

Chart performance

"Goodies" debuted at number eighty-five on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart in the issue dated June 19, 2004. It went on to peak at number one on the chart for six consecutive weeks. The single debuted at number ninety-four on the US Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

 on July 27, 2004. The song quickly became a commercial success as it reached the summit of the chart after only twelve weeks. It spent seven weeks at number one, becoming the longest-running number-one debut single by a female artist since 1977 It reached three on the Mainstream Top 40 chart. It ranked number nine on the 2004 U.S. Billboard year-end chart.

In New Zealand, the single debuted at number twelve on the RIANZ Singles chart, and peaked at ten in the next week. It debuted at number thirty-eight on the Swiss Singles Chart, before peaking at number ten five weeks later. In Australia, "Goodies" debuted at number twenty-two on the ARIA Singles Chart
ARIA Charts
The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...

, before falling to twenty-three in its second week. The song rebounded in its third week to reach a new peak at nineteen. The single debuted at number sixteen on the German Singles Chart, before peaking at ten two weeks later. It debuted and peaked at number four on the Irish Singles Chart
Irish Singles Chart
The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured...

, while it debuted at number-one on the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...

, interrupting Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King"....

 three week chart reign. It topped the chart for one week. In France, the single debuted at number twenty-nine on the French Singles Chart, before peaking at twenty-seven in its second week.

Music video and performances

The music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

 for "Goodies" was directed by Benny Boom
Benny Boom
Benny Boom is a music video director and current director of Gorilla Flix, Inc. He trained at Temple University's School of Radio, Television, & Film, and also served as a protégé of veteran director Little X and Hype Williams....

. It shows Ciara and her friends driving in an Oldsmobile 442 convertible along the Atlanta, Georgia streets to the local car wash. It features cameo appearances by BoneCrusher
BoneCrusher
Wayne Hardnett, Jr. , better known by his stage name Bone Crusher, is an American rapper/singer based in Atlanta. After working as part of the group Lyrical Giants, he debuted in 2003 with his first solo album AttenCHUN!, which featured the single "Never Scared", used as the theme for the 2003...

, Monica, Rasheeda
Rasheeda
Born Rasheeda Buckner on May 25, 1982, better known by her stage name Rasheeda is an American rapper. Buckner was born on May 25, 1982 in Illinois. Rasheeda was a member of the teenage hip-hop trio Da Kaperz until 2000 when she launched a solo career. Her fifth album, Certified Hot Chick was...

, Jazze Pha
Jazze Pha
Phalon Anton Alexander , also known as Jazze Pha , is an American singer, and songwriter.raised in Memphis, TN; son of James Alexander ....

, Young Jeezy
Young Jeezy
Jay Wayne Jenkins , better known by his stage name Young Jeezy, is an American rapper. He is the member of the hip hop group United Streets Dopeboyz of America and a former member of BMF...

, Lil Jon
Lil Jon
Jonathan Mortimer Smith , better known by his stage name Lil Jon, is an American rapper, music producer, entrepreneur, and occasional disc jockey who was a member of the group Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz. Lil Jon formed the group in 1997, and the group released several albums between then and 2004...

 and among others. Ciara filmed the video for 27 straight hours with director Benny Boom. The video was later included on the CD/DVD Goodies: The Videos & More
Goodies: The Videos & More
Goodies: The Videos & More is the first DVD collection released by American R&B singer Ciara. It was released on July 12, 2005. The DVD includes music videos for "Goodies", "1, 2 Step", and "Oh" with interactive, multi-angle formats. Additional features included behind-the-scenes documentaries and...

, as well as on deluxe editions of Ciara's fourth album, Basic Instinct
Basic Instinct (album)
Basic Instinct is the fourth studio album by American recording artist Ciara, released from December 10, 2010 by LaFace Records . Executively produced by A&R agent Mark Pitts, Ciara, Tricky Stewart and The-Dream, Basic Instinct returnes Ciara to her urban roots with mid-tempo R&B cuts and...

.

The music video begins with Ciara leaving her house, and her friend screams out, "What Up Dawg", with Ciara replying the same way. Then Ciara's sister runs outside saying that Jazze Pha is on the phone. Jazze tells Ciara that they are going to the carwash to hang out and Ciara says she will also be coming along. She then gives the phone back to her sister and tells her to stay out of her room. The song then begins with Ciara singing her intro and Petey Pablo, rapping his verse. During this intro, we see Ciara going along with her friends driving to the carwash. On her way there she meets a few young men and invites them also to the carwash. She then arrives to the carwash and meets up with different people, including Monica during the song, Ciara is in front of a blue and white back ground with Jazze Pha
Jazze Pha
Phalon Anton Alexander , also known as Jazze Pha , is an American singer, and songwriter.raised in Memphis, TN; son of James Alexander ....

 at the end, and with her backup dancers at the in the beginning, during, and at the end of the song. The extended version of the video includes Ciara full-length dance with the backup dancers, and also features more of her and Monica duo shot.

She gave her first performance ever of "Goodies" on BET
Black Entertainment Television
Black Entertainment Television is an American, Viacom-owned cable network based in Washington, D.C.. Currently viewed in more than 90 million homes worldwide, it is the most prominent television network targeting young Black-American audiences. The network was launched on January 25, 1980, by its...

's 106 & Park
106 & Park
106 & Park is a Top Ten Hip-Hop and R&B music video show, set up in a countdown format, that airs weekdays at 6:00 PM on BET . Since its inception, it was the network's #1 rated show...

.

Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Goodies".
  • US Digital download
  1. "Goodies" featuring Petey Pablo
    Petey Pablo
    Moses Mortimer Barrett III , known by the stage name Petey Pablo, is an American rapper from Greenville, North Carolina.-Biography:...


  • UK CD Single #1
  1. "Goodies" featuring Petey Pablo
  2. "Goodies"

  • UK CD Single # 2
  1. "Goodies" featuring Petey Pablo
  2. "Goodies" featuring T.I.
    T.I.
    Clifford Joseph Harris, Jr. , better known by his stage name T.I., is an American rap artist, film and music producer, actor and author. He is also the founder and co-chief executive officer of Grand Hustle Records....

     and Jazze Pha
    Jazze Pha
    Phalon Anton Alexander , also known as Jazze Pha , is an American singer, and songwriter.raised in Memphis, TN; son of James Alexander ....

  3. "Goodies (Richard X Remix)" featuring M.I.A.
    M.I.A. (artist)
    Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam , better known by her stage name M.I.A. , is an English singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer, painter and director of Sri Lankan Tamil descent. Her compositions combine elements of hip hop, electronica, dance, alternative and world music. M.I.A...

     (UK exclusive)
  4. "Goodies (Bimbo Jones Remix)" (UK exclusive)
  5. "Goodies" (video)
  6. "Goodies" (ringtone)


  • German/French Maxi Single
  1. "Goodies" featuring Petey Pablo
  2. "Goodies"
  3. "Goodies" featuring T.I. and Jazze Pha

  • French CD Single
  1. "Goodies" featuring Petey Pablo
  2. "Goodies" featuring T.I. and Jazze Pha


Personnel

  • All vocals — Ciara
  • Music performance — Lil Jon
  • Engineer — Charles Sanders
  • Second engineers — Steve Nowacynski and Brian Stanley
  • Mixed
    Audio mixing (recorded music)
    In audio recording, audio mixing is the process by which multiple recorded sounds are combined into one or more channels, most commonly two-channel stereo. In the process, the source signals' level, frequency content, dynamics, and panoramic position are manipulated and effects such as reverb may...

     by Lil Jon, Ray Seay, Brian Stanley

Charts

Chart (2004) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart
Australian Recording Industry Association
The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956...

19
Austrian Singles Chart 35
Belgium Singles Chart (Flanders)
Ultratop 50
Ultratop 50 singles, often just Ultratop 50, is the weekly chart of fifty best-selling singles in Flanders, Belgium, and is produced and published by the Ultratop organization. The chart has existed since March 31, 1995...

24
Dutch Singles Chart 35
German Singles Chart 10
New Zealand Singles Chart 10
Swedish Singles Chart 39
Swiss Singles Chart 10
US Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

1
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks 1
US Mainstream Top 40 (Pop Songs)
Mainstream Top 40 (Pop Songs)
The Mainstream Top 40 is an airplay chart from Billboard magazine, and is also known as Pop Songs on billboard.com. It was often mistaken for and confused with the now discontinued Pop 100 Airplay chart...

3
US Rhythmic Top 40 1
Chart (2005) Peak
position
French Singles Chart 27
Irish Singles Chart
Irish Singles Chart
The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured...

4
Norwegian Singles Chart 15
UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...

1

Certifications

Country Certification
United States Platinum


Purchaseable release

Country Format Release date Label
United States Digital download
Music download
A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...

LaFace Records
LaFace Records
LaFace Records is an American record label, owned and operated by Sony Music Entertainment.-Company history:LaFace was formed in 1989 as a joint venture between the producing duo Antonio "L.A." Reid & Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, and Arista Records. The combined nicknames of the duo's successful...

Germany Maxi single
Maxi single
A maxi single or maxi-single is a music single release with more than the usual two tracks of an a-side song and a b-side song.-The first maxi singles:...

Zomba Label Group
France Arista Records
Arista Records
Arista was an American record label. It was a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment and operated under the RCA Music Group. The label was founded in 1974 by Clive Davis, who formerly worked for CBS Records...

United Kingdom CD single
CD single
A CD single is a music single in the form of a standard size Compact Disc, not to be confused with the 3-inch CD single, which uses a smaller form factor. The format was introduced in the mid-1980s, but did not gain its place in the market until the early 1990s...

Jive Records
Jive Records
Jive Records was a record label based in New York City, operating under RCA Music Group. Jive was primarily known for a string of successes with hip hop artists in the 1980s, and in teen pop and boy bands in the late 1990s. The word "jive" was inspired by Township Jive, a form of South African...

France Arista Records

Radio release

Country Format Release date
United States Mainstream
Mainstream
Mainstream is, generally, the common current thought of the majority. However, the mainstream is far from cohesive; rather the concept is often considered a cultural construct....

August 24, 2004


See also

  • List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 2004 (U.S.)
  • List of number-one R&B singles of 2004 (U.S.)
  • List of number-one singles from the 2000s (UK)
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