Satisfaction (Eve song)
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"Satisfaction" is a song by American
rapper
-songwriter
Eve, released on February 25, 2003 as the second and final single from the album, Eve-Olution
(2002). Co-produced by Dr. Dre
and his then-protégé Mike Elizondo
, it was one of the last songs that Eve added to the final track listing of her album.
The song was moderately successful in the United States, reaching number 27 and 22 on the Billboard
Hot 100 and R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, respectively. It was less commercially successful outside of the US, peaking at number 87 in the Netherlands, number 60 in France and number 50 in Belgium (Flanders). It received favorable reviews from most music critics and a nomination for Best Female Rap Solo Performance
at the 45th Annual Grammy Awards. However, it lost to Missy Elliott
's "Scream." The music video
for the song was filmed in her home-state of Pennsylvania.
, "I actually was getting ready to walk out the studio. I had a headache, I was stressed out. I just was like ... working with Dre ... me and Dre got this love/hate relationship. Every time I write a song [for him], it's the hardest song I wrote. Like 'Blow Your Mind'; it just was drama." The song was originally recorded for Scorpion
, but however, did not make the album because she already had two songs produced by Dr. Dre. She said, "We decided to put it on this album and it fit in perfectly."
writer, Marc Weingarten, compared the song to "Let Me Blow Ya Mind
", and characterized the song as "a three-note bass riff and a slow-drip beat, Eve raps for her right to party [...] and creates a starkly evocative successor to her breakout single." Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine
expressed that the "rhythmes are sexy" and the "rhymes are slick". The Village Voice
described it as a "Salt-n-Pepa
style" song. The song received a nomination for Best Female Rap Solo Performance
at the 45th Annual Grammy Awards, but lost to "Scream" by Missy Elliott
.
for "Satisfaction" was produced by Phillipa Davis and directed by Nzingha Stewart. It first aired on the week of October 21, 2002. The video starts with Eve standing out in a crowd of people, in front of a car while she raps the first verse. During the second verse, Eve is shown sitting on bleachers within another crowd of people while a basketball game goes on. During the final verse, she's shown rapping in yet another crowd of people dancing at a house party. Throughout, the clip intercuts with scenes of inclined people, Eve jumping rope with kids, and people dancing. The video also features verses from "Double R What" at the end. The music video was filmed in Philadelphia.
Satisfaction CD single
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United States
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rapper
Rapping
Rapping refers to "spoken or chanted rhyming lyrics". The art form can be broken down into different components, as in the book How to Rap where it is separated into “content”, “flow” , and “delivery”...
-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...
Eve, released on February 25, 2003 as the second and final single from the album, Eve-Olution
Eve-Olution
Eve-Olution is the third studio album by American rapper-songwriter Eve. It was released by Ruff Ryders Entertainment on August 27, 2002, distributed through Interscope Records. Production was handled by frequent collaborators Dr. Dre, Swizz Beatz and also Irv Gotti, among others...
(2002). Co-produced by Dr. Dre
Dr. Dre
Andre Romelle Young , primarily known by his stage name Dr. Dre, is an American record producer, rapper, record executive, entrepreneur, and occasional actor. He is the founder and current CEO of Aftermath Entertainment and a former co-owner and artist of Death Row Records...
and his then-protégé Mike Elizondo
Mike Elizondo
Michael "Mike" Elizondo is a well-known songwriter, bassist, keyboardist, and hip hop music producer.-Musical career:Mike Elizondo is especially known for his collaborations with internationally successful producer Dr. Dre and rapper Eminem. He has played the bass for many of Dr...
, it was one of the last songs that Eve added to the final track listing of her album.
The song was moderately successful in the United States, reaching number 27 and 22 on the Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
Hot 100 and R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, respectively. It was less commercially successful outside of the US, peaking at number 87 in the Netherlands, number 60 in France and number 50 in Belgium (Flanders). It received favorable reviews from most music critics and a nomination for Best Female Rap Solo Performance
Grammy Award for Best Female Rap Solo Performance
The Grammy Award for Best Female Rap Solo Performance was an honor presented to female recording artists at the 45th Grammy Awards in 2003 and the 46th Grammy Awards in 2004 for quality rap solo performances...
at the 45th Annual Grammy Awards. However, it lost to Missy Elliott
Missy Elliott
Melissa Arnette "Missy" Elliott , is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, and actressA five-time Grammy Award winner, Elliott, with record sales of over seven million in the United States, is the only female rapper to have five albums certified platinum by the RIAA, including one...
's "Scream." 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 the song was filmed in her home-state of Pennsylvania.
Background
"Satisfaction" was one of the last songs that Eve added to the album. About the recording of the song, Eve told MTVMTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
, "I actually was getting ready to walk out the studio. I had a headache, I was stressed out. I just was like ... working with Dre ... me and Dre got this love/hate relationship. Every time I write a song [for him], it's the hardest song I wrote. Like 'Blow Your Mind'; it just was drama." The song was originally recorded for Scorpion
Scorpion (album)
Scorpion is the Grammy-winning second album of female rapper Eve, released March 6, 2001 on Ruff Ryders Entertainment and Interscope Records. The album debuted at #4 of the Billboard 200 and went platinum. The album features hit singles, such as "Who's That Girl?" and "Let Me Blow Ya Mind"...
, but however, did not make the album because she already had two songs produced by Dr. Dre. She said, "We decided to put it on this album and it fit in perfectly."
Critical reception
Entertainment WeeklyEntertainment Weekly
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writer, Marc Weingarten, compared the song to "Let Me Blow Ya Mind
Let Me Blow Ya Mind
"Let Me Blow Ya Mind" is the second and final single from Eve's second album, Scorpion. Released in 2001, the single peaked at number two in the United States; it also reached number 29 in Canada, and was also her second hit in the United Kingdom, peaking at number four...
", and characterized the song as "a three-note bass riff and a slow-drip beat, Eve raps for her right to party [...] and creates a starkly evocative successor to her breakout single." Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine
Slant Magazine
Slant Magazine is an online publication that features reviews of movies, music, TV, DVDs, theater, and video games, as well as interviews with actors, directors, and musicians. The site covers various film festivals like the New York Film Festival.- History :...
expressed that the "rhythmes are sexy" and the "rhymes are slick". The Village Voice
The Village Voice
The Village Voice is a free weekly newspaper and news and features website in New York City that features investigative articles, analysis of current affairs and culture, arts and music coverage, and events listings for New York City...
described it as a "Salt-n-Pepa
Salt-N-Pepa
Salt-N-Pepa is an American hip hop trio from Queens and Brooklyn, New York, that was formed in 1985. The group, consisting of Cheryl "Salt" Renee James, Sandra "Pepa" Denton, and Deidra "DJ Spinderella" Roper, was one of the first all-female rap crews....
style" song. The song received a nomination for Best Female Rap Solo Performance
Grammy Award for Best Female Rap Solo Performance
The Grammy Award for Best Female Rap Solo Performance was an honor presented to female recording artists at the 45th Grammy Awards in 2003 and the 46th Grammy Awards in 2004 for quality rap solo performances...
at the 45th Annual Grammy Awards, but lost to "Scream" by Missy Elliott
Missy Elliott
Melissa Arnette "Missy" Elliott , is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, and actressA five-time Grammy Award winner, Elliott, with record sales of over seven million in the United States, is the only female rapper to have five albums certified platinum by the RIAA, including one...
.
Chart performance
"Satisfaction" was the most commercially successful in the United States. It peaked at number 22 on the US R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and number 27 on the US Billboard Hot 100. The song saw similar success in the UK, debuting at number 20, leaving the charts after its fourth week. In France, the song was less successful. It debuted in early March 2003 at number 69, climbing up nine positions the following week. After that, it went down the chart, exiting it in mid April. The song was a commercial failure in the Netherlands, landing on the chart at number 87 and dropping off the next week.Music video
The music videoMusic 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 "Satisfaction" was produced by Phillipa Davis and directed by Nzingha Stewart. It first aired on the week of October 21, 2002. The video starts with Eve standing out in a crowd of people, in front of a car while she raps the first verse. During the second verse, Eve is shown sitting on bleachers within another crowd of people while a basketball game goes on. During the final verse, she's shown rapping in yet another crowd of people dancing at a house party. Throughout, the clip intercuts with scenes of inclined people, Eve jumping rope with kids, and people dancing. The video also features verses from "Double R What" at the end. The music video was filmed in Philadelphia.
Track listing
Maxi single- "Satisfaction"
- "Heaven Only Knows"
- "Satisfaction" (Instrumental)
- "Satisfaction" (Video)
Satisfaction CD single
- "Satisfaction" – 3:58
- "Love is Blind" – 4:20
Personnel
- Eve – vocals, songwriting
- Dr. DreDr. DreAndre Romelle Young , primarily known by his stage name Dr. Dre, is an American record producer, rapper, record executive, entrepreneur, and occasional actor. He is the founder and current CEO of Aftermath Entertainment and a former co-owner and artist of Death Row Records...
– producerRecord producerA record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
, mixingAudio 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...
, songwriting - Mike ElizondoMike ElizondoMichael "Mike" Elizondo is a well-known songwriter, bassist, keyboardist, and hip hop music producer.-Musical career:Mike Elizondo is especially known for his collaborations with internationally successful producer Dr. Dre and rapper Eminem. He has played the bass for many of Dr...
– producer, guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, bassBass (instrument)Bass describes musical instruments that produce tones in the low-pitched range. They belong to different families of instruments and can cover a wide range of musical roles...
, keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, songwriting - Tracie SpencerTracie SpencerTracie Monique Spencer is an American pop and R&B singer-songwriter, actress, and model.-Biography:She began singing by the age of three and modeling in pageant competitions at age five. Tracie performed, produced and directed her first music videos before she was ten years of age...
– background vocalsBacking vocalistA backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
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Charts
| Chart (2003) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| France (SNEP) | 60 |
| Belgium (Ultratop Ultratop Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium, and it is also the name of most of those charts... Flanders) |
50 |
| Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia) | 5 |
| Netherlands (Mega Single Top 100 Mega Single Top 100 The Single Top 100 is a Dutch chart, based on official physical single sales and legal downloads and composed by MegaCharts. It is one of the three official charts, the other two being the Dutch Top 40 and the Mega Top 50. The difference is that these charts also include airplay data.The list is... ) |
87 |
| UK Singles (The Official Charts Company 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 ... ) |
20 |
| US Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... Hot 100 |
27 |
| US R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... ) |
22 |
Release history
| Region | Date | Format | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | February 25, 2003 | CD single | Interscope Interscope Records Interscope Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group that currently operates as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group.-History:... , Ruff Ryders |
| United Kingdom | March 31, 2003 | 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... , 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:... |
Interscope |
| Canada | April 15, 2003 | Maxi single | Universal International Universal Music Group Universal Music Group is an American music group, the largest of the "big four" record companies by its commanding market share and its multitude of global operations... |
External links
- "Satisfaction" at VEVOVevoVevo is a music video website. It is a joint venture among Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group, and Abu Dhabi Media with EMI licensing its content to the group without taking an ownership stake. The service was launched officially on December 8, 2009...