"Lay Up Under Me"
Single by Sean Garrett
from the album Turbo 919
ReleasedFebruary 1, 2008
Length4:28
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Sean Garrett singles chronology
"Away"
(2008)		 "Lay Up Under Me"
(2008)		 "I Did It for Love"
(2009)

"Lay Up Under Me" is a song performed by American recording artist and producer Sean Garrett for his debut studio album, Turbo 919 (2008). It was written by Garrett, Mikkel Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen and Shea Taylor, while its production was handled by Garrett and Stargate. Interscope Records released "Lay Up Under Me" as the third single from Turbo 919 on February 1, 2008. Music critics generally praised the collaboration between Garrett and Stargate. The song charted at number 19 on the US Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart. "Lay Up Under Me" was later rerecorded by American recording artist Beyoncé for the deluxe edition of her fourth studio album, 4 (2011).

Sean Garrett version

"Lay Up Under Me" was written by Sean Garrett, Mikkel Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen and Shea Taylor, while is production was handled by Garrett and Stargate.[1] The song was released by Interscope Records and Bet I Penned It as the third single from Turbo 919 on February 1, 2008 in the United States.[2] "Lay Up Under Me" is an R&B song, in which Garrett uses soft vocals while Stargate provides accompaniment.[3]

A writer from DJ Booth wrote that it bears resemblance to the alternate music Stargate had produced, including Joe's 2007 song "If I Was Your Man" and Jennifer Hudson's 2008 song "Spotlight".[3] He awarded "Lay Up Under Me" a rating of three stars out of five, writing that the song could find a comfortable spot in rotation with some quality radio promotion. He added that it might be "the spark needed to start the engine" of Garrett's career as a lead singer.[3] A writer from Yahoo! noted that "Lay Up Under Me" is an interesting collaboration between Sean and StarGate, before adding, "[It] is vastly different than most of the rest of the album and this is a welcome change."[4] "Lay Up Under Me" charted for four weeks on US Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart, and peaked at number 19.[5]

Beyoncé version

"Lay Up Under Me"
Song by Beyoncé
from the album 4
Recorded2011
Genre
Length4:13
LabelColumbia Records
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Knowles
  • Taylor

American singer Beyoncé rerecorded "Lay Up Under Me" for the deluxe edition of her fourth studio album, 4 (2011). It was made available on the deluxe edition of 4, which could only be purchased at Target Corporation until January 2012.[6] The deluxe edition was released to iTunes Stores on January 2, 2012.[7] It includes two additional tracks, "Schoolin' Life" and "Dance for You", and three remixes of the lead single "Run the World (Girls)" (2011).[6] In 2013, the Target deluxe edition and standard edition of the album were replaced with the expanded edition in both physical and iTunes formats. This edition excludes Beyoncé's version of "Lay Up Under Me".[8]

Knowles' version of "Lay Up Under Me" is an uptempo R&B and funk song,[9][10][11] which recalls the 1970s soul music[12] with retro style horn instrumentation;[13] "Lay Up Under Me" features a content-sounding Knowles gushing over the lyrics. She tells her romantic interest to forget the club as the party is right at home with her,[11] as she sings "You ain't gotta worry 'bout a club, just come on lay up under me tonight."[14]

Reception

The song received generally positive reviews from music critics. Danielle Cheesman of MSN Music wrote that "Lay Up Under Me" is the type of song to which people "step to at a barbecue".[13] Bradley Stern of MuuMuse found the song to be as "soul-warming" as "Love on Top".[12] Likewise, Andrew Tidball of the New Zealand-based website Cheese on Toast commented that "Lay Up Under Me" is a Motown-esque number in the vein of "Love on Top", adding that the latter's "style repeated to good effect [in the former].[15] He concluded that the song should have been included on the standard version of 4.[15] Alexandra Boisvert of Musiqtone wrote, "'Lay Up Under Me' is a song about exactly what it sounds like. The fact that the song is so catchy and upbeat almost distracts from the message, but it enhances the emotions portrayed."[10] Ryan Dombal of Pitchfork Media likened it to Michael Jackson's work from Off the Wall (1979).[14]


Charts

For the week ending July 30, 2011, "Lay Up Under Me" debuted at the top of the South Korean International Singles Chart, selling 106,671 digital downloads.[16] It became the thirty-sixth-best selling international song of 2011 in South Korea, having sold 386,920 digital downloads.[17]

Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from 4 liner notes.[18]

  • Vocals: Beyoncé Knowles
  • Writing: Beyoncé Knowles, Sean Garrett, Mikkel Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, S. Taylor
  • Producing: Beyoncé Knowles, S. Taylor
  • Recording: Jordan "DJ Swivel" Young
    • Assistant Engineer: Ryan Kelly
  • Mixing engineer: Serban Ghenea, John Haynes
    • Assistant mix engineer: Phil Seaford
  • The SuperPower Horns:
    • Trumpets: Cole Kamen-Green, Josiah Woodson
    • Tenor and alto saxophone: Nick Videen, Drew Sayers
    • Trombone: Alex Asher
  • Guitar: Robert "R.T." Tayler
  • Bass guitar: Jack Daley
  • Drums and tambourine: Nikki Glaspie

References

  1. ↑ "Lay Up Under Me - Sean Garrett". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved March 20, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Lay Up Under Me - Single by Sean Garrett". iTunes Store (US). Apple Inc. February 5, 2008. Retrieved March 20, 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 "Sean Garrett - Lay Up Under Me". DJ Booth. January 26, 2008. Retrieved March 20, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Sean Garrett's Turbo 919: Well-Written, Produced Album". Yahoo! Contributor Network. Yahoo!. June 18, 2008. Archived from the original on March 5, 2014. Retrieved March 20, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Lay Up Under Me - Sean Garrett". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved March 20, 2012. (subscription required)
  6. 1 2 "4 (Deluxe Edition) – 2 Discs". Target Corporation. Archived from the original on December 5, 2012. Retrieved March 20, 2012.
  7. ↑ "4 (Deluxe Edition) by Beyoncé". iTunes Store (US). Apple Inc. Archived from the original on January 14, 2012. Retrieved March 20, 2012.
  8. ↑ "4 (Expanded Edition) by Beyoncé". iTunes. 24 June 2011.
  9. ↑ "Music, News, Interviews, & So Much More... – Music: 'Lay Up Under Me' – Beyoncé or Sean Garrett?". ThisGoesIn. June 23, 2011. Archived from the original on February 4, 2013. Retrieved March 20, 2012.
  10. 1 2 Boisvert, Alexandra. "Beyoncé: 4". Musiqtone. Retrieved March 20, 2012.
  11. 1 2 "Beyoncé Channels Prince and Remains Sexy In '4' Deluxe Tracks". The CS Perspective. June 22, 2011. Archived from the original on June 30, 2011. Retrieved March 20, 2012.
  12. 1 2 Stern, Bradley (27 June 2011). "Beyoncé: 4 (Album Review)". MuuMuse. Retrieved March 20, 2012.
  13. 1 2 Cheesman, Danielle (June 27, 2011). "Why Buying The Deluxe Edition Of Beyonce's '4' Album Is Worth It". MSN Music. MSN. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013.
  14. 1 2 Dombal, Ryan (June 28, 2011). "Beyoncé: 4". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved March 20, 2012.
  15. 1 2 Tidball, Andrew (June 29, 2011). "Beyoncé: 4". Cheese on Toast. Archived from the original on February 18, 2013. Retrieved March 20, 2012.
  16. ↑ "South Korea Gaon International Chart (Week: July 24, 2011 to July 30, 2011)". Gaon Chart. Archived from the original on August 25, 2012. Retrieved March 19, 2012.
  17. ↑ "Annual South Korea International Chart - 2012". Gaon Chart. Archived from the original on December 19, 2012. Retrieved March 31, 2012.
  18. ↑ 4 (Media notes). Sony Music BMG Entertainment. 2011.
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