The Click
Studio album by
AJR
ReleasedJune 9, 2017 (2017-06-09)
Recorded2015–2017
GenrePop[1]
Length48:01
60:50 (deluxe)
Label
Producer
AJR chronology
What Everyone's Thinking
(2016)		 The Click
(2017)		 Neotheater
(2019)
Singles from The Click
  1. "Weak"
    Released: September 16, 2016
  2. "Drama"
    Released: May 11, 2017
  3. "Sober Up"
    Released: June 9, 2017
  4. "The Good Part"
    Released: November 24, 2021

The Click is the second studio album by American pop band AJR. It was released on June 9, 2017, by the band's label AJR Productions. The album was preceded by the five-track extended play What Everyone's Thinking in September 2016, which was composed of songs that all appear on The Click.[2]

Background and release

Following the release of AJR's debut studio album Living Room and the album's corresponding tour, the band began releasing singles. "Let the Games Begin" was the first of these, released on October 23, 2015.[3] The song was featured in promotion for The Click,[4] but does not appear on the album for unknown reasons. On December 18, 2015, "Call My Dad" was released as a promotional single, and is the earliest released song of the album.[5]

In March 2016, the band released "I'm Not Famous" as a single,[6] which was later featured on the trio's 2016 EP What Everyone's Thinking.[7] All songs on the five-track EP were later included on The Click,[8] including the song "Weak", which later became its lead single.[9] "Drama" was released as the second single on May 11, 2017,<[10] and the album was released on June 9, 2017.[11] After the album's release, "Sober Up", which features Rivers Cuomo of Weezer was sent to contemporary hit radio as the album's third single on March 20, 2018.[12] In late October 2021, “The Good Part” went viral on TikTok, which led to the song being released to US radio in late 2021, after the release of the trio's album OK Orchestra. A music video for the song was released on November 24, 2021.[13]

Commercial performance

The Click debuted at number 61 on the US Billboard 200 chart, becoming the group's first appearance on the chart.[14] As of May 2019, the album had earned 590,000 album-equivalent units in the United States and accumulated a total of 631.1 million on-demand audio streams for its tracks.[14] As of December 2023, the album has amassed over 1.89 billion on-demand audio streams.

Use in media

"Overture" was featured as the soundtrack of a trailer for Pixar's animated film Soul (2020).[15][16]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ryan Met, Jack Met, and Adam Met, except where noted

The Click track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Overture" 3:34
2."The Good Part" 3:47
3."Weak" 3:21
4."Sober Up" (featuring Rivers Cuomo)
  • A. Met
  • J. Met
  • R. Met
  • Cuomo
3:38
5."Drama" 3:24
6."Turning Out" 4:20
7."No Grass Today" 4:20
8."Three-Thirty" 3:30
9."Call My Dad" 2:15
10."I'm Not Famous" 3:40
11."Netflix Trip" 3:57
12."Bud Like You" 3:50
13."Come Hang Out" 4:26
Total length:48:01
Deluxe edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
14."Burn the House Down" 3:32
15."Role Models" 3:12
16."Normal" 3:05
17."Pretender" (acoustic)
3:00
Total length:60:50

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.

  • AJR – audio mixing (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7–9, 11–13), production, songwriting (all tracks)
  • Chris Gehringer – audio mastering
  • Alba Avoricani – guest vocal (track 2)
  • Joe Zook – audio mixing (tracks 3, 6)
  • Rivers Cuomo – guest vocal, songwriting (track 4)
  • Tony Maserati – audio mixing (track 5)
  • Alicia Svigals – violin (tracks 6, 7, 11, 13)
  • Jake Kenowitz – trumpet (tracks 7, 11, 13)
  • Delbert Bowers – audio mixing (track 10)
  • Samia Finnerty – guest vocal (track 13)
  • John Loren – album artwork
  • Chris Cerrato – album design

Charts

Chart performance for The Click
Chart (2017) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[17] 170
US Billboard 200[18] 61
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[19] 9
US Top Album Sales (Billboard)[20] 42

Certifications

Certifications for The Click
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[21] Gold 40,000‡
United States (RIAA)[22] Platinum 1,000,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Collar, Matt. "AJR - The Click". AllMusic. Retrieved September 26, 2022.
  2. ↑ "The Click - AJR (AllMusic)". AllMusic. Retrieved July 24, 2017.
  3. ↑ Ayers, Mary (November 26, 2015). "Ryan of AJR Lets the Games Begin". Teenplicity. Retrieved November 23, 2023.
  4. ↑ AJR (June 30, 2017). "THE CLICK is now available in EVERY COUNTRY ON EARTH". Instagram. Retrieved November 23, 2023.
  5. ↑ Kane, Katie (December 18, 2015). "Listen to AJR's "Call My Dad"". secretfangirls. Retrieved November 23, 2023.
  6. ↑ Wass, Mike (March 24, 2016). "AJR Return With "I'm Not Famous"". Idolator. Retrieved November 23, 2023.
  7. ↑ Weikel, Jamie (March 28, 2017). "AJR - What Everyone's Thinking EP". Reading Eagle. Retrieved November 23, 2023.
  8. ↑ Collar, Matt. "AJR - The Click Album". AllMusic. Retrieved November 23, 2023.
  9. ↑ Weatherby, Taylor (June 20, 2017). "AJR's 'Weak': Brother Band Discusses How It Became a Hot 100 Hit". Billboard. Retrieved November 23, 2023.
  10. ↑ Bruner, Raisa (May 12, 2017). "5 Songs You Need to Listen to This Week". Time. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
  11. ↑ Weikel, Jamie (July 11, 2017). "AJR mixes the best of the old and new on 'The Click'". Reading Eagle. Retrieved November 23, 2023.
  12. ↑ "Top 40/M Future Releases – Mainstream Hit Songs Being Released and Their Release Dates". AllAccess Music Group. Archived from the original on February 24, 2018. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
  13. ↑ "AJR premieres video for newly viral 2017 song "The Good Part"". 105.7 The Point. November 24, 2021. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  14. 1 2 Keith Caulfield (May 6, 2019). "P!nk's 'Hurts 2B Human' Album Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart". Billboard. Retrieved May 13, 2019.
  15. ↑ Browning, Rhiannon (June 29, 2020). "Watch the new trailer for the upcoming Pixar Movie "Soul"". NYS Music. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
  16. ↑ Dzurillay, Julia (January 4, 2021). "Is AJR in Disney and Pixar's 'Soul?'". Showbiz Cheatsheet. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
  17. ↑ "Ultratop.be – AJR – The Click" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved July 24, 2017.
  18. ↑ "AJR Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved July 24, 2017.
  19. ↑ "AJR Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
  20. ↑ "AJR Chart History (Top Album Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved October 10, 2023.
  21. ↑ "Canadian album certifications – AJR – The Click". Music Canada. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
  22. ↑ "American album certifications – AJR – The Click". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved December 9, 2022.
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