'Promiscuous', also referred
to as 'Promiscuous Girl',[1]
is a song recorded by Nelly
Furtado and Timbaland for
Furtado's third album, Loose
(2006). Furtado, Timothy
'Attitude' Clayton, Timbaland
and Danja wrote the song, and
Timbaland and Danja produced
it. The song lyrics feature a
conversation between a man and
woman w
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'Promiscuous', also referred
to as 'Promiscuous Girl',[1]
is a song recorded by Nelly
Furtado and Timbaland for
Furtado's third album, Loose
(2006). Furtado, Timothy
'Attitude' Clayton, Timbaland
and Danja wrote the song, and
Timbaland and Danja produced
it. The song lyrics feature a
conversation between a man and
woman who call each other
'promiscuous'.'Promiscuous'
was released as the first
single from Loose in North
America in early 2006, and as
the second single elsewhere in
mid-2006 except in Latin
America, where the single was
released as the third single
in late 2006. The song
received positive reviews, and
reached number one in Canada
and the United States,
becoming Furtado's first
number-one single in North
America. The song won in the
Best Pop Song category at the
2006 Billboard Music Awards,
was nominated for the Best Pop
Collaboration with Vocals
Grammy Award at the 49th
Annual Grammy Awards and won
Single of the Year at the 2007
Juno Awards.The lyrics of
'Promiscuous' describe the two
sides of the relationship that
the song's protagonist deals
with. It was one of the first
songs Furtado wrote with
labelmate Timothy 'Attitude'
Clayton. Furtado called their
teamwork something she 'had
never done before' because she
saw the writing process as
'extremely freeing' because of
his different approach and
style. Clayton helped Furtado
experiment with interpreting
the 'promiscuous girl'
character and the two-sided
relationship she is in.[2]
Furtado also described that in
the process of writing lyrics
'we were actually flirting,
which is why the song is so
playful' and that she and
Clayton nicknamed the song
''The BlackBerry Song',
because everything we say in
the song you could
text-message to
somebody'.[3]Because of the
preponderant musical influence
of artists such as Talking
Heads, Blondie, Madonna, The
Police and Eurythmics, whom
producers Timbaland and Danja
listened to during the writing
of the album, 'Promiscuous'
takes inspiration from pop
music of the 1980s.[2] The
sexuality was based on the
'strong women in control' of
the 1990s, such as Queen
Latifah, MC Lyte, Yo-Yo,
Salt-N-Pepa and TLC.[4]A
reference to basketball player
Steve Nash in the song's
lyrics led to speculation that
he and Furtado were
romantically involved, but
both deny the link, with Nash
commenting, 'I'm flattered
that she put me in her song,
but I'm completely in love
with my wife and two little
baby girls'.[5] Furtado
decided to include him because
she and Nash are both from
Victoria, British Columbia,
and due to frequent citations
of basketballers in songs, she
decided to 'give him the
props'.[4]In one of the verses
Timbaland introduces himself
as Thomas Crown. The Thomas
Crown Affair is a film about
wealthy businessman who plays
a cat-and-mouse/flirting game
with an insurance
investigator.

Category Music

Tags promiscuous, Nelly, Furtado, ft, Timbaland