No matter what they do or how they act, there's that one undeniable thing that keeps you coming back." Hall, Rashaun. Amerie said that the inspiration from the song came from a conversation she had with Harrison "about relationships and how there's always one thing that keeps you attracted to someone. Even if other factors are less than positive, there is one thing that keeps her hooked ("It's this one thing that's got me trippin."). Built around The Meters' funky beat-driven percussion, "1 Thing" finds Amerie lamenting on an aspect of a relationship that keeps her satisfied. "1 Thing" was produced by Harrison and is built around a sample of The Meters' 1970 version of the theme song from " Oh! Calcutta!", "Oh, Calcutta!", written by Samuel Walden. A remix of "1 Thing" features rapper Eve. The song earned Amerie a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance at the 2006 Grammy Awards.
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Its digital download and ringtone releases were each certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America.
"1 Thing" peaked at number eight in the United States and number four in the United Kingdom, becoming Amerie's first top ten single and her biggest hit to date, also peaking at number one on the U.S. The song was released as "Touch" 's lead single in 2005 (see 2005 in music), and is the only single from the soundtrack to the 2005 romantic comedy film " Hitch". Its lyrics focus on an unidentified "thing" that fuels a romantic attraction. The song is influenced by go-go rhythms and features a prominent sample of The Meters' 1970 funk recording of "Oh, Calcutta!". " 1 Thing" is an R&B song written by American singer-songwriter Amerie and Rich Harrison for Amerie's second studio album, " Touch" (2005). Writer = Amerie Rogers, Rich Harrison, Stanley Walden Recorded = Night Flight Recording Studios It may not be "1 Thing", but it'll do.Format = CD single, 12" single, digital download When Lil Jon shows up for the obligatory club track (the title track here), Rogers' frisky, coy vocal and a nimble little conga bit turn an otherwise leaden, paint-by-numbers crunk&b track into a sexy little experiment with Latin freestyle. But Rogers brings her personality to tracks that wouldn't have worked otherwise. Rogers can't do anything with Bryce Wilson's squelchy Neptunes keyboards on "Not the Only One". Harrison produced eight of the 13 tracks on Touch, and too many of the other producers' tracks don't fit into his lush tapestry. Midway through the album, Rogers and Harrison come together perfectly for the second time on "Talkin' About", an impossibly catchy midtempo howler with a shifty drum track and the sort of glorious chorus hook that'll worm its way right into your brain. And when she has to, she brings out a fiery emotional center on the breakup stomper "Rolling Down My Face", she squeezes across the song's tricky mix of regret and determination. But she has an urbane sophistication that sets her apart from the likes of Ashanti and Nivea her precise jazz phrasing is the only saving grace on the mawkish ballad "Just Like Me". Rogers has one of those thin, reedy voices popular on the radio right now another producer would probably turn her into a sound effect, the way Lil Jon did with Ciara on "Goodies". But his work never sounds like a throwback his tracks all have a glossy, processed sheen.Īmerie may be the perfect collaborator for Harrison's combination of Stax grit and Neptunes shine. go-go, and his compositions have that loose-limbed swagger, relying heavily on sampled horn screams and weeping electric pianos. He spent his formative years working in D.C. Harrison's production has an organic core. After that opening salvo, Rogers slowly settles into the pillowy, luxurious tracks that Harrison creates for her. "1 Thing" is all sweat and teeth and adrenaline. "1 Thing" is the first track on R&B singer Amerie Rogers' sophomore album Touch, and the album never again reaches the giddy heights of that song.