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Million Dollar Bill
"Million Dollar Bill" is a song recorded by American singer Whitney Houston from her seventh and final studio album, I Look to You (2009). The song was written by Alicia Keys, her husband Kaseem "Swizz Beatz" Dean and Norman Harris, and produced by Keys and Beatz. It was released as the official worldwide lead (second in the US) single from the album on August 18, 2009, through Arista Records in the US and August 24, 2009, through RCA Records in the UK. It is Houston's final single from a studio album, and the last single released in her lifetime before her death in 2012. The song samples R&B singer Loleatta Holloway's "We're Getting Stronger", written by Norman Harris.
Upon its release, it was a moderate pop success in the United States, becoming her second entry from I Look To You on the Billboard Hot 100, and her last entry prior to her death. It became her 31st top 20 hit on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, and topped the Hot Dance Club Songs and Adult R&B Songs charts. The song became Houston's comeback hit in Europe, peaking at number five in the United Kingdom and number eight in Ireland, while also appearing on the charts in ten other countries in Europe and reaching the top 20 of the Eurochart Hot 100. It is widely considered to be one of the best songs Houston recorded in her later years, based on multiple lists and compilations.
"Million Dollar Bill" was written by singer-songwriter Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz and samples R&B singer Loleatta Holloway's "We're Getting Stronger" from Holloway's 1977 Loleatta LP. Houston said to MTV News:
“When (Keys) performed at one of (Clive Davis's) parties the year before last, I kind of looked at her, and it was when she had (the "No One") record out, and it was the only record that came on the radio that inspired me ... “I walked over to her, and off the cuff said, ‘Hey, do you think you could produce me?’ She said, ‘Yeah, I think I can’. Then I performed a year after, and she came up with the song "Million Dollar Bill", and I said, 'Wow, incredible'", Houston explained.
The song was produced by Keys with hip-hop producer and husband Swizz Beatz producing an old school R&B beat. Beatz told MTV News that the process on the song started when he got a call from Clive Davis and record executive Larry Jackson.
The song received praise at her album I Look to You's listening parties and was cited as a "big comeback record". Houston performed the song live on The X Factor in the UK on Sunday, October 18 the night before the album was released in that territory.[citation needed]
Million Dollar Bill has an uptempo "pop dance groove" with strong disco influences.[better source needed] The song lasts for three minutes and twenty four seconds. Written in the key of B Minor, the song's beat is set in common time and moves at a tempo of 120 beats per minute. Houston's voice spans A3 to the note of B4. The song also features a sample of Loleatta Holloway's 1977 song "We're Getting Stronger (The Longer We Stay Together)".
From the New York listening party, Rolling Stone said the song "is a clattering, uptempo hip-hop-inspired number. It may be the fastest ever for Houston, who keeps up nicely. It received a standing ovation setting the tone for much of the album." Dean Piper of the Daily Mirror considered it a "summer track" reminiscent of Janet Jackson's "The Best Things in Life Are Free."
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Million Dollar Bill
"Million Dollar Bill" is a song recorded by American singer Whitney Houston from her seventh and final studio album, I Look to You (2009). The song was written by Alicia Keys, her husband Kaseem "Swizz Beatz" Dean and Norman Harris, and produced by Keys and Beatz. It was released as the official worldwide lead (second in the US) single from the album on August 18, 2009, through Arista Records in the US and August 24, 2009, through RCA Records in the UK. It is Houston's final single from a studio album, and the last single released in her lifetime before her death in 2012. The song samples R&B singer Loleatta Holloway's "We're Getting Stronger", written by Norman Harris.
Upon its release, it was a moderate pop success in the United States, becoming her second entry from I Look To You on the Billboard Hot 100, and her last entry prior to her death. It became her 31st top 20 hit on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, and topped the Hot Dance Club Songs and Adult R&B Songs charts. The song became Houston's comeback hit in Europe, peaking at number five in the United Kingdom and number eight in Ireland, while also appearing on the charts in ten other countries in Europe and reaching the top 20 of the Eurochart Hot 100. It is widely considered to be one of the best songs Houston recorded in her later years, based on multiple lists and compilations.
"Million Dollar Bill" was written by singer-songwriter Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz and samples R&B singer Loleatta Holloway's "We're Getting Stronger" from Holloway's 1977 Loleatta LP. Houston said to MTV News:
“When (Keys) performed at one of (Clive Davis's) parties the year before last, I kind of looked at her, and it was when she had (the "No One") record out, and it was the only record that came on the radio that inspired me ... “I walked over to her, and off the cuff said, ‘Hey, do you think you could produce me?’ She said, ‘Yeah, I think I can’. Then I performed a year after, and she came up with the song "Million Dollar Bill", and I said, 'Wow, incredible'", Houston explained.
The song was produced by Keys with hip-hop producer and husband Swizz Beatz producing an old school R&B beat. Beatz told MTV News that the process on the song started when he got a call from Clive Davis and record executive Larry Jackson.
The song received praise at her album I Look to You's listening parties and was cited as a "big comeback record". Houston performed the song live on The X Factor in the UK on Sunday, October 18 the night before the album was released in that territory.[citation needed]
Million Dollar Bill has an uptempo "pop dance groove" with strong disco influences.[better source needed] The song lasts for three minutes and twenty four seconds. Written in the key of B Minor, the song's beat is set in common time and moves at a tempo of 120 beats per minute. Houston's voice spans A3 to the note of B4. The song also features a sample of Loleatta Holloway's 1977 song "We're Getting Stronger (The Longer We Stay Together)".
From the New York listening party, Rolling Stone said the song "is a clattering, uptempo hip-hop-inspired number. It may be the fastest ever for Houston, who keeps up nicely. It received a standing ovation setting the tone for much of the album." Dean Piper of the Daily Mirror considered it a "summer track" reminiscent of Janet Jackson's "The Best Things in Life Are Free."