"Fine China" is a song by American recording artist Chris Brown. It serves as the lead single from his sixth studio album X and was released on March 29, 2013. The song was released on March 29, 2013, by RCA Records. It was written by Brown, Eric Bellinger, Leon "Roccstar" Youngblood and Sevyn Streeter, and produced by "RoccStar" and G'harah "PK" Degeddingseze. According to Brown and his producers, the song was inspired by the works of Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Sam Cooke, among others.

The song received mainly positive reviews from music critics, who considered the song "infectious and memorable," mainly for its "throwback style", also citing Justin Timberlake and Jackson's Off the Wall album as clear references to the song. "Fine China" was a moderate success on the charts, reaching the top-forty in Australia, New Zealand, UK and US, where it reached a peak of number 31 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song's music video was released on April 1, 2013.

After Chris Brown winning a Grammy for his "F.A.M.E" album, in the category "Best R&B Album of the Year", Eric Bellinger, who co-wrote "Say it With Me" for the album, admitted he was like, "Wow, I'm actually doing something here. I was doing something right because so many people get nominated and that's it; but to be a part of a project that actually won was the moment I realized I was in the right business." Bellinger also told Billboard Magazine that he stayed with Brown in the studio everyday for about two months. Then, RoccStar and PK played the beat and he immediately thought about Michael Jackson. So they said, "Go in the booth and do some Michael-type stuff." In another interview, Bellinger said, "He [Brown] really, really went back to the days of Sam Cooke, but we were still able to keep it 2013 at the same time." Bellinger also cited Justin Timberlake as another influence for the song and Brown's upcoming album "X".

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