How Do You Sleep? (Jesse McCartney song)
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| Single by Jesse McCartney featuring Ludacris | |||||||||||||||||
| from the album Departure: Recharged | |||||||||||||||||
| Released | January 20, 2009 (remix) | ||||||||||||||||
| Format | Digital download, airplay | ||||||||||||||||
| Recorded | 2007-2008 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Length | 3:43 (Album Version) 3:18 (Radio Edit) 3:28 (Remix ft/ Ludacris) |
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| Label | Hollywood | ||||||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Sean Garrett, Raymond Oglesby | ||||||||||||||||
| Producer(s) | Sean Garrett, Clubba Langg | ||||||||||||||||
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"How Do You Sleep?" is the third single from Jesse McCartney's third studio album, Departure. The song was released on January 20, 2009.
"How Do You Sleep?" received favorable reviews. Billboard gave the song a positive review: "While his previous single 'It's Over' failed to achieve the same success as his No. 1 top 40 hit 'Leavin',' Jesse McCartney keeps the ball rolling with 'How Do You Sleep?' from his 2008 CD Departure. He croons about his lost love, 'It's been about a year now/ Ain't seen or heard from you/Been missing you crazy,' to a twangin' hip-hop beat co-penned and co-produced by R&B master Sean Garrett. R&B and rhythmic stations smart enough to embrace Justin Timberlake would be wise to indulge another white boy, who fuels the fire with remixes featuring Ludacris. McCartney has certainly grown up; now it's time that radio gave this talent his just deserts: sustained stardom." About.com stated, "The beats here give an insistent atmosphere that will make 'How Do You Sleep?' hard to forget and added that with raps from Ludacris adds a great muscular addition to the song."
An official remix featuring rapper Ludacris was made and sent to radio. This version is also the single version.
McCartney said the following about collaborating with Ludacris: "I've been a fan of Luda's throughout his career and having him on this track was an amazing honor. He's innovative across the board and always brings the freshest lyrics to any track."
There are currently two remixes made, A rhythmic version, which consists of a different instrumentation and a Top 40 version, which uses the original beat.
McCartney performed “How Do You Sleep? (Remix)” with Ludacris for the first time on TV on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on April 16, 2009.
An official live performance promo video for the single was released on December 18, 2008. It is collected footage from McCartney on tour.
McCartney stated in an interview backstage at B96's Jingle Ball 2008, that the shooting of the official music video for the single started in January 2009. The official video premiered on McCartney's MySpace page on March 3, 2009.
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