Lay Up Under Me
| "Lay Up Under Me" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
||||
| Single by Sean Garrett | ||||
| from the album Turbo 919 | ||||
| Released | November 25, 2008 | |||
| Length | 4:28 | |||
| Label |
|
|||
| Writer(s) |
|
|||
| Producer(s) | Sean Garrett, Stargate | |||
| Sean Garrett singles chronology | ||||
|
||||
| "Lay Up Under Me" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Beyoncé from the album 4 | |
| Recorded | 2011 |
| Genre | |
| Length | 4:13 |
| Label | Columbia Records |
| Writer(s) |
|
| Producer(s) |
|
"Lay Up Under Me" is a recorded by song performed by American recording artist and producer Sean Garrett for his debut studio album, Turbo 919 (2008). It was written by Garrett, Mikkel Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen and Shea Taylor, while iis production was handled by Garrett and Stargate. Interscope Records released "Lay Up Under Me" as the third single from Turbo 919 on November 25, 2008. Music critics generally praised the collaboration between Garrett and Stargate. The song charted at number 19 on the US Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart. "Lay Up Under Me" was later rerecorded by American recording artist Beyoncé for the deluxe edition of her fourth studio album, 4 (2011).
"Lay Up Under Me" was written by Sean Garrett, Mikkel Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen and Shea Taylor, while is production was handled by Garrett and Stargate. The song was released by Interscope Records and Bet I Penned It as the third single from Turbo 919 on November 25, 2008 in the United States. "Lay Up Under Me" is an R&B song, in which Garrett uses soft vocals while Stargate provides accompaniment.
A writer from DJ Booth wrote that it bears resemblance to the alternate music Stargate had produced, including Joe's 2007 song "If I Was Your Man" and Jennifer Hudson's 2008 song "Spotlight". He awarded "Lay Up Under Me" a rating of three stars out of five, writing that the song could find a comfortable spot in rotation with some quality radio promotion. He added that it might be "the spark needed to start the engine" of Garrett's career as a lead singer. A writer from Yahoo! noted that "Lay Up Under Me" is an interesting collaboration between Sean and StarGate, before adding, "[It] is vastly different than most of the rest of the album and this is a welcome change." "Lay Up Under Me" charted for four weeks on US Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart, and peaked at number 19.
...
Wikipedia