Leavin' (Jesse McCartney song)
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| Single by Jesse McCartney | ||||||||||||||
| from the album Departure | ||||||||||||||
| Released | March 10, 2008 (U.S. radio) June 9, 2008 (UK) |
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| Recorded | 2007 | |||||||||||||
| Genre | Electropop | |||||||||||||
| Length | 3:35 (Album/Single Version) | |||||||||||||
| Label | Hollywood | |||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Tricky Stewart, Terius Nash, James Bunton, Corron Ty Cole | |||||||||||||
| Producer(s) | Tricky Stewart, The-Dream, Kuk Harrell (vocal producer) | |||||||||||||
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"Leavin'" is a song by American singer-songwriter Jesse McCartney, released as the lead single from McCartney's third studio album Departure (2008). Written and produced by Tricky Stewart and The-Dream, with additional writing by James Bunton and Corron Ty Cole, "Leavin'" was sent to U.S. mainstream radios on March 10, 2008.
"Leavin'" was considered a from Jesse's young image, having a more adult topic and sound. Lyrically, the song sees Jesse eyeing a female's backside with plans to steal her from her current beau. Sonically, the song is pop with an electro production style. Its music video shows the singer ogling a model for three minutes or so before slipping her the tongue at the end.
"Leavin'" remains one of McCartney's biggest hit singles in the United States to date, receiving huge radio and mainstream play, reaching number one on the Billboard Top 40 Mainstream and the top-ten on the Billboard Hot 100, selling over 2 million digital downloads, and being certified Platinum by Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
After achieving a younger audience with his first two albums, Beautiful Soul (2004) and Right Where You Want Me (2006), Jesse McCartney announced that his third studio album "gonna be a shock to a lot of people," saying: "Sonically, it will sound like a 2007 record but with that '80s bigness to it. People won't even realize who is singing some of these songs." He also revealed that the album is "certainly a little bit more R&B, urban-influenced, I worked with people really well known in that area of music, they gonna see a lot of growth, obviously with the first single."
"Leavin'" was first released on radio, on March 10, 2008. Later, the single was released on April 22, 2008, following the UK release on June 9, 2008. On August 26, 2008, an acoustic version of the song was made available on iTunes and other outlets. The acoustic version was sung by McCartney with Rich Berra of the Johnjay and Rich Morning Show, a radio show broadcast across Arizona, Portland and Colorado Springs. Proceeds from the downloads benefitted the radio duo's Christmas Wish Foundation or CWF.
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