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"Long Distance" is a song by American recording artist Brandy Norwood. It was written by Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence, Jeff Bhasker, and Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, and was co-produced by Jerkins and Mars for her fifth studio album Human (2008) based on a demo by Mars. It appears as the seventh track on the album on which it its interluded by a telephone conversation between two lovers. The lyrics of the piano–led power ballad describe the protagonist's emotional state towards an ongoing long-distance relationship, which leaves her in depression.
The song was the second and final single to precede the Human album. Upon its release in October 2008, it garnered a gernally mixed reception from music critics who applauded the song's lyrical content, its vocals and the hymnlike character, while others found the song would sound too clichéd and outdated. Never released outside North America, "Long Distance" managed to peak at number 38 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart but failed to enter the Hot 100; though it became the second consecutive Human single after "Right Here (Departed)" to reach the top spot on the Hot Dance Club Play chart. An alternate pop remix, which featured a different instrumentalization, was serviced to mainstream radio in February 2009.
The accompanying music video for the single was directed by Chris Robinson and filmed at the Park Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles in November 2008. Depiciting Norwood as a singing diva, who remembers moments with her distant love, the video shifts from black-and-white to color photography during its bridge. Both Mars and Lawrence appear as pianists in a sequence of the clip.
Although an accompanying music video for the song was actually expected to be shot by Norwegian director Ray Kay in the week of October 20, 2008, the actual clip for "Long Distance" was eventually filmed by Chris Robinson on November 6, 2008 in Los Angeles, California. Executive produced by Amanda Fox for Robot Films, it was Norwood's second video be directed by Robinson, who had previously worked with her on 2002's "Full Moon" clip. As Robinson stated in a behind-the-scenes interview with Rap-Up, the concept of the video is basically about performance. Willed to create a clip as cinematic as he had considered the lyrics of the song, he chose the opulent Park Plaza Hotel to depict his vision of taking Norwood "through the feeling of missing the person she's in love with." Both Bruno Mars and Philip Lawrence appear as pianists in a sequence of the clip.
Norwood along Bruno Mars and Philip Lawrence in the video for "Long Distance".
The music video premiered on entertainment blog PerezHilton.com on December 1, 2008, where it was described as "Whitney circa the '90s (the Babyface era)." Upon its television debut, it came in at number nine on BET's 106 & Park countdown on December 22, 2008, and peaked at the top position on January 14, 2009 where it held the number-one spot for an entire week.
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"Long Distance" is a song by American recording artist Brandy Norwood. It was written by Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence, Jeff Bhasker, and Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, and was co-produced by Jerkins and Mars for her fifth studio album Human (2008) based on a demo by Mars. It appears as the seventh track on the album on which it its interluded by a telephone conversation between two lovers. The lyrics of the piano–led power ballad describe the protagonist's emotional state towards an ongoing long-distance relationship, which leaves her in depression.
The song was the second and final single to precede the Human album. Upon its release in October 2008, it garnered a gernally mixed reception from music critics who applauded the song's lyrical content, its vocals and the hymnlike character, while others found the song would sound too clichéd and outdated. Never released outside North America, "Long Distance" managed to peak at number 38 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart but failed to enter the Hot 100; though it became the second consecutive Human single after "Right Here (Departed)" to reach the top spot on the Hot Dance Club Play chart. An alternate pop remix, which featured a different instrumentalization, was serviced to mainstream radio in February 2009.
The accompanying music video for the single was directed by Chris Robinson and filmed at the Park Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles in November 2008. Depiciting Norwood as a singing diva, who remembers moments with her distant love, the video shifts from black-and-white to color photography during its bridge. Both Mars and Lawrence appear as pianists in a sequence of the clip.
Although an accompanying music video for the song was actually expected to be shot by Norwegian director Ray Kay in the week of October 20, 2008, the actual clip for "Long Distance" was eventually filmed by Chris Robinson on November 6, 2008 in Los Angeles, California. Executive produced by Amanda Fox for Robot Films, it was Norwood's second video be directed by Robinson, who had previously worked with her on 2002's "Full Moon" clip. As Robinson stated in a behind-the-scenes interview with Rap-Up, the concept of the video is basically about performance. Willed to create a clip as cinematic as he had considered the lyrics of the song, he chose the opulent Park Plaza Hotel to depict his vision of taking Norwood "through the feeling of missing the person she's in love with." Both Bruno Mars and Philip Lawrence appear as pianists in a sequence of the clip.
Norwood along Bruno Mars and Philip Lawrence in the video for "Long Distance".
The music video premiered on entertainment blog PerezHilton.com on December 1, 2008, where it was described as "Whitney circa the '90s (the Babyface era)." Upon its television debut, it came in at number nine on BET's 106 & Park countdown on December 22, 2008, and peaked at the top position on January 14, 2009 where it held the number-one spot for an entire week.
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