"With You"
Single by Jessica Simpson
from the album In This Skin
Released	2004
Format	DVD Single
Genre	Pop
Length	3:12 [Album Version]
Label	Columbia Records
Writer(s)	billymann, Andy Marvel, Jessica Simpson
Producer(s)	billymann, Andy Marvel
Certification	Platinum
Chart positions
#4 (Australia) #7 (UK) #11 (NOR) #11 (IRELAND) #14 (U.S.) #39 (NEW) #41 (MEX)
Jessica Simpson singles chronology
"Sweetest Sin" (2003)	"With You" (2004)	"Take My Breath Away"
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"With You" is the second single from Jessica Simpson's 3rd album In This Skin. Released in 2004, the single peaked at #14 in the USA becoming Simpson's 3rd Top 20 single; it also peaked at #7 in the UK. Image File history File linksMetadata Jessicasimpson_single_withyou. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... Jessica Ann Simpson (born July 10, 1980 in Abilene, Texas) is a pop singer and actress who rose to fame in the late 1990s. ... In This Skin is the third album by American pop singer Jessica Simpson, released on August 19, 2003 (see 2003 in music). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A DVD single is a music single in the form of a DVD. The format was introduced in the late 1990s/early 2000s. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Columbia Records is the oldest brand name in recorded sound, dating back to 1888, and was the first record company to produce pre-recorded records as opposed to blank cylinders. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... billy mann (real name: William Hort Mann born Erlichman) was originally a singer/songwriter, now record producer/songwriter and entrepreneur who started his career living in a car and playing in dive bars. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... billy mann (real name: William Hort Mann born Erlichman) was originally a singer/songwriter, now record producer/songwriter and entrepreneur who started his career living in a car and playing in dive bars. ... Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has sold a certain number of copies. ... A record chart, also known as a music chart, is a method of ranking music according to popularity during a given period of time. ... Jessica Ann Simpson (born July 10, 1980 in Abilene, Texas) is a pop singer and actress who rose to fame in the late 1990s. ... Sweetest Sin is the first single from Jessica Simpsons 4th album, In This Skin. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Take My Breath Away is the third single from pop music singer Jessica Simpson released from the album In This Skin in 2004. ... Image File history File links WithYouSample. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... Jessica Ann Simpson (born July 10, 1980 in Abilene, Texas) is a pop singer and actress who rose to fame in the late 1990s. ... In This Skin is the third album by American pop singer Jessica Simpson, released on August 19, 2003 (see 2003 in music). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Song information

"With You" was written by Simpson, billymann, and Andy Marvel, and produced by Andy Marvel and billyman. Simpson having co-writing credit on "With You" marked the first time that she had received writing credit on any of her singles. In this earthy girl-power anthem dedicated to being yourself, Jessica recalls how when she's with the one she loves, she doesn't need to put up a front. "With him", she can let her hair down low, or say anything crazy, yet she knows he'll always catch her if she falls, and he even makes her feel beautiful even if she's got nothing but a T-Shirt on. billy mann (real name: William Hort Mann born Erlichman) was originally a singer/songwriter, now record producer/songwriter and entrepreneur who started his career living in a car and playing in dive bars. ... T-Shirt A T-shirt (or tee shirt) is a shirt with short or long sleeves, a round neck, put on over the head, without pockets. ...

Along with Newlyweds, the single helped to turn around Simpson's fledgling recording career (Due to her previous flop singles, and underwhelming album sales, Columbia Records considered dropping her until "With You" became a smash). It is often considered to be her signature song. Columbia Records is the oldest brand name in recorded sound, dating back to 1888, and was the first record company to produce pre-recorded records as opposed to blank cylinders. ... A signature song is the one song (or, in some cases, one of a few songs) that a popular and well-established singer, or band, is most closely identified with, even if they have had success with a variety of songs. ...

Music video

As the single was released while Miss Simpson's reality show, Newlyweds was still on air and at the peak of its popularity, the video of the song was created to parallel the show. The video (which apparently takes place at Jessica's mansion) starts off with Miss Simpson washing the dishes and the kitchen floor in an awkward manner. (This is the video's first reference to Newlyweds, as Simpson complained on the show about housecleaning, as she never done it in her life before being married). In the midst of washing the dishes, Simpson is seen with a shirt that says "Plata-Ma-Pus". (She gained infamy when she became confused over the proununciation of platypus as "plata-poos" or "plata-ma-pus" on the show.) Reality television is a genre of television programming in which the fortunes of real life people (as opposed to fictional characters played by actors) are followed. ... Jessica Simpsons infamous Chicken or fish? moment in the first episode of Newlyweds. ... Binomial name Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Shaw, 1799) Platypus range (indicated by darker shading)[2] The platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) is a semi-aquatic mammal endemic to eastern Australia and Tasmania. ...

The video then shifts into the second verse showing a picture of Jessica with her husband, Nick Lachey (to remind watchers who the "you" in "With You" refers to). In another joke to Newlyweds, Miss Simpson can be seen on the couch eating Chicken Of The Sea tuna. (She gained infamy on the show when she became confused over what she was eating; she had realized that she was eating tuna, but thought it may have been chicken due to the tuna's trademark.) Nicholas Scott Lachey (born November 9, 1973, in Harlan, Kentucky) is an American pop-music singer who rose to fame in the mid-1990s as a writer and joint lead-vocalist along with founding member Jeff Timmons of the boy-band, 98 Degrees. ... Species See text. ...

The scene soon shifts to yet another reference to the show as Jessica attempts to do dirty laundry (In the show, Miss Simpson showed that she was inept at doing laundry, and at one point gave up, insisting on hiring a housekeeper). The video then launches into arguably the most infamous joke made from Newlyweds: Simpson can be seen over a clean kitchen floor munching on buffalo wings. (In the show, Miss Simpson became confused over the usage of "buffalo" in buffalo wings, and thought that they contained real buffalo meat.) The video finally ends with the last reference to Newlyweds by showing Jessica attempting to golf. (In the show, Miss Simpson claimed that she could not golf well because her huge breasts get in the way). Due to the video's cross appeal to fans of Newlyweds, the video of the song was released as a DVD single. A plate of home-made buffalo wings Buffalo wings, wings, or chicken wings are chicken wing sections (called flats and drums), deep fried, and coated in sauce. ... Binomial name Bison bison (Linnaeus, 1758) Subspecies B. b. ... Greg Norman on the 18th tee at St Andrews. ... okay that is all ...

The video also earned itself two MTV Video Music Award nominations for Best Female Video and Best Pop Video. MTV (Music Television) is an American cable television network headquartered in New York City. ... The MTV Video Music Awards were established in 1984 by MTV to celebrate the top music videos of the year. ...

Chart success

"With You" was released largely in hopes that the song would revive In This Skin on the charts; luckily for Simpson, the track completed its task well. The single became her biggest hit since 1999's "I Wanna Love You Forever", as it peaked within the top twenty of the Billboard Hot 100. The song became her first #1 hit on the Top 40 Mainstream chart and also made the top five of the Top 40 Tracks. Strong digital downloads would later assure the single a Platinum certification, which it achieved in November 2005 (having previously gone gold in October 2004). However, the song's strong downloads were not able to help it on the charts, as downloads were not counted towards The Billboard Hot 100 until February 2005. See also: 1998 in music, 1999 in British music, other events of 1999, 2000 in music, 1990s in music and the list of years in music // Events January 7 After eight years of marriage, Rod Stewart and supermodel wife Rachel Hunter announce their separation. ... I Wanna Love You Forever is the first single from Jessica Simpsons debut album Sweet Kisses. ... The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. ... Top 40 Mainstream (often also called Mainstream Top 40) is an airplay format from Billboard Magazine. ... Top 40 Tracks is a defunct chart airplay chart from Billboard Magazine. ... Digital Downloads are official legally-released music singles released by artists to the public. ... In the United States, the Recording Industry Association of America awards certification based on the number of albums and singles shipped to retail and other ancillary markets. ... A Gold Single is a single that has passed a milestone in official sales. ...

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