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This City
"This City" been sent out to radio with some commercial success. Its
music video has been released. The Soul Punk version was
included on Spin magazine’s Lollapalooza mixtape (2011)
for free download in the wake of Stump’s performance at
the music festival in Chicago.[4] Stump has performed the
song at his concerts, at radio interviews and on his guest
TV appearance on Good Morning New Orleans.[5] The remix
of "This City" will be released as a bonus track (as Soul
Punk is a true solo effort) on both standard and deluxe
editions of Soul Punk as part of his label’s idea.
Background
In January 2010, Stump announced that he was produc-
ing his debut solo album, titled Soul Punk. This came after
Single by Patrick Stump featuring Lupe Fiasco Fall Out Boy (his main band)’s hiatus in late 2009. His al-
bum is a complete solo effort as he is doing everything:
from the album Soul Punk performing, composing all music, penning all lyrics, play-
Released July 26, 2011 ing over ten instruments and producing, with the al-
(Remix feat. Lupe Fiasco) bum’s recording is funded by his own Fall Out Boy earn-
October 18, 2011 ings. Its musical direction is generally pop/R&B orien-
(Album Version) tated and has been described by Stump as "soul punk"
Format Digital download and "smart pop," drawing influence from a wide scope
of artists including Prince, Michael Jackson and David
Recorded 2011
Bowie. According to Stump, the song changed the entire
Genre Electropop, R&B course of Soul Punk. "I had written a while draft of the al-
bum and then at the 11th hour came up with "This Ci-
Length 3:32 (Remix feat. Lupe Fiasco)
3:40 (Album version) ty," I really loved the song but felt like, conceptually, it
didn’t fit on the album. I had to go back and make an
Label Island album for that song because I loved it so much. So one
Writer(s) Patrick Stump of the holdups on [the album] was re-writing the record
around [it]."[6] With Soul Punk originally due in February
Producer Patrick Stump
2011, Stump delayed it to October 18 and rebuilt the al-
Patrick Stump singles chronology bum with the song, releasing Truant Wave EP in the mean-
while for its delay in February 2011. "I had this feeling
This City"
"This City that the album was disjointed, and right before I was
(2011) mastering, I played "This City" for my manager — I real-
Lupe Fiasco singles chronology ly liked it, but I was unsure about it, although I thought
it was what I wanted to say — and he was like, ’Put it on,
"Out of My This
"This "I Don’t Wanna Care it’s great! Then I thought, ’Well, if I’m going to put that
Head" City"
City Right Now" on the record, then I really need to go back to the draw-
(2011) (2011) (2011)
ing board.’ Basically I took "This City", "Everybody Wants
Somebody", "Allie", and a song called "Dance Miserable",
"This City is a song by American singer and songwriter
This City" and rebuilt the album around those four songs."[7]
Patrick Stump from his debut solo album Soul Punk (2011).
A remix featuring rapper Lupe Fiasco was released as
the album’s first single. The remix was first uploaded to
Remix
YouTube for streaming on June 28, 2011[1] and was lat- On Tuesday, June 28, Stump premiered the remix of his
er made available for download on iTunes and other dig- Soul Punk track "This City" which features rapper and fel-
ital retailers on July 26, 2011,[2][3] and that version has low Chicagoan Lupe Fiasco on avclub.com, linked to his
1
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Chart (2011) Peak
position
US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles 2
US Billboard Heatseekers Songs[14] 13
US Billboard Pop Songs[14] 25
YouTube upload.[1][8] The remix of "This City" will be re- nounced that the music video for "This City" (remix)
leased as a bonus track on both standard and deluxe edi- would premiere on September 20 on Vevo with a teaser
tions of Soul Punk as part of his label’s idea. Stump said his on Idolator.[17][18] Prior to that he Tweeted about the
relationship with the rapper goes back several years. "Be- video in the making[19] and a behind-the-scenes clip was
fore Food & Liquor came out he and I were talking about reported by MTV on their website.[20] The video features
working on something together. I ended up producing Stump dancing and performing the song in a room with
the song "Little Weapon" for his The Cool record," he said. flashing lights, projections and heavy use of special ef-
"I actually wrote the hook for "This City" with him in fects, alternating with brief grayscale flashes of a city.
mind before I decided to use it for Soul Punk, so when Despite not being available at first, Lupe Fiasco appears
the label asked me if I’d be interested in doing a remix for one scene by himself. Stump and Koller made the
with an MC he was the only real way I’d say yes."[8] He video simplistic to let the music do the talking rather
also added "I’m kind of pop but a little left of center, It than the video.[20]
sounds kind of like it makes sense on the radio but at the
same time doesn’t at all. It’s very me."[8] Becky Bain of "There’s not really a plot, there’s not really a story
Idolator commented on the song’s "full-on R&B mode [...] to it. The song’s called ’This City,’ and it describes
pop-synth explosion" and noted that the "catchy tune a lot of these images in a city, and I feel like those
[is] more soul than punk".[9] images are already there; it would be kind of redun-
The remix was later released as Soul Punk’s first single dant to take a camera into a city; it’s almost like the
as a digital download to iTunes on July 26, 2011 was also colors and the lights and the images that are going
available as the iTunes "Free Single of the Week" from to be around this are going to be representing the
August 26 for seven days.[10] With this exposure, Stump’s life in a city. One thing that Ken and I were talking
Truant Wave EP re-entered the Top 100 albums on about is that a city is so complicated, so ... we want-
iTunes.[11] With airplay from Top 40 radio stations, the ed to do something a bit different with it, and a bit
song has been steadily rising on the charts and became more abstract [...] the treatment was really funny
Stump’s first charting single. "This City" (remix) debuted to look at; it was literally one sentence, like ’Patrick
at No. 33 on Billboard’s Pop Songs chart the week of stands in a room and sings and we project all these
September 24, over a month after its digital availabili- images and lights on the walls.’" -- Stump, reported
ty.[12][13] The following week it rose to a new peak of No. by MTV.[20]
31, then rose to No. 30 the next and entered the Heat-
seekers Songs at No. 17.[14] After that, it placed at No. 27
on Pop Songs (fourth week), and at No. 16 in its second
Charts
Heatseekers Songs week. The subsequent week of Octo- Weekly charts
ber 22 saw a new peak at No. 25 on Pop Songs and No.
14 on Heatseekers Songs. The week of October 29 saw the
remix drop to No. 29 on Pop Songs in its sixth week, with References
radio play declining, however it rose to its Heatseekers [1] ^ Patrick Stump Tweet on premiere of "This City"
peak of No. 13 that week, its fourth on that chart. The (remix) Twitter. Retrieved September 7, 2011.
week after, also Soul Punk’s debut, it again fell to No. 32 on [2] Patrick Stump Tweet on "This City" iTunes release
Pop and down to No. 17 on Heatseekers. In the US iTunes and Clearing Up of Soul Punk release date rumours
Store, the remix peaked inside the Top 100 songs chart Twitter. Retrieved September 7, 2011.
when it was released and re-entered the Top 100 when [3] Patrick Stump Tweet on iTunes release Twitter.
the music video came out.[15] About.com ranked "This Ci- Retrieved September 7, 2011.
ty" featuring Lupe Fiasco No. 10 on their Top 10 Hot Pop [4] FREE ALBUM: Get SPIN’s Mix for Lollapalooza SPIN.
Songs chart for the week ending September 6, 2011.[16] Retrieved September 2, 2011.
[5] Patrick Stump Performs from His New Solo Album
Music video "Soul Punk" Part 1 -- Good Morning New Orleans --
A music video for the remix has been released, directed 08/25/11 http://www.abc26.com. Retrieved
by Ken Koller. On September 13, Patrick Stump an- September 7, 2011.
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[6] Patrick Stump: Solo Album Has ’Nothing To Do songs?chartDate=2011-09-24&order=gainer.
with Fall Out Boy’ Billboard. Retrieved September 2, Retrieved September 16, 2011.
2011. [14] ^ Patrick Stump on Billboard.com Billboard.
[7] Patrick Stump grows on his own Toronto.com. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved September 28,
Retrieved September 2, 2011. 2011.
[8] ^ Hyden, Steven (June 28, 2011). "Hear Patrick [15] This City on iTunes Top 100 Island Def Jam.
Stump’s new single with Lupe Fiasco". avclub.com. Retrieved September 14, 2011.
http://www.avclub.com/articles/hear-patrick- [16] (Lamb, Bill (September 6, 2011)Top 10 Hot Pop
stumps-new-single-with-lupe-fiasco,58209. Songs September 6, 2011About.com. Retrieved
Retrieved June 28, 2011. September 7, 2010
[9] Patrick Stump Teams Up With Fellow Chicago [17] Patrick Stump Tweet on This City video premiere
Native Lupe Fiasco For “This City” Idolator. Twitter. Retrieved September 14, 2011.
Retrieved July 11, 2011. [18] Patrick Stump & Lupe Fiasco’s “This City” Video
[10] This City free on iTunes Preview: Idolator Exclusive Idolator. Retrieved
http://nervousbreakdance.com. Retrieved September 14, 2011.
September 7, 2011. [19] Patrick Stump Tweet on music video cut Twitter.
[11] Patrick Stump Tweet on Truant Wave on iTunes Retrieved September 4, 2011.
Top 100 albums Twitter. Retrieved September 14, [20] ^ Patrick Stump’s ’This City’ Video: Go Behind The
2011. Scenes Now! MTV.com. Viacom. Retrieved
[12] Chart Highlights: Rihanna ’King’ of Dance/Club September 4, 2011.
Play Songs Billboard. Prometheus Global Media.
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Retrieved September 14, 2011.
"Pop Songs Week of September 24, 2011 by Biggest
External links
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