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"All Good Things"
Song

"All Good Things (Come to an End)" is a song written by pop singer Nelly Furtado, Timbaland, Danja and Chris Martin for Furtado's third album, Loose (2006). It was co-produced by Timbaland and Danja and released as the album's third European single in November 2006 (see 2006 in music). It was released as the fourth single in the United States[1] and Australia. The single featured Chris Martin, frontman of the band Coldplay, harmonizing throughout the song. The original version had him say a few words at the beginning, and sing the chorus behind Furtado. "All Good Things (Come to an End)" was praised for having diversity in comparison to other songs on Loose, but at the same time, criticized for its mellowness.

Writing and recording

"All Good Things" was conceived near the end of the recording of Loose. Furtado was at the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards ceremony, which was held in Miami, Florida in August, when she bumped into her old friend Chris Martin, who had been performing with Coldplay. Furtado told Martin she was working with Timbaland on a new album, and Martin said he "loved" Timbaland and asked if he could visit the studio. Timbaland had been listening to Coldplay's album X&Y in the studio frequently the previous week, so Furtado agreed and invited Martin to The Hit Factory the following night.[2][3][4]

Timbaland and Martin had expressed admiration for each other's work, but they had not previously met. According to Furtado, "They were really humbled in each other's presence",[5] but because Timbaland has a large figure and kept calling Martin "Coldplay", Martin was initially nervous and scared.[4][3] Furtado, who is "always the instigator", told Martin to sit down at the keyboard and begin making music.[3] "Chris got to express his inner James Brown", she said.[4] Martin originally contributed to the song with his vocals, but after a request from executives at his record label, they were removed from the finished version of the song included on Loose. According to Furtado, the executives "didn't want his voice sounding so rocky".[6] The version of the song featuring Martin's vocals was leaked onto the Internet in late June 2006.[7]

Furtado has said that because she has "a tendency towards melancholy" and considers Martin "Mr. Melancholic Genius", the process of creating the song was "magic".[5] She has described the song as "a fusion of Tim's rough-sounding hip-hop beats with that melancholy Chris has mastered, and I'm in-between."[4]

Critical reception

An MSN UK review of the song described it as "a reflective and emotional ballad with a strong melody, presumably the input of the Coldplay man, and lyrics which remind us that Nelly's still like a bird, albeit one who likes a bit of night-time action"; it gave the song 4.5 out of five stars.[8] HMV UK published a four out of five star review in which its writer said that, in contrast to the album's previous singles, "Maneater" and "Promiscuous", "All Good Things" is "a beautiful, hooky, emotive ballad".[9] Chuck Taylor of Billboard magazine wrote that the song is "adventurous, hip, playful and enduring. Featuring an enlightened lyric ("Pain sets in and I don't cry/I only feel gravity and wonder why") with the track's hypnotic melody featuring contribution from Coldplay's Chris Martin, "Good" lives up to Furtado's 2001 double Grammy Award nods."[10] Steve Wright commented, "it's a fact that if you play this song right to the end, you will go mad".[This quote needs a citation]

Commercial release and chart performance

The single was released in Europe in November 2006, and it reached number four in the United Kingdom.[11] In countries such as the Netherlands and Austria, it peaked higher than "Maneater" and "Promiscuous",[citation needed] and it became Furtado's first number-one hit in the Netherlands[citation needed] and Germany[citation needed], where it was the second most successful single of 2007.[citation needed] It reached number one in twenty countries,[10] including Switzerland and Austria. It topped the Eurochart Hot 100 Singles[citation needed]—Furtado's first number-one on the chart[citation needed]—and reached number five on the United World Tracks Chart.[11]

The song was released as the fourth single from Loose in the U.S.[1] and Australia. It debuted at number twenty on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart, rising to number fifteen in its third week; in June, after descending the chart, it rose to a new peak of number twelve, and it remained on the chart for twenty-one weeks.[11] A new mix of the song was released to radio on April 10 in the U.S., where it debuted at number ninety-nine on the Billboard Hot 100.[11] It peaked at number eighty-six, falling short of the top twenty peaks achieved by the previous singles from Loose, although it became the album's fourth number-one single on the Hot Dance Club Play chart.[12]

A version of the song recorded with the Italian pop group Zero Assoluto was released in Italy,[citation needed] where the song was released only as digital download.[citation needed] In Germany, the lead singer of the German rock band Reamonn, Rea Garvey, was featured on the song.[citation needed] At the end of April 2007, a Spanish version of "All Good Things (Come to an End)" titled "Lo Bueno Siempre Tiene un Final" was released.[citation needed] It was on sale at the iTunes Store on June 5.[citation needed] Remixes of the song by Dave Aude and Kaskade were released.[citation needed]

Despite its failure on the Billboard Hot 100 it was successful on some independant American charts such as the NLP Hot 20/25, where it spent two weeks at #1 from May 20 - June 2, 2007

Music video

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Furtado singing at the beach.

The "All Good Things" video, directed by Gabriel Coss and Israel Lugo, [13]was filmed in Puerto Rico and shot back-to-back with the video for "Say It Right", the album's third single in North America.[14] It features a love story between Furtado and a male model, and Furtado is seen walking along a beach and into a forest, where she finds a dinner table hanging upside-down from a tree. There are accompanying shots of the model finding, and subsequently hanging from, the table. The video includes flashbacks to when Furtado and the model were eating at the table, and it ends with them holding each other under a stream of water. Furtado said that the video is "very tropical and romantic" and reminded her of videos for Sarah McLachlan singles: "it has that element of art to it. It's kind of like cinema."[14]

The video features the radio edit of the song.[citation needed] On March 7, it made its North American premiere on MuchMusic in Canada,[citation needed] and on March 19, it debuted on MTV's TRL in the U.S.[citation needed] It entered the show's countdown at number ten the next day, subsequently climbing the chart to reach number two.[citation needed]

Formats and track listings

Australian CD single[citation needed]
  1. "All Good Things (Come to an End)" (radio edit) – 4:25
  2. "Maneater" (Radio 1 Live Lounge session) – 3:01
  3. "No Hay Igual" (featuring Calle 13) – 3:41
  4. "All Good Things (Come to an End)" (video) – 3:48

Charts

Template:Succession box one to twoTemplate:Succession box two to one
Preceded by
"Gli Ostacoli Del Cuore" by Elisa feat Luciano Ligabue
 Italian FIMI Singles Chart number-one single
January 5 2007 – January 19 2007 		Succeeded by
"Basta Poco" by Vasco Rossi
Preceded by Eurochart Hot 100 number-one single
January 28 2007 – March 11 2007 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
"Het Huis Anubis" by Nieke
 Dutch Top 40 number-one single
February 10 2007 – February 17 2007 		Succeeded by
"Lauwe Pis" by Theo Maassen
Preceded by Belgian Ultratop 50 number-one single
February 10 2007 – February 24 2007 		Succeeded by
"Kvraagetaan" by Fixkes
Preceded by Norwegian VG-lista number-one single
March 14 2007 		Succeeded by

Credits and personnel

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ a b Caulfield, Keith. "Ask Billboard - 'Loose' Change". Billboard. January 26 2007. Retrieved February 2 2007.
  2. ^ Intini, John. "Nelly Furtado: 'I'm not Mother Teresa'". Maclean's. August 25 2006. Retrieved May 17 2007.
  3. ^ a b c Lash, Jolie. "Nelly Furtado Brings the Punk-Hop". Rolling Stone. February 16 2006. Retrieved December 30 2006.
  4. ^ a b c d Vineyard, Jennifer. "Chris Martin Covers Jay-Z — And Other Scenes From Nelly Furtado's Loose". MTV News. June 20 2006. Retrieved December 30 2006.
  5. ^ a b Shepherd, Julianne. "How Nelly Furtado Got Her Ghetto Pass". MTV News. June 7 2006. Retrieved December 30 2006.
  6. ^ Gilbert, Ben. "Nelly Furtado Pulls Chris Martin Duet". Yahoo! Music. June 7 2006. Retrieved December 30 2006.
  7. ^ "Listen: "All Good Things (Must Come to an End)" ft Chris Martin (Unreleased Track)". Burninthespotlight.com. June 26 2006. Retrieved December 30 2006.
  8. ^ Editorial
  9. ^ HMV.com: Music CDs, DVDs, Games & More
  10. ^ a b Taylor, Chuck. "All Good Things (Come to an End) - Nelly Furtado". Billboard.
  11. ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference aCharts was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  12. ^ Cite error: The named reference Billboard.com was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  13. ^ All Good Things (come to an end) - Nelly Furtado AllieIsWired.com
  14. ^ a b Vineyard, Jennifer. "Nelly Furtado Double-Dips With Two Soaking-Wet Videos". MTV News. November 6 2006. Retrieved November 11 2006.
  15. ^ Turkish Airplay Chart
  • Unknown (2006). In Loose [CD liner notes]. United States: Geffen Records.
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