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"Headsprung"
Single by LL Cool J featuring Timbaland
from the album The DEFinition
B-side"Feel the Beat"
ReleasedJune 7, 2004
Recorded2003
GenreHip hop, Rap
Length4:27 (Album Version)
3:55 (Radio Mix)
LabelDef Jam Recordings
Songwriter(s)James Todd Smith
Producer(s)Timbaland, LL Cool J, Eric "NY" Nicks
LL Cool J singles chronology
"Amazin'"
(2003) 		"Headsprung"
(2004) 		"Hush"
(2004)
Timbaland singles chronology
"Deliverance"
(2003) 		"Headsprung"
(2004) 		"Are You Feelin' Me?"
(2005)

"Headsprung" is a song by American hip hop artist LL Cool J. It was released in June 2004 as the lead single from his eleventh album, The DEFinition. The song was a success on the charts, it peaked at number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 4 on the Hot Rap Songs and number 7 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.

Keri Hilson did a cover of this song featuring Justin Timberlake, the cover was used as a remix with LL Cool J's 1st verse. A version of this song, however without Timberlake, has appears, renamed, as the title track for Hilson's 2009 compilation album, Ms. Keri.

Critical reception

AllMusic's David Jeffries praised the song as a change from the slow jams of LL's 10, highlighting the southern production and New York style vocal delivery as a great merger, concluding that, "Simple, club, crunk, and not the kind of revolution Timbaland or LL Cool J can crank out when on fire, but solid enough to put the rapper back on top of the beatbox."[1] Nick Southall of Stylus Magazine said that it was "a hit but not a monster."[2]

Formats and track listing

Europe CD (Promo)[3]
  1. "Headsprung" (Radio Edit) – 3:55
UK CD[4]
  1. "Headsprung" (Album Version) – 4:27
  2. "Feel the Beat" (Album Version) – 4:17
US 12" (Promo)[5]
  1. "Headsprung" (Radio Edit) – 3:55
  2. "Headsprung" (Instrumental) – 4:27
  3. "Feel the Beat" (Radio Edit) – 3:48
  4. "Feel the Beat" (Instrumental) – 4:20
US CD (Promo)[6]
  1. "Headsprung" (Radio) – 3:58
  2. "Headsprung" (Instrumental) – 4:31
  3. "Call Out" – 0:11

Charts and certifications

References

  1. ^ Jeffries, David. "Headsprung - LL Cool J". AllMusic. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
  2. ^ Southall, Nick (September 14, 2004). "LL Cool J - The DEFinition". Stylus Magazine. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
  3. ^ "LL Cool J - Headsprung (CD)". Discogs. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
  4. ^ "LL Cool J - Headsprung (CD)". Discogs. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
  5. ^ "LL Cool J - Headsprung (Vinyl)". Discogs. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
  6. ^ "LL Cool J - Headsprung (CD)". Discogs. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
  7. ^ "LL Cool J – Headsprung". Swiss Singles Chart.
  8. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  9. ^ "LL Cool J Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
  10. ^ "LL Cool J Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
  11. ^ "LL Cool J Chart History (Hot Rap Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
  12. ^ "American single certifications – LL Cool J – Headsprung". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
  13. ^ "2004 Year-End Charts: Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
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