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}} "Beautiful People" is a song by American recording artist Chris Brown featuring Italian DJ Benny Benassi, released as the third single from Brown's fourth studio album ''F.A.M.E.'' on March 11, 2011. It was written by Brown, Jean Baptiste, Marco Benassi and Allessandro Benassi, and was produced by the latter two. Musically, "Beautiful People" is an uptempo song which draws from the genres of electro house, dancehall and Europop, and contains influences of R&B. The song's lyrics revolve around Brown encouraging "everyone on the dance floor to keep their heads up and discover the beauty inside."〔 "Beautiful People" received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised its production and lyrics. In the United States, the song peaked at number one on the Hot Dance Club Songs chart, and became the first number-one single for both Brown and Benassi. It also reached the top ten in Australia, Ireland, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, and the top twenty in Belgium and Denmark. The accompanying music video was released on March 22, 2011, and features personal footage of Brown's everyday life. The video also features appearances from several of Brown's famous friends, including Diddy, Bow Wow, T-Pain, Nelly, Timbaland, among others. Brown promoted the song with live performances on ''Dancing with the Stars'' (U.S.), the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards, and the 54th Grammy Awards. It was also included on the set list of his 2011 F.A.M.E. Tour. == Background and composition == "Beautiful People" was written by Brown, Jean Baptiste, Benny Benassi and Alle Benassi, with the latter two also handling its production.〔 It was recorded at The Record Plant—a studio in Los Angeles, California. Before the release of ''F.A.M.E.'', the song leaked online on January 16, 2011.〔 The single cover was unveiled on February 2, 2011, showing Brown strapping a gas mask onto his face as he peers up at the camera. The song's title is spelled out in ransom note effect, with Brown's name graffitied onto the bottom right corner. "Beautiful People" was released for digital download on March 11, 2011.〔 An extended play, featuring additional remixes of the song, was made available for download in the United Kingdom and the United States on April 19, 2011.〔〔 "Beautiful People" was later included on Benassi's fifth studio album, ''Electroman'' (2011), as track four.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Electroman by Benny Benassi )〕 "Beautiful People" is an uptempo electro house,〔 dancehall〔 and Europop〔 song with R&B influences.〔 According to James Dean Wells from AOL Radio, the song is " pulsing synths that build under Benassi and Brown's staccato and auto-tuned melodies." "Beautiful People" is set in common time with a moderate tempo of 126 beats per minute. It is composed in the key of Eb major with Brown's vocal range spanning from the note of Eb4 to the note of F5. The song is positive and uplifting with lyrics such as: "Everywhere that I've been / The only thing that I see is beautiful people ... / Don't you know / Don't you know / You're beautiful."〔 According to ''Rap-Up'', on the song, Brown encourages "everyone on the dance floor to keep their heads up and discover the beauty inside." When speaking about "Beautiful People", Brown told Jayson Rodriguez from MTV News that "it wasn't a selfish record, it wasn't me bragging or boasting or talking about cars or money or girls. It was me being able to inspire people with dance music. We have a lot of tragic things going on and the world needs to come together as a whole and stop the negativity." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Beautiful People (Chris Brown song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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