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}} "Katy on a Mission" is a song performed by British recording artist Katy B. It was released by Rinse accompanied by a b-side titled "Louder" as her debut single and lead single from her debut album, ''On a Mission'', on 22 August 2010. The song was co-written by Benga, Katy B and Geeneus, and produced by Benga. Musically, the song is constructed around beats, synths and a bassline found most prominent in the dubstep music genre. It achieved charting success in the United Kingdom where it topped the UK Dance Chart and UK Indie Chart while peaking at number five on the UK Singles Chart. The single was accompanied by a music video which was directed by Johny Mourgue. The song has since been certified Gold in the UK for selling over 400,000 copies, making it Katy B's first and only single so far to do so. ==Background== Katy B had been working with British underground grime, garage and house record producers since the age of fifteen before debuting "Katy on a Mission" to her mainstream audience. The song, originally "just another dubstep track Katy was going to vocal," was written by Katy B and produced by British record producer, Benga. In an interview with Kieran Yates of ''The Guardian'', Katy mentioned that as a producer Benga is above and beyond. She further acknowledged that without his beat, "Katy on a Mission" would have not been as successful. It was inspired by how Katy feels when she goes raving with her friends. Speaking to Greg Cochrane from the BBC, she explained: Lyrics wise, usually dubstep makes me want to write about happy, love and dancing with my girls. This track didn't have that feel so I wanted to write about how it feels when you go into a club and there's so much energy in a room - basically putting that into words.〔 Fraser McAlpine of the ''BBC'' said that lyrically, the song has taken club bangers into their next phase by rather than being a club song about a club, it is instead a club song about how some things only make sense in a club situation. He further interpreted, "(song ) is about having a few relationship issues - with a DJ, no less - and how the music is the only thing that makes this sorry situation bearable.".〔 Technically, the bassline has an unusual 11 beats in 12 (three bars of four). This 11-beat underlies the main tune, and in live performances is performed by trumpet rather than synthesizer. Vocally, the track has a R&B style to it.〔 Katy B began developing this style at the age of thirteen in addition to being influenced by rave music and the music of Destiny's Child and Ne-Yo.〔 "Katy On a Mission" was playlisted on BBC Radio 1 for nearly two months and has birthed acclaim that Katy B has become the 'female face of dubstep'. In response to the tag, Katy said: "It doesn't bother me if people wanna call it a dubstep song or call me a dubstep singer but I have done other stuff."〔 Singing on dubstep was described by Katy as a different experience, "It can be a bit darker, and that's cool." Katy stated that what she loved about the song was the large amount of energy its instrumental had, deeming it as a main factor to the single's commercial success.〔 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「Katy on a Mission」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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