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}} "Talk About Our Love" is a song by American recording artist Brandy Norwood, taken from her fourth studio album, ''Afrodisiac'' (2004). It was written by Kanye West, who also appears as a featured artist on it, and Harold Lilly, while production was handled by the former. Due to the song's use of a sample of Mandrill's 1978 song "Gilly Hines," penned by band members Claude Cave II, and Carlos, Louis and Ricardo Wilson, they are also credited as writers. Lyrically, "Talk About Our Love" is about a relationship that lacks support by family and friends; the music consists of an arrangement using a bass, keyboards, drums, and string instruments, the latter of which were provided by Israeli violinist Miri Ben-Ari. Recorded late into the production of the album, the track was an eleventh hour addition to the album's track listing alongside "Where You Wanna Be." It was eventually selected as the album's lead single in a last-minute decision and thus replaced the Timbaland-crafted song "Black Pepper," resulting in his dissociation of the ''Afrodisiac'' project. Released to generally positive reviews by critics during the second quarter of 2004, "Talk About Our Love" became a moderate chart success around the globe. While it peaked at number six on the UK Singles Chart, the song reached the top thirty in Australia, Ireland, and the Netherlands, but barely made it to the top forty on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. "Talk About Our Love" was promoted on several shows such as ''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno'', ''CD:UK'' and ''Today'' and later included in the encore set of her 2009 Human World Tour. Its accompanying music video was directed by Dave Meyers, based on a concept by West. It portrays Norwood and the rapper as a couple who is frequently disturbed by nosy friends and neighbours, who keep on popping in and out of their house to find out about their affairs. At the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards, Norwood garnered a nomination in the Best R&B Video category for her work in the clip though she eventually lost to Alicia Keys' "If I Ain't Got You". Additionally, the song received a Best Collaboration nod at the 2004 MOBO Awards. ==Background and recording== "Talk About Our Love" was written by American rapper Kanye West and songwriter Harold Lilly, with production handled by the former. The song samples American funk band Mandrill's 1978 song "Gilly Hines".〔 Due to the interpolation, band members Claude Cave II, and Carlos, Louis and Ricardo Wilson received co-writing credits on the track.〔 Recorded by Eugene Toale at the Record Plant in Los Angeles, California, it was mixed by Manny Marroquin and engineered by Jun Isheseki with further assistance from Blake English and Kenisha Pratt.〔 Israeli musician Miri Ben-Ari played the violin while Ervin A. Pope was on the keyboards.〔 Lyrically, "Talk About Our Love" revolves around a relationship that lacks support by family and friends. Speaking of the content, Norwood remarked: "For me, (about ) when you're in a relationship and you just wanna be one with that person and you want everybody to support you, but they don't." An eleventh-hour additions to the album's final track listing, "Talk About Our Love" was not recorded until late into the production of ''Afrodisiac''.〔 Although Norwood had considered the project complete by October 2003 after intense recording sessions with producer Timbaland and his team, Atlantic Records executive Geroid Roberson encouraged the singer to attempt additional studio sessions with West following the success of his debut album ''The College Dropout'' (2004). "One of the executive producers of my album () is one of Kanye's managers, so that's how we hooked up," Norwood explained the following year, adding, "He said he always wanted to work with me () having followed his successes, I've always wanted to work with him. When we got together it was like, 'Oh, my God! This is great chemistry. It's magical. Kanye's passionate about the song, and so am I, so it worked out great'!" Borrowing from West's own sound at that time, including wordplay and sampling, Norwood compared the song to fellow R&B singer Alicia Keys' 2003 single "You Don't Know My Name," another West production.〔 The singer described "Talk About Our Love" as being about "being in a relationship being so deeply in love that everybody wants to be in your business. Everybody wants to be opinionated about what you do and why you do it and I think everybody in a relationship experiences that kind of stuff, people talking about your business so that is what that song is about." On the final result Norwood commented, "We collaborated and we just came up with a great melody () It's about two people in a relationship where everybody is in and out of their business, which is something that everybody in a relationship goes through." 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「Talk About Our Love」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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