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"Work" is a song recorded by American recording artist Kelly Rowland. It was written by Rowland, Scott Storch and Jason "Poo Bear" Boyd and co-produced by Storch and Boyd for Rowland's second studio album, ''Ms. Kelly'' (2007). The full track was leaked on May 31, 2007 onto the internet. Although Columbia Records intended to release "Work" as ''Ms. Kelly''s lead single,〔 "Like This" was eventually chosen as Rowland, who was influenced by the negative feedback the song received from blogs after the leaked snippets, began to think that that "Work" had no commercial potential. Freemasons, later remixed "Work", which according to Rowland, gave it "new life". "Work" is an up-tempo composition which displays elements of funk music and go-go. Composed in the key of D#minor, the song lyrically speaks of a woman who affirms to her man that actions speak louder than words and that she is not a woman who is easy to get to. Following the less successful chart performances of previous single "Ghetto", the record was released as the album's second single during the first quarter of 2008 (see 2008 in music) in most international music markets, excluding parts of North America. Prominently pushed by a re-arranged remix by British producer duo Freemasons, "Work" enjoyed major commercial success and eventually became Rowland's best-charting solo single since her 2002 songs "Dilemma" and "Stole", reaching the top ten in Australia, Finland, France, Greece, Italy, Switzerland, Turkey, and the United Kingdom. "Work" is her fourth international most successful solo single to date, behind "Dilemma", "When Love Takes Over" and "Stole". The music video for "Work" was filmed in Los Angeles, California and was directed by Philip Andelman. The video shows Rowland and her dancers posed in silhouette and shot against backdrops of vivid color and beam lighting. The beam lighting is used throughout the video to create a kaleidoscope effect which is used to break up each scene. ==Writing and recording== "Work" is one out of two tracks Scott Storch contributed to ''Ms. Kelly'' and was among eight new songs Rowland recorded near completion in 2006 for the revamped version of ''My Story'', the album's actual version. Conceived during a booked studio session in Miami, Florida; Rowland, Storch and his protégé Pooh Bear began to work on melodic ideas for the song over an instrumental track by Storch.〔 With most of its lyrics being written after returning from a night out in the city, composing for "Work" (tentatively entitled "Put It in" back then) was eventually finished in "like twenty minutes," according to Rowland. The team returned the next day for vocal recording. Although Columbia Records intended to release "Work" as ''Ms. Kelly''’s lead single in the beginning,〔 Polow da Don-produced "Like This" eventually replaced the original album's lead single "Gotsta Go" in early 2007, as Rowland thought the song had no hit potential, influenced by negative blogs she read after snippets of "Work" had leaked. The full track was leaked on May 31, 2007 onto the internet, and since remixed by several producers and DJs, among spawning official versions by duos Steve Pitron and Max Sanna, and the more prominent Freemasons, whose remix Rowland said gave the song new life. "I'm really grateful to the Freemasons for coming along (), because it's something that I could have got. You always need an extra brain there and they just gave it a new vibe."〔 The track is an up-tempo composition featuring funk production and go-go elements.〔 It is composed in the key of D#minor and moves at a moderate tempo of 104 beats per minute. Set in common time, "Work" is written in the common verse-chorus form.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=Musicnotes )〕 The singer has described the song as "actually very innocent () a little aggressive maybe:"〔 "All I'm saying is don't come around if you're not going to live up to all your talk and as you know, some guys are just full of talk," Rowland said in a 2008 interview with ''Popjustice''. "It's just a woman saying you can't catch me easy and you have to put in the work. It's about putting in work – that's it, of course."〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=Popjustice )〕 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「Work (Kelly Rowland song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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