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"1 Thing" is a song written by American R&B singer-songwriter Amerie and Rich Harrison for Amerie's second studio album, ''Touch'' (2005). The song is influenced by go-go rhythms and features a prominent sample of The Meters' 1970 funk recording of "Oh, Calcutta!", written by Stanley Walden. Its lyrics focus on an unidentified "thing" that fuels a romantic attraction. The song was released as ''Touch'' ==Conception== In 2004, when working on her second album, Amerie enlisted the services of producer Rich Harrison, who had helped produce and write her first album. In May 2004, Harrison heard "Oh, Calcutta!" for the first time and began working on the beat accompanying the ten-second back-and-forth breakdown between Meters drummer Ziggy Modeliste and guitarist Leo Nocentelli. Harrison said he loved the work of the Meters, especially Modeliste, commenting, "Ziggy, he's crazy." He processed the way the breakdown could be "flipped", added a bongo drum, a cowbell, and a ride cymbal, and sent it to Amerie.〔 According to Harrison, they wrote and finished the song in two to three hours.〔 Amerie's manager, Len Nicholson, felt the song was "the single" to release.〔 When executives at Amerie's label, Columbia/Sony Urban Music, heard "1 Thing", they felt that the song's choruses needed to be "bigger".〔 They recommended that more music be added to the percussion-focused beat, but Harrison and Amerie replied that adding more to the beat would overpower the song.〔Ratcliffe, Fahiym. "Amerie: The Interview". ''Sun Reporter'', volume 62, issue 19, page 4. May 12, 2005.〕 Harrison and Amerie returned to the studio several times to rework the track.〔 Each time they submitted a new version to the label, Columbia told them that the song sounded unfinished, but was unable to specify what should be changed.〔〔 The label continued to refuse to release "1 Thing"; in Amerie's words, "People just weren't getting it".〔 Later in 2004, six months after recording "1 Thing", Amerie and Harrison leaked it to U.S. radio stations in an attempt to get it released officially.〔〔 The response from DJs and listeners was positive, and it consequently received airplay across the country. Columbia Records attempted to suppress the song because it was an unofficial release, and because Jennifer Lopez (another artist on the label) had expressed interest in recording the song for her own album, ''Rebirth''.〔Shipley, Al. ("Amerie - Touch" ). ''Stylus Magazine''. May 13, 2005.〕 Radio stations refused to retract the song from their playlists, and Columbia eventually began promoting "1 Thing" as a single, making it a last-minute addition to the ''Hitch'' soundtrack.〔 Lopez settled on another Harrison-produced, funk-infused track, the Usher outtake "Get Right".〔 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「1 Thing」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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