Over It (album)
Over It | ||||
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Studio album by Summer Walker | ||||
Released | October 4, 2019 | |||
Recorded | 2018-2019 | |||
Genre | R&B[1] | |||
Length | 42:49 | |||
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Singles from Over It (album) | ||||
Over It is the debut studio album by American singer Summer Walker. It was released on October 4, 2019, by LVRN and Interscope. It spawned the singles "Playing Games", "Stretch You Out" and "Come Thru". It also features the remix of Walker's "Girls Need Love" featuring Drake.[3] It also features collaborations with Bryson Tiller, Usher, 6lack, PartyNextDoor, A Boogie wit da Hoodie and Jhené Aiko.[4] Most of the album was produced by Walker's then-boyfriend, London on da Track.[3] Walker's First and Last Tour supported the album, starting October 25, 2019.[5]
Contents
Promotion
An "old school" commercial was released via Walker's YouTube channel on September 30 to promote the album, which was compared to infomercials for R&B albums from the 1990s.[6] Few days before the actual album release, Walker promoted the album by putting various payphone in various cities painted in the theme of the album. A phone number was to be dialed to listen to the album few days before. After the album's release, Walker premiered a special on Beats 1 guest starring Ari Lennox, as part of their R&B Now series.[7]
Critical reception
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 86/100[11] |
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Source | Rating |
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Clash | 8/10[9] |
Pitchfork | 7.2/10[10] |
Over It was met with critical acclaim upon release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 86, based on 6 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim."[12]
Accolades
The album won best album at the 2020 Soul Train Music Awards and was the most streamed album by a female artist on Apple Music in 2020.
Publication | List | Rank | Ref. |
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Associated Press | AP's Top Albums of 2019 |
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Billboard | The 50 Best Albums of 2019 |
21
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Complex | The Best Albums of 2019 |
43
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Rolling Stone | The 50 Best Albums of 2019 |
38
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Uproxx | The Best Albums of 2019 |
19
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Variety | The Best Albums of 2019 |
8
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Commercial performance
Over It debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 with 134,000 album-equivalent units in its first week. Its debut week marked the largest streaming week for an R&B album by a female artist, in terms of on-demand audio streams. It went on to spend more than 100 weeks on Billboard 200, ranking as the second most successful R&B album of 2020[19] The album also topped the R&B Albums chart for 14 nonconsecutive weeks and as of July 2020, has yet to chart below number seven.[20] On May 7, 2020, the album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales and album-equivalent units over 1,000,000 units in the United States. [21] As of November 2021, Over It had earned 2.500.000 equivalent copies in the U.S [22]
Track listing
No. | Title | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Over It" |
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2:11 |
2. | "Body" | 3:13 | |
3. | "Playing Games" (extended version) (with Bryson Tiller) | London on da Track | 2:23 |
4. | "Drunk Dialing...LODT" | 2:14 | |
5. | "Come Thru" (with Usher) | 3:01 | |
6. | "Potential" | 2:53 | |
7. | "Fun Girl" | Walker | 1:49 |
8. | "Tonight" | 2:56 | |
9. | "Me" | Archer | 2:08 |
10. | "Like It" (with 6lack) | 2:51 | |
11. | "Just Might" (with PartyNextDoor) | 3:25 | |
12. | "Stretch You Out" (featuring A Boogie wit da Hoodie) | 2:23 | |
13. | "Off of You" | 2:05 | |
14. | "Anna Mae" | 2:17 | |
15. | "I'll Kill You" (featuring Jhené Aiko) | 2:59 | |
16. | "Nobody Else" | 3:53 | |
Total length:
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42:49 |
Bonus tracks | |||
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No. | Title | Producer(s) | Length |
17. | "Playing Games" | London on da Track | 2:23 |
18. | "Girls Need Love" (remix) (with Drake) | Archer | 3:42 |
Total length:
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48:54 |
Notes
- ^[a] indicates a co-producer
- ^[b] indicates an additional producer
- ^[c] indicates a vocal producer
- ^[d] "Body" contains a sample from "Get It Together", written by Donnell Jones and performed by 702.
- ^[e] "Playing Games" interpolates "Say My Name", written by LaShawn Daniels, Rodney Jerkins, Fred Jerkins III, Beyoncé Knowles, LeToya Luckett, LaTavia Roberson, and Kelly Rowland, and performed by Destiny's Child
- "Drunk Dialing...LODT" interpolates "Cause I Love You", written by Lenny Williams and Michael Bennett and performed by Lenny Williams
- ^[f] "Come Thru" contains samples from "You Make Me Wanna...", written by Usher Raymond IV, Jermaine Dupri, and Manuel Seal, and performed by Usher
Personnel
Credits adapted from Tidal.[23]
Musicians
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- Summer Walker – vocals
- Aubrey Robinson – keyboards (1, 2, 8, 13, 16)
- Usher – vocals (5)
- Khalid – vocals (6)
- Lee Stashenko – guitar (8, 13)
- Chris Brown – vocals (10)
- PartyNextDoor – rap vocals (11)
- A Boogie wit da Hoodie – rap vocals (12)
- Scott Storch – keyboards (14)
- Jhené Aiko – vocals (15)
- Stevie J – bass and keyboards (16)
Technical
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- Nicolas De Porcel – mastering engineer
- Cyrus "NOIS" Taghipour – mixer (1, 2, 4–16)
- Derek "MixedByAli" Ali – mixer (1, 2, 4–16)
- Jaycen Joshua – mixer (3, 17)
- Summer Walker – recording engineer
- Kendall Roark Bailey – recording engineer (1, 2, 4–6, 8, 12–16)
- Ben Chang – recording engineer (5)
- Archer – recording engineer (9, 10)
- Ben Chang – vocal producer (5)
- Ashley Jacobson – assistant recording engineer (5)
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
Region | Certification | Sales/shipments |
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Canada (Music Canada)[42] | Gold | 40,000 |
United Kingdom (BPI)[43] | Gold | 100,000 |
United States (RIAA)[44] | Platinum | 1,000,000 |
xunspecified figures based on certification alone |
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