Best Night of My Life

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Best Night of My Life
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Studio album by
Jamie Foxx
ReleasedDecember 21, 2010
Recorded2009–2010
Genre
Length55:07
Label J
Producer
Jamie Foxx chronology
Intuition
(2008)		Best Night of My Life
(2010)		 Hollywood: A Story of a Dozen Roses
(2015)
Singles from Best Night of My Life
  1. "Winner"
    Released: April 6, 2010 [1]
  2. "Living Better Now"
    Released: November 2, 2010
  3. "Fall for Your Type"
    Released: November 12, 2010
  4. "Best Night of My Life"
    Released: April 5, 2011 [2]

Best Night of My Life [3] [4] is the fourth studio album by American singer and actor Jamie Foxx. It was released on December 21, 2010, by J Records. The album was supported by four singles in total; "Winner" featuring Justin Timberlake and T.I., "Living Better Now" featuring Rick Ross, "Fall for Your Type" featuring Drake and "Best Night of My Life" featuring Wiz Khalifa.

Contents

Upon its release, Best Night of My Life was met with generally mixed reviews from music critics. The album debuted at number six on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 144,000 copies in its first week. [5]

Background

The album was originally scheduled to be released under the title Body.

Promotion

On November 16, 2009, the song titled "Speak French" featuring Gucci Mane, was released as the buzz single. [6]

Singles

"Winner" featuring Justin Timberlake and T.I., was released as the album's lead single on April 6, 2010. [1]

The album's second single "Living Better Now" featuring Rick Ross was released as a digital download on November 2, 2010. [7] It officially impacted Rhythmic and Urban radio in the US on November 9, 2010. [8] [9]

"Fall For Your Type" featuring Drake, was released as the album third single on November 12, 2010. [10]

"Best Night of My Life" featuring Wiz Khalifa, was released as the album's fourth single on April 5, 2011. [2]

Promotional singles

"Yep Dat's Me" featuring Ludacris and Soulja Boy, was released as the album's first promotional single on December 17, 2010. [11] Another version of the song, which features T.I. was released as well.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 58/100 [12]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [13]
The Boston Globe mixed [14]
Entertainment Weekly B− [15]
HipHopDX Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [16]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [17]
The New York Times (favorable) [18]
PopMatters (2/10) [19]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [20]
Slant Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [21]
USA Today Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [22]

Best Night of My Life was met with generally mixed reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 58, which indicates "mixed or average reviews", based on 9 reviews. In a mixed review, David Jeffries of Allmusic wrote that, "If Best Night of My Life is just part of the bigger Foxx picture, rather than an item from his sideline career, it’s still an above-average celebrity album".

Commercial performance

Best Night of My Life debuted at number six on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 144,000 copies in its first week. [5] This became Foxx's third consecutive US top-ten album. [5] As of January 2015, the album has sold 409,000 copies in the United States. [23]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Winner" (featuring Justin Timberlake and T.I.) James Fauntleroy II, Justin Timberlake, Robert Knox, Clifford Harris, Jr. The Y's 4:02
2."Best Night of My Life" (featuring Wiz Khalifa) Eric Hudson, Eric Bishop, Breyon Prescott, Tony Scales, Cameron ThomazHudson3:05
3."Living Better Now" (featuring Rick Ross) Bink, Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley, O'Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley, Rudolph Isley, Christopher Jasper, Rico Love, Prescott, William Roberts II, Bishop, Tony "Chef Tone" Scales Bink 4:06
4."This Will Be (Intro)" Chuck Jackson, Marvin Yancy  1:41
5."Freak" (featuring Rico Love) Danja, Love, Marcella Araica Danja4:34
6."Hit It Like This" Melvin Hough II, Prescott, Rivelino Raoul Wouter Mel & Mus 2:48
7."Yep Dat's Me" (featuring Ludacris and Soulja Boy)Hudson, Bishop, Lonny Bereal, Michael Dion ,Christopher Bridges, James SmithHudson, Ezekiel Lewis*3:07
8."Fall for Your Type" (featuring Drake) Noah "40" Shebib, Noel Campbell, Aubrey GrahamNoah "40" Shebib, Drake (co.)4:30
9."Gorgeous"Hudson, BishopHudson5:03
10."Let Me Get You on Your Toes (Interlude)"Hudson, Bishop, Bereal, SmithHudson1:31
11."15 Minutes"James Ho, Kawan "KP" Prather, Terrence Smith, Ashanti Floyd Malay, KP 4:06
12."Sleeping Pill"Bishop, Ainz Brainz Prasad, Al Sherrod LambertJamie Foxx & Ainz Brainz Prasad4:05
13."Rejoice"Big Bob, Juke, Raheem DeVaughn, Bishop, Chris Lewis, PrescottBig Bob, Juke4:48
14."All Said and Done"Hudson, Bishop, Bereal, Lambert, SmithHudson4:31
15."Sex on the Beach" (featuring Shelly Renee)Bishop, Butler, Ainz Brainz Prasad, Lamis CarneiroJamie Foxx & Ainz Brainz Prasad3:16
Deluxe edition (bonus tracks) [24]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
15."Split Personality"Fauntleroy, Timberlake, KnoxThe Y's4:50
16."Quit Your Job"  Los da Mystro 3:17
17."Speak French" (featuring Gucci Mane)Bishop, Radric Davis, Tyler Williams Sean Garrett, Bangladesh 4:53
18."Sex on the Beach" (featuring Shelly Renee)Bishop, Butler, Prasad, CarneiroJamie Foxx3:16

Notes

Sample credits

Charts

Release history

RegionDateLabel
United Kingdom [28] December 20, 2010 RCA Records
United States [29] December 21, 2010 J Records

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