Lullaby (Mel B song)

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"Lullaby"
Lullabycover.jpg
Single by Mel B
from the album Hot
Released4 June 2001 (2001-06-04) [1]
Length3:26
Label Virgin
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Fred Jerkins III
Mel B singles chronology
"Feels So Good"
(2001)		"Lullaby"
(2001)		"Today"
(2005)
Music video
"Lullaby" on YouTube

"Lullaby" is a song by English singer Melanie B. It was co-written by Melanie B, Richard Stannard, Julian Gallagher, and Richard Norris for her debut solo album, Hot (2000), while production was helmed by Fred Jerkins III. It was released by Virgin Records as the album's final single on 4 June 2001 and peaked at number 13 on the UK Singles Chart. The music video features her daughter Phoenix Chi Gulzar.

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Reception

The song earned largely mixed reviews from music critics. Lennat Mak from MTV Asia wrote about the song: "Written about Phoenix's birth and the joy she is bringing, the guitar-y ballad "Lullaby" has a heartfelt touch injected with such sincerity that it reveals a rarely seen side of Mel B: Motherly, affectionate, and loving." [2] NME called the song "a pretty TLC-style ballad." [3] Caroline Sullivan, writing for The Guardian , remarked that "Lullabye" was "one of those lapses into slurpiness, like Oasis's "Little James," that can happen to anyone." [4] Nigel Packer of BBC Music called "Lullaby" a "lightweight feel-good anthem which could have stepped straight from a cereal ad. [5]

Commercial performance

"Lullaby" was released by Virgin Records on 4 June 2001 as the third and final single from Hot. The song debuted and peaked at number 13 on the UK Singles Chart in the week ending 16 June 2001, becoming Melanie B's fifth consecutive top twenty entry on the chart. [6] "Lullaby" also reached number 18 on the Scottish Singles Chart and number 47 on the Irish Singles Chart. [7]

Music video

A music video for "Lullaby" was directed by Andy Orrick and filmed in Morocco on 13 and 14 April 2001. [8] The visuals feature Melanie walking down an alleyway singing and at one point helping a child tie his shoes. The video ends with Melanie walking onto a beach singing the end of the song. Shots of Melanie with her daughter Phoenix Chi are shown throughout the video.

Track listings

European CD single [9]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Lullaby"
 Fred Jerkins III 3:26
2."Lullaby" (India-I Remix)
  • Brown
  • Stannard
  • Gallagher
  • Norris
  • Jerkins
  • Syze-Up [a]
3:49
UK and European enhanced CD single [10]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Lullaby"
  • Brown
  • Stannard
  • Gallagher
  • Norris
Jerkins3:26
2."Lullaby" (India-I Remix)
  • Brown
  • Stannard
  • Gallagher
  • Norris
  • Jerkins
  • Syze-Up [a]
3:49
3."Feels So Good" (Maurice's On the Fly Dub)
6:40
4."Lullaby" (video)  3:25

Notes

Charts

Weekly chart performance for "Lullaby"
Chart (2001)Peak
position
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) [11] 57
Ireland (IRMA) [12] 47
Scotland (OCC) [7] 18
UK Singles (OCC) [6] 13

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  7. 1 2 "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
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  9. ↑ Lullaby (European CD single liner notes). Mel B. Virgin Records. 2001. VSCDE1798.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  10. ↑ Lullaby (UK & European enhanced CD single liner notes). Mel B. Virgin Records. 2001. VSCDT 1798, 7243 897711 0 7.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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