"Please Please Please" | ||||
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Single by Sabrina Carpenter | ||||
from the album Short n' Sweet | ||||
Released | June 6, 2024 | |||
Studio | Electric Lady Studios (New York City) | |||
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Length | 3:06 | |||
Label | Island | |||
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Producer(s) | Jack Antonoff | |||
Sabrina Carpenter singles chronology | ||||
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"Please Please Please" on YouTube | ||||
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"Please Please Please" is a song by American singer Sabrina Carpenter from her sixth studio album, Short n' Sweet (2024). It was released through Island Records on June 6,2024,as the second single from the album. Produced by Jack Antonoff,it was written by Antonoff,Carpenter,and Amy Allen. It is a country pop and yacht rock song with disco-pop influences,and sees Carpenter discuss her fears that her boyfriend will let his bad-boy reputation overshadow and destroy both their relationship and her pride.
The song received acclaim from music critics upon release. [1] "Please Please Please" peaked at the top of the Billboard Hot 100,becoming her first number-one single on the chart. Outside of the United States,"Please Please Please" topped the charts in Australia,Ireland,New Zealand,Norway,and the United Kingdom. It peaked within the top ten in 18 other countries,including Canada,Denmark,the Netherlands,Portugal,and Sweden.
"Please Please Please" has been nominated for Song of the Year at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards.
Following the commercial success of "Espresso",Carpenter announced her upcoming sixth studio album Short n' Sweet on June 3,2024. [2] She simultaneously promised an upcoming surprise for her fans,which would turn out to be the single. [3] Only two days later,Carpenter took to social media to announce the song release and share a teaser of the accompanying music video featuring cinematic visuals set to showcase her acting skills. [4] [5] The clip shows her wearing a lacy red outfit [6] in a robbery-like setting, [7] as well as engaging in a romance with a criminal played by her then-boyfriend Barry Keoghan. [5] "Please Please Please" has been labeled as a country pop [8] and yacht rock [a] song with disco-pop influences. [15]
The music video for "Please Please Please" was filmed on May 23,2024 in Staten Island,New York,and serves as a sequel to the "Espresso" music video released earlier in the year. [16] The video explores a romantic dynamic between her character and a convict, [16] played by Irish actor Barry Keoghan who was Carpenter's then-boyfriend. [17] The prison scenes were shot in the Arthur Kill Correctional Facility,owned by Broadway Stages. [18]
The video continues from where "Espresso" ended and focuses on Carpenter's relationship with a chaotic love interest. The video's director,Bardia Zeinali,expanded on this idea,incorporating themes of role reversals and power dynamics,as well as recurring scenes such as Carpenter repeatedly picking up the love interest outside the same prison at different times. [19] Pamela Anderson,Tommy Lee,Madonna,Dennis Rodman,Quentin Tarantino, Natural Born Killers (1994),Bonnie and Clyde,and Thelma &Louise (1991) were cited as inspirations for the video. [19] Cinematographer Sean Price Williams shot the video on film. [20]
On June 17,"Espresso" reached number one on the Billboard Global 200. [21] On June 22,2024,the song debuted at number two on the Billboard Hot 100,making it Carpenter's highest debut on the chart and highest-charting single then. [22] The following week,it reached the top spot of the chart,making it her first chart-topper in the United States. [23]
In the United Kingdom,with "Please Please Please" at number one and her previous song "Espresso" at number two on the UK Singles Chart,Carpenter became the first female artist to hold the top two positions of the chart for five weeks in a row and matched Ed Sheeran as the only artist to hold this feat in general. On July 12,2024 –for the week ending date July 18,2024 –"Please Please Please" was dethroned from the top of the UK Singles Chart with "Espresso" returning to the summit. On July 26,2024 –for the week ending date August 1,2024 –"Please Please Please" dethroned "Espresso" from the top of the UK Singles Chart to return to the summit for a second time,with the former song being replaced at number two by "Birds of a Feather" by Billie Eilish,and the latter song falling to number nine on the chart. [24]
Carpenter performed a medley of "Taste","Please Please Please",and "Espresso" at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards on September 11,2024. [25] [26] [27] Entertainment Weekly 's Lester Fabian Brathwaite and Vogue 's Hannah Jackson thought Carpenter channeled Britney Spears,Marilyn Monroe,and Madonna on her Blond Ambition World Tour (1990). [28] [29] "Please Please Please" was included on the permanent setlist of Carpenter's sixth headlining tour,the Short n' Sweet Tour (2024–2025). [30] [31] Carpenter performed "Please Please Please" with American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift at the second New Orleans show of the Eras Tour (2023–2024),as an acoustic mashup with "Espresso" and "Is It Over Now?" (2023). [32]
Organization | Year | Category | Result | Ref. |
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MTV Video Music Awards | 2024 | Best Direction | Nominated | [35] |
Best Art Direction | Nominated | |||
Song of Summer | Nominated | |||
Grammy Awards | 2025 | Song of the Year | Pending | [36] |
Credits are adapted from the liner notes of Short n' Sweet. [37]
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Austria (IFPI Austria) [120] | Gold | 15,000‡ |
Belgium (BEA) [121] | Gold | 20,000‡ |
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [122] | 3× Platinum | 120,000‡ |
Canada (Music Canada) [123] | 4× Platinum | 320,000‡ |
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [124] | Gold | 45,000‡ |
France (SNEP) [125] | Gold | 100,000‡ |
New Zealand (RMNZ) [126] | 2× Platinum | 60,000‡ |
Poland (ZPAV) [127] | Platinum | 50,000‡ |
Portugal (AFP) [128] | Platinum | 10,000‡ |
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [129] | Gold | 30,000‡ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [130] | Platinum | 600,000‡ |
United States (RIAA) [131] | 3× Platinum | 3,000,000‡ |
Streaming | ||
Greece (IFPI Greece) [132] | Platinum | 2,000,000† |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
Region | Date | Format(s) | Version | Label | Ref. |
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Various | June 6, 2024 | Original | Island | [133] [134] [135] | |
June 18, 2024 | EP | [33] | |||
United States | Contemporary hit radio | Original | [136] [137] | ||
Various | August 23, 2024 | 7-inch single |
| [34] |
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The pop sensation released both tracks [Espresso and Please Please Please] recently, and they quickly gained traction, earning widespread acclaim from fans and critics alike.
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