Pressure (Ari Lennox song)

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"Pressure"
Ari Lennox - Pressure.png
Single by Ari Lennox
from the album Age/Sex/Location
ReleasedSeptember 10, 2021 (2021-09-10)
Genre R&B
Length3:13
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Jermaine Dupri
  • Bryan-Michael Cox
Ari Lennox singles chronology
"Set Him Up"
(2021)
"Pressure"
(2021)
"My Favorite Things"
(2021)
Music video
"Pressure" on YouTube

"Pressure" is a song by American singer Ari Lennox, released as a single on September 10, 2021, through Dreamville and Interscope Records. It is the lead single from Lennox's second studio album Age/Sex/Location , and samples the bass line from Shirley Brown's 1977 song "Blessed Is the Woman (With a Man Like Mine)". Produced by Jermaine Dupri and Bryan-Michael Cox, "Pressure" is Lennox's highest-charting solo single, reaching number 66 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Contents

Critical reception

Latesha Harris of NPR described the track as "a half-Motown, half-808s fantasia about being the center of attention during foreplay" and wrote that it "elevates [Lennox's] status as a neo-soul touchstone, referencing the soul divas before her and leading the way for those to come with fearless, intoxicating charm". [1]

Music video

The music video was released on September 11, 2021, and written and directed by Chandler Lass. It is partly an homage to singers Diana Ross and Donna Summer. [2]

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for "Pressure"
Chart (2021–2022)Peak
position
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ) [3] 29
US Billboard Hot 100 [4] 66
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [5] 20
US R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay ( Billboard ) [6] 2

Year-end charts

2022 year-end chart performance for "Pressure"
Chart (2022)Position
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard) [7] 44

Certifications

Certifications for "Pressure"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [8] Gold500,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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