Hey Mami/Play It Right

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"Hey Mami/Play It Right"
Sylvan Esso - Hey Mami Play It Right single cover.jpg
Single by Sylvan Esso
from the album Sylvan Esso
Released2013 (2013)
Genre
Length"Hey Mami": 3:20
"Play It Right": 3:04
Label
Songwriter(s) Sylvan Esso [1]
Sylvan Esso singles chronology
"Hey Mami" / "Play It Right"
(2013)
"Coffee" / "Dress"
(2014)
Music video
"Play It Right" on YouTube

"Hey Mami" is the debut single by Sylvan Esso, released in 2013 from the band's eponymous debut album. The A-side, "Hey Mami", is the album's opening track; while the B-side, "Play It Right", is the album's ninth track. It is the only single the band released on Trekky Records before they moved to Partisan Records. [2] [1]

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Critical reception

"Hey Mami"

"Hey Mami" has received positive reviews from critics. Robin Young and Jeremy Hobson of Here and Now chose it as a Song of the Week in March 2014. [3] Ian Cohen of Pitchfork said the song "succeeds in being a folk song in an ethnomusical sense". [4]

"Play It Right"

"Play It Right" has also received positive reviews from critics. BUST Magazine described the song as "two sounds and two souls coming together". [5] Bryan Parker of Pop Press International, while giving the parent album a middling rating, praised the song's production, calling it "hard-hitting" and "anthemic". [6]

Music video

No official music video was created for "Hey Mami"; however, the official music video for "Play It Right" was directed by the band and Remedy. [7]

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References

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  2. "Sylvan Esso - Hey Mami / Play It Right (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved August 6, 2014.
  3. Young, Robin; Hobson, Jeremy (March 24, 2014). "Song of the Week: Sylvan Esso's 'Hey Mami' - Here & Now". Here and Now . WBUR-FM . Retrieved August 6, 2014.
  4. "Sylvan Esso: Sylvan Esso - Album Reviews - Pitchfork". Pitchfork Media . May 28, 2014. Retrieved August 6, 2014.
  5. "Album Review: Sylvan Esso - Sylvan Esso". BUST . July 17, 2014. Archived from the original on August 10, 2014. Retrieved August 6, 2014.
  6. Parker, Bryan (May 16, 2014). "Album Review: Sylvan Esso – Sylvan Esso - Pop Press International". Pop Press International. Retrieved August 6, 2014.
  7. "Sylvan Esso - Play It Right (Official Music Video) - YouTube". YouTube . Partisan Records . Retrieved August 6, 2014.