"City Is Ours" is a song by American
pop group,
Big Time Rush
''Big Time Rush'' is an American musical sitcom television series created by Scott Fellows that originally aired on Nickelodeon from November 28, 2009, to July 25, 2013 and is currently available in Paramount+. It focuses on the Hollywood misa ...
. It was released digitally on August 3, 2010, as the fifth promotional single from their debut studio album, ''
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Companies
* BTR Aerospace Group
* BTR plc, formerly BTR Industries, one of the predecessor companies of Invensys plc
* British Thomson-Houston (former name BTR), a British engineering and heavy industrial company
Media, music, ...
''.
Background and composition
"City Is Ours" was written by
Eric Sanicola
Eric Sanicola (born May 6, 1981) is an American music producer and songwriter credited on numerous Gold and Platinum albums, including various ''Billboard'' magazine charting singles.
Career
Since the start of his career in 2003, he has wr ...
and was produced by
Kevin Rudolf
Kevin Winston Rudolf (born February 17, 1980) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, rapper, and multi-instrumentalist from New York City, New York. He is best known for his 2008 single " Let It Rock".
Early life
Kevin Winston Rud ...
.
The song was recorded at
Westlake Recording Studios
Westlake Recording Studios is a music recording studio in West Hollywood, California.
History
Westlake Recording Studios was founded in the early 1970s by the American audio engineer Tom Hidley under the name Westlake Audio. Hidley was experienc ...
in
Los Angeles
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,
California
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.
Speaking with
Artistdirect
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about the song,
James Maslow
James David Maslow (born July 16, 1990) is an American actor, singer and dancer. He played the role of James Diamond on Nickelodeon's ''Big Time Rush'', had roles in '' Getaway'' and ''The Frozen Ground'', and is a member of the boyband Big Time ...
stated, "We relate the song to everywhere we go. When we tour around the country, it's going to mean, 'We're partying. This city is ours. Let's rock out and have a good time. Everybody believe you're meant to be here'."
Music video
The music video for "City Is Ours" premiered via
VEVO
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on July 23, 2010. The video was filmed in
Los Angeles
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,
California
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, at the Million Dollar Hotel.
The video was filmed to be included in their TV series, ''
Big Time Rush
''Big Time Rush'' is an American musical sitcom television series created by Scott Fellows that originally aired on Nickelodeon from November 28, 2009, to July 25, 2013 and is currently available in Paramount+. It focuses on the Hollywood misa ...
'' in the episode, "Big Time Music Video".
Speaking about the concept of the video, Maslow stated, "We wanted to create this idea where we shoot a music video in the show, and all these directors have terrible ideas about how to make the city theirs. It was our way of saying, 'Hey, we just moved to Los Angeles. Let's show everybody we can have a good time, and this is what we love to do'."
Track listing
Credits and personnel
Credits for "City Is Ours" adapted from ''
BTR BTR may refer to:
Companies
* BTR Aerospace Group
* BTR plc, formerly BTR Industries, one of the predecessor companies of Invensys plc
* British Thomson-Houston (former name BTR), a British engineering and heavy industrial company
Media, music, ...
'' liner notes, Columbia Records.
*
Eric Sanicola
Eric Sanicola (born May 6, 1981) is an American music producer and songwriter credited on numerous Gold and Platinum albums, including various ''Billboard'' magazine charting singles.
Career
Since the start of his career in 2003, he has wr ...
– composer, lyricist
*
Kevin Rudolf
Kevin Winston Rudolf (born February 17, 1980) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, rapper, and multi-instrumentalist from New York City, New York. He is best known for his 2008 single " Let It Rock".
Early life
Kevin Winston Rud ...
– bass, drums, guitar, engineering, recording, producer
*
Neal H Pogue
Neal H Pogue is an American producer, audio engineer and mixer originally from Roselle, New Jersey, and based in Los Angeles. Pogue is a multi-time Grammy Award winner, having first won for his engineering and mixing work on Outkast's ''Speak ...
– additional engineering, mixing, percussions
* Jeremiah "JHop" Olvera – assistant engineering
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Release history
References
{{Big Time Rush
Big Time Rush songs
Songs written by Eric Sanicola
2010 songs