"Every Little Part of Me" is a song by English singer Alesha Dixon, released in February 2011 as the third and final single from Dixon's third studio album, ''

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''. The song features guest vocals from fellow English R&B singer, Jay Sean. It was written by

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, Jay Sean, Anthony Hannides and Michael Hannides, and produced by Slick & Magic.

Background

The song was written by Michael Hannides, Anthony Hannides, Alan Sampson and Jay Sean and was recorded in 2010. Dixon stated in an interview "Jay and I have been good friends for a while now and we have always said that we wanted to collaborate. We have both worked with this producer, lan Sampson before; he is the guy who produced ' Ride It' for Jay. He had us listen to "Every Little Part of Me" and we absolutely loved it."

Critical reception

Matthew Chisling from AllMusic said, that: "Nearly every track is crafted to radio perfection, whether via the slick pop hook on "Every Little Part of Me," featuring the multifaceted Brit pop star Jay Sean—Alesha leaves you craving more tunes to bump and grind along to". Robert Copsey of

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gave the song 3 out of 5 stars, stating: "'Every Little Part of Me' is a neat enough garage-pop club number, with juddering synths and a hip-shaking chorus that feels more 'Alesha' than much of her recent output, but it never quite manages to tingle our excitable places - Jay Sean cameo or no Jay Sean cameo". '' CBBC Newsround'' stated, "Alesha is on cracking form with Every Little Part of Me, a dance track with strong vocals and buzzing bass beats. It's the third single from her album ''The Entertainer'', and very entertaining it is too! She's teamed up with British singer Jay Sean here, and we think their voices sound ACE together." However, they did stated that the song was not as infectious as " Drummer Boy". Michael Ashton of

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praised "Every Little Part of Me" saying "Every Little Part of Me" is definitely one of the stand out tracks. The vocals from Dixon and Sean just fit perfectally together.

Music video

The music video was filmed in December 2010 in Miami, and was directed by Nick Frew. The video was produced by Flynn (Ryan Lough for Dirty Robber, Jacob Swan Hyam - produced the video for company, Flynn). The video features both Alesha Dixon and Jay Sean. The video sees Dixon performing the song inside a carpark at night, with a white Mercedes Benz in the background; then the video skips to Sean, driving the same car throughout Miami, with his face partially obscured by a scarf. Then, Alesha is seen walking across the rooftop of a building, with the Miami skyline in the background, carrying a large bag, and wearing a scarf, concealing her face too. It is made apparent that she has performed some sort of heist when the pair rendezvous in the empty carpark, but the police arrive and arrest the pair of the scene. The two are last seen be dragged away by police into separate vehicles to be arrested, and the words "to be continued..." appear. A 30-second trailer appeared on YouTube on 10 January, and 3 days later the full length version was released; it has since accumulated over 5,000,000 views. '' RWD'' magazine stated Dixon and Sean were "the new

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Track listing

*;Digital EP #"Every Little Part of Me" – 3:21 #"Every Little Part of Me" (Steve Smart + Westfunk Remix) eaturing Jay Sean #"Every Little Part of Me" (Mike Delinquent Project Remix) eaturing Jay Sean#"Every Little Part of Me" (Self Taught Beats Remix) eaturing Jay Sean #"Every Little Part of Me" (Culture Shock Remix) eaturing Lomaticc & Sunny Brown & Jay Sean *;Digital download #"Every Little Part of Me" – 3:21

Chart performance

On 6 March 2011, "Every Little Part of Me" entered the UK Singles Chart at number 78, making it Dixon's lowest charting single to date.

Charts

Release history

References

External links

* {{authority control 2010 songs 2011 singles Alesha Dixon songs Jay Sean songs Songs written by Jay Sean Songs written by Alan Sampson Asylum Records singles Atlantic Records singles