"I Took a Little Something" is a song performed by British singer and songwriter

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. It was released on 18 July 2011 as the second single off her second extended play ''

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''. The song was released onto

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along with a remix bundle, entitled ''I Took a Little Something (Dance Package)''. A dance-pop song, it was written by Florrie, Miranda Cooper,

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, Toby Scott,

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, MNEK, Keith Reid, and Cristopher Thompson, and produced by the

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team.

Composition

"I Took a Little Something" is set at a moderate tempo of 122 beats per minute. The song is a pop, synth-pop, dance-pop and electropop song that incorporates 80's-inspired instrumentation like drums, synths and pads. The song structure repeats several times the chorus over the song, which lasts for four minutes and twelve seconds.

Music video

Despite "I Took a Little Something" was released as a single until July 2011,

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released a promotional campaign using the song as background on 22 June 2011. The promotional video also stars Florrie wearing products of the company, such as clothing, shoes, underwear, among others. The singer also appears walking on Paris streets, and shopping products at a store. The promotional film was directed by Justin Wu.

Reception

The song received overall positive reviews. Niall McMurray stated of the song that it is "one of those incredibly simple, astonishingly effective records in which the verse and chorus turn out to be the same thing", praising the catchy sounds of the hook. Also, in the Rate Your Music website, a platform in which users can review and comment their opinions about different recordings, some users commented about the song that it was an "A-grade song", along with "Experimenting with Rugs". "I Took a Little Something" is considered to be one of the highlights of ''Experiments'', along with "Experimenting with Rugs" and the lead single " Begging Me".

Track listing

Digital download

# I Took a Little Something (Fred Falke Club Mix) 6:22 # I Took a Little Something (Loverush UK! Club Mix) 6:50 # I Took a Little Something (Loverush UK! Radio Edit) 3:30 # I Took a Little Something (Original Version) 4:12 # I Took a Little Something (Radio Edit) 3:33

References

{{authority control British pop rock songs 2011 songs Songs written by Brian Higgins (producer) Songs written by Miranda Cooper Songs written by Fred Falke Songs written by MNEK Songs written by Florrie