"Luxurious" is a song by American singer and songwriter
Gwen Stefani
Gwen Renée Stefani (; born October 3, 1969) is an American singer, songwriter, fashion designer and actress. She is a co-founder, lead vocalist, and the primary songwriter of the band No Doubt, whose singles include "Just a Girl", "Spiderwebs ...
from her debut solo studio album, ''
Love. Angel. Music. Baby.'' (2004). Written by Stefani and fellow
No Doubt
No Doubt is an American rock band from Anaheim, California, formed in 1986. For most of their career, the band has consisted of vocalist Gwen Stefani, guitarist Tom Dumont, bassist Tony Kanal, and drummer Adrian Young. Since the mid-1990s, they ...
bandmate
Tony Kanal
Tony Ashwin Kanal (born 27 August 1970) is a British-American musician, record producer, songwriter, and animal rights activist. Kanal is the bassist and co-writer for the American rock bands No Doubt and Dreamcar. His musical work outside of ...
, the track contains a
sample
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of
the Isley Brothers
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' 1983 song "
Between the Sheets".
In addition to the Isley Brothers sample, the song features use of
keyboard
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s,
synthesizer
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s, and
electric guitar
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s. "Luxurious" is a
R&B ballad whose lyrics describe the persona's desire to be rich in love, simultaneously comparing her lover with luxuries. The song also features Stefani's then-husband
Gavin Rossdale
Gavin McGregor Rossdale (born 30 October 1965) is an English guitarist and actor, best known as the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the rock band Bush. He helped form Bush in 1992; on the band's separation in 2002, he became the lead singer ...
who opens the song in
French.
The song was released as the album's fifth single in October 2005 along with a remix featuring rapper
Slim Thug
Stayve Jerome Thomas (born September 8, 1980), better known by his stage name Slim Thug, is an American rapper. He initially gained mainstream attention for his contribution to the hit single by rapper Mike Jones, "Still Tippin'". In July 2005, h ...
. A music video was also released which featured Slim Thug, as well as the
Harajuku Girls
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The ...
. The track received mixed reviews from critics, who generally found it less impressive than the previous singles. It charted within the top 40 in several countries, but had mediocre success overall and was less popular than the previous singles from ''Love. Angel. Music. Baby.''
Writing and development
Stefani had an emotional breakdown from difficulties collaborating with many other artists and songwriters, so
No Doubt
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bassist
Tony Kanal
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invited her to his house.
Kanal had been working on a track, which later became "
Crash
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", the sixth single from the album.
However, the two were unable to write anything following that, because they had differing ideas of how the music should sound.
Stefani commented that "it was just frustrating and embarrassing to sit there and think we could write songs."
Six months later, the two returned to work and came up with the beginnings of a song while working in Kanal's bedroom.
The two experimented with combining various melodies and including what Stefani referred to as "this really kinda fast rappy part".
This was the last song she and Kanal wrote together for the album.
After Stefani and Kanal finished writing "Luxurious", they visited record producer
Nellee Hooper
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, who suggested a sample of
the Isley Brothers
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' 1983 song "
Between the Sheets". The song had previously been sampled in several songs such as
Da Brat
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's "
Funkdafied
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",
Jim Jones
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' "Summer wit Miami",
Keith Murray
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's "
The Most Beautifullest Thing in This World
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",
The Notorious B.I.G.
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's "
Big Poppa
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", and
Whitney Houston
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's "
One of Those Days
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". Stefani was reluctant to use the sample because it would mean losing some of the
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to the song. Nevertheless, she decided to use it because "it sounded so amazing and meant to be".
Composition
![GwenStefaniLuxurious4](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/GwenStefaniLuxurious4.jpg)
"Luxurious" is an
R&B ballad,
whose instrumentation consists of
keyboards
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* Musi ...
and
synthesizer
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s.
It is written in
common time
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in the key of
A minor
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:
Changes ...
. The song uses a descending i-vii-VI-V
chord progression
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. The lyrics of the song include descriptions of wealth and riches, what one reviewer called "a world of
Egyptian cotton
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,
cashmere,
tuberoses, and, of course,
diamond
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s".
Stefani stated that "
hesong really is more about a love relationship. If you really listen to the lyrics, it has nothing to do with money or luxury. It has to do with love, being rich in love. I just wanted to think of a clever way to express how you have to work really hard for the rewards of that."
The single version of the song contains an additional verse from rapper
Slim Thug
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for release to
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radio and clubs.
The song begins with Stefani's then-husband
Gavin Rossdale
Gavin McGregor Rossdale (born 30 October 1965) is an English guitarist and actor, best known as the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the rock band Bush. He helped form Bush in 1992; on the band's separation in 2002, he became the lead singer ...
speaking in
French and then leads into the first verse. The lyrics describe Stefani talking about "flying first class" and "livin' like a queen". She talks about being luxuriously in love and calls her lover
Limousine
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and
Treasure Chest
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. She talks about the increasing passion between her and her partner, and says, "Our passion it just multiplies" and "got in the fifth gear, baby". In the chorus she tells that love is getting expensive and she and her partner have to work hard night and day to be rich in love, and after working hard, when they lay back together, they get the payback. After the second verse, the song gets slower and Stefani repeats "Cha-ching, cha-ching" four times alternated with lines talking about getting "hooked up with the love" and "
hydroponic
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love". The song ends with Rossdale speaking more lines in French.
Critical reception
"Luxurious" received mixed reviews from music critics. Bill Lamb of
About.com
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commented, "If
Madonna
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is wishing to pass on her '
Material Girl
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' title, Gwen Stefani is happy to wear it proudly", but noted that "
ings are wearing a little thin, and this song doesn't have the striking impact of '
Rich Girl' or '
Hollaback Girl
"Hollaback Girl" is a song by American singer-songwriter Gwen Stefani from her debut solo studio album, ''Love. Angel. Music. Baby.'' (2004). It is a Hip hop music, hip-hop song that draws influence from 1980s in music, 1980s hip hop, hip-hop a ...
'."
Sam Shepherd of
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agreed, writing that "'Luxurious' is by no means a bad song, but it is pretty ordinary when compared to the songs that have preceded it."
PopMatters
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' Jason Damas found the track uninteresting and stated that Rossdale's appearance "sounds like a
bling
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ed-out
Saint Etienne". Alex Lai from
Contactmusic.com
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called Stefani's performance "as seductive as ever, and the production extremely polished, but it lacks the infectiousness of her other releases"; he found Slim Thug's remix unnecessary and viewed the single's release as "a money-spinning exercise".
Laura Heaps from MyVillage agreed, stating that the single "just doesn't stand out" and that Stefani "doesn't do hip hop as well as she does quirky pop",
and
Playlouder
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's Richard Smirke described the track as a "sickly sweet R&B ballad".
Sal Cinquemani of
Slant Magazine
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called the lyrics "surprisingly sharp"; Nick Sylvester of
Pitchfork Media
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disagreed, dubbing the song a "soulless Nellee Hooper 90s R&B vanity affair" and a "zombied buy-''
LAMB
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''-clothing mantra". In August 2013, ''
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'' magazine placed "Luxurious" at number 19 on its list of "The Best R&B Songs by White Singers in the 2000s".
Commercial performance
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In the United States, "Luxurious" debuted on the
''Billboard'' Hot 100 at number 80 on the issue dated November 5, 2005. It failed to reach the top 20, peaking at number 21 five weeks later, and remained on the chart for 20 weeks.
It performed better on the pop-oriented charts, reaching number three on the
Pop 100
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chart, number 10 on the
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chart, and number 37 on the
Adult Top 40
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chart.
The track also had some
crossover
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success, charting at number nine on the
Rhythmic Top 40
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chart and number 33 on the
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
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chart.
In Canada, the single was released to radio on October 25, 2005, peaking at number 10 on the
Canadian Singles Chart
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in its sixth week on the chart.
The song was released on December 5, 2005, in the United Kingdom and Australia. It received very little promotion in the UK and continued the trend of Stefani's lower-charting singles since "
Hollaback Girl
"Hollaback Girl" is a song by American singer-songwriter Gwen Stefani from her debut solo studio album, ''Love. Angel. Music. Baby.'' (2004). It is a Hip hop music, hip-hop song that draws influence from 1980s in music, 1980s hip hop, hip-hop a ...
" when it debuted at number 44 on the
UK Singles Chart
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, spending three weeks on the chart.
The single performed similarly throughout Europe, where it reached the top 40 in Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, and Switzerland, but generally did not reach the top 30.
It did particularly well in Finland, where it charted at number two, becoming the highest-peaking single of Stefani's solo career in that country, although it spent only two weeks on the chart.
Stefani's previous four singles had been successful in Australia, where all reached the top 10; however, "Luxurious" did not reach the top 20 and reached a peak of number 25.
In New Zealand, "Luxurious" was moderately successful, where it reached number 17 but stayed on the chart for only 10 weeks.
Music video
The music video for "Luxurious" was directed by
Sophie Muller
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. In the video, Stefani plays a
chola
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in high school.
Then Stefani, accompanied by her
Harajuku Girls
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, receive a manicure at a
beauty salon
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while various couples kiss in their seats and check their cellphones. In the next sequence, she's styling her hair and applying cosmetics in front of a mirror while her roommates along with the Harajuku girls dance behind her and a couple makeout on the bed. She then applies rhinestones near her eyes, lip-liner, mascara and shows off gold jewelry with her name carved on it. During his rap, Slim Thug appears in sequences with either Stefani or two Harajuku Girls. It concludes with Stefani joining her friends in a
block party
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, where they celebrate with
breakdancing
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and a barbecue. The video is intercut with sequences of Stefani breaking open
piñata
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s and lying on a candy-covered floor, styled in a fashion resembling Mexican painter
Frida Kahlo
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.
Stefani had generally developed music video concepts while writing the song, but since she had not expected "Luxurious" to become a single, she had not given much thought to a music video for the song. The image she had for her persona was a high school girl named Mercedes, who she described as "very inspiring":
Stefani called Muller, who had directed several videos for Stefani and No Doubt, to direct the music video. Muller did not understand Stefani's vision for the video, so Stefani became involved in developing ideas for the video.
The video had limited success on music video programs. On
MTV
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's ''
Total Request Live
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'', the video debuted on October 25, 2005, at number 10. It peaked at number seven and left the countdown after only five days. After its October 21 debut on
MuchMusic
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's ''
Countdown
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'', it peaked nine weeks later at number 11, remaining on the chart for 13 weeks. The video was featured on an episode of MuchMusic's ''
Video on Trial'', where the reviewers found it a superficial attempt to market to various
races.
Track listings
* European and Canadian 2-track CD single
# "Luxurious" (Album Version) – 4:24
# "Luxurious" (Remix featuring
Slim Thug
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– 4:04
* Australian & European CD maxi single
# "Luxurious" (Album Version) – 4:24
# "Luxurious" (Remix featuring Slim Thug)
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Remix) – 6:37
# "Luxurious" (Video) – 4:06
* US 12-inch single
:A1. "Luxurious" (Remix featuring Slim Thug) – 4:22
:A2. "Luxurious" (Album Version) – 4:24
:B1. "Luxurious" (A Cappella) – 3:42
:B2. "Luxurious" (Instrumental) – 4:24
Some vinyl copies accidentally have the Slim Thug remix twice on side A.
Credits and personnel
Credits are adapted from the liner notes of ''
Love. Angel. Music. Baby.''
*
Gwen Stefani
Gwen Renée Stefani (; born October 3, 1969) is an American singer, songwriter, fashion designer and actress. She is a co-founder, lead vocalist, and the primary songwriter of the band No Doubt, whose singles include "Just a Girl", "Spiderwebs ...
– lead vocals, songwriting
* Chipz – programming
*
Greg Collins – recording
* Sheldon Conrich – keyboards
*
Brian "Big Bass" Gardner – mastering
*
GMR – French
spoken word
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*
Simon Gogerly
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Gogerly started his career playing keyboards on tour in the 1980s for the new wave band Dead or Alive. He then w ...
– programming, recording
* Lee Groves – mix programming
* Rob Haggett – second assistant engineer
*
Nellee Hooper
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– production
*
Tony Kanal
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– keyboards, production, programming, songwriting, synthesizers
*
Jason Lader
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– additional engineering, programming
* Aidan Love – programming
* Kevin Mills – assistant engineering
* Colin "Dog" Mitchell – recording
* Ian Rossiter – assistant engineering
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Mark "Spike" Stent
Mark "Spike" Stent (born 3 August 1965) is an English record producer and mixing engineer who has worked with many international artists including Madonna, Marshmello, U2, Beyoncé, Björk, Depeche Mode, Echo & The Bunnymen, Grimes, Ed Sheeran ...
– mixing
* David Treahearn – assistant engineering
Charts
Release history
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2000s ballads
2004 songs
2005 singles
Gwen Stefani songs
Interscope Records singles
Music videos directed by Sophie Muller
Contemporary R&B ballads
Slim Thug songs
Song recordings produced by Nellee Hooper
Songs written by Gwen Stefani
Songs written by Tony Kanal
Songs written by O'Kelly Isley Jr.
Songs written by Ronald Isley
Songs written by Rudolph Isley
Hip hop soul songs