"Sexy Lady" is a song by English singer-songwriter

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from her second studio album, ''

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'' (2013). Appearing on as the fourth song on the album's track listing, "Sexy Lady" was written by Jessie and long-term collaborator

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. American record producer Joshua "

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" Coleman wrote and produced the music for the song, whilst additional production came from O.C. and Kevin Figs; Jessie's vocals on the song were produced by Kelly. Though never officially released as a single, following its use in advertisements for No. 7 by

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, the song charted on the

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at number twenty-two off the back of digital downloads of the album track.

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compared the song heavily to previous hits, particularly "

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", and were divided over whether it was cheap copy of previous songs or not; however, most critics called the song empowering.

Promotion

Jessie J performed the song on episode 7 of the sixteenth series of wish-granting television show Surprise Surprise. The song was also used as the theme for TV adverts by

, for its advertising campaign promoting its No. 7 cosmetics range.

Critical reception

"Sexy Lady" was met with a mixed critical reception; critics were divided, both positively and negatively comparing it heavily to previous hit single "

" (2011) whilst others called the song empowering. In her review of the album for

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, Heather Phares compared the song to Jessie's previous 2011 hit single "Domino", which she also compared to songs akin to

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and

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's Lewis Corner, also compared the two songs, but concluded that "Sexy Lady" was a "tired knockoff of 'Domino'." Phil Mongredien from ''

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'', said that "Sexy Lady" (along with "Excuse My Rude") was "perfectly palatable" but not as arresting as "

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" or " Do It Like a Dude". His colleague from sister-publication ''

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'' disagreed, calling it "empowering platitudes", whilst a writer for ''

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'' also agreed that the song was empowering, saying " tsupports the notion that if you holler and stomp loudly enough, it’s really empowering." Natalie Palmer of

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, felt that "Sexy Lady" and " It's My Party" were too similar, calling them "hard to distinguish", though she did admit that they were " th good pop songs".

Credits

Recording *Music recorded at the Mothership,

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. *Vocals recorded at Sarm West in London and

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. * mixed and mastered at MixStar Studios in

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. Personnel *Matt Buckley – guitar *Joshua "

" Coleman –

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, programming, keyboards, guitars * Jessica "Jessie J" Cornish – lead vocals, songwriter *Kevin Figgs – additional production, programming, keyboards *Serban Ghenea – mixing *Mark "Exit" Goodchild – vocal engineering *John Hanes – mixing *

– songwriting, vocal production, *O.C. – additional production, programming, keyboards *Kevin Reeves – audio mastering *

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– guitar solo

Chart performance

On the week ending 28 September 2013, "Sexy Lady" debuted at number twenty-two on the

. "Sexy Lady" spent a total of six weeks in the top 100. In Ireland, the song debuted at number thirty on the

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on 26 September 2013.

Certifications

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sexy Lady (Jessie J song) 2013 songs Jessie J songs Songs written by Jessie J Songs written by Claude Kelly Song recordings produced by Ammo (record producer) Songs written by Ammo (record producer) Lava Records singles Republic Records singles category:pop rock songs