"Water Me" is a song by American singer and rapper

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, released as a

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on August 18, 2017. It was written by Clarence Coffee Jr.,

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, Farhad Samadzada, Lizzo, Morris Wittenberg, Nneka Lucia Egbuna and Tobias Wincorn. Reed handled the production, with Wincorn as an additional producer. The song was later included on the deluxe edition of Lizzo's 2019 album ''

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''.

Composition

"Water Me" contains lyrics about

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, self-love and freedom. The song's chorus is based on re-interpreted lyrics from the opening lines of a children's anti-drug song titled "I Am Free, No Dope For Me" written by Morris Wittenberg and recorded by Latin soul group The Dynamics in 1970. The song itself also uses samples from Nigerian singer Nneka's 2011 single "My Home" (from her fourth album ''

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''); both Nneka and producer Farhad Samadzada received credits as co-writers.

Usage in media

"Water Me" was featured in the 2018 film '' Blockers'', as well as the 2018 dance rhythm game ''

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''. In 2019, Walmart used the song in their Black Friday commercial making the song become more known and leading to many Shazam's, and a new TikTok challenge. The song was also featured in the season 14 premiere of ''

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'' in a lip sync between June Jambalaya and Orion Story as Lizzo herself was guest judging the episode.

Music video

The music video for "Water Me" was directed by Quinn Wilson and Asha Efia. It features people nourishing themselves with water and shots of sprinklers and bath tubs. The end of the video shows dinner being served. A headpiece on the dinner table shows a picture of Lizzo posing with everyone. Lizzo talked about the music video with ''

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'', "'Water Me' is a labor of love. I pride myself on how quickly I can finish a song but this took 7 months! It's about needing nourishment, it's about being loved for who you are. The video concept was a collaboration from my bad ass creative team: me, Andy Madeline, Quinn Wilson and Asha Efia. We're celebrating black beauty and the meaningful freedom of water," she stated.

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from

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– vocalist, songwriter, synthesizer *

– songwriter, producer, bass guitarist, drummer, programmer, synthesizer *Tobias Wincorn – songwriter, additional producer * Clarence Coffee Jr. – songwriter, additional vocalist *

– songwriter *Farhad Samadzada – songwriter *Morris Wittenberg – songwriter * Nneka Lucia Egbuna – songwriter *Ethan Shumaker – engineer

Charts

Release history

References

{{Lizzo 2017 singles 2017 songs Lizzo songs Atlantic Records singles Songs written by Ricky Reed Songs written by Clarence Coffee Jr. Songs written by E. Kidd Bogart Songs written by Lizzo