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"Friday I'll Be Over U" is a song by American recording artist and ''
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Allison Iraheta Allison Iraheta (; born April 27, 1992) is an American singing, singer who was the fourth place finalist on the American Idol (season 8), eighth season of ''American Idol''. Prior to ''Idol'', Iraheta won the Telemundo competition ''Quinceañera: ...
from her debut album, '' Just like You''. The song was written by
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, Shellback,
Savan Kotecha Savan Harish Kotecha (born August 28, 1978) is an American songwriter and record producer from Austin, Texas. Kotecha is of Indian ( Gujarati) descent. He was also the executive music producer of the 2020 film '' Eurovision Song Contest: The S ...
and Tiffany Amber. The single debuted on AOL's Popeater on October 5, 2009 and was made officially available through digital distribution on November 3, 2009 after being released and pulled from online distributors in early October.


Critical reception

Critical reception of "Friday I'll Be Over U" has been very positive.
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Music, called it a "fun 'n' feisty opener" for Iraheta's debut album ''Just like You'', concluding that it was "arguably the best debut single by an Idol ever.". Michael Slezak of ''
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'' calls the song "an aggressively jaunty kiss-off track that juxtaposes genuine hard-edged attitude from (Allison) with a chorus as unapologetically addictive as Grape Bubble Yum," concluding that it is "exactly the kind of real world, post-''Idol'' response Allison will need to propel herself from reality TV contestant to ''Billboard''-charting threat," even if "Martin has ironed out Allison's vocals a little too aggressively on the chorus.". MJ Santilli, who the ''Los Angeles Times'' describes as the "top" blogger for idol-watchers, writes "The tune opens with a simple Kinks-like guitar riff, giving way in the chorus to some 80's-like electronica–a cool meld of old school sounds ... Allison's husky alto is front and center here. I'm relieved her vocals weren’t pro-tooled into oblivion. Teen-friendly pop/rock is exactly what I was expecting from Allison right out of the gate." Reviewers from publications which do not primarily cover ''Idol''-related works have also praised the song. Lehigh Valley Music writer John J. Moser describes the song as "rock-oriented (with) a very heavy pop production to make it uber-catchy." Jenny Kobiela-Mondor of FW Daily News said that "Friday I'll Be Over U" "reminds me of
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, but a twinge edgier ... a solid song for teens, and one that I'm sure many girls will be singing loudly in their bedrooms and their cars." Kieran Layton, the Arts and Entertainment Editor for The Pitt News, praises the single for painting Allison "as a standout rock chick who comes across as the love child of Pink, Kelly Clarkson and Courtney Love circa her Hole days," describing the song as a "treat." On December 22, 2009,
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selected "Friday I'll Be Over U" as its song of the day.


Music video

The music video premiered on
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on November 18, 2009. New Video Alert: Allison Iraheta Goes Back The '80s
/ref> The music video has been very well received. Lyndsey Parker of Yahoo! Music wrote, Andrea Reiher of
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, praised the video as well, writing, The music video was made available for purchase via iTunes on November 24, 2009.


Track listing

* Digital download # "Friday I'll Be Over U" – 3:16


Personnel

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Max Martin Karl Martin Sandberg (born 26 February 1971),Max Martin
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, Shellback,
Savan Kotecha Savan Harish Kotecha (born August 28, 1978) is an American songwriter and record producer from Austin, Texas. Kotecha is of Indian ( Gujarati) descent. He was also the executive music producer of the 2020 film '' Eurovision Song Contest: The S ...
, Tiffany Amber *
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– Max Martin, Shellback *
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– Max Martin, Shellback, Michael Ilbert * Mixing – Serban Ghenea * Mix engineering – John Hanes * Assistant mix engineering – Tim Roberts *
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,
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and
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– Shellback * Keyboards – Max Martin *
Vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...
Allison Iraheta Allison Iraheta (; born April 27, 1992) is an American singing, singer who was the fourth place finalist on the American Idol (season 8), eighth season of ''American Idol''. Prior to ''Idol'', Iraheta won the Telemundo competition ''Quinceañera: ...
* Mastering – Tom Coyne Source:


Sales


Other versions

Iraheta recorded a version of the song in Spanish, named "El Viernes Te Olvido Yo" ("Friday I'll Forget You"), which was leaked online in early November. It was released on Latin radio and as a track of the deluxe version of '' Just like You'' on
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Release history


References

{{authority control Allison Iraheta songs Song recordings produced by Max Martin Songs written by Max Martin 2009 debut singles Songs written by Shellback (record producer) Songs written by Savan Kotecha Song recordings produced by Shellback (record producer) Songs written by Sophia Somajo 2009 songs 19 Recordings singles