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Wikipedia article
"'BTSTU'" is a song by British songwriter and record producer Jai Paul. A demo recording of the song received widespread blog coverage throughout 2010 after having been uploaded to Paul's MySpace page, as well as receiving numerous plays on BBC Radio 1 in the UK. The BBC's Zane Lowe made "BTSTU (Demo)" his Hottest Record in the World. On the strength of this demo, Paul was long-listed for the BBC Sound of 2011 poll.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/soundof/2011/artists/jaipaul/ "Sound of 2011 Jai Paul"], 'BBC Music'. Retrieved 18 December 2010.
Release
An edited version of "BTSTU" entitled "BTSTU (Edit)" was officially released on 21 April 2011, via XL Recordings.[https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/btstu-edit-single/id430879143 "BTSTU (Edit) on iTunes"], 'iTunes'. Retrieved 23 April 2011. The song received airplay again on UK national radio by DJs including Gilles Peterson, Annie Mac, Nick Grimshaw, Reggie Yates and Fearne Cotton, with Zane Lowe making it his Hottest Record in the World for a second time.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/zanelowe/2011/04/hottest_record_-_jai_paul_-_bt.html 'Zane Lowe's Hottest Record In The World Jai Paul BTSTU'], 'BBC'. Retrieved 23 June 2011. On June 2, 2011, a user with the handle "Jai Paul" on NishaJL Music Blog commented that the name of the track means "Back To Save The Universe".
Critical reception
The single received favourable reviews from 'The Daily Telegraph' and American blog 'The Wounded Jukebox'. Ryan Dombal of 'Pitchfork' compared the single to "the unmistakable lope of one J Dilla".[http://www.pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/8726-the-top-100-tracks-of-2011/8/ "The Top 100 Tracks Of 2011"], 'Pitchfork'. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
"BTSTU" was included in the end-of-year lists in 2011 by 'Pitchfork',[http://pitchfork.tumblr.com/post/14169270948/jai-pauls-btstu-29-on-our-top-100-tracks-of "Jai Paul's BTSTU"], 'Pitchfork'. Retrieved 20 December 2011. 'The Fader', and 'Pigeons and Planes'. 'The Washington Post' mentioned "BTSTU" in their 'Singles File: Best of 2011', describing it as "a precursor to the entire career of James Blake".
Legacy
The song has been influential on underground as well as mainstream pop music in the 2010s. The song had struck a chord internationally. The Canadian rapper Drake leaked a track titled "Dreams Money Can Buy" which sampled "BTSTU (Demo)" in May 2011. In July 2011 the song was sampled again for Travis Garland and JoJo's duet "Paint",[http://www.singersroom.com/content/2011-07-30/Travis-Garland-Paint-Feat-JoJo/ "Travis Garland Paint ft JoJo"], 'Singers Room. Retrieved 23 July 2011. and New York singer-songwriter Niia uploaded a cover version of "BTSTU" to her SoundCloud page.[http://soundcloud.com/niia/btstu "Niia BTSTU"], Soundcloud. Retrieved 23 August 2011. The 2012 song "End of Time" by Beyonc also sampled the song.
It was also sampled by Charli XCX in Dreams Money Can Buy in 2012.
Track listing
Personnel
* Jai Paul vocals, electric guitar, drums, synthesisers, programming, SFX, engineering, mixing, sound design
* Anup Paul additional vocals, sound design, mastering
* Sam Pickering saxophone
* Dave Cooley mastering
Charts
Release history
References
Category:2011 singles
Category:Jai Paul songs
Category:2011 songs
Category:Song recordings produced by A. K. Paul
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