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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Gimme
| cover = Banks - Gimme.png
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Banks
| album = III
| released =
| recorded =
| studio = * The Healthfarm
* Westlake (West Hollywood, California)
* Panther Palace (Burbank, California)
| genre = * Electropop
* electro-R&B
| length =
| label = Harvest
| writer = * Jillian Banks
* Josiah Sherman
| producer = * Hudson Mohawke
* Kito
* BJ Burton
| prev_title = Underdog
| prev_year = 2017
| next_title = Look What You're Doing To Me
| next_year = 2019
| misc =
}}
"'Gimme'" is a song by American singer and songwriter Banks from her third studio album, 'III' (2019). It was released as the album's lead single on April 29, 2019, and debuted on Zane Lowe's Beats 1 radio show. The electro-R&B song was written by Banks and Josiah Sherman and produced by Hudson Mohawke, Kito, and BJ Burton.
Composition
"Gimme" is a "heavily electronic" pop and electro-R&B song that was written by Banks and Josiah Sherman and produced by Hudson Mohawke, Kito, and BJ Burton. It was written in the key of D minor, "Gimme" has a tempo of 120 beats per minute. The song's production is made of funky beats and ethereal vocals with an aggressive distortedtrack, bouncingkeyboardsand pitched vocals. According to Banks, "Gimme" is about getting what you want. Its about knowing what you deserve, saying it out loud, and demanding it with no apologies.
Music video
The music video for "Gimme" was directed by Matty Peacock and published on May 23, 2019, on Banks' Vevo channel. The video begins with Banks alone in the dark with a multicolored laser light that pulsates to the song's melody in a pyramid form. She starts playing a choreography while one beam is pointing directly downwards. Eventually she is joined by other dancers as the light starts growing more numerous.
Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of 'III'.
Recording
* Engineered at The Healthfarm, Westlake Recording Studios (West Hollywood, California) and Panther Palace (Burbank, California)* Mixed at Conway Recording Studios (Los Angeles, California) and Electric Lady Studios (New York City, New York)
* Mastered at HM Mastering (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Personnel
* Banks vocals
* Hudson Mohawke production, engineering, synthesizers, drum programming
* Kito co-production
* BJ Burton additional production, engineering, drum programming, synthesizers, arrangement
* Ross Birchard engineering
* Buddy Ross engineering
* Tom Elmhirst mixing
* Brandon Bost engineering for mix
* Huntley Miller mastering
Charts
Release history
References
Category:2019 singles
Category:2019 songs
Category:Banks (singer) songs
Category:Harvest Records singles
Category:Songs written by Banks (singer)
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