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I Dare You (Kelly Clarkson song)
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Wikipedia article
"'I Dare You'" is a song by American singer Kelly Clarkson. Produced and written by Jesse Shatkin, with additional writing by Natalie Hemby, Laura Veltz, Ben West, and Jeff "Gitty" Gitelman, it was released as a stand-alone single by Atlantic Records on April 16, 2020. Unlike her previous records, its single release includes multiple versions of the song recorded in several languages as a duet featuring various recording artistssuch as French singer Zaz, Canadian-Moroccan singer Faouzia for the Moroccan Arabic version, Spanish singer Blas Cant, German musical duo Glasperlenspiel, Israeli singer Maya Bouskilla for the Hebrew version, and the American Deaf West Theatre for the American Sign Language version. The Hebrew version reached number one in Israel.
Background and release
"I Dare You" was written by Jesse Shatkin and Gitty, Natalie Hemby, Laura Veltz and Ben West. In her opening monologue on a February 2020 episode of her self-titled talk show, Clarkson revealed her plans to release the song. Israeli singer Maya Bouskilla also announced that she was invited by Warner Music Group (Atlantic Records's parent label) to record the song as a duet with Clarkson as part of a single release featuring select recording artists from all over the world, which included French singer Zaz, Canadian-Moroccan singer Faouzia, Spanish singer Blas Cant, and German musical duo Glasperlenspiel. She also announced plans to film the single's debut live performance on 'The Kelly Clarkson Show' on March 24, its original intended date of release, but was halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On April 3, 2020, Clarkson announced the single's release date as April 16, 2020, accompanied by a special episode of 'The Kelly Clarkson Show' the same day.
Critical reception
"I Dare You" has received widespread critical acclaim, with critics praising the unique six-language recording of the song and the various vocal performances, particularly of Clarkson, who recorded the song in all six languages.https://www.vulture.com/2020/04/kelly-clarkson-i-dare-you-song.htmlhttps://people.com/music/kelly-clarkson-new-song-i-dare-you/
Track listing
Personnel
Credits adapted from Spotify metadata.
* Vocals Kelly Clarkson
* Featured vocals Zaz (Appelle ton amour version)
* Featured vocals Faouzia ( version)
* Featured vocals Blas Cant (Te Reto A Amar version)
* Featured vocals Glasperlenspiel (Trau Dich version)
* Featured vocals Maya Bouskilla ( version)
* Background Vocals Harl
* Background vocals Natalie Hemby
* Guitar Benji Lysaght
* Mastering Chris Gehringer
* Guitar Erick Serna
* Engineer Jasmine Chen
* Guitar Jeff "Gitty" Gitelman
* Bass, drums, drum programming, guitar, keyboards, engineering, production, percussion, synthesizer Jesse Shatkin
* Mixing engineering John Hanes
* Drums, strings Sam Dent
* Engineer Sam Dent
* Mixer Serban Ghenea
* Piano Tommy King
* Recording coordinator Yakov Lamay ( version)
Charts
Weekly charts
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Release history
References
Category:2020 singles
Category:2020 songs
Category:Arabic-language songs
Category:Atlantic Records singles
Category:French-language songs
Category:German-language songs
Category:Hebrew-language songs
Category:Kelly Clarkson songs
Category:Macaronic songs
Category:Song recordings produced by Jesse Shatkin
Category:Songs written by Natalie Hemby
Category:Songs written by Jesse Shatkin
Category:Songs written by Laura Veltz
Category:Spanish-language songs
Category:Zaz (singer) songs
Category:Blas Cant songs
Category:Songs written by Jeff Gitelman
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