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Excuse Me Mr.

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"Excuse Me Mr." is a song by American band No Doubt for their third studio album, Tragic Kingdom (1995). The song was written by Gwen Stefani and Tom Dumont, while produced by Matthew Wilder. It was released as a US radio single from the album on August 21, 1996, and released commercially in Japan in 1997. The song has also been included on the band's 2003 greatest hits album, The Singles 1992–2003. Musically, the former is a rock-influenced ska and ska punk track with lyrics describing a woman trying to get the attention of a man. A country version of the song was also created but never released. The single received positive reviews from music critics who labelled it a successful breakup song and as one of the best tracks on Tragic Kingdom.

Commercially, "Excuse Me Mr." had a minimal impact on record charts, reaching the top 40 of the alternative charts in both the United States and Canada and peaking at number 11 on the Official New Zealand Music Chart. Sophie Muller directed the accompanying music video in January 1997. The visual features two different storylines, with the first showing No Doubt playing the song to an empty room that eventually becomes crowded with paparazzi, while the second storyline has Stefani tying herself to train tracks in the hopes that a man will come to her rescue. No Doubt has performed the song for a number of live appearances, including during their 1995–97 Tragic Kingdom World Tour, on Saturday Night Live in December 1996 while serving as the guest musical act, and at the band's Return of Saturn Tour (2000).

Background and release

Una fotografía en color de los miembros de No Doubt posando juntos en el escenario después de una actuación.
Two versions of "Excuse Me Mr." were created prior to its inclusion on Tragic Kingdom. No Doubt pushed for the release of the punk rock version while the song's producer, Matthew Wilder, preferred the country version.

"Excuse Me Mr." fue escrita por Gwen Stefani y Tom Dumont , y producida por Matthew Wilder . Se incluyó como la segunda pista del tercer álbum de estudio de No Doubt, Tragic Kingdom , que se lanzó el 10 de octubre de 1995. [ 2 ] El álbum fue el primer disco de la banda con contribuciones mínimas del hermano de Gwen, Eric Stefani , quien había dejado el grupo debido a diferencias creativas a principios de 1995. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Kenneth Partridge de The AV Club sintió que esto animó a los miembros de No Doubt a incorporar las influencias que ayudaron a popularizar la banda; Partridge afirmó más tarde que esto permitió que se grabaran canciones de Tragic Kingdom como "You Can Do It", " Hey You! " y "Excuse Me Mr." [ 5 ] La versión original de "Excuse Me Mr." era más melódica y suave, según Tony Kanal , pero los miembros prefirieron la "versión más dura" que se lanzó como sencillo. No Doubt no estuvo de acuerdo con su entonces productor Wilder, quien quería que la banda grabara una versión con influencias country . [ 6 ] El miembro Adrian Young dijo:

Cuando grabamos ['Excuse Me Mr.'], solíamos tocarla como está ahora, y nuestro productor quería que la tocáramos casi como un country-shuffle, así que lo intentamos. Después decidimos que no nos gustaba mucho, pero la otra versión se borró de la cinta. Tuvimos que volver al estudio —debieron ser meses después— y la regrabamos como solíamos tocarla. [ 6 ]

Según las notas del álbum de grandes éxitos de No Doubt de 2003, The Singles 1992–2003 , el debate sobre qué versión de "Excuse Me Mr." se incluiría en Tragic Kingdom se convirtió en un desastre. La banda le dijo a Interscope Records que se negarían a grabar " Spiderwebs ", el eventual segundo sencillo de este último, a menos que pudieran regrabar la versión punk rock de "Excuse Me Mr." [ 7 ] . La canción se lanzó por primera vez como sencillo de radio en los Estados Unidos el 21 de agosto de 1996 [ 8 ]. No se distribuyeron sencillos comerciales en CD de "Excuse Me Mr." en los Estados Unidos [ 9 ] ; sin embargo, se crearon sencillos promocionales en CD y se enviaron a estaciones de radio de todo el país [ 10 ] . También se hizo un sencillo promocional en CD japonés utilizando la misma portada de " Sunday Morning " (1997) de No Doubt [ 11 ] .

Composición y letra

Musicalmente, "Excuse Me Mr." es una canción de ska , ska punk y punk rock que recuerda a los lanzamientos anteriores de No Doubt. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] [ 14 ] Partridge describió la canción como una canción con influencias de rock que rinde homenaje a la música que ayudó a formar la banda. [ 5 ] Brendan Manley de Diffuser.fm señaló el "desglose de metales Dixieland " de la canción durante el puente y citó "Excuse Me Mr." como un ejemplo de uno de los muchos estilos diferentes de canciones en Tragic Kingdom . [ 15 ] David Browne comentó en su reseña del álbum para Entertainment Weekly que la canción es capaz de combinar varios géneros en una duración de tres minutos. [ 16 ]

Según Musicnotes.com, "Excuse Me Mr." está compuesta en compás de 4/4 , con una sensación de doble compás y un tempo muy rápido de 146 pulsaciones por minuto. [ 17 ] La tonalidad de la canción es Fa mayor , y el rango vocal de Gwen Stefani abarca casi una octava y media, desde La 3 hasta Fa 5 en notación científica . [ 17 ] La canción progresa con las siguientes progresiones de acordes: Fa–Do–Re menor–Do en cada una de las dos estrofas. [ 17 ]

La letra de la canción describe a una mujer que intenta activamente captar la atención de un hombre. [ 18 ] El mensaje es opuesto al que se transmite en "Spiderwebs", y Stefani canta con un tono ansioso. Partridge sintió que el punto de la canción donde cambia a música de circo ayuda a asegurar la idea de que el amor es absurdo. [ 19 ] Loren Diblasi de MTV News señaló que la letra de "Excuse Me Mr." sugiere que No Doubt estaba detallando una ruptura dolorosa; Stefani canta durante la parte central, "Es casi como si estuviera atada a las vías / Y estoy esperando que me rescate / Lo gracioso es que no va a venir". [ 20 ] Esta letra, específicamente, fue descrita como "sonoramente cómica " por Nick Levine de Noisey , [ 18 ] mientras que Browne de Entertainment Weekly comparó la "vacío de rescate" de la letra con las habilidades de composición de Mariah Carey . [ 16 ] Seija Rankin especuló que el tema de la canción era Kanal, con quien Stefani había roto antes de escribir el material para el álbum. [ 21 ]

Recepción

"Excuse Me Mr." recibió críticas positivas de los críticos musicales, y varios la describieron como uno de los puntos fuertes de Tragic Kingdom . En honor al 20 aniversario del álbum, un panel de críticos de The AV Club la reanalizó. Annie Zaleski, de la publicación, admiró la canción además de " Happy Now? " y "Sunday Morning"; señaló que las tres canciones "tienen la cantidad justa de energía". [ 22 ] Marah Eakin describió "Excuse Me Mr." como un "temazo" que "ha envejecido bien" a pesar de haber sido lanzada hace más de 20 años; también seleccionó la canción como uno de los sencillos del álbum que suena "jodidamente bien". [ 22 ] Expresando una opinión similar, Ilana Kaplan de The New York Observer la llamó "una de las canciones más comentadas que surgieron" de Tragic Kingdom ; también clasificó la canción como quizás "la canción más rápida jamás hecha". [ 23 ] Diblasi quedó impresionada por la canción y la catalogó como la quinta mejor "canción de ruptura" del álbum. También la consideró emotiva y una de las "canciones más desgarradoras" de Tragic Kingdom por su capacidad de ayudar a alguien a "sobrevivir a una ruptura". [ 20 ]

En Estados Unidos, "Excuse Me Mr." alcanzó el puesto número 17 en la lista Alternative Airplay de Billboard . [ 24 ] No entró en la lista de sencillos RPM en Canadá, aunque sí llegó a la lista Top Rock/Alternative Tracks, debutando en el puesto número 27. De manera similar, se convirtió en la cuarta entrada consecutiva de Tragic Kingdom en aparecer en la lista. [ 25 ] Durante su novena semana en la clasificación, la canción alcanzó el puesto número 12 el 31 de marzo de 1997. [ 26 ] Fuera de las listas alternativas de Estados Unidos y Canadá, "Excuse Me Mr." solo entró en las listas de un país. El 25 de mayo de 1997, la canción debutó en el puesto número 38 de la Official New Zealand Music Chart . La canción finalmente alcanzó el puesto número 11, convirtiéndose en la cuarta entrada del álbum en el top 40. [ 27 ]

Vídeo musical

En el videoclip de "Excuse Me Mr.", Stefani se ata a las vías del tren con la esperanza de que Dumont, Kanal o Young la salven, reflejando así la letra de la canción.

The music video for "Excuse Me Mr." was directed by Sophie Muller and released in early 1997. It served as the fourth of five videos created for the songs of Tragic Kingdom.[28] Filming for the visual had been completed by January 1997 and took place around No Doubt's touring schedule.[29]

The video opens with the band performing in a dimly-lit room. As the camera pans to the other members, Stefani tries her best to remain in front of it whenever possible, with her resorting to pushing them out of her way. Various women dressed in vaudeville-inspired outfits are spaced evenly throughout the room and dance provocatively, as the camera approaches them. Before the song's second verse begins, Stefani ties herself to rail tracks in front of an oncoming train with the hopes that nearby people Dumont, Kanal, or Young will come to her rescue. The men fail to do so and Stefani stands up, departs the scene and reenters the dark room. The band resumes playing while a group of paparazzi enters and disrupts them. The video ends with No Doubt posing for a group picture in front of the paparazzi.[30]

The clip was selected for rotation on several music-related television networks, including MTV, where it charted within the top 10 on the channel's official "most-played clips" playlist.[31][32] In 2004, the video was featured on No Doubt's compilation DVDThe Videos 1992–2003.[33] It was also included as a bonus feature on the second CD of a two part CD single series for "Spiderwebs" that was released exclusively in the United Kingdom.[34]

Live performances

"Excuse Me Mr." was performed as the second song on No Doubt's 1995–97 Tragic Kingdom World Tour. The performance of the song at the July 1, 1997 show in Anaheim, at The Arrowhead Pond, was recorded and released on the band's first live album, Live in the Tragic Kingdom (1997).[35] On the December 7, 1996 episode of the American television series Saturday Night Live, No Doubt served as the special musical guest, whereas Martin Short was the episode's host.[36] During their appearances, they performed their previous single, "Don't Speak", followed by "Excuse Me Mr.".[37]

The song was performed for No Doubt's Return of Saturn Tour in 2000. A majority of the tracks performed during the event featured Stefani singing about marriage and romance, but when No Doubt returned with tracks from Tragic Kingdom, like the song and "Happy Now?", Rolling Stone's Greg Kot found the audience to be more engaged. Kanal and Stefani "bounc[ed]" around the stage during the performance, and Kot compared Stefani's vocals to a cross between cartoon character Betty Boop and American performer Lydia Lunch.[38] For No Doubt's 2002 Rock Steady Tour, the song was performed during the concert's middle segment, in between them singing "In My Head" and "Different People".[39] The band's performance of "Excuse Me Mr." at the November 22–23 and 29, 2002 shows at the Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center in Long Beach were recorded and featured on their second live album, Rock Steady Live (2003).[39]

During a reunion concert in 2009, their first official show since 2004, No Doubt performed a revised version of "Excuse Me Mr." to the crowd. According to Rolling Stone's Christopher R. Weingarten, the song had a "radical makeover" as it was "slowed down and skanked [sic] up until it sounded like the English Beat".[40] At the first Rock in Rio USA music festival in 2015, No Doubt headlined the main stage during the beginning day of the event. They performed several songs from Tragic Kingdom, including "Don't Speak", "Sunday Morning", and "Excuse Me Mr.".[41]

Track listings

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Tragic Kingdom.[42]

  • Gwen Stefani writer, vocals
  • Tony Kanal bass
  • Matthew Wilder producer
  • Adrian Young drums, percussion
  • Tom Dumont writer, guitar
  • Eric Stefani keyboards, piano
  • Phil Jordan trumpet
  • Robert Vosgien mastering
  • David Holman mixing
  • Paul Palmer mixing
  • Phil Kaffel recording
  • George Landress recording

Charts

Release history

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