Music Review: Samantha Mumba "Baby Come Over..."
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Baby, Come Over (This Is Our Night)
Album: Gotta Tell You
Year: 2001
Samantha Mumba asks her crush out on a date in the fitful “Baby, Come Over (This Is Our Night).”
Slippery keyboards open the single, setting a pedestrian tone. In the chorus, she invites him over to her house. There, they will have fun. Also, she will tell him she has liked him for a long time. She compliments him, saying she’s never met anyone as sweet as him. She’s excited to start their relationship.
In the first verse, she explains that he has told his strong feelings for her whenever he could. He says he can’t just be friends with her. She bounced the possibility of a relationship with him in her head, but didn’t know if he was a decent guy. She says she’s been Googling him and talking to other people that know him. They all speak well of him. She thinks he deserves a chance and I’m really lost as to what’s going on with Mumba. First, she hangs out with him all time and can be considered friends. However, she precedes to criminalize him by going through a background check mainly. Wow, that’s crazy.
The chorus is sung again.
In the second verse, she says they should try dating. She wants to start planning their first date and get to know him more in an intimate way. But wait, I’m lost again. Wasn’t the invitation to her house their first date?
The chorus is sung twice
In the bridge, she repeats for him to visit her home.
The chorus is sung once more to close the single.
Mumba knows her crush on a superficial level. At the core, she doesn’t really know who he is, even though they’ve been friends for a while. However, she is certain she wants to make out with him at her house.
Her shaky, bleating vocals are grasping and watery. The song uses her lower register, which she seems to have difficulty controlling. Unfortunately, during the chorus she is also drowned out by the background singers in the chorus, masking whatever ablities she could possibly have.
The herky-jerky arrangement tilts and and eventually, sinks into repetition.
The average “Baby Come Over” sticks to the status quo of teenypop and fails as a result.
Album: Gotta Tell You
Year: 2001
Samantha Mumba asks her crush out on a date in the fitful “Baby, Come Over (This Is Our Night).”
Slippery keyboards open the single, setting a pedestrian tone. In the chorus, she invites him over to her house. There, they will have fun. Also, she will tell him she has liked him for a long time. She compliments him, saying she’s never met anyone as sweet as him. She’s excited to start their relationship.
“Baby come on over tonight, we can make it all right/Take a piece of my heart/And go from the start/Baby come on over tonight/We can make it all right/Boy there's no one like you/Do you feel it,too?”
In the first verse, she explains that he has told his strong feelings for her whenever he could. He says he can’t just be friends with her. She bounced the possibility of a relationship with him in her head, but didn’t know if he was a decent guy. She says she’s been Googling him and talking to other people that know him. They all speak well of him. She thinks he deserves a chance and I’m really lost as to what’s going on with Mumba. First, she hangs out with him all time and can be considered friends. However, she precedes to criminalize him by going through a background check mainly. Wow, that’s crazy.
“ You say that you want me/Again and again/You say that you need me/To be more than just your friend/So I thought about it/And may be you're right/I've been checking your records/And they seem all right.”
The chorus is sung again.
In the second verse, she says they should try dating. She wants to start planning their first date and get to know him more in an intimate way. But wait, I’m lost again. Wasn’t the invitation to her house their first date?
“So when we get together/If just for a while/Let's make it happen/Don't waste any time/And now I need to find out/What you're about so come over tonight let's sort this out.”
The chorus is sung twice
In the bridge, she repeats for him to visit her home.
“Baby, come on over/Baby, come on over tonight/Baby come on over/Baby come on over tonight.”
The chorus is sung once more to close the single.
Mumba knows her crush on a superficial level. At the core, she doesn’t really know who he is, even though they’ve been friends for a while. However, she is certain she wants to make out with him at her house.
Her shaky, bleating vocals are grasping and watery. The song uses her lower register, which she seems to have difficulty controlling. Unfortunately, during the chorus she is also drowned out by the background singers in the chorus, masking whatever ablities she could possibly have.
The herky-jerky arrangement tilts and and eventually, sinks into repetition.
The average “Baby Come Over” sticks to the status quo of teenypop and fails as a result.