Slapper (Ayye)

"Slapper (Ayye)" is the seventh single by British recording artist Nadia Oh. The song was written by Space Cowboy and 'Oh and produced by the former. Released 12 March 2012 via iTunes in the United Kingdom and United States it has since gone on to top Radio Chart, SparaTop40.

"Slapper (Ayye)"
Single by Nadia Oh
from the album 'FQN Amazing: The Nadia Oh Story'
Released15 March 2012 (2012-03-15)
Recorded2012; London, England
GenrePop, dance, hip hop, trap
Length2:35
LabelTiger Trax
Songwriter(s)Space Cowboy, Nadia Oh
Producer(s)Space Cowboy
Nadia Oh singles chronology
"'No Bueno'"
(2011)		 "Slapper (Ayye)"
(2012)

Its video, premiering 22 May 2012 focuses on 'Oh herself and is her first not to focus or heavily use green screen.[1] The song has been well received by fans and by fellow artists, where DJ Diplo added the track to his radio playlist.

Composition

Written and produced by Space Cowboy it contains elements of SL2's "On a Ragga Trip".[2] It also contains references to Kim Kardashian, Rick Ross and the songs producer. It uses the reference towards the producer, "Space Cowboy Just Play That Track" for the single version however the video version stops at "Cowboy". Another difference in the video edit is the reference towards Kardashian.[3]

Release

Release date

The song was released online on 7 March 2012,[4] collecting a warm response it was released digitally on 15 March. It also received its first play on Radio One by Diplo.

Music video

The music video was released online at YouTube. It sees 'Oh in front of fluorescent coloured walls and white backgrounds in numerous outfits, most notably as a mermaid and a French maid.[5] The video begins with 'Oh in front of a white background placing her hands around her hips before an assortment of further scenes are quickly previewed such as The Mermaid, The Black Outfit and The Green Head Wear. Before 'Oh starts to sing. From then no more new clips are shown before concluding on the white background.

The video has received a positive response from Netizens with one calling it "Her best video" and others hailing it "my summer anthem", However the criticism came from the feel for a dance sequence.[6] It currently has 100,000 hits; her highest viewed video yet and an estimated 90% approval from fans.[7]

Track list and formats

Download[8]

  1. Slapper (Ayye) - Explicit
  2. Slapper (Ayye) - Censored

Chart performance

Although it has not achieved commercial success yet, on 12 June 2012 'Oh announced along with StaraRadio that the song had topped the radio chart show. As of 26 June, it has spent a total of 10 weeks in the chart.[9]

Chart (2012) Peak
position
StaraTop40 (STR)[10] 1
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References
  1. "Nadia Oh 'Slapper (Ayye)'". YouTube. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
  2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXCN1DhHTZA
  3. http://www.onlylyrics.com/nadia-oh-lyrics-1089386.php
  4. "Nadia Oh (Beat Is A) Slapper Teaser HQ". YouTube. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
  5. "Nadia Oh on Vimeo". Vimeo.com. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
  6. https://www.youtube.com/all_comments?v=AE4oZyp2RuU
  7. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE4oZyp2RuU
  8. "iTunes - Music - Slapper (Ayye) - Single by Nadia Oh". Itunes.apple.com. 5 March 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
  9. https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:jIJz3sjBwswJ:xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/16336626/982291822/name/STARA%2BTOP%2B40%2B10062012.pdf+StaraTop40&hl=en&gl=uk&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShFV_PPmyeiWa19sAbdcluYKoezaab_TMfvIDlf5gWK9N3aAChjPx878USNFh5bAXFZV3jKq791wmlDwocAlhfF3ESFaT3KGGuQj0NFI5Mslvx2a1hoUcyZyrhVKhl88veUZEKE&sig=AHIEtbSzcVAH8jCSDHGpkusp1J98jh-tuA
  10. https://twitter.com/NadiaOh/status/215503592952578048

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