With You by Chris Brown Song Info
"With You" is a pop/R&B song by Chris Brown, written by Johntá Austin, Tor Erik Hermansen, Mikkel Eriksen, Espen Lind, Amund Bjørklund. The track is produced by Stargate who also produced "Unfaithful" and "Hate That I Love You" by Rihanna and "Irreplaceable" by Beyonce Knowles. It was released as the third single from Brown's second studio album Exclusive (2007). Most fans and critics agree that the song is very similar to Beyonce's hit "Irreplaceable, though Chris or Stargate never received any backlash for the song. Following the less successful worldwide chart performances of "Wall To Wall" and "Kiss Kiss", "With You" was released on December 4, 2007 in the United States as the album's third single, and the second single in most international music markets. "With You" was a worldwide commercial and critical success, becoming Brown's second best-selling single and Exclusive's most successful release. The single performed well on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, remaining at number two for six non-consecutive weeks. "With You" also has reached number 6 on the United World Chart for four non-consecutive weeks, and has gain 4,209,000 points in United World Chart, becoming his worldwide best selling single to date. So far, it was the 10th biggest-selling single of 2008 as of the week ending of June 29, 2008 "With You" has become Brown's second biggest worldwide hit behind "Run It!". The single debuted on the US Billboard Hot 100 at number 72. It jumped to number 40 the following week, gaining significant points from both digital sales and radio airplay. "With You" eventually peaked on number-two on the chart, spending six non-consecutive weeks in the position unable to reach the summit due to the success of the singles, "Low" by Flo Rida and "Love in This Club" by Usher. "With You" is also Brown's sixth top ten hit and second from Exclusive. "With You" has reached number-one on Billboard charts, Hot 100 Airplay, Pop 100 Airplay and Rhythmic Top 40, as well as the ARC Weekly Top 40 and iLike Profiles: Most Added and Libraries: Most Added. In the issued dated March 29, 2008, "With You" was the most-added song by iLike users into their iTunes or Windows Media Library. It was number one on the Hot 100 airplay chart for six consecutive weeks. "With You" has reached the top ten on Billboard charts, Pop 100, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, Hot Digital Songs, Hot Digital Tracks, Hot Videoclips Tracks and Hot RingMasters. So far, it has sold 1,825,773 copies in digital downloads and peaked at number 3 on the US iTunes Top 100. It has been certified Platinum by the RIAA. Across Oceania, the single charted equally well. In New Zealand, the song debuted in late 2007 at number twenty-five, and eventually reached number-one in the eighth week of 2008 after having spent several weeks in the top ten, replacing Flo Rida's "Low". "With You" remained at number-one for four consecutive weeks, before being replaced by Chris Brown's own colloboration with Jordin Sparks on the single, "No Air". It has been certified Platinum by RIANZ for sales in excess of 15,000. "With You" debuted at number twenty-four on the Australian ARIA singles chart, based on airplays and digital sales alone, and jumped nine places to number fifteen the following week after being physically released. Its peak position thus far is number-five, becoming the most successful single from the album to date, surpassing its predecessor, "Kiss Kiss" which reached number-eight. "With You" has been certified Platinum by ARIA for sales in excess of 70,000 copies. The song also became a hit across the Europe and Asia. It has already made its debut in most of European countries because of its huge airplay, even before the physical release, including in UK, Ireland, Sweden, Croatia, Poland, Portuguese and many more. In the UK it debuted on the chart at number sixty-three, before rising to number fourteen in it's sixth week and then dropping three places to number seventeen. But in its eight week, "With You" jumped nine places to number-eight on the UK Singles Chart, becoming his highest-charting single there since "Run It!" hit number-two in 2005. So far, it has sold 184,275 copies in UK, becoming his biggest seller there so far, despite only peaking at number-eight. It also has reached number-eleven in Euro Hot 200 and number-fifteen in European Hot 100 Singles, becoming his highest-charting single since "Run It!" peaked at number-two in the first-quarter of 2006. So far, it has reached number-one various singles and airplay chart around the world including in Brazil, Croatia, Gibraltar, Indonesia, New Zealand, The Philippines, Singapore and USA , number 2 in Bulgaria, Canada, and USA, top ten in Australia, Cyprus, France, Ireland, Malta, Malaysia, Portuguese, Romania, Turkey, United Kingdom and United World Chart. The song also helped the album reach new peak position in several countries, entering the top five in New Zealand, top ten in Australia, the UK and Ireland. "With You" is also Brown's highest charting single to date in France, where it has reached a peak position of number-eleven. On the United World Chart, the song debuted at number thirty-three with the issued dated January 12, 2008 and was the highest debut of that week. It reached number-six on the chart and has remained in the top forty for twenty eight weeks so far. Nineteen year old Virginia-native Chris Brown is taking the charts by storm on both sides of the Atlantic with his soulful sound – 'With You' is a slick offering which stormed into the UK top ten in March 2008. Chris recently wowed the crowds with his impressive voice, charisma and dance moves at a sold out show at London's O2 Arena.
