"Strip Me" is a song performed by British singer-songwriter Natasha Bedingfield. The song is the title track and second single from her third studio album, Strip Me, and was co-written and co-produced by Ryan Tedder. Idolator Retrieved 5 October 2010 The song was sent to US radio on 31 August 2010 and later to online music stores on 21 September.Strip Me is now available for purchase Natasha Bedingfield Retrieved 5 October 2010 The single debuted at number 95 on the Billboard Hot 100 on the week of 6 November 2010 and peaked at number 91.[ The billboard 200 – 91 to 100] Billboard Retrieved 27 October 2010
The song is the official theme song for the 2010 film Morning Glory, being featured in the trailer and in the ending credits.Strip Me in Morning Glory Trailer Natasha Bedingfield.com Retrieved 5 October 2010
Critical reception Jonathan Keefe from Slant Magazine said, positively, that: "Strip Me includes a whole lot of Ryan Tedder's trademark echo-heavy, CAPSLOCK drum-machine arrangements. There's something meta about the laziness in the production of the title track, in that Bedingfield hasn't changed her tune since the days of "Unwritten," so Tedder gives the song only the most insignificant of variations on his "Halo" and "Already Gone", template. Bedingfield uses her raspy warble to full effect, singing lines like "I'm only one voice in a million/But you ain't takin' that from me" as though her very life depended on it, but it's nothing that either she or Tedder haven't already done better before".Keefe, Jonathan (12 December 2010)Natasha Bedingfield – Strip Me Slant Magazine Retrieved 18 February 2011 The song was one of the Track Pick on the Allmusic review.Erlewine,Stephen (9 November 2010) Strip Me Review – Allmusic Allmusic Retrieved 13 February 2011
Chart performance "Strip Me" made its US Billboard Hot 100 chart debut at number 95 on 6 November 2010, where it remained for just one week. However, in the week following the release of her album of the same name, "Strip Me" re-entered the Hot 100 at a new peak of 91. To date, it is one of Bedingfield's least successful singles. However, the song was more successful on the Adult Pop Songs radio format where it logged eight weeks on the chart and peaked at number 23.
Music video According to Bedingfield herself, through her Twitter account, she went back to her hometown London to shoot the video for the song with photographer and director Kathie Rankin.Natasha Bedingfield's Twitter Twitter. On 21 October 2010, Natasha's official website posted an official sneak peek of the video. Natasha Bedingfield Retrieved 2 November 2010 The music video premiered 3 November 2010. It features Bedingfield performing in various outfits. The video starts with a black figure of Bedingfield singing the song. She performs the verse while off-screen characters have her change in different outfits. The chorus then shifted in showing her singing in a shiny fur, leather and tribal-like outfit. The next verse shows off-screen characters doing her make-up while she is singing with a megaphone. The second chorus shows her wearing a police cap and a scene where she is crawling on mud. In the bridge, Bedingfield is in a lace dress singing in a black and white patterns. When it goes to the chorus, she threw paints of different colors on the wall and mud-scene returns through while Bedingfield is singing. The last scenes involves her removing all of the outfits that the off-screen characters are trying on her then shifting on her singing with the megaphone. She then fades to black as the video ends. Idolator Retrieved 10 December 2010
Promotion The song is the official theme song for the 2010 film Morning Glory, being featured in the trailer and in the ending credits.Strip Me in Morning Glory Trailer Natasha Bedingfield.com Retrieved 5 October 2010 According to All Access, the single moved to number 79 on the iTunes Top Songs Chart selling 7,000 copies just four days after the song was featured on the trailer for Morning Glory.Natasha Bedingfield's Strip Me iTunes success All Access Retrieved 3 November 2010
Bedingfield performed the song on Live with Regis and Kelly and Today Show. She also performed it on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.Watch Natasha's performance on the Tonight Show Natasha Bedingfield com Retrieved 10 December 2010
Track listing Digital download "Strip Me" – 3:30
CD single "Strip Me" – 3:31 "Unexpected Hero" – 3:25 (written by Natasha Bedingfield and Daniel Carey) (produced by Dan Carey) "Unwritten" featuring Carney – 3:44
Charts Chart (2010) PeakpositionCanada (Canadian Hot 100)65Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Tipparade)17 US Adult Pop Songs23
Radio adds and release history Region Date Format Label United States 31 August 2010 Hot AC, and Top 40 mainstream radioFuture single releases Top 40 Mainstream All Access Retrieved 29 September 2010 Epic Records 21 September 2010Natasha Bedingfield – Strip Me (single) United States: iTunes Store (Apple Inc.). Retrieved 21 September 2010 Digital download
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