Released June 2, 2007 Genre Pop
Soul
Funk Label RockSTAR Music Corp. | Recorded Early 2007 Length 3:48 | |
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Format CD single, Digital download | ||
"Insatiable" is a song written and performed by Canadian singer Elise Estrada. It peaked at number 44 on Canadian Hot 100, and on the Canadian Adult Contemporary Top 40 at number 1 throughout the summer of 2007and is also on radio station CFBT-FM's regular rotation. The song received heavy airplay in Canada due to its high success, as well, as it marked the first time a Filipino-Canadian to have a number one song in Canada.
Contents
- Background
- Composition
- Reception Chart performance
- Music Video
- Live Performances
- Credits and personnel
- References
"Insatiable" received positive reviews by critics for both the single and the album on which the song appears. It infuses Pop and soul with funk, as well with Electropop and R&B styles. The song samples Prince's "I Wanna Be Your Lover" as the bass of the song. The music video for this song was directed by Ali Visnaji. The video is about a stalker Estrada encounters and talks to through the song. It also depicts Estrada dancing and singing in a plaza in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia. As of 2017, Estrada only performed this song during Filipino Day 2007, Summer Rush Wonderland 2007, a concert series in Guilford Town Centre, and Summer Rush Wonderland 2008.
Background
In March 2007, Estrada won a radio contest in her home city of Vancouver that earned her a spot on the record label RockSTAR Music Corporation. The label introduced her to some successful producers and songwriters including Grammy Award winner Orlando Calzada, a mixer who worked on songs for Jennifer Lopez and Destiny's Child. After signing with the label, she recorded her debut album, which was a success, and won the award for Best New Solo Artist in the Canada Radio Music Awards. She also appeared as the opening act during Canadian tours of Rihanna, Soulja Boy, Lady Gaga, the Backstreet Boys, and 50 Cent.
Composition
"Insatiable" is a pop-soul funk song with slight elements of Electropop and R&B. It features a hard drum beat, claps, synthesizers, a guitar riff and a heavy bass. The song sample's 1979 Prince song, "I Wanna Be Your Lover" in which notes its similarity in the bass and the melody. The song runs at a 133 BPM and is kept at a key of G#m.
In the song, the lyrics describe Elise talking about a boy checking her out to try to have sex and date the girl by just looking at her body instead of knowing her. She then gives out a strict set of reasons with her "booty beauty" being the only reason to "ride" and that being physical would be only be sensational and that his love would be insatiable to please.
Reception & Chart performance
Matthew Chisling from AllMusic reviewed the song as "a spunky pop treat" and to be a creditable song for the debut album with the other singles, "These Three Words" and "Unlove You".
"Insatiable" charted as number one for six consecutive weeks on the main Canada Top 40 and to debut at number 44 (which is the peak position) on the Canadian Billboard Hot 100 a few weeks after her release on July 28 of 2007. During the last week of August, the song dropped to number 59 and in the first week of September the song was still on the charts at number 54 in which the song had already spent 17 weeks on the charts. The song was heavily airplayed in Canada due to the song being number one in Canada and being heavily rotated among playlist in Vancouver.
Music Video
The video begins with a cruise boat floating around and her Blackberry phone ringing to her song "Ix-Nay" in which Elise answers. However another boy, which seems to be a stalker of hers, heavily breaths into the phone with no answer and takes photos around his room and videos her while near the dock. With realizing that it's the "stalker", she goes on to hanging up and calling her friend to which she says, "Hey, he called again. Are you ready?" To which the song begins to play as she scantily moves around the outside seat of her boat in a black coat-dress, jewellery and tan heels. The other part of the video is when she dances around a plaza like area with her backup dancers in downtown Vancouver, in a bikini like shirt and dangling belt with her skirt and gold heels. On the boat, it also shows two police officers in which she interacts with them to find the staker and the stalker checking out the previous photos taken only to be caught by the police.
The video for this song was taken place in Vancouver's shore and the downtown area of Vancouver. The choreographers of the video were Joanne & Alex Pseusich The director of the video is Ali Visanji, the producers of the video is Ken Firth and Adam H., the development producer is Norm Li and the editor for the video is Piet Suess. The video is copyrighted to RockSTAR, Koch Entertainment, VideoFACT and MuchMusic Canada. The video is also produced in co-operation with VideoFACT.
Live Performances
Through all performances of "Insatiable", she is accompanied by a DJ, normally with DJ Marquee, in which she opens the song differently and has the crowd singing with chants and screams. She has performed the song twice in the Summer Rush concert in Canada Wonderland in both 2007 and 2008. She has also performed the song during Filipino Day 2007 and a concert series in the Guilford Town Centre. All performances are accompanied by her dancers dancing in the back and DJ Marquee being a featured vocalist on the live performances.
Credits and personnel
Notes taken from MetroLyrics and AllMusic credits.