Sex Therapy (song)
Sex Therapy is a 2009 R&B ballad by American singer Robin Thicke, featuring rapper Ludacris. It is the lead single from Thicke’s album Sex Therapy and was released to radio on October 20, 2009. The track is 4 minutes and 35 seconds long and was released by Star Trak/Interscope. It credits writers including Robin Thicke, Ester Dean, Jamal Jones (Ludacris), Herb Wiener, Seymour Gottlieb, John Gluck, and Walter Gold, with production by Polow da Don, Robin Thicke, and Hot Sauce.
The song samples Lesley Gore’s 1963 hit It’s My Party. Billboard gave a positive review, noting Thicke’s smooth delivery and the song’s sensual lyrics, backed by a languorous beat, soft synths, and understated drums.
An official remix featuring Ludacris, with a short intro by Polow Da Don, was released on December 17, 2009. The remix appears as a bonus track on the iTunes edition of Sex Therapy: The Experience, titled the Luda Remix. Thicke said he shot the music video for Sex Therapy on October 24 in Los Angeles, directed by Melina Matsoukas, at the same mansion used in Hilary Duff’s Reach Out video; Saleisha Stowers makes a cameo. The video premiered on November 19.
In the United States, Sex Therapy entered the Billboard Hot 100 at number 100 for the week ending January 2, 2010. It later became Thicke’s second number-one on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, reaching the top on March 13, 2010, after his 2007 hit Lost Without U.
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