On March 5, 2021, "Leave the Door Open" was released as the first single via digital download and streaming services in various countries by Aftermath Entertainment and Atlantic Records. On the same date, "Silk Sonic Intro" was also issued featuring the album's special guest Bootsy Collins. "Leave the Door Open" was released to US contemporary hit radio on March 9, 2021, by Atlantic Records. American Adult contemporary radio stations began adding the track onto their playlists on March 8, 2021, through the aforementioned label.
Subsequently, Warner Music Group also released the track to be added to Italian contemporary hit radio on March 12, 2021. On April 1, 2021, a live recording of the single was released for digital download and streaming, using audio from the 2021 Annual Grammy Awards performance with added narration from Collins. On the same date, two CD singles one with the original version, and other with the live version of "Leave the Door Open" were released in various countries.
The accompanying music video, which was directed by Florent Dechard and Mars, was released along with the song. It depicts Mars and Paak, as Silk Sonic, performing the song in a vintage studio as several women dance to it. To promote "Leave the Door Open", Mars and Paak performed it at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards, which received praise for its simplicity and was compared to a 70's Soul Train telecast. The song and its music video received several nominations at award shows. An emote for the online video game Fortnite was also created, which features dance moves by Mars played along the chorus of the song. The music video for "Leave the Door Open" premiered alongside the song's release on March 5, 2021, and was directed by Mars and Florent Dechard.
The music video takes place in a Motown carpet studio "bathed in warm light" and amber shades. Silk Sonic and the band are wearing "sunglasses and vintage printed shirts" as they perform the song, with close-up shots of Mars and Paak. The track is being recorded as several women, which can be seen as fans, dance to it in the music booth. The video features "disco ball lightning" and ends with a fade-out. Music video"Leave the Door Open" on YouTube"Leave the Door Open" is the debut single by the American super-duo Silk Sonic, consisting of Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak.
It was released on March 5, 2021, by Aftermath Entertainment and Atlantic Records as the lead single from Silk Sonic's upcoming debut studio album An Evening with Silk Sonic. "Leave the Door Open" was written by Mars, Brandon Anderson, Dernst Emile II and Christopher Brody Brown, while the production was handled by Mars and D'Mile. "Leave the Door Open" is a Philadelphia soul and R&B song, influenced by quiet storm.
Its romantic lyrics describe a "detailed erotic invitation". In Denmark, the single peaked at number 20 on the Danish Hitlisten, after debuting at number 29. In the United Kingdom, the song debuted at its peak of number 20 on the UK Singles Chart on March 12, 2021. The single also debuted at its peak of number 18 on the Irish Singles Chart.
The track debut at number four on the Portuguese Singles Chart and peaked at number three. It received a platinum certification by the Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa . In Belgium, "Leave the Door Open" peaked at number five on the Ultratop 50 in Flanders and number four on Wallonia.
It peaked at number 11 on the Dutch Top 40 charts after debuting at number 35. It also peaked at number 13 on the Netherlands Single Top 100. The song also peaked at number ten on the Lithuanian charts and debut at its peak of number 16 on the Hungarian Single Top 40. "Leave the Door Open" peaked at number two on the Billboard Global 200, spending 28 weeks on the chart so far. "Leave the Door Open" debuted at number four on the US Billboard Hot 100 with 27,000 downloads, 23.5 million streams and 23.5 million radio impressions on the week of March 15, 2021.
At the time, it was Mars and Paak's highest debut on the Billboard Hot 100. On the following week, the single reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100, behind Cardi B's "Up" . On the week of April 12, 2021, the song topped the Billboard Hot 100 with 28,600 copies, 21.5 million streams and 59.1 million radio impressions. It was the most-sold song of the week, combining downloads and two CD versions. At this time, Mars tied with Drake, Katy Perry and Rihanna for the most number ones on the Billboard Hot 100, since May 1, 2010, with eight each.
On the week of May 16, 2021, "Leave the Door Open" spent a second week at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, helped by its placement in the iTunes Store's 69 cents Pop Hits sale. The song was certified two times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America . Mary Siroky and the Consequence of Sound staff, described the music video as "playful". Ali Rasha writing for USA Today commented that everyone was "dressed in looks that give off a retro feel". In 2021, the music video received a nomination for Coca-Cola Viewers' Choice and Video of the Year at the BET Awards 2021. At the same ceremony, Mars and Dechard were awarded Video Director of the Year for their work on the aforementioned music video.
At the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards, the video won Best R&B Video and Best Editing. "Leave the Door Open" debuted at number one on the New Zealand Singles Chart, spending two weeks at the top spot. It has received a platinum certification by Recorded Music New Zealand , with over 30,000 certified units. In Australia, the song debuted at number 13 on the ARIA Singles Chart, and ultimately peaked at number ten on the following week. In Malaysia, the track reached the top spot and it peaked at number two in Singapore. "Leave the Door Open" peaked at number one in Israel on the week of March 7, 2021.
The song entered several Monitor Latino charts, including Costa Rica peaking at number three. It also entered the top ten of the aforementioned chart in Chile, and top twenty in El Salvador. "Leave the Door Open" entered the top twenty of Argentina Hot 100 and peaked at number one at Billboard Mexico Airplay. In a February 26 Twitter post, Bruno Mars announced that the group's first single would be released on March 5, 2021. The song premiered alongside a music video directed by Bruno Mars and Florent Déchard. In the week of March 29, 2021, "Leave the Door Open" reached the top ten of Radio Songs chart, becoming the fastest song to do so since Justin Bieber's "Yummy" , which took only two weeks.
The single tied with Mars's "24K Magic" and "Finesse" for fastest rise to the top ten. On the week of April 19, 2021, "Leave the Door Open" topped the Radio Songs chart becoming Mars and Paak's ninth and first number one, respectively. It took only six weeks to reach the top spot, matching the previous record hold by Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You" . "Leave the Door Open" also peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Rhythmic chart. It took only four weeks to reach the top spot on the Adult R&B Songs chart, becoming the fastest song to do so by any male artists.
It's Mars's first song to enter the top ten on the Adult Contemporary chart since "Uptown Funk" . It peaked at number nine on the Canadian Hot 100 on the week of March 15, 2021. "Leave The Door Open" is Silk Sonic's debut single, a side project featuring Anderson .Paak and Bruno Mars. Throughout the song, the two profess their love for a significant other, telling her the door will be left wide open for her to enter at any time.
Bruno Mars served as co-producer and co-writer of this song as well as co-director of its music video. In terms of the latter, the other director is Florent Dechard. On April 3, 2021, Epic Games announced the release of a new emote for the online video game Fortnite. It features dance moves by Mars, which are played along the chorus of "Leave The Door Open".
On June 27, 2021, Silk Sonic performed the single at the BET Awards 2021 for a "select group of fans", who were vaccinated against the COVID-19. The duo started their performance, dressed with sporting matching pastel tuxedos, walking on a "roped-off red carpet". At this point, they sang in a club layout as they "moved between the bar and VIP booths".
At the same time, the fans danced, sang along, and held up signs as Mars and Paak serenaded them helped by background vocalists. He added, that they would never stop playing "Leave the Door Open" one until that changes. Silk Sonic started to sing "Leave the Door Open" a second time as "the performance cut to a commercial break." Harding commented that Silk Sonic leads the listener into a music journey as they wait for their lover. It begins with a "non-resolving chord progression, which never lands in the home key but uses luscious chords" and leaves the listener expecting. Paak is drinking wine and spending time in his mansion, as he waits for his passion.
Nevertheless, Mars doesn't allow Paak's fulfillment as he shifts the chords, using a new key. The energy and tension reach new heights as Mars "sets up this big cadence", and while the listener is hopping to reach a "resolution" it enters the "non-resolving chord progression" on the chorus. However, as the latter approaches its end a C major chord is played, Silk Sonic sing "tell me that you're coming through" and it enters into its "resolution".
"Leave the Door Open" received critical acclaim, with some praising both singers' vocals, as well as the song's composition. The song was a commercial success, peaking at number one in various charts, including the US Billboard Hot 100, Israel, Malaysia and New Zealand. It has also entered the top ten of several countries, such as Australia, Belgium, Canada and Portugal, as well as the top twenty of Denmark, Netherlands, Ireland and the United Kingdom. It has been certified two times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America , platinum by Recorded Music NZ and Music Canada . This song was produced by Bruno Mars and D'Mile, and written by Mars, Anderson .Paak, D'Mile and Brody Brown. Its music video, published on the 5th of March 2021, was directed by Mars and Florent Déchard.
Josh Glicksman commenting on Billboard "Five Burning Questions" article said the track is "tailor-made to dance and snap along to as it gets delightfully stuck in your head". Carl Lamarre, on a different segment on Billboard Five Burning Questions, called the vocals "buttery" and "too irresistible to pass up". Lamarre continued, affirming Silk Sonic "threaded a polished '70s soundscape from top to bottom". Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak is latest English song with music also given by them. Leave The Door Open song lyrics are written by Silk Sonic, Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak.
The smooth R&B track has reminiscent of a 60s and 70s easy listening love song. Genius is the ultimate source of music knowledge, created by scholars like you who share facts and insight about the songs and artists they love. The duos upcoming debut album 'An Evening with Silk Sonic' is expected to be released later in 2021. "Leave the Door Open" was the first single released by Anderson Paak and Bruno Mars' newly formed group.
Said intro features Bootsy Collins, a funk musician from back in the day who went on to be inducted, as a member of Parliament-Funkadelic, into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997. And whereas he may not be an A lister in more recent times, he is someonewho has a lot of respectand recognition within the R&B, soul and hip-hop communities. In facthe is involvedin an entire forthcoming Silk Sonic album, which is reportedly entitled "An Evening with Silk Sonic". Indeed one may likely conclude that the thesis sentiment of this song, as given by the title and chorus, is based on the singer's desire to have the addressee come over. Rather we can say it's more like the vocalist assuring this lady that when she does come around, he's going to show her a good time. On May 27, 2021, they performed the song at the 2021 iHeartRadio Music Awards utilizing a 1970s aesthetic.
Silk Sonic was joined by two back-up vocalists, all dressed in "dark azure crushed velvet blazers" "with roses attached to the lapels" and tinted sunglasses as Paak wore a flat cap. It started with Mars playing the piano for a stripped version, as Paak sang his first verse with Mars and the backup singers as the "crowd sang it back to them". At this point, the music stopped as Paak "ripped off his glasses and let out a "wooo" to which Mars responded, "Let's go! "." Afterwards the full instrumental kicked in, and along with a featured a minimalist choreography Silk Sonic invited the audience to sing-along to the chorus, matching their harmonies. During it, Mars and Paak gave an "up-closer and more personal" serenade to the women that were in the front row. At this point, Mars took the hand of one of the women "and placed in on his bare chest."
The list of performances for the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards was announced on March 7, 2021, and Silk Sonic were not a part of it. He finished the letter by saying, "I hope you'll consider this request and give us the opportunity to shine." Silk Sonic were announced as performers on the show after "playfully campaigning" the week before. The Grammy's executive producer, Ben Winston, said Mars decided to "have fun and tease" regarding the show. Nevertheless, Winston wanted Paak to perform "Lockdown", however, he decided to ask the duo to perform. American singer-songwriter Tayla Parx, who has worked previously with Paak, said its modern sound comes from the "conversational" lyrics and Paak's "personality" and silliness.
Harding commented that its modern approach can be heard at the end of Paak's first verse, to which Parx responded "You can hear in his voice, but those cadences are still very contemporary". Harding noticed how Paak made the influences heard on the track his own. See media help."Leave the Door Open" is a Philadelphia soul and R&B song. Gil Kaufman from Billboard described it as a "finger-snapping, slinky R&B jam". Its instrumentation includes a "descending guitar glissando", a glockenspiel, "swooning strings", "honeyed backing vocals", "soft piano and smooth vocals". The song also features key changes, and a contrast between "grainy lead and perfectionist backup vocals".
The song is Mars' and .Paak's lead single off their upcoming collaborative album, An Evening With Silk Sonic. All lyrics are property and copyright of their respective authors, artists and labels. "Leave The Door Open" debuted at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 during the chart week of March 20, 2021. The song has since peaked at #1 during the week ending April 17, 2021. Anderson Paak's ad-libs pay tribute to several 20th century music pieces, including The Jimi Hendrix Experience's May 1967 hit single, "Purple Haze". Bruno Mars lyrics are property and copyright of their owners.
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LyricsRoll assumes no responsibility for any loss or damage resulting from such use. Latest Leave The Door Open Song lyrics written by Brandon Anderson, Christopher Brown, Dernst Emile, Peter Her and produced by D'Mile, Bruno Mars. He and Paak also put together a one-minute track entitled Silk Sonic Intro which leads into this song.
Gaana offers you free, unlimited access to over 30 million Hindi Songs, Bollywood Music, English MP3 songs, Regional Music & Mirchi Play. They made their performance debut at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards, on March 14, 2021, adopting a 70s aesthetic accompanied only by two backup singers. They completed their look with sunglasses, Paak wore heart-shaped ones. As Paak sung, Mars and the two back-up singers moved "in unison behind him", dancing in a triangular shape.
Mars would then move into the center replacing Paak, and the latter would sing along with the back-up singers. In the background, a "constellation" of "twinkle effects and star wipes" rotated. "Leave the Door Open" was written by Mars, Brandon Anderson, Dernst Emile II and Christopher Brody Brown. The latter also played the guitar and congas, while the former played the piano. Charles Moniz, with engineering assistant Alex Resoagli, engineered the song. Serban Ghenea mixed "Leave the Door Open" at MixStar Studios in Virginia Beach, with John Hanes serving as the mix engineer.
