With You (Jessica Simpson song)

"With You"
Song

"With You" is the second single from Jessica Simpson's 3rd album In This Skin. Released in 2004, the single peaked at #14 in the USA becoming Simpson's 3rd Top 20 single; it also peaked at #7 in the UK.

Song information

"With You" was written by Simpson, billymann, and Andy Marvel, and produced by Andy Marvel and billyman. Simpson having co-writing credit on "With You" marked the first time that she had received writing credit on any of her singles. In this earthy girl-power anthem dedicated to being yourself, Jessica recalls how when she's with the one she loves, she doesn't need to put up a front. "With him", she can let her hair down low, or say anything crazy, yet she knows he'll always catch her if she falls, and he even makes her feel beautiful even if she's got nothing but a T-Shirt on.

The single is most known (along with Newlyweds) for saving Miss Simpson's recording career (Due to her previous flop singles, and underwhelming album sales, Columbia Records considered dropping her until "With You" became a smash). It is often considered to be the signature song of Miss Simpson.

Music video

As the single was released while Miss Simpson's reality show, Newlyweds was still on air and at the peak of its popularity, the video of the song was created to parallel the show. The video (which apparently takes place at Jessica's mansion) starts off with Miss Simpson washing the dishes and the kitchen floor in an awkward manner. (This is the video's first reference to Newlyweds, as Simpson complained on the show about housecleaning, as she never done it in her life before being married). In the midst of washing the dishes, Simpson is seen with a shirt that says "Plata-Ma-Pus". (She gained infamy when she became confused over the proununciation of platypus as "plata-poos" or "plata-ma-pus" on the show.)

The video then shifts into the second verse showing a picture of Jessica with her husband, Nick Lachey (to remind watchers who the "you" in "With You" refers to). In another joke to Newlyweds, Miss Simpson can be seen on the couch eating Chicken Of The Sea tuna. (She gained infamy on the show when she became confused over what she was eating; she had realized that she was eating tuna, but thought it may have been chicken due to the tuna's trademark.)

The scene soon shifts to yet another reference to the show as Jessica attempts to do dirty laundry (In the show, Miss Simpson showed that she was inept at doing laundry, and at one point gave up, insisting on hiring a housekeeper). The video then launches into arguably the most infamous joke made from Newlyweds: Simpson can be seen over a clean kitchen floor munching on buffalo wings. (In the show, Miss Simpson became confused over the usage of "buffalo" in buffalo wings, and thought that they contained real buffalo meat.) The video finally ends with the last reference to Newlyweds by showing Jessica attempting to golf. (In the show, Miss Simpson claimed that she could not golf well because her huge breasts get in the way). Due to the video's cross appeal to fans of Newlyweds, the video of the song was released as a DVD single.

The video also earned itself two MTV Video Music Award nominations for Best Female Video and Best Pop Video.

Chart success

"With You" was released largely in hopes that the song would revive In This Skin on the charts; luckily for Simpson, the track completed its task well. The single became her biggest hit since 1999's "I Wanna Love You Forever", as it peaked within the top twenty of the Billboard Hot 100. The song became her first #1 hit on the Top 40 Mainstream chart and also made the top five of the Top 40 Tracks. Strong digital downloads would later assure the single a Platinum certification, which it achieved in November 2005 (having previously gone gold in October 2004). However, the song's strong downloads were not able to help it on the charts, as downloads were not counted towards The Billboard Hot 100 until February 2005.

Charts

Year	Chart	Peak
2004	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	14
2004	U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales	17
2004	U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay	15
2004	U.S. Billboard Hot Digital Tracks	7
2004	U.S. Billboard Top 40 Tracks	4
2004	U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream	1
2004	U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40	23
2004	Australian ARIA Top 50 Singles	4
2004	Ireland Top 50 Singles	11
2004	Mexican Top 100 Airplay	41
2004	New Zealand Top 40 Singles	39
2004	Norway Top 100 Singles	11
2004	U.K. Top 75 Singles	7
2004	United World Chart	37

U.S. Billboard Hot 100
Week	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40
Position	65	45	45	45	38	32	24	24	23	19	16	16	14	15	16	21	22	24	23	23	23	36	50

Australian ARIA Top 50 Singles
Week	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Position	25	17	12	5	7	7	5	5	4	6	10	12	13	17	16	19	24	30	35	41	48	49	50	49

External links

• Jessica Simpson's Fan Website