Ain't No Other Man

"Ain't No Other Man"
Song

"Ain't No Other Man" is a R&B song recorded by American singer Christina Aguilera for her third studio album Back to Basics (2006). .

Song information

It was produced by DJ Premier and Charles Roane, and contains a sample from Luis Aviles & The Latin Blues Band's "(I'll Be a) Happy Man". It was released as the album's first single in June, 2006 (see 2006 in music); originally meant to be available for purchase on June 13, it was released early to iTunes on June 3. It debuted on UK radio on June 7, and also on Brazilian radio stations on the same day. It is thought to be Aguilera's comeback single, seeing as it has been performing well and she is returning from a long break since her previous studio album Stripped (2002).

DJ Premier said: "It's pretty much about how Aguilera's husband has stolen her from looking at anybody else, 'cause he's the one who did it for her." Premier also said that "The song is real, real fast, which is definitely different for me, 'cause I don't do real fast tempo... This thing is like 130 beats per minute, but it still sounds like hip-hop Christina".

The song leaked onto internet message boards on June 1, and it began receiving airplay on American radio stations within the same day. Sony/BMG issued a statement regarding the release of the song, claiming that a full investigation would be launched in order to find out how the song was leaked, as they did not intend for the song to be released until after it premiered at the 2006 MTV Movie Awards on June 3. Because of the leak, RCA Records officially released the single to all U.S. radio stations the day after it leaked.

Big Boi from OutKast was scheduled to contribute a rap verse on the remix of the single. It is rumored that his record label pressured him to remove himself from the song to prevent the "Ain't No Other Man" remix from competiting with Outkast's own single, "The Mighty O." RCA subsequently replaced Big Boi with Houston rapper, Chamillionaire. The remix of Ain't No Other Man is currently being considered for release in late July. Due to the quick success of the original single, it may have achieved its peak and is slowly losing movement; music execs think that by releasing the remix, it will give a "fresher" taste to the single and hopefully give a big push just in time for the Back to Basics album release in early August.

Also, Junior Vasquez is set to remix the song with resung vocals.

Music video

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Aguilera in the music video for "Ain't No Other Man" (2006).

The music video, directed by Bryan Barber, was shot on May 1, 2 and 3 in Los Angeles. It was released exclusively to iTunes on June 20th and went to number-one the following day on the iTunes video chart. It then premiered on MTV's Making the Video on June 21.

The music video is supposed to be set back in the 20's to 30's Era, where Christina Aguilera plays the role of her alter ego, Baby Jane. The name is shown on the car's plate and on her dressing room door. The video takes place mostly at a club, with Christina getting ready in the backstage area, and then coming up the stage performing along with the song. In between scenes, there were short vignettes that showed Aguilera in gold and silver dreses, singing to a mic, while photographers are taking pictures. She appeared in several looks; in one of the scenes, Christina appeared using rhinestone studded headphones, showed a bit of a modern day portrayal, though she was using a Phonograph. Choreography is slightly used in the video, as mostly for the on-stage scenes.

In the beginning and in the end of the music video there are clips from another song from Back to Basics, entitled "I Got Trouble."

The music video has been well recieved by audiences. On MTV's Total Request Live, it has achieved the number one video spot on the countdown. It has also been in the top 10 videos on VH1's Top 20 Countdown and number one in TMF's top ten countdown in Europe.

Chart performance

On June 15 2006, "Ain't No Other Man" debuted at number nineteen on the Billboard Hot 100 as a result of strong downloads. The song became Aguilera's highest debut on the Hot 100, a title that was previously held by "I Turn to You" (2000). "Ain't No Other Man" also debuted at number thirty-eight on the Canadian BDS Airplay Chart where it has since reached number four.

Chart (2006)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	6
U.S. Billboard Pop 100	4
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream	9
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay	23
U.S. Billboard Pop 100 Airplay	8
U.S. Billboard Hot Digital Songs	4
U.S. Billboard Hot Digital Tracks	3
U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40	34
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Airplay	10
U.S. iTunes Chart	2
U.S. iTunes Video Chart	1
UK Top 40 Downloads Chart	3
UK iTunes Chart	1
UK iTunes Video Chart	1
UK Top 40 RnB Singles	19
Official UK Top 40 Singles Chart	18
Euro 200	112
Spain Cadena 100 Chart	57
Canadian BDS Airplay Chart	4
Brazilian Singles Chart	48
Top 40 Argentina	27
Australian iTunes Chart	1
Australian iTunes Video Chart	1
Australian Top 40 Digital Track Chart	2
Megacharts NL Mega Top 50	5
Megacharts NL Top 40	17
Luxemburg Chartbreaker Top 50	2
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart	40
Viva Swiss Airplay	20
Viva Swiss Trend Charts	1
Viva Swiss Download Charts	8
Polish Top 10 Digital Track Onet Chart	1
Danish Airplay Chart	7
The Official Dancecharts.DK	22
Denmark Download Top-20	7
Swedish Dance Charts	12
Swedish Urban Charts	6
Finnish Dance Charts	14
Discopress Suomen	16
Scandinavian Dance Charts	20
Romanian Top 100	44
Tokio Hot 100	7
United World Chart	5

Chart trajectories

U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart trajectory
Week	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Position	19	13	9	6	7	8

MTV's Total Request Live daily trajectory
Day	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Position	6	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	3	2	1	1

Canadian BDS Airplay chart trajectory
Week	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Position	38	19	10	7	6	4

Brazilian Singles Chart trajectory
Week	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Position	88	74	65	48

Official UK Top 40 Singles Chart trajectory
Week	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Position	18

Spain Cadena 100 Official Singles trajectory
Week	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Position	57*

United World Chart trajectory
Week	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Position	39	20	10	7	5

• Charted on Airplay only.