"With You" is a song by American recording artist Jessica Simpson from her third studio album, In This Skin (2003). It was released as the album's second single on November 3, 2003, by Columbia Records. Overall, the song was Simpson's seventh single in the United States and her fourth single in the United Kingdom. "With You" was written and produced by Billy Mann and Andy Marvel, with additional songwriting by Simpson.
"With You" peaked within the top-10 in Australia and the United Kingdom, and in the top-20 in Ireland, Norway and the United States. The single was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and Platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). The accompanying music video for "With You" was directed by Elliott Lester while Simpson was filming the reality television series Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica. The video received two nominations at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards.
Song information
"With You" was written by Jessica Simpson, Billy Mann, and Andy Marvel, and produced by Andy Marvel and Mann. "With You" lasts for three minutes and twelve seconds, and is in the key of D Minor. According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com by EMI Music Publishing, the song contains instruments such as piano and guitar. About the idea of the song, Simpson said "it's cool for me just because it's my personality [...] Nick [Lachey] loves me with nothing but a T-shirt on so that's where the song idea came from."
Chuck Taylor of Billboard reviewed "With You" favorably, saying "It´s certainly a hitworthy candidate" and citing "Producers Billy Mann and Andy Marvel add a hint of funk to the mix, giving the track enough hip appeal to make the grade at today's top 40." The song was also a Track Pick from the AllMusic review of In This Skin by Stephen Thomas Erlewine, along with "Be", "I Have Loved You." and "Sweetest Sin".
Chart performance
North America
In the United States, the song debuted at number 65 on the Billboard Hot 100 on the issue dated December 27, 2003. On March 20, 2004, the single reached its peak position of number 14 and was awarded the honor of that week's Greatest Gainer Sales. The single stayed on the chart for 23 weeks. "With You" became Simpson's fourth top-forty single in the US and her second highest peak on the chart since "I Wanna Love You Forever" (1999). On the Hot Digital Tracks chart, the single debuted at number 23 on the issue dated January 10, 2004. The song peaked at number seven on the chart with 10,000 digital download sales by February 14, 2004. The single was certified gold by RIAA for selling 500,000 copies. "With You" is her second best selling digital single with 1 million copies sold.
Oceania and Europe
In Australia, the single debuted at number 25 on the ARIA Charts for the week of April 4, 2004. The next week, it reached at number 17. Seven weeks later, the song peaked at number four and stayed on the chart for 24 weeks. In New Zealand, the song only reached at number 39 on the issue of April 19, 2004. In Norway, the single debuted at number 11. This is the last music video in which Simpson and then-husband Nick Lachey appear together as husband and wife.
Synopsis
Simpson is featured chowing down on Chicken of the Sea tuna—an allusion to the first episode, where she asks if the famous tuna brand is really chicken—and buffalo wings, a reference to another gaffe of hers, when she asks if buffalo wings come from buffalo. At one point she is sporting a T-shirt reading "plata-ma-pus," the way Jessica thought "platypus" was pronounced. She is shown around the house making haphazard attempts at housekeeping, another reference to the first episode, when Lachey reproves her for not trying to do more around the house herself. In the video, she floods a sink with soapsuds and awkwardly tries to Swiffer the kitchen floor; a later scene shows her trying to sort dirty laundry. She is also seen golfing, another thing she has difficulty with on the show.
Reception and impact
The video was featured on music programs such as MTV's Total Request Live and MuchMusic. On January 20, 2004, it debuted on Total Request Live; the music video also ranked No. 1 on MuchMusic. It was nominated for two MTV Video Music Awards at the 2004 awards in the categories of Best Female Video and Best Pop Video, but lost both of them. She performed the song at the ceremony along with "Angels". The video was the fourth most played clip on MTV for the week of February 1, 2004. On VH1, the music video was the sixth most played video by February 22, 2004.
Track listings
DVD single
- "With You"
- The making of "With You"
- "Sweetest Sin"
- The making of "Sweetest Sin"
CD 1
- "With You" (album version) – 3:12
- "Fly" (album version) – 3:32
CD 2
- "With You"
- "Irresistible"
- "I Wanna Love You Forever"
Credits and personnel
- Songwriting: Billy Mann, Andy Marvel, Jessica Simpson
- Production: Billy Mann, Andy Marvel
Charts
Weekly charts
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!scope="row"|Canada CHR/Pop (Radio & Records)
|29
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!scope="row"|US Top 40 Tracks (Billboard)
|4
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Year-end charts
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!Position
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!scope="row"|Australia (ARIA)
|14
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!scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC)
|200
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!scope="row"|US Billboard Hot 100
|50
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!scope="row"|US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)
|6
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Certifications
Release history
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! scope="row" rowspan="2"| United States
| November 3, 2003
| Contemporary hit radio
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| December 16, 2003
| DVD
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! scope="row"| Australia
| March 22, 2004
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! scope="row"| United Kingdom
| June 14, 2004
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! scope="row"| Denmark
| June 21, 2004
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