100 Yard Dash

2009 single by Raphael Saadiq the track and field event 100-yard dash 100 Yard Dash Raphael Saadiq - 100 Yard Dash.jpg single Raphael Saadiq The Way I See It 2009 3 30 2008 Soul 2 18 Columbia Bobby Ozuna, Raphael Saadiq Raphael Saadiq Love That Girl 2008 Never Give You Up 2009 "100 Yard Dash" is a song by American recording artist Raphael Saadiq, released as a single on March 30, 2009, by Columbia Records.http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Raphael+Saadiq&titel=100+Yard+Dash&cat=s Raphael Saadiq - 100 Yard Dash Hung Medien 2012-09-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20150716182604/http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Raphael+Saadiq&titel=100+Yard+Dash&cat=s 2015-07-16 live It was the second single from Saadiq's 2008 album The Way I See It. "100 Yard Dash" is an upbeat soul song about love as a fast, impulsive race. Although it did not chart, the song was well received by music critics. Music and lyrics left music Raphael Saadiq - 100 Yard Dash.ogg "100 Yard Dash" sample "100 Yard Dash" is a short, upbeat song with a traditional soul style, tambourine shakes,Menachem Michael February 21, 2009 http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/magazine/reviews/singles/e3i6a1d515f274b8d4efc1db56bd17ddbe6 100 Yard Dash Billboard 2012-10-19 2010-01-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20100114113848/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/magazine/reviews/singles/e3i6a1d515f274b8d4efc1db56bd17ddbe6 dead and a stiff backbeat.Sless-Kitain Areif November 18, 2008 http://timeoutchicago.com/music-nightlife/music/60369/raphael-saadiq Raphael Saadiq Time Out Chicago 2012-09-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304031402/http://timeoutchicago.com/music-nightlife/music/60369/raphael-saadiq March 4, 2016 live Percussionist Jack Ashford played characteristically funky, tambourine shuffle notes on the song. The song's lyrics express playful physicality,Deusner Stephen M. https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/12301-the-way-i-see-it/ Raphael Saadiq: The Way I See It Pitchfork Media October 22, 2008 April 6, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120918094721/http://www.pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/12301-the-way-i-see-it/ September 18, 2012 live and liken love to a fast race that impels a man's heart: "My heart is pumping but still running in place".Hope Clover http://www.villagevoice.com/2008-09-17/music/raphael-saadiq-celebrating-classic-soul-without-merely-aping-it/ Raphael Saadiq, Celebrating Classic Soul Without Merely Aping It The Village Voice New York September 17, 2008 2012-04-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20121017225021/http://www.villagevoice.com/2008-09-17/music/raphael-saadiq-celebrating-classic-soul-without-merely-aping-it/ October 17, 2012 dead Arts critic Ken Tucker views "100 Yard Dash" as exemplary of "top-rate" soul songwriting, writing that, "Saadiq takes an unorthodox metaphor ... and he earns it by the variations he sustains verbally, increasing the tension in the song."Bianculli David Tucker Ken Ken Tucker https://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=95597193&m=95600117 Saadiq Revisits R&B Past In 'The Way I See It' Fresh Air NPR WHYY-FM Philadelphia October 10, 2008 Transcript https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=95597193 2012-04-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20150101040011/http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=95597193&m=95600117 2015-01-01 dead Saadiq sings at an uncharacteristically high pitch,Farinella David John January 1, 2009 https://www.mixonline.com/recording/music-raphael-saadiq-366057 Music: Raphael Saadiq Mix April 21, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120709035758/http://mixonline.com/recording/tracking/music-raphael-saadiq/ 2012-07-09 live the highest of any song on the album.Coachman Dale http://www.clutchmagonline.com/2008/09/raphael-saadiq-world-soul/ Raphael Saadiq: World Soul Clutch Magazine. Sutton New Media LLC September 1, 2008 April 7, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120421171553/http://www.clutchmagonline.com/2008/09/raphael-saadiq-world-soul/ 2012-04-21 dead Music video A music video for the song was released on January 27, 2009.Eisen Benjy January 27, 2009 http://www.spinner.com/2009/01/27/raphael-saadiq-100-yard-dash-video-premiere/ Raphael Saadiq, '100 Yard Dash' — Video Premiere Spinner. AOL 2012-09-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20200518192816/http://www.spinner.com/2009/01/27/raphael-saadiq-100-yard-dash-video-premiere/ May 18, 2020 live It was filmed in black-and-white and incorporated splashes of color in graphics inspired by classic Reprise and Blue Note Records album covers.February 15, 2009 http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=ST&s_site=dfw&p_multi=ST&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=12657A8E6268B358&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM The Fab Five Fort Worth Star-Telegram Your Life section, p. F5 2012-09-18 Saadiq wanted the video to serve as an "extension" of the song's album and evoke the music era that inspired its sound. Live performances Saadiq performed the song on Live from the Artists Den on December 3, 2008.Concepcion Mariel August 14, 2009 https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/267697/watch-raphael-saadiq-perform-100-yard-dash-live Watch Raphael Saadiq Perform '100 Yard Dash' Live Billboard 2012-10-19 He also performed the song on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on February 10, 2009,Shamz February 11, 2009 http://www.okayplayer.com/news/Video-Raphael-Saadiq-100-Yard-Dash-Live-on-Jay-Leno.html Video: Raphael Saadiq "100 Yard Dash" (Live on Jay Leno) Okayplayer 2012-04-09 https://archive.today/20120908212526/http://www.okayplayer.com/news/Video-Raphael-Saadiq-100-Yard-Dash-Live-on-Jay-Leno.html September 8, 2012 live and on Dancing with the Stars on May 13.Barrett Annie May 13, 2009 http://tvrecaps.ew.com/recap/dancing-with-the-stars-recap-season-8-episode-19/ Dancing With the Stars recap: And Then There Were Three Entertainment Weekly New York 2012-09-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20110614203820/http://tvrecaps.ew.com/recap/dancing-with-the-stars-recap-season-8-episode-19/ June 14, 2011 live Niccole Culver of Creative Loafing cited the song as a "crowd favorite" in a review of Saadiq's performance at the Variety Playhouse in Atlanta.Culver Niccole March 31, 2009 https://creativeloafing.com/content-156693-live-review-raphael-saadiq-at-variety Live review: Raphael Saadiq at Variety Playhouse Creative Loafing Atlanta 2012-10-19 Reception Luke Grundy of The Independent called "100 Yard Dash" "irrepressibly funky",Grundy Luke May 2, 2011 https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/raphael-saadiq-shepherds-bush-empire-london-2277638.html Raphael Saadiq, Shepherd's Bush Empire, London The Independent London 2012-04-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20121111071825/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/raphael-saadiq-shepherds-bush-empire-london-2277638.html November 11, 2012 live and Time Outs Areif Sless-Kitain cited it as one of the "strongest tracks" on The Way I See It. Thomas Fawcett of The Austin Chronicle commented that it "demands a sprint to the dance floor."Fawcett Thomas http://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2008-10-24/693632/ Raphael Saadiq The Austin Chronicle October 24, 2012 2012-04-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303224351/http://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2008-10-24/693632/ March 3, 2016 live Misha Berson of The Seattle Times complimented "Saadiq's high, sweet voice" and the song's "slick soul arrangement," writing that it "evokes happy memories of '60s Motown stars like Marvin Gaye and The Temptations in their prime."Berson Misha September 4, 2009 http://seattletimes.com/html/musicnightlife/2009802264_bumbercountdown04.html Raphael Saadiq finds a new groove of his own in '60s soul The Seattle Times 2012-10-19 Ken Tucker of NPR praised the song's "propulsive melody" and viewed it as "a brilliant take on Smokey Robinson and the Miracles." Michael Menachem of Billboard found the song to be "complemented by Saadiq's vocal, with emphasis in all the right places", and "recorded in the classic tradition of short R&B songs: It leaves listeners wanting more, so they play the record again and again." Nate Chinen of The New York Times named "100 Yard Dash" one of the top-five singles of 2008.Chinen Nate December 21, 2008 https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/21/arts/music/21chin.html Standouts in Rap, Jazz and Country The New York Times AR33 2012-06-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20220615064206/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/21/arts/music/21chin.html?_r=0 June 15, 2022 live The single did not chart.raphael saadiq all 100 Yard Dash - Raphael Saadiq Billboard 2012-10-19 Personnel Credits adapted from liner notes for The Way I See It.The Way I See It Raphael Saadiq 2008 CD liner Columbia Records 88697 08585 2 New York City Jack Ashford – bells, shaker, tambourine, vibraphone Charles Brungardt – recording engineer Tom Coyne – mastering Bobby Ozuna – co-producer, composer Raphael Saadiq – composer, instrumentalist, mixing, producer, recording engineer, vocals References 2 External links P5O3OUjA00Y "100 Yard Dash" Category:2009 singles Category:Columbia Records singles Category:Song recordings produced by Raphael Saadiq Category:Songs written by Raphael Saadiq Category:Raphael Saadiq songs Category:2009 songs Category:Songs written by Robert Ozuna