30th November, 2024
13th September, 2016Dancehall legend, Grammy Award winner and much loved hit maker extraordinaire Sean Paul marks his debut on legendary record label Island Records with the release of his new single Crick Neck. The single, follows Sean’s recent Sia collaboration Cheap Thrills which hit number 1 on the Billboard and no. 2 on the UK charts, and sees Sean, together with rising Jamaican star Chi Ching Ching, unleashing a bona fide dancehall banger.
Speaking about the inspiration behind the song Paul had this to say “Crickneck is a fun song me an my bredrin chi Ching did 2 show our love 4 the ladies an their sexiness!!! It says we appreciate all that they go thru 2 look good, so much so that we go thru physical pain such as suffering a crickneckjus because the ladies are hard 2 take our eyes off.”
For those of you wishing to try out the specific moves look no further than the accompanying video shot in Kingston earlier this year. “So many dance hall tracks in Jamaica have unique dance moves that everyone knows and dances to. The concept behind the video was to document the creation of a new move, created especially by Sean and Ching and watch it spread around the Island. The opening scene shows Sean and Ching discussing what ‘Crick Neck’ actually means. You see a beautiful girl walk past you and you can’t help but look at her, you Crick your neck to look at her – hence the creation of the Crick Neck move” says Paul.
The pair worked very closely with Sean’s long-term collaborator and legendary chorographer Tanisha Scott (Rihanna, Beyonce, Alicia Keyes) to come up with the move and dancer Nerita McFarlane helped the move spread around the island amongst the local Islanders.
Sean Paul is without doubt one of the most instantly recognisable voices in music and he has continued his remarkable strike rate over the last year with a string of hits including Cheap Thrills: 76 Million Streams On Spotify + over 1.3m Sales on iTunes, Cheap Thrills – No. 1 on the US Chart | No. 2 on the UK Chart (In chart for 23 weeks), Jay Sean (feat. Sean Paul) – Make My Love Go: 39 Million StreamsOn Spotify, Little Mix (feat. Sean Paul) – Hair: 25 Million Streams On Spotify, Matoma & Sean Paul – Paradise: 7 Million Streams on Spotify (inc. various appearances on major Dance Playlists e.g. “Massive Dance Hits” & “UK House Music”, Sak Noel & Sean Paul – Trumpets: 4 Million Streams on Spotify, Strong Social Presence with 8.9m YouTube Views, 1.33m Instagram Followers& 11m Facebook Likes.
In 2002 ‘Dutty Rock’ (fuelled by the massive hit singles Gimme The Light and Get Busy) went double Platinum in US & UK with worldwide sales of 3,400,000+ while 2006’s Temperature reached x4 Platinum in US with sales of over 4m. Over the span of his career, Sean Paul has worked with some of the world’s biggest artists including Beyonce, Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Busta Rhymes, Sia, Kelly Rowland, Enrique Iglesias and 2Chainz, and has also partnered with reggae and dancehall acts such as Damian ‘Junior Gong’ Marley, Mr. Vegas, Beenie Man, Ding Dong, Future Fambo, Tami Chynn, and long-time acquaintances Dutty Cup. Aside from being a top-notch performer, Sean Paul is a much sought after music producer and has created music with a number of top Jamaican artistes.
UK Fans will be able to witness the goodness live when Sean Paul lands in the UK this weekend to headline Bestival on September 11th. Sean has also added an exclusive one-off show at the Electric Ballroom in Camden on Tuesday September 13th. The show sold out in a matter of minutes and promises to be a night to remember with a host of special guests lined up.
Click on the link below to watch the video:
