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"Put Your Records On" is the second single from English soul singer Corinne Bailey Rae's debut album Corinne Bailey Rae, released in February and early March 2006 throughout Europe. In North America, it was the first single. This track received two nominations at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year, losing both to Dixie Chicks's "Not Ready to Make Nice".
The song was co-written by Rae, John Beck, and Steve Chrisanthou, and produced by Chrisanthou. It crashed into the UK charts at number two and was only kept off the top spot by Madonna's "Sorry." The carefree, chilled out style of both the song and the video – set in South Africa – caught people's imagination and created hype around Corinne that a British urban music artist hasn't enjoyed since Craig David and Ms. Dynamite's emergence in 2000 and 2002 respectively. The song's opening line, "Three little birds sat on my window/ And they tell me I don't need to worry," is a reference to Bob Marley's hit song, Three Little Birds.
"Put Your Records On" enjoyed a wealth of critical and commercial acclaim which helped rocket the album to number one in its first week of release. The track has topped a wealth of charts including the UK Top 40 Downloads and the UK Top 40 R&B Singles; it was also a smash hit on radio reaching at least number two on the UK Top 50 Airplay. However, the single did not chart as well in the US, peaking at #64. As of March 1, 2006, Corinne Bailey Rae became only the second female solo act to top the UK Top 40 Downloads in history.
The acoustic version of this song was a featured "Free Single of the Week" at the Canadian and the U.S. iTunes Music Store.
The song earned a 2007 Grammy Award nomination for "Song of the Year".
The single ended 2006 as the 40th best selling single of the year, with 2,267,000 points.
This song has been covered three times in reality television programmes in 2007. On "American Idol 6", semi-finalist "Antonella Barba" performed this song during the Top 16 week. Also, in the UK's "The X Factor 4", finalist Alisha performed this song during the Top 8. Carly Rae Jepsen also sang it on Canadian Idol. week.
The song appears on the game Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore.
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