| "Statistics" | ||||
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| Single by Lyfe Jennings | ||||
| from the album I Still Believe | ||||
| Released | June 22, 2010 | |||
| Recorded | 2009 | |||
| Genre | R&B | |||
| Length | 3:23 | |||
| Label | Songbook/CBE/Asylum/Warner Bros. | |||
| Songwriter(s) | C.J. Jennings, C.J. Harris | |||
| Producer(s) | T-Minus | |||
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"Statistics" is an R&B/soul song performed and released by Chester Lyfe Jennings who also co-wrote the song with Tyler Williams. Released in 2010, it was the first track on the artists, self-proclaimed, fourth and final album,I Still Believe. On June 22, 2010, “Statistics,” was released as a single[1] where it reached 19 on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop songs list on September 4, 2010.[2]
The song was inspired by Steve Harvey’s book, "Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man:What Men Really Think About Love, Relationships, Intimacy, and Commitment,"[3] and belts out statistics such as,
- "25% of all men are unstable,
- 25% of all men can't be faithful
- 30% of them don't mean what they say
- And 10% of the remaining 20 is gay
- That leaves you a 10% chance of ever finding your man"[4]
This is sung to a “lullaby-like piano melody”.[5] The song also offers advice on keeping that good one, once he is found.
- "Tell him that you're celibate
- And if he wants some of your goodies he gon' have to work for it"[6]
- ^ "Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Billboard Chart." Billboard Magazine 25 Sep 2010: 54
- ^ "Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Billboard Chart." Billboard Magazine 25 Sep 2010: 54
- ^ Mitchell, Gail (2010). "Lyfe Jennings: After-Lyfe". Billboard. Vol. 122, no. 37. p. 56.
- ^ Jennings, Lyfe. "Statistics." I Still Believe. By Tyler Williams Chester Jermain Jennings. 2010.
- ^ Concepcion, Mariel (2010). "I Still Believe". Billboard. Vol. 122, no. 37. p. 56.
- ^ Jennings, Lyfe. "Statistics." I Still Believe. By Tyler Williams Chester Jermain Jennings. 2010.