"City Is Ours" is a song by Big Time Rush. It was written by Eric Sanicola and produced by Kevin Rudolf. The song was released digitally as the band's fifth promotional single on August 3, 2010,[3] and would later be included on the Best of Season 1 EP, released in 2010, as well as on the band's debut studio album, BTR, released on October 11, 2010.
The song is featured in several episodes of Big Time Rush, most prominently in the first season episode "Big Time Video", in which BTR produce a music video based on the song. The instrumental is also part of the show's music cues, serving as a theme for The Jennifers, a glamorous trio of Hollywood "triple-threats" who regularly attract the intention of BTR and the other Palm Woods residents.
An accompanying music video, directed by Petro, was released alongside the single.
Composition and production[]
"City Is Ours" was written by New York-based producer and songwriter Eric Sanicola, who also wrote the song "Halfway There", another song from the first season of Big Time Rush. Kevin Rudolf recorded and produced the track, with mixing and relevant engineering done by Neal H Pogue and assistant Jeremiah "JHop" Olvera. Big Time Rush's vocals were recorded at Westlake Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California.[2]
Release[]
The single was released in Germany on December 3, 2010.[1] This release includes the music video in addition to the song.
"City Is Ours" was briefly heard in the Big Time Rush episode "Big Time Bad Boy", which first aired on Nickelodeon on January 29, 2010. The instrumental track, however, was first heard in the first episode of the series, "Big Time Audition". The song is prominently featured in the episode "Big Time Video", in which it becomes the basis for BTR's first ever music video. To the boys' annoyance, Gustavo Rocque is intent on hiring the "hottest directors in Hollywood", whose (often strange) idea pitches involve only the four members of BTR and not their friends, who want to have roles in the video. Taking matters into their own hands, the boys do what they must to create their own music video, which is directed by Marcos Del Posey and features Mr. Bitters' car as well as shots of the boys and their friends dancing on a rooftop in Los Angeles.
The real-life music video for "City Is Ours", parts of which are incorporated into "Big Time Video", premiered on the same day as the episode.[citation needed]
Chart performance[]
The song debuted and peaked on the U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 at #5
Chart (2010) | Peak
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U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 | 5 |
Credits and personnel[]
Credits adapted from the liner notes of BTR.[2]
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Lyrics[]
Lyrics adapted from the liner notes of BTR.[2]
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Trivia[]
- On the Summer Break Tour the band performed a mash-up of both Big Time Rush (song) and City Is Ours.
- The song was heard in the 2011 Nickelodeon movie Best Player starring Jennette McCurdy and Jerry Trainor.
- There are 2 different versions of the video:
- 1. In Big Time Video, Pop Tiger magazine photographer Marcos Del Posey directed the video of the boys, which also features the recurring characters in the show; however, only the first and third verses of the song were sung.
- 2. On Vevo, additional people came into the video, plus the recurring characters, and the song is the full version.
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