"Already Taken" is a song by American R&B singer Trey Songz

Trey Songz

Tremaine "Trey" Aldon Neverson , better known by his stage name Trey Songz, is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer and actor. His debut album, I Gotta Make It, was released in 2005, while his second album, Trey Day, was released in 2007...

. It was released as a digital download on iTunes

ITunes

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 on June 30, 2010 as a single from the Step Up 3D soundtrack album

Step Up 3D (soundtrack)

Step Up 3D Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the film soundtrack album from the motion picture Step Up 3D. The album was released on July 27, 2010.-Track listing:-Charts:...

 and is also a bonus track on Trey Songz fourth album, Passion, Pain & Pleasure

Passion, Pain & Pleasure

Passion, Pain & Pleasure received positive reviews from most music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 71, based on five reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews"...

. A music video was shot and released on July 27, 2010.

Background

Trey Songz started working on the song with mentor Shaliek Powell in 2010. The producer of Step Up 3D

Step Up 3D (soundtrack)

Step Up 3D Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the film soundtrack album from the motion picture Step Up 3D. The album was released on July 27, 2010.-Track listing:-Charts:...

wanted Trey to contribute to the new soundtrack, because he had also done a couple of songs for the soundtrack of the Step Up

Step Up (film series)

The Step Up films have been successful around the world, with three films already released, Step Up, Step Up 2: The Streets and Step Up 3D.-Step Up 4Ever:A fourth film has been confirmed and is set to be released sometime in 2012...

series. Trey can be seen working on the song in an episode of his documentary series on BET entitled Trey Songz: My Moment.

Reception

The song received heavy airplay and the video was played heavily on TV, mainly by BET. It peaked at number 39 on the R&B/Hip Hop charts.

Live Performances

Trey Songz performed "Already Taken" live on the Jimmy Fallon show August 2, 2010.

Music video

A music video was shot and was directed by Philip Adelman. The video shows off the skills of dancers and their styles, along with Trey Songz singing and being passionate with the leading lady in the video, Helen Gedlu, who also happens to be his ex-girlfriend. The video premiered via www.treysongz.com on July 27, 2010. It also reached number #1 on the BET's 106 & Park

106 & Park

106 & Park is a Top Ten Hip-Hop and R&B music video show, set up in a countdown format, that airs weekdays at 6:00 PM on BET . Since its inception, it was the network's #1 rated show...

countdown.