Inescapable
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"Inescapable" is a song by Australian recording artist Jessica Mauboy
, written by Diane Warren
and produced by Youngboyz. It was the first single released from the deluxe edition of Mauboy's second studio album Get 'Em Girls
on 15 July 2011. The song's lyrics revolve around "a relationship all gone wrong but also a celebration." "Inescapable" peaked at number four on the ARIA Singles Chart
and was certified double platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association
(ARIA), becoming her highest-charting single since 2008's "Burn
". An accompanying music video
was directed by Mark Alston and filmed in Sydney
. It features various scenes of Mauboy on different coloured backdrops and ends with a dedication to Jay Dee Springbett
.
and produced by Youngboyz. It was one of the songs Warren and Mauboy worked on in Los Angeles
for her second studio album, Get 'Em Girls
(2010). However, the song did not make the final track list on the standard edition of Get 'em Girls, and was later included on the deluxe edition. Mauboy told The Daily Telegraph
that the song "is just about a relationship all gone wrong but also a celebration." Her manager David Champion said "Inescapable" was a dedication to Sony Music record-label executive Jay Dee Springbett
, who was found dead at his Sydney
apartment on 30 June 2011. Champion said, "Jess and JD worked very closely together on making Inescapable and she is devastated by his passing... His spirit lives on in the recording." "Inescapable" was sent to Australian contemporary hit radio
on 4 July 2011, and was released for digital download
on 15 July.
praised the song for being "catchy, sexy, [and] radio-friendly", while a writer for 97.3 FM
called it "an absolute smash." On 1 August 2011, "Inescapable" debuted at number 20 on the ARIA Singles Chart
, and number eight on the ARIA Urban Singles Chart. The song peaked at numbers four and one, respectively. This gave Mauboy her fifth top-ten hit in Australia. "Inescapable" was certified double platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association
(ARIA), for selling 140,000 digital copies.
for the song was directed by Mark Alston and filmed in Sydney
. A behind-the-scenes video clip from The Daily Telegraph
showed Mauboy on the set of the music video wearing a range of different outfits, including a leopard-print dress, leggings and sky-high heels. One of the scenes also showed Mauboy standing beside a male model who is tied up as she sings to him with a megaphone. The completed video premiered on Vevo
on 15 July 2011.
Many scenes throughout the video are intercut. It opens showing Mauboy singing with a gold microphone in a gold cube without walls on a blue backdrop. The next scene Mauboy appears wearing a leopard-print dress with black boots; she is seen standing beside a man who is tied up as she sings to him with a megaphone in front of a gold backdrop. Another scene shows Mauboy wearing a navy blue jumpsuit in a room full of mirrors. Throughout the video, Mauboy can be seen with two male dancers performing choreography on a dark grey backdrop. The video ends with a dedication to Jay Dee Springbett
saying, "To Jay, We did it! This is our song. Your forever in my heart. Love Jess." A writer for 97.3 FM
called the video "vibrant, fun, [and] colourful fantastic", and wrote that it "showcases Jess at her best & is exactly what the Australian public love about our girl."
on 21 July 2011. On 2 August 2011, she appeared on the grand finale of Australia's Got Talent
to perform "Inescapable". For the performance, Mauboy wore a leopard-print jacket, black dress and black heels. She also performed the song on Sunrise
on 9 August 2011, wearing a black and white dress with black heels.
Jessica Mauboy
Jessica Hilda Mauboy , is an Indigenous Australian R&B singer-songwriter and actress. In 2006, Mauboy was the runner-up on the fourth season of Australian Idol, she had auditioned for the talent show in Alice Springs to pursue a recording career...
, written by Diane Warren
Diane Warren
Diane Eve Warren , is a US songwriter. Her songs have received six Academy Award nominations, five Golden Globe nominations, including one win and seven Grammy Award nominations, including one win. She was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2001...
and produced by Youngboyz. It was the first single released from the deluxe edition of Mauboy's second studio album Get 'Em Girls
Get 'em Girls
Get 'Em Girls is the second studio album by Australian R&B recording artist Jessica Mauboy, released in Australia on 5 November 2010 by Sony Music. Mauboy recorded the album in Los Angeles, New York and Atlanta...
on 15 July 2011. The song's lyrics revolve around "a relationship all gone wrong but also a celebration." "Inescapable" peaked at number four on the ARIA Singles Chart
ARIA Charts
The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...
and was certified double platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association
Australian Recording Industry Association
The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956...
(ARIA), becoming her highest-charting single since 2008's "Burn
Burn (Jessica Mauboy song)
"Burn" is a song by Australian R&B singer Jessica Mauboy. It was written by Mauboy, Taj Jackson, Mich Hansen, David Musumeci and Jonas Jeberg. Following the chart success of Mauboy's lead single, "Running Back", "Burn" was released as the second single off Mauboy's debut album Been Waiting on 22...
". An accompanying music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
was directed by Mark Alston and filmed in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
. It features various scenes of Mauboy on different coloured backdrops and ends with a dedication to Jay Dee Springbett
Jay Dee Springbett
Jay Dee Springbett was a British-born record executive who appeared as a judge on the singing competition Australian Idol during the show's seventh season in 2009...
.
Background
"Inescapable" was written by Diane WarrenDiane Warren
Diane Eve Warren , is a US songwriter. Her songs have received six Academy Award nominations, five Golden Globe nominations, including one win and seven Grammy Award nominations, including one win. She was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2001...
and produced by Youngboyz. It was one of the songs Warren and Mauboy worked on in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
for her second studio album, Get 'Em Girls
Get 'em Girls
Get 'Em Girls is the second studio album by Australian R&B recording artist Jessica Mauboy, released in Australia on 5 November 2010 by Sony Music. Mauboy recorded the album in Los Angeles, New York and Atlanta...
(2010). However, the song did not make the final track list on the standard edition of Get 'em Girls, and was later included on the deluxe edition. Mauboy told The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph (Australia)
The Daily Telegraph is an Australian tabloid newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, by Nationwide News, part of News Corporation.The Tele, as it is also known, was founded in 1879. From 1936 to 1972, it was owned by Frank Packer's Australian Consolidated Press. That year it was sold to...
that the song "is just about a relationship all gone wrong but also a celebration." Her manager David Champion said "Inescapable" was a dedication to Sony Music record-label executive Jay Dee Springbett
Jay Dee Springbett
Jay Dee Springbett was a British-born record executive who appeared as a judge on the singing competition Australian Idol during the show's seventh season in 2009...
, who was found dead at his Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
apartment on 30 June 2011. Champion said, "Jess and JD worked very closely together on making Inescapable and she is devastated by his passing... His spirit lives on in the recording." "Inescapable" was sent to Australian contemporary hit radio
Contemporary hit radio
Contemporary hit radio is a radio format that is common in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by the Top 40 music charts...
on 4 July 2011, and was released for digital download
Music download
A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...
on 15 July.
Reception
"Inescapable" received positive reviews from music critics. Jonathon Moran of The Daily TelegraphThe Daily Telegraph (Australia)
The Daily Telegraph is an Australian tabloid newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, by Nationwide News, part of News Corporation.The Tele, as it is also known, was founded in 1879. From 1936 to 1972, it was owned by Frank Packer's Australian Consolidated Press. That year it was sold to...
praised the song for being "catchy, sexy, [and] radio-friendly", while a writer for 97.3 FM
97.3 FM (Brisbane)
97.3 FM is a commercial radio station in Brisbane, Australia. It is a 50/50 joint venture between DMG and ARN.97.3 FM plays current hits and a variety of 70s, 80s and 90s music , primarily targeted at the 25-54 age group, the group most valued by advertisers...
called it "an absolute smash." On 1 August 2011, "Inescapable" debuted at number 20 on the ARIA Singles Chart
ARIA Charts
The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...
, and number eight on the ARIA Urban Singles Chart. The song peaked at numbers four and one, respectively. This gave Mauboy her fifth top-ten hit in Australia. "Inescapable" was certified double platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association
Australian Recording Industry Association
The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956...
(ARIA), for selling 140,000 digital copies.
Music video
The music videoMusic video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
for the song was directed by Mark Alston and filmed in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
. A behind-the-scenes video clip from The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph (Australia)
The Daily Telegraph is an Australian tabloid newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, by Nationwide News, part of News Corporation.The Tele, as it is also known, was founded in 1879. From 1936 to 1972, it was owned by Frank Packer's Australian Consolidated Press. That year it was sold to...
showed Mauboy on the set of the music video wearing a range of different outfits, including a leopard-print dress, leggings and sky-high heels. One of the scenes also showed Mauboy standing beside a male model who is tied up as she sings to him with a megaphone. The completed video premiered on Vevo
Vevo
Vevo is a music video website. It is a joint venture among Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group, and Abu Dhabi Media with EMI licensing its content to the group without taking an ownership stake. The service was launched officially on December 8, 2009...
on 15 July 2011.
Many scenes throughout the video are intercut. It opens showing Mauboy singing with a gold microphone in a gold cube without walls on a blue backdrop. The next scene Mauboy appears wearing a leopard-print dress with black boots; she is seen standing beside a man who is tied up as she sings to him with a megaphone in front of a gold backdrop. Another scene shows Mauboy wearing a navy blue jumpsuit in a room full of mirrors. Throughout the video, Mauboy can be seen with two male dancers performing choreography on a dark grey backdrop. The video ends with a dedication to Jay Dee Springbett
Jay Dee Springbett
Jay Dee Springbett was a British-born record executive who appeared as a judge on the singing competition Australian Idol during the show's seventh season in 2009...
saying, "To Jay, We did it! This is our song. Your forever in my heart. Love Jess." A writer for 97.3 FM
97.3 FM (Brisbane)
97.3 FM is a commercial radio station in Brisbane, Australia. It is a 50/50 joint venture between DMG and ARN.97.3 FM plays current hits and a variety of 70s, 80s and 90s music , primarily targeted at the 25-54 age group, the group most valued by advertisers...
called the video "vibrant, fun, [and] colourful fantastic", and wrote that it "showcases Jess at her best & is exactly what the Australian public love about our girl."
Live performances
Mauboy performed the song live for the first time at the 2011 ASTRA Awards2011 ASTRA Awards
The 9th Annual ASTRA Awards is an upcoming event to be held on Thursday, 21 July 2011 at the Sydney Theatre. The ASTRA Pioneer Award and the ASTRA Industry Excellence Awards were presented prior to the ceremony at the annual ASTRA Conference, also held in Sydney, on 29 March 2011.-ASTRA Pioneer...
on 21 July 2011. On 2 August 2011, she appeared on the grand finale of Australia's Got Talent
Australia's Got Talent (season 5)
Australia's Got Talent is an Australian reality television show, based on the original UK series, to find new talent. The fifth season premiered on the Seven Network on 3 May 2011 and ended on 2 August 2011, where singer Jack Vidgen was crowned the winner of Australia's Got Talent, while...
to perform "Inescapable". For the performance, Mauboy wore a leopard-print jacket, black dress and black heels. She also performed the song on Sunrise
Sunrise (TV program)
Sunrise is an Australian breakfast television program, broadcast on the Seven Network. On weekdays the programme follows Seven Early News, and runs from 6am through to 9am.-History:...
on 9 August 2011, wearing a black and white dress with black heels.
Track listing
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- Digital download remix
- "Inescapable" (Youngboyz Mix) – 3:35
- "Inescapable" (OFMOrange Factory MusicOrange Factory Music is a production team formed in 1999 by producers and songwriters Jeremy Skaller and Robert Larow. Most noted for their discovery and development of Cash Money/Universal Records recording artist Jay Sean, the duo met at the University of Vermont before moving to New York to...
Mix) – 3:33
Charts and certification
| Chart (2011) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| ARIA Singles Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
4 |
| ARIA Urban Singles Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
1 |
Certification
| Country | Certifications |
|---|---|
| Australia Australian Recording Industry Association The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956... |
2× Platinum |
Release history
| Country | Date | Format | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 4 July 2011 | Contemporary hit radio Contemporary hit radio Contemporary hit radio is a radio format that is common in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by the Top 40 music charts... |
Sony Music Australia |
| 15 July 2011 | Digital download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment... / remix |
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