Outside the United States, responses from music markets were relatively similar. The single stayed on the Hot 100 for 27 weeks. "Caught Up" was the only single to not top the Hot 100 compared to the album's four previous releases. It peaked at number eight for two non-consecutive weeks, 15 weeks after its release. In the United States, the single debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 76. "Caught Up" did not live up to the chart-topping performances of Confessions' previous four releases. Kelefa Sanneh of The New York Times called it a "thunderous song" from the album, adding that it gave Usher "a chance to do two of the things he does best: strut and pander". Andy Kellman of Allmusic complimented the song as one of Usher's best moments in the album, together with " Burn". Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine complimented Dre and Vidal for producing an old-sounding music without sampling records, calling it "super-tight" alongside "Follow Me", another song from the album. He characterized Usher's voice playing like a rhythm instruments. Jon Caramanica of Blender magazine referred to the song like a "Southern marching band performing late-'80s R&B". Andrew McGregor of BBC called the song "meaty" and "hip-grinding". "Caught Up" received positive reviews from contemporary critics. Problems playing this file? See media help. The Germany release contains the album version of the song, three of its remixes and the single's music video. It was also released in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom on February 21, 2005, and on March 8 in Germany. The song impacted US rhythmic contemporary and urban radio on January 3, 2005, and it was added to contemporary hit radio on January 11, 2005, alongside a remix featuring rapper Fabolous. "Caught Up" was the fifth and final single from Confessions. Usher felt the collaboration was pleasing, seeing other people responded positively to the song. He recalled, "We had some women, some drinks, some music." After Dre created the beat, they decided to "make sure the mood was inspiring during recording." They went to club to take a break, and played the song in Usher's truck while on the way. When they worked on the track, they partied the whole time which Dre considered a "partly record". During the sessions, Usher asked them to create a "real up-tempo beat". Usher enlisted Philadelphia producers Andre "Dre" Harris and Vidal Davis of Dre & Vidal, along with other musical collaborators.
It received positive reviews from contemporary critics.Īlthough Usher "didn't look too far" when starting working on his fourth studio album Confessions and decided to "continue building" with previous producers, he branched out with several musical collaborators. "Caught Up" also reached the top 20 in Australia, Finland, Ireland, the Netherlands, and New Zealand. The single peaked at number eight in the United States, the only single released from Confessions without topping the Billboard Hot 100, and number nine on in the United Kingdom. The song was released as the fifth and final single from the album on January 3, 2005. It was written by Ryan Toby, Andre Harris, Vidal Davis and Jason Boyd, and produced by Dre & Vidal for Usher's 2004 album, Confessions.
" Caught Up" is a song by American singer Usher.
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