
It fell off the next week, but upon its release as a single it re-entered at number 100, and eventually reached number twenty-five. Calling it a low-point of the album, Matthew Cole of Slant Magazine said that the song was "sappy." Chart performanceĪs a promo single, the song debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 chart at number seventy-one solely from digital downloads. Greg Kot of the Chicago Tribune said that the sweetness of Usher's falsetto balanced out the album's "boilerplate swagger." Fraser McAlpine of BBC Music thought that the song recalled Usher's past slow jams, coining it, "a sumptuous deep-pile carpet of seductive song." Ashante Infantry of the Toronto Star said the song was one of the best on the album, and said that it was a "steamy slow jam." Calling the song "decent," James Reed of the Boston Globe thought the lyrical content was hollow. Tyler Lewis of PopMatters said the song featured "nice falsetto work" from the singer, while Leah Greenblatt of Entertainment Weekly coined the song a "falsetto-laced plea." Īndy Kellman of Allmusic noted the track as a standout from Raymond v. Edna Gunderson of USA Today called Usher's falsetto "charming." Jaime Gill of Yahoo! Music UK said that the song was a delight and that its falsetto tenderness was absent in the rest of the work.

The song makes use of Usher's falsetto range, which was warmly received by critics. It follows the chord progression A–F maj7–G. It is written the key of A major and Usher's vocals span from the low note of E 3 to high note of C 5. It is composed in a "moderate groove" of eighty beats per minute, and is set in common time. "There Goes My Baby" is a, "slinky" down-tempo R&B ballad, with infused hints of neo soul. Problems playing this file? See media help. Composition and critical receptionĪ sample of "There Goes My Baby", in which Usher makes heavy usage of his falsetto range. The song earned Usher a Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance, at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards on February 13, 2011. Usher performed the song a number of times, including at the 2010 BET Awards. The song's accompanying music video features Usher pursuing his love interest in risque scenes. Kelly for the fifth-most number-one's since the chart's inception. The charting gave Usher his eleventh number-one on the chart, tying Ray Charles and R. While reaching a peak of twenty-five on the Billboard Hot 100, it topped the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. "There Goes My Baby" is a down-tempo R&B piece, which makes use of Usher's falsetto range. It was later included the EP's follow-up set, Versus EP. Raymond (2010) on February 9, 2010, and later released to rhythmic and urban airplay as the album's fourth U.S. The song was first released as the second promo single for his sixth studio album, Raymond v. It was written by James Scheffer, Frank Romano, Danny Morris and Rico Love, with the latter producing the song with Jim Jonsin. The song earned Usher a Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance, at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards on February 13, 2011." There Goes My Baby" is a song by American singer Usher.



Raymond (2010) on February 9, 2010, and later released to rhythmic and urban airplay as the album's fourth U. "There Goes My Baby" is a song by American singer Usher.
