Although it failed to reach the top 40, it appeared as the 13th track on Now That's What I Call Music! 44. It was also physically released as a CD single in Germany on October 26, 2012. "Numb" was solicited to US rhythmic radio on August 28, 2012. RCA Records released "Numb" to contemporary hit radio stations in the United States on Augas the fourth single from Looking 4 Myself. It was mixed by Manny Marroquin at Larrabee Sound Studio, Universal City, with Chris Galland and Delbert Bowers serving as mixing assistants and Natural providing vocal production of "Numb". Mark "Exit" Goodchild recorded the song Silent Sound Studios in Atlanta and Glenwood Place Studios in Burbank, while Jorge Velasco, Kory Aaron and Randy Warnken served as recording assistants.
Angello commented that Usher is a great artist and as a trio they like to work with somebody who they respect, than to rather work with "just big name". He further elaborated that they were in Atlanta for five days working on a music for the then upcoming album. In an interview with MTV News, regarding the collaboration with Usher, Angello stated that they met Usher couple years ago and did the American Music Awards together before recruiting in Ibiza. The group agreed to work with Usher, saying they would attempt to make it to Atlanta to start "moving the ball forward". Speaking to The BoomBox, Usher explained that he had wanted to work with Swedish House Mafia ever since he performed with the group at the 2010 American Music Awards. Swedish House Mafia also produced one more song from Looking 4 Myself entitled " Euphoria".
Usher co-wrote "Numb" with Ryon Lovett and Terry Lewis, with production, complete instrumentation, and additional writing provided by EDM group Swedish House Mafia with Alesso and Klas Åhlund. Usher talking about his collaboration with Swedish House Mafia. So tryna get them together at the same time, when I was in Atlanta, we made the most of our time and we cranked out two records" "It was a lot and they're three different DJs but when they come together, they are a production conglomerate. The singer performed the song during his American Express show on Jin London and at the 2012 American Music Awards. Critics were divided on the video although some of them praised the choreography, others criticized Usher's emotions. It represents footage of Usher's life in the near past and features several dramatic scenes of him including taking care of his sons, standing towards a microphone unable to perform and lying together with a sick woman in a hospital. "Numb" was a moderate worldwide success and reached the top-forty in five countries including Belgium, Germany and Australia.Īmerican directors Chris Applebaum and Grace Harry shot the music video for "Numb" it premiered Octoon Usher's Vevo channel. The song received generally positive acclaim from contemporary music critics with many of them praising its club-oriented production. Lyrically, it is "an inspirational song about finding one’s destiny, and becoming numb to the negativity and just following your dreams". "Numb" is a dance-pop and electropop song with house elements which contains revolutionary pop music influences.
RCA Records solicited "Numb" to contemporary hit radio stations on Augin the US as fourth single from the album.
After their joint performance at the 2010 American Music Awards, Usher and Swedish House Mafia managed to start working on recording sessions for Usher's seventh studio album in Atlanta. Usher co-wrote it with Ryon Lovett and Terry Lewis, with production and additional writing provided by Swedish House Mafia, Alesso, and Klas Åhlund. " Numb" is a song recorded by American singer Usher for his seventh studio album Looking 4 Myself (2012).
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