Cry Me A River (Remix)

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artist(s): Justin Timberlake (ft. 50 Cent & Timberland)

title: Cry Me A River (Remix)

album: Justified

drop date: December 28, 2002

thoughts: It was interesting to learn that this song was originally written for Ella Fitzgerald in 1953 by Arthur Hamilton. As we already know, the industry rarely creates but prefers to “reinvent” and straight jack ideas. Either way, Timberlake make this his song to speak on his broken relationship with ex-girlfriend [Britney Spears] and created a hot buzz for a few seconds as to why they broke up. He turned a jazzed ballet into a pop hit for his debut album. I’ll go back to hunting down the original song to hear what was a classic from the 50s.

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