Versus (EP)

Versus EP
EP by Usher
Released	August 24, 2010
Recorded	2008–10
Genre	R&B, dance-pop
Length	37:51
Label	LaFace, Jive
Producer	Usher (exec.), Mark Pitts (exec.), Alexander "Prettyboifresh" Parhm, Jr., Max Martin, Shellback, Polow da Don, Rico Love, Dwayne Nesmith, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, Jim Jonsin, Benny Blanco, Christopher "Drumma Boy" Gholson
Usher chronology
Raymond v. Raymond (2010) Versus EP Looking 4 Myself (2012)
Singles from Versus EP
"DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love" Released: June 25, 2010 "Hot Tottie" Released: August 9, 2010 "Lay You Down" Released: September 28, 2010

Versus EP is the first extended play by American singer Usher. It was released on August 24, 2010 on LaFace Records and Jive Records. It was produced by Polow da Don, Jim Jonsin, Rico Love, Drumma Boy, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Tha Cornaboyz and Max Martin. Versus was the "last chapter of Raymond v. Raymond". The songs talked about Usher being a single father.

The EP debuted at number four on the Billboard 200. It sold 46,000 copies the first week. It became Usher's sixth top-ten album in the United States. The album released two singles. These include "Hot Tottie" and "DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love". Versus reached the top-20 in Canada, top-30 in France, top-40 in Germany, Belgium, and on the Dutch Albums Chart. Many music critics did not like that album was a "pop" album. However, it was given most positive reviews.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Love 'Em All"	Ester Dean, Usher Raymond, Keith Thomas, Alexander "Prettyboifresh" Parhm, Jr., Aubry Delaine, Jeremy "Jay" Stevenson	Parhm, Jr.	3:48
2.	"DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love" (featuring Pitbull)	Max Martin, Shellback, Savan Kotecha, Armando C. Pérez	Martin, Shellback	3:40
3.	"Hot Tottie" (featuring Jay-Z)	Raymond, Dean, Shawn Carter, Jamal Jones, Paul Dawson	Polow da Don	4:59
4.	"Lay You Down"	Rico Love, Raymond, Dwayne Nesmith	Love, Nesmith	4:04
5.	"Lingerie"	Raymond, James Harris III, Terry Lewis, Bobby Ross Avila, Issiah J. Avila	Harris, Lewis	4:13
6.	"There Goes My Baby"	Love, James Scheffer, Frank Romano, Danny Morris	Jonsin, Love	4:43
7.	"Get in My Car" (featuring Bun B)	Raymond, Dean, Jones, Bernard Freeman	Polow da Don	4:09
8.	"Somebody to Love" (Remix) (with Justin Bieber)	Justin Bieber, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus, Jonathan Yip, Heather Bright	Benny Blanco	3:28
9.	"Stranger"	Ryon Lovette, Raymond, Christopher "Drumma Boy" Gholson	Drumma Boy	4:48

Personnel

Credits for Versus from Allmusic.^[1]

The Avila Brothers - Producer Bobby Ross Avila - Synthesizer, Bass, Guitar, Strings, Composer, Vocoder, Fender Rhodes Issiah J. Avila - Composer Walid Azami - Photography Marc Benno - Composer Charlie Bisharat - Strings Benny Blanco - Drums, Keyboards, Programming, Remix Producer, Remix Engineer Heather Bright - Composer Al Burna - Vocal Engineer Shawn Carter - Composer Dru Castro - Harp Lysa Cooper - Stylist Tom Coyne - Mastering Ian Cross - Engineer Lisa D. Dandlinger - Strings Paul Dawson - Composer Ester Dean - Composer Aubry "Big Juice" Delaine - Engineer Aubry Delaine - Composer Lamar Edwards - Keyboards Lauren Evans - Vocals (bckgr) Bernard Freeman - Composer Serban Ghenea - Mixing Christopher "Drumma Boy" Gholson - Composer, Programming, Producer Matty Green - Assistant John Hanes - Mixing James Harris III - Composer Jennifer L. Heilig - Strings Patrick Hewlett - Assistant Sam Holland - Engineer Bob Horn - Mixing Hot Sauce - Keyboards Jimmy Jam - Strings, Producer Jaycen Joshua - Mixing Jamal Jones - Composer Jim Jonsin - Keyboards, Programming, Producer Josh Mosser - Engineer Savan Kotecha - Composer Songa Lee - Strings Jeremy "J Boogs" Levin - Remix Production Coordinator Terry Lewis - Composer, Producer Giancarlo Lino - Assistant Rico Love - Composer, Vocals, Producer Ryon Lovett - Composer

Marjan Malakpour - Stylist Rob Marks - Engineer, Mixing Matt Marrin - Engineer Max Martin - Composer, Producer, Instrumentation Thurston McCrea - Assistant Andrew Mezzi - Assistant Danny Morris - Composer, Keyboards Dwayne Nesmith - Composer, Keyboards, Programming, Producer Alec Newell - Engineer Anthony Palazole - Assistant Joel Pargman - Strings Alexander "Prettyboifresh" Parhm, Jr. - Composer, Producer Nicole Patterson - Make-Up Jonnetta Patton - Artist Development Armando C. Perez - Composer Mark Pitts - Executive Producer Polow da Don - Producer Shawn Porter - Groomer Usher Raymond - Composer, Executive Producer Jeremy Reeves - Composer Tim Roberts - Assistant Engineer, Mixing Assistant Frank Romano - Guitar, Composer Ray Romulus - Composer Leon Russell - Composer Lisa Rydell - Art Direction, Design James Scheffer - Composer Shellback - Composer, Producer, Instrumentation Rob Skipworth - Engineer Brian Stanley - Mixing Mark "Spike" Stent - Mixing The Stereotypes - Vocal Producer Jay Stevenson - Composer, Engineer, Mixing Jeremy Stevenson - Engineer Keith Thomas - Composer Usher - Vocals (bckgr) Jason Wilkie - Assistant Tremaine Williams - Engineer Evan Wilson - Strings James Wisner - Engineer Emily Wright - Engineer Christine Wu - Strings Andrew Wuepper - Assistant Jonathan Yip - Composer

Charts

Chart (2010) Peak position Belgium Albums Chart (Flanders)[2] 27 Belgium Albums Chart (Wallonia)[2] 55 Canadian Albums Chart[3] 12 Dutch Albums Chart[2] 40 French Albums Chart[2] 26 German Albums Chart[4] 35 German Downloads Chart[5] 7 Greek Albums Chart[2] 60 Italian Albums Chart[2] 91 Mexican Albums Chart[2] 92 Swiss Albums Chart[2] 53 US Billboard 200 4 US Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[3] 3

Year-end charts Chart (2010) Position US Billboard 200[6] 186

Release history

Region	Date
United States[7]	August 24, 2010
Canada[8]
Germany[9]	October 1, 2010
France[10]	October 25, 2010
Brazil[11]	November 15, 2010

References

1. Credits: Versus. Allmusic. Retrieved on September 10, 2010.
2. Usher – Versus (EP) Ultratop 50. Hung Medien. Retrieved October 1, 2010
3. "Usher > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Retrieved September 10, 2010.
4. "Usher Versus(ep) Album Performance". aCharts.us. Retrieved September 28, 2010.
5. "Rihanna stormed the download charts" (in German). Media control. Archived from the original on July 14, 2013. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
6. "Best of 2010 - Billboard Top 200". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
7. "Versus: Usher: Music". Amazon.com. 2009-09-09. Retrieved 2010-02-26.
8. "Versus: Usher: Music". Amazon.ca. Retrieved September 5, 2010.
9. "Versus: Usher: Amazon.de: Musik". Amazon.de. Retrieved September 5, 2010.
10. "Versus: Usher: Amazon.fr: Musique" (in French). Amazon.fr. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
11. "Versus - Usher (Brazil release date)" (in Portuguese). Livrariacultura.com.br. Archived from the original on December 31, 2012. Retrieved November 12, 2010.

Other websites

• Official website
• Versus at Metacritic