Can we talk a little bit about Usher's "Trading Places"?
"Trading Places" was released on October 17, 2008 as the final single from Usher's fifth studio album Here I Stand.
Digital Spy's David Balls gave "Trading Places" three out of five stars, and wrote that the song's lyrics "may be verging on the sickly, but Usher just about gets away with it". Mark Edward Nero of About.com called it "all-around excellent: the vocals, production and (especially the) lyrics all excel". Andy Kellman from Allmusic said that the song was the best of "the small handful of brow-raising moments" on Here I Stand.