This is one of the few songs that I really want to succeed this summer. It screams "summer smash" and would also help in "R&B-inizing" mainstream radio. I hope it continues to ascend both the Billboard and iTunes charts!
Unfortunately, not that well. It fell to #67 on iTunes even though it was in the lower 40's last week. It's a shame too, because this song is actually good pop, and better than a lot of the crap out now.
Great. There's a trend on Hot 100 this year in which songs last quite a while to hit Top 10/Top 5/Number1 and climb a lot slower (unless is a big debut). Some songs popularity's decreases at the same time other's slowly increases.