Justin Timberlake karaoke - Pusher Love Girl

"Pusher Love Girl" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Justin Timberlake for his third studio album, The 20/20 Experience (2013). It was written and produced by Timberlake, Timothy "Timbaland" Mosley, and Jerome "J-Roc" Harmon, with additional writing from James Fauntleroy. The song is an ode to the "intoxicating effects" of love and sex. "Pusher Love Girl" is a slow-tempo R&B song that goes through several different styles during its eight-minute duration. It opens with an orchestral intro, before transcending into its "funky main section". The song concludes with an outro that sees Timberlake rap over futuristic hip hop beats, comparing several narcotics to the love of his significant other.

"Pusher Love Girl" received generally positive reviews from contemporary music critics, many of whom regarded it as one of the best songs on The 20/20 Experience. Some critics, however, were critical of the song's length and its lyrics.

Timberlake debuted "Pusher Love Girl" live during his comeback performance at DirecTV's Super Night in February 2013. He also performed the song at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards and on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.

Writing for the Houston Chronicle, Joey Guerra stated that Timberlake "hits that unmistakable falsetto" from the first chorus of "Pusher Love Girl".[8] The song, as noted by Sobhi Youssef of Sputnikmusic introduces Timberlake's "beautiful" falsetto at "the apex of his game". musicOMH's David Meller wrote that Timberlake's vocal had "retained some of its boyish appeal but now has a measured, kind of sophisticated charm", while Dean declared that his "trademark falsetto" sounds "as-good-as-ever". The "street-savvy middle range" of Timberlake's vocals further separate him from his boy band start with NSYNC, according to Sean Daly of the Tampa Bay Times.

According to Brown, in the song, Timberlake sounds like he "inhaled" 1970s Stevie Wonder, "breathing it out" as the song "disperses into something spacily 21st century". Rolling Stone reviewer Jody Rosen noted that Timberlake borrows Curtis Mayfield's falsetto and Wonder's chord changes in the song. Jed Gottlieb of the Boston Herald wrote that Timberlake "snatches swagger" from Wonder, Marvin Gaye and Al Green soul "with dashes of Frank Sinatra swing and Prince's heavy breathing". Empire wrote that "Walt Disney meets Quincy Jones" on "Pusher Love Girl" and that the song rivals English space rock band Spiritualized for "dovetailing affection with addiction". Metro's Arwa Haider declared that the song initially recalls Barry White and The Love Unlimited Orchestra, only with "the walrus of lurve's bass croon" replaced by Timberlake's "falsetto yelp".

MSN Music's Robert Christgau cited "Pusher Love Girl" as a highlight of The 20/20 Experience, while Genevieve Koski of The A.V. Club called it the best track on the album. Billboard writer Jason Lipshutz called the song an "extended glide", commenting that even though the song includes some dubious lyrics, Timberlake's "easy delivery will leave listeners hopelessly, er, addicted". Jean Bentley of Hollywood.com write that the intro to "Pusher Love Girl" is "very much in tune" with the "retro-soul vibe" of Timberlake's recent live performances. She wrote that it is one of the catchiest songs on The 20/20 Experience and commented that it "most certainly" would be his "second or third single". The Boston Globe reviewer James Reed wrote that "Pusher Love Girl" begins the album on a "blissed-out high".

Nick Krewen, writing for The Star, dismissed "Pusher Love Girl" as a "dull dirge" of a song that "plods along at a midtempo slog lasting five minutes, before a false ending and equally dull coda drag our carcasses another 400 meters after its initial impact". He wrote that "just when we feel we've escaped with minor scratches", Timberlake repeats the line "I'm a junkie for your love" ad nauseam "until the song reaches its merciful resolution". Robert Copsey of Digital Spy wrote that "Pusher Love Girl" begins "perky enough", but that is "hard to justify" its length when it feels repetitive after the first three minutes and "self-indulgent thereafter". HitFix reviewer Melinda Newman was critical of the lyric "hydroponic jelly bean", commenting: "Is there anyone else on God's green earth that could pull off calling someone that?

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