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vb. (eye dialect of leaving English)
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"Leavin'" is a song by American singer-songwriter Jesse McCartney, released as the lead single from McCartney's third studio album Departure (2008). Written and produced by Tricky Stewart and The-Dream, with additional writing by James Bunton and Corron Ty Cole, "Leavin'" was sent to U.S. mainstream radios on March 10, 2008.
"Leavin'" was considered a departure from Jesse's young image, having a more adult topic and sound. Lyrically, the song sees Jesse eyeing a female's backside with plans to steal her from her current beau. Sonically, the song is pop with an electro production style. Its music video shows the singer ogling a model for three minutes or so before slipping her the tongue at the end.
"Leavin'" remains one of McCartney's biggest hit singles in the United States to date, receiving huge radio and mainstream play, reaching number one on the Billboard Top 40 Mainstream and the top-ten on the Billboard Hot 100, selling over 2 million digital downloads, and being certified Platinum by Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
"Leavin" is a song by American R&B group Tony! Toni! Toné! It was released on April 12, 1994, as the fourth single from their 1993 album Sons of Soul. The optimistic, upbeat song features turntable scratches and a sample of A Tribe Called Quest's 1990 song "If the Papes Come". Music critics found the song's style and group member Raphael Wiggins' singing reminiscent of Smokey Robinson.
"Leavin'" charted at number 82 on the Billboard Hot 100 and at number 41 on the Hot R&B Singles. It attained its highest charting in New Zealand, where it peaked at number 30.
Leavin is the twentieth studio album by American recording artist Natalie Cole, released on September 26, 2006, by Verve Records. The album consists of ten cover versions of various R&B and pop songs and one original song: "5 Minutes Away." It was the second of Cole's albums to be released by Verve Records, and her first album in four years, following Ask a Woman Who Knows (2002). Cole promoted the album as a return to her R&B roots, distancing herself from an identification as a jazz artist.
After its release, critics gave the album generally positive reviews, praising Cole's interpretations of the covered material, and comparing her favorably to contemporary R&B artists. The album had limited commercial success in the United States, peaking at number 97 on the Billboard 200. Internationally, the album charted in Germany and Switzerland. The album spawned one single – Cole's cover of Aretha Franklin's " Day Dreaming" – with an accompanying music video. She performed the song at the BET special An Evening of Stars: Tribute to Aretha Franklin. She embarked on a theatre tour in the fall of 2006 to support the album.
Usage examples of "leavin'".
Where is there a well that one of our rich old American patriarks will set down by for two years, leavin' off the orts.
But as the time drew near for him to leave me, I see by his meen that he felt bad about leavin' me.