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Hey Mami/Play It Right

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"Hey Mami/Play It Right"
Single by Sylvan Esso
from the album Sylvan Esso
Released2013 (2013)
Genre
Length"Hey Mami": 3:20
"Play It Right": 3:04
Label
Songwriter(s)Sylvan Esso[1]
Sylvan Esso singles chronology
"Hey Mami" / "Play It Right"
(2013)
"Coffee" / "Dress"
(2014)
Music video
"Play It Right" on YouTube

"Hey Mami" is the debut single by Sylvan Esso, released in 2013 from the band's eponymous debut album. The A-side, "Hey Mami", is the album's opening track; while the B-side, "Play It Right", is the album's ninth track. It is the only single the band released on Trekky Records before they moved to Partisan Records.[2][1]

Critical reception

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"Hey Mami"

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"Hey Mami" has received positive reviews from critics. Robin Young and Jeremy Hobson of Here and Now chose it as a Song of the Week in March 2014.[3] Ian Cohen of Pitchfork said the song "succeeds in being a folk song in an ethnomusical sense".[4]

"Play It Right"

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"Play It Right" has also received positive reviews from critics. BUST Magazine described the song as "two sounds and two souls coming together".[5] Bryan Parker of Pop Press International, while giving the parent album a middling rating, praised the song's production, calling it "hard-hitting" and "anthemic".[6]

Music video

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No official music video was created for "Hey Mami"; however, the official music video for "Play It Right" was directed by the band and Remedy.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Sylvan Esso - Sylvan Esso (CD, Album) at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved August 6, 2014.
  2. ^ "Sylvan Esso - Hey Mami / Play It Right (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs. 16 July 2013. Retrieved August 6, 2014.
  3. ^ Young, Robin; Hobson, Jeremy (March 24, 2014). "Song of the Week: Sylvan Esso's 'Hey Mami' - Here & Now". Here and Now. WBUR-FM. Retrieved August 6, 2014.
  4. ^ "Sylvan Esso: Sylvan Esso - Album Reviews - Pitchfork". Pitchfork Media. May 28, 2014. Retrieved August 6, 2014.
  5. ^ "Album Review: Sylvan Esso - Sylvan Esso". BUST. July 17, 2014. Archived from the original on August 10, 2014. Retrieved August 6, 2014.
  6. ^ Parker, Bryan (May 16, 2014). "Album Review: Sylvan Esso – Sylvan Esso - Pop Press International". Pop Press International. Retrieved August 6, 2014.
  7. ^ "Sylvan Esso - Play It Right (Official Music Video) - YouTube". YouTube. Partisan Records. Retrieved August 6, 2014.
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