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"Pretty Wings" is a single by American singer-songwriter Maxwell, taken from his fourth studio album BLACKsummers'night. It was written and produced by Maxwell and Hod David. It was written and produced by Maxwell and Hod David.
The song, Maxwell's biggest hit to date, spent eight weeks at number one on the US R&B chart and peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100. It is his first number-one R&B hit, eventually followed by "Pretty Wings" in 2009. According to R. Kelly, Maxwell didn't want to sing "Fortunate".
The deluxe version includes video, entitled "5DAYSofBLACK", which discusses the development of songs and also includes the music video for "Pretty Wings". The album produced four singles. Its lead single "Pretty Wings" debuted at number one on the US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, [ 8 ] ultimately spending 47 weeks on the chart. [ 9 ]
David Maxwell (March 10, 1943 [1] – February 13, 2015) [2] was an American blues pianist, songwriter, and singer.. Over his lengthy career, Maxwell variously worked with Louisiana Red, Muddy Waters, Skip James, Bonnie Raitt, John Lee Hooker, James Cotton, Levon Helm, Buddy Guy, Jimmy Rogers, Charlie Musselwhite, Johnny Adams, Ronnie Earl, Freddie King and Hubert Sumlin. [2]
The video was directed by fashion photographer Bruce Weber. Stephanie Seymour appeared in music videos for Guns N' Roses, in the early 1990s. Tawny Kitaen appeared in several of Whitesnake's music videos in the late 1980s. Tyra Banks appeared in George Michael's "Too Funky" music video in 1992, alongside supermodel Linda Evangelista and others.
Pages in category "Songs written by Maxwell (musician)" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. ... Pretty Wings; S. Smile (The Alchemist song)
"Cold" is a song written by American R&B/soul singer Maxwell and Hod David. The song is the B-side to his number-one R&B hit single "Pretty Wings", and released from his album BLACKsummers'night. Cold was released as a single on June 23, 2009, peaking to number-one on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales and number-two on Hot 100 Singles ...
The song is one of the more structured compositions on Pretty on the Inside, with both its lyrics and music following a more standard verse-chorus-verse formula. The music was composed by the lead guitarist Eric Erlandson , the bass guitarist Jill Emery and the drummer Caroline Rue with additions by Love, who focused primarily on lyrics.