Maya Simantov

Maya Simantov (Hebrew: מאיה סימנטוב‎), also known as Maya, is an Israeli singer-songwriter, born and raised in Bat Yam to a Jewish family. Maya's debut dance album First Time received acknowledgment as one of Israel's all-time best dance albums and was released internationally by Star69 Records.

In 2005, Maya recorded numerous top ratings on major charts around the world, "Searching" entering the billboard top 25 and "First Time" hitting top 10 on billboard dance/club play.

In 2006, a second album entitled Second Time and the single "Be My Boyfriend" started around the world the "Offermanía" with Maya as one of the main protagonists. For 2007, Offer Nissim released a double album with their best remixes and some his own, in collaboration with Maya; the same happened in 2008 with double album Happy People which includes, among other issues, "I'm In Love", "Wish You Where Here", "Love Me", "Why" and "Happy People".

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Offer Nissim

Offer Nissim (born 1964), is an Israeli DJ, remixer, and record producer. He ranked 4 times on DJ Magazine's annual list of Top 100 DJs: in 2006 (29th), in 2007 (56th), in 2008 (51st) and in 2009 (43rd). In 2012, Nissim produced the official remix to Madonna's hit song "Girl Gone Wild". Subsequently, he was personally invited by the singer to be the MDNA Tour opening act in Israel and Turkey. He is well known for being a supporter of the gay community, leading men-only parties in Israel, playing at gay pride events including San Francisco Pride and NYC Pride 2011, as well as working with transgender singer Dana international.

Discography

Albums

2002 - Excited
2004 - Searching (2 CDs)
2005 - First Time (ft. Maya Simantov)
2005 - The Remixes
2006 - Second Time (ft. Maya Simantov) (2 CDs)
2007 - Forever Tel-Aviv (2 CDs)
2008 - Happy People (2 CDs)
2009 - Happy People (Winter Edition)
2009 - Remixed (2 CDs)
2010 - Pride All Over
2010 - Over You (ft. Maya Simantov)

Singles

(charting songs)

Nissim

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I'm in Love

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Baby I

"Baby I" is a song recorded by American singer Ariana Grande for her debut studio album, Yours Truly (2013). It was written by Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Antonio Dixon and Patrick "J. Que" Smith and produced by the first two. The song was released by Republic Records on July 22, 2013, as the second single from the album.

Background and release

In an interview with Complex, Grande reveals that "Baby I" was originally written by Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds for Beyoncé. Grande also stated that it was actually Mac Miller who picked "Baby I" to be the second single for her album.

Grande opined that "Baby I" was more "sophisticated" and "mature" and showed off her musicality and vocals more than her previous hit single "The Way", which was part of what made her excited to release the song. She was revealing snippets of the song days before its release. The single was released to the digital retailer iTunes on July 22, 2013.

Composition

"Baby I" is an uptempo pop and R&B song that runs for a duration of three minutes and seventeen seconds. "Baby I" is set in common time at a tempo of 102 BPM in the key of C♯ major, and D Major after the bridge. It was written and produced by Babyface, Tony Dixon and j.Que. A writer from Rap-Up describes the track as a "summertime record" which features Grande's "big vocals" over a "breezy beat". Several critics noted the '90s R&B music influence demonstrated in "Baby I", which will also be musically present on the rest of her album, Yours Truly. Additionally, '70s disco energy is also present in the song, with PopCrush describing it as "Mariah Carey gone retro".