"Out of This Club" is a song by Americangirl groupthe Pussycat Dolls from their second studio album,Doll Domination (2008). The song features guest appearances from singerR. Kelly and record producerPolow da Don, who both wrote the song. In the United States, it was serviced tourban contemporary radio stations on October 10, 2008, months after Kelly'sacquittal of possessingchild pornography in 2002. In theR&B song, lead singerNicole Scherzinger teases Kelly to get her tosettle down with piano melodies and a soft beat. The song received mixed reviews frommusic critics, who were split towards Kelly's artistry. The song debuted and peaked at number 24 on the USBillboard Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart. In 2019, "Out of This Club" was removed fromdigital andstreaming platforms, following new allegations ofsexual misconduct andassaulttowards Kelly.

"Out of This Club" was written by its featured artistsR. Kelly andJamal "Polow da Don" Jones, with the former also producing andarranging it.^[1] The song marks the third timeThe Pussycat Dolls collaborated with the record producer, who previously produced "Buttons" fromPCD (2005) and "Whatcha Think About That" ofDoll Domination (2008).^[1][2] The vocals were recorded by Ian Mereness,Abel Garibaldi, Jeff Meeks, and Eric Schlotzer at The Chocolate Factory inChicago, Illinois. It wasmixed byDave Pensado andJaycen Joshua, with Kelly providing additional assistance. It wasprogrammed by Mereness, Meeks, and Schlotzer. Guitars were played by Donnie Lyle and Patrick Hayes. Kelly appeared courtesy ofJive Records.^[1] In August 2008,Rap-Up first reported that "Out of This Club" would be included in the group's second studio albumDoll Domination (2008).^[3] The song impacted USurban contemporary airplay stations on October 12, 2008,^[4] following the release of the album's second single "Whatcha Think About That".^[5] Its followed Kelly'sacquittal of possessing child pornography in 2002 by a couple of months.^[6]

"Out of this Club"

A 24-second sample of the "romanticchorus", where Scherzinger "coos and flirts" with Kelly.^[7][8]

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Musically, "Out of This Club" is aR&B song that runs for a total of four minutes and eight seconds.^[1][8] Described as a "mid-tempo jam",^[3] production is set to 34beats per minute,^[9] and contains "rudimentary piano melodies" and a "plush beat", which results in the song sounding saccharine, lively, and sassy.^[7][10][11] The vocals are "layered on top of one another in a cascading fashion", with the artists usingslang terms such as "conversate".^[10][12] Lyrically,Nicole Scherzinger pleads Kelly "to settle down after a wild life" and prefers to make love outside the club.^[3][11] According to Joey Guerra from theHouston Chronicle, Scherzinger is tired of the "seedystripper life", while Kelly is asugar daddy who is fed-up of theparty lifestyle,^[13][14] which is exemplified by the lyrics, "I drank enough / I danced enough / I partied enough / I sweated enough".^[14] Critics have noted that "Out of This Club" is a possiblesequel toUsher's "Love In This Club" (2008).^[11][13][14] Polow da Don's rap line, "If you ain't got no money, take your broke ass home" issampled fromFergie's "Glamorous" (2007),^[7] which he had previously produced.^[2]

Guerra called "Out of This Club" "oddly appealing".^[13]Nic Oliver ofmusicOMH complimented Kelly as a writer and producer, commenting he is doing a "fine job on the slow jam".^[15] Christian Hoard ofRolling Stone was also complimentary of the production, describing it as "catchy" and he noted down the collaborators as "worth the money".^[7]IGN's Spence D. lacked expectations for Kelly, characterizing the song as a "standard sex you up fare".^[12] However, he did compliment the vocal stylings for "[sounding] cool".^[12] On the contrary, Sal Cinquemani ofSlant Magazine derided Kelly's songwriting as "bottom-notch".^[10] Rashod Ollison ofThe Baltimore Sun labelled Kelly's appearance as "phoned-in", adding he "[does] nothing to elevate the calculated [track]".^[16] Jaime Gill ofYahoo! Music lambasted "Out Of This Club", pinpointing it as the nadir ofDoll Domination. He continued: "This could have been a spiky female riposte to the 'let's have sex in this nitespot toilet' genre pioneered byNelly,Usher and [Kelly], but Scherzinger is noMadonna norPink, and rather than making Kelly spill hisCristal with nerves, she simpers and drools likeJessica Simpson onRohypnol."^[17] Commercially, "Out Of This Club" entered and peaked at number 24 on the USBillboard Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles, a component chart which represented the 25 songs that failed to make an impact on the USHot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.^[18]

In January 2019, thetelevision documentarySurviving R. Kelly exposednew allegations ofsexual misconduct andassault. In response, the Pussycat Dolls asked their former label,Interscope Records to remove the song from allstreaming platforms, meaning neither artist could profit from the song.^[19] Beginning April 2019, the song was also excluded from subsequent CD pressings ofDoll Domination.^[20] During an interview withHeat magazine, memberKimberly Wyatt explained that the collaboration was out of the group's hands: "When it came to the music, and when it came to R. Kelly, that was completely out of my hands. I had nothing to do with the song or the choice. I never met the man, I was never in the studio with him. If I had had more power I probably would have made it a bit different."^[21]

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