page_title: Irresistible (Jessica Simpson song)
section_title: Live performances
hierarchical_section_title: Irresistible (Jessica Simpson song) / Live performances
caption_attribution_description: English: Picture of Jessica Simpson taken during a USO/DoD Celebrity Tour at Eagle Base 14 November 2001.
context_page_description: "Irresistible" is a song by American recording artist Jessica Simpson that Sony Music released in 2001, as the lead single from her second studio album of the same name. Its title and concept were proposed by singer-songwriter Pamela Sheyne, while Arnthor Birgisson, an acquaintance of Sony chief executive officer Tommy Mottola, and his partner Anders Bagge developed the melody and co-wrote the verses with Sheyne. It is more sexually suggestive than Simpson's previous songs.
  The song, composed in the key of G sharp minor, is a mid-tempo R&B number with dance-pop, teen pop and funk influences. Instruments featured in the song include strings, synthesizers, percussion, and acoustic piano. The lyrics center on the tension between a young woman's sexual desires and her inhibitions. A So So Def remix of the piece features Lil' Bow Wow and Jermaine Dupri, and incorporates samples of Kool & the Gang's "Jungle Boogie".
  The accompanying music video, directed by Simon Brand, has a James Bond theme and features scenes of Simpson dressed as a spy. A music video for the So So Def remix was also filmed, featuring appearances by Dupri and Lil' Bow Wow inter-cut with scenes of Simpson.
context_section_description: "Irresistible" was included on the setlist of her DreamChaser Tour (2001) and Reality Tour (2004). In the book People in the News: Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey, Terri Dougherty wrote that Simpson wanted the DreamChaser Tour to feature her as a singer and dancer, following the model laid down by performers like Britney Spears. Therefore, Simpson made the choreography more risqué by adding backup dancers and performing dance moves in revealing outfits. The song was also performed on MTV's Total Request Live Tour in which she was supported by six backup dancers. Her performance was commended by The Richmond Times-Dispatch, who wrote that her voice "soared," but criticised by The Buffalo News' Andrea Kibler and St. Louis Post-Dispatch's Kevin C. Johnson, both of  whom opined that Simpson was lip-syncing the whole song.
  Simpson performed the song on The Rosie O'Donnell Show on May 11, 2001. On June 1, she performed at the summer concert Zootopia, organized by Radio Z100. Six days later, she performed on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. On June 11, she appeared on an episode of MuchMusic in Canada, and sang "Irresistible". On June 16, she performed it at Wango Tango, an annual all-day concert organized by KIIS-FM, in California. On July 4, 2001, it was performed at the Macy's 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular, for the celebration of Independence Day. In December 2001, Simpson joined the cast of KBKS-FM's Jingle Bell Bash in Seattle.
  In late 2001, Simpson sang the song as part of MTV's Spring Break program, held in Cancún, Mexico.  She later performed the song at The Monkey Club in Paris, France. "Irresistible" was sung during the 2001 Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve, along with "A Little Bit". In 2002, Simpson sang "Irresistible" at Rockin' for the USA, a music special honoring the United States Armed Forces. In 2004, Simpson went out on her second headlining tour, the Reality Tour, to promote her third studio album In This Skin (2003). The tour, unlike the DreamChaser Tour, had no dance production. On the Houston stop of the North American leg of the tour, Simpson performed "Irresistible" at the end of the show, before singing "With You", a song from In This Skin, as the encore. However, on the Ohio stop, she performed the song after "Underneath", another song from In This Skin. Her performance was approved by Dustin J. Seibert of The Cincinnati Enquirer, who wrote that "Simpson's reliance on her high-octane voice and bubbly personality set her apart from some of her pop counterparts."
caption: Simpson performing the song on the United Service Organization's Celebrity tour
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