page_title: LoveStoned
section_title: Critical response
hierarchical_section_title: LoveStoned / Critical response
caption_attribution_description: Justin Timberlake performing "LoveStoned" during his 2007 FutureSex/LoveShow tour.
context_page_description: "LoveStoned" is a song recorded by American singer and songwriter Justin Timberlake for his second studio album, FutureSex/LoveSounds. It was written and produced by Timberlake, Timothy "Timbaland" Mosley and Nate "Danja" Hills. In contrast to the album's theme about sexual innuendos with themes of love, "LoveStoned" contains sexually suggestive lyrics. Musically "LoveStoned" is an upbeat dance song, contrasting with the interlude of "I Think She Knows" which has a more slow, quiet, guitar-driven sound. The song won the Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording at the 2008 ceremony. The official remix by Justice, Tiësto and Kaskade was released later.
context_section_description: In the Entertainment Weekly review of the album, critic Chris Willman wrote: "Superior tracks, like 'LoveStoned' and 'What Comes Around', suggest a happy middle path, where Timberlake can equally embrace Timbaland's canny beats and his own vocal helium." Tim Finney of Pitchfork Media described the song as "brilliantly ... tight, clipped disco funk" and went onto say that it "descends precipitously into the gorgeous melancholy of 'I Think That She Knows', all MOR-rock guitar churn and weightless strings, the same chorus ... transformed from infatuation to the paranoid and elegiac admission of an addict". Lauren Murphy of Entertainment.ie noted "LoveStoned" as excellent and "a sexy, layered affair with inspired violin intervals, and the consecutive interlude is a classy sliver of deftly-produced pop". Lucy Davies of the BBC wrote: "'LoveStoned' is a great track, with chopping violins, beatboxing, and bongos. 'I Think She Knows', the interlude which follows, is quite beautiful, shimmering, and brilliantly constructed." Jonah Weiner of Blender wrote, "From the grinding 'SexyBack' to the percolating 'LoveStoned' ... the vibe is all infectious, feverish build-up." Rolling Stone believed that "LoveStoned/I Think She Knows" was the "madcap peak" of the "historic creative roll" of Timberlake and Timbaland, describing the song as "flowing from hip-hop bump-and-grind to an ambient wash of Interpol-inspired guitar drone."
  In November 2007, musician John Mayer wrote in his blog that he very much preferred the interlude. "Not so much for the 'LoveStoned' part, but for the 45 seconds of ultimate sonic bliss that is 'I Think She Knows'." Mayer went onto say that the song was Timberlake's "breakthrough moment as an artist" and complimented him on the musical style of the song. At the 50th Grammy Awards, "LoveStoned" won a Grammy Award in the category of Best Dance Recording. It was ranked at the number four spot on Entertainment Weekly's "Best Songs of 2007".
  French electronic duo Justice released a remixed version of "LoveStoned" in July 2007. Dutch musician Tiësto was asked to remix "LoveStoned" and released his version of the song on his weekly radio show titled Tiësto's Club Life, which he then later released on iTunes. Guitarist Kaki King recorded a cover portion of "I Think She Knows" for Engine Room Recordings' compilation album Guilt by Association Vol. 2, which was released in November 2008. "Penn Masala", the popular South Asian fusion a cappella group, recorded an a cappella cover of "LoveStoned" fused with the song "Ya Ali" from the Bollywood film, "Gangster (film)" The song was chosen for Best of A Cappella (BOCA) 2010.
caption: Justin Timberlake performing "LoveStoned" during his 2007 FutureSex/LoveShow concert tour
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