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"A Public Affair" is the first single from Jessica Simpson's fourth studio album A Public Affair (2006). It features an interpolation of "Ain't No Mountain High Enough".

Critical response and music video

Chuck Taylor of Billboard magazine called the song's production "wildly adventurous" and "maddeningly catchy", and the song itself "A perfect record." Teen People called the song a fun, frothy dance track reminiscent of early Madonna; some in the media have criticized the unoriginality of the song because of its strong similarity to Madonna's "Holiday".

The single's video was shot on June 23 and the late evening of June 24, 2006 at the Moonlight Rollerway in Glendale, California. It features the celebrities Eva Longoria, Christina Milian, Christina Applegate, Maria Menounos, Andy Dick and Ryan Seacrest. It introduces Australian Reshad Strik, whose participation was very commented on the fact of his resemblance to Nick Lachey, Simpson's ex-husband. The video was directed by Brett Ratner. Yahoo! Launch had managed to make a "Fans Version Only" version of the video as well, which instantly reached number one. On July 19 Simpson visited Total Request Live to world premiere the video. The following day the video entered the TRL countdown at number six, the highest debut for any Simpson video; it has since peaked at number two. The video reached number eight on Canada's MuchMusic chart.

Commercial release

The Yahoo! Music download of the song gained media attention because it was made available in MP3 format, without Digital Rights Management, which is normally used to copy protect commercially released singles. However, the price to download the song was $1.99, higher than the $0.99 norm for most DRM protected tracks. The increased price was rationalized not by the DRM-free format, but by offering users the ability to "personalize" the song with a specific name.

The single debuted at number thirty-nine on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, Simpson's second highest debut after "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'". It had previously debuted at number twenty on Billboard's Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which represents the twenty-five singles below the Hot 100's number 100 position that have not yet appeared on the Hot 100. Digital download sales were moderate until the release of the single's music video. In late July "A Public Affair" joined Ashlee Simpson's song "Invisible" in the top ten on the U.S. iTunes Music Store's list of most popular songs, the first time in iTunes history that two siblings had different songs in the top ten. "A Public Affair" has peaked at number fourteen in its fifth week on the Hot 100, and is tied with "With You" and "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" for Simpson's second highest charting single on the Billboard Hot 100 after "I Wanna Love You Forever"

Charts

Notes

1. Chuck Taylor, review of "A Public Affair", Billboard.com.
2. "Jessica Takes A "Holiday"?", TMZ.com, June 23, 2006.
3. Jonathan Cohen, "Simpson Owns Up To 'Public Affair'", Billboard.com, June 26, 2006.
4. "Nervous Simpson Debuts Video on Minnillo's Show", Contactmusic.com, July 20, 2006.
5. "Yahoo sells Jessica Simpson single sans DRM". CNET. Retrieved July 27. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
6. Clover Hope, "Furtado Remains No. 1 With 'Promiscuous'", July 6, 2006.

• Jessica Simpson songs
• 2006 singles