I Am Real (original) (raw)
"I Am Real" is the debut single by Australian hotelier Simon van Kempen. It was released on 21 April 2011, through JSM Music, during his wife Alex McCord's tenure on the American reality television series The Real Housewives of New York City. The song was written by Allison Beth Simon, Jon Jason Appleton, and Koki Saito, while production was handled by Joel Simon, Ross Hopman, and Saito. During its development, van Kempen and McCord met with the team of writers to ensure that the song's lyrics would represent them accurately. A dance-pop and EDM track, "I Am Real" contains tongue-in-cheek lyrics that address van Kempen's critics. One lyric references a comment McCord used to describe fellow cast member Luann de Lesseps.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| dbo:Work/runtime | 3.2 |
| dbo:abstract | "I Am Real" is the debut single by Australian hotelier Simon van Kempen. It was released on 21 April 2011, through JSM Music, during his wife Alex McCord's tenure on the American reality television series The Real Housewives of New York City. The song was written by Allison Beth Simon, Jon Jason Appleton, and Koki Saito, while production was handled by Joel Simon, Ross Hopman, and Saito. During its development, van Kempen and McCord met with the team of writers to ensure that the song's lyrics would represent them accurately. A dance-pop and EDM track, "I Am Real" contains tongue-in-cheek lyrics that address van Kempen's critics. One lyric references a comment McCord used to describe fellow cast member Luann de Lesseps. "I Am Real" received mostly unfavourable reviews from music critics, who dismissed van Kempen as a television personality who tried launching a singing career. It also received comparisons to "Money Can't Buy You Class" (2010) by de Lesseps. The song was unsuccessful, selling just 1,000 copies in the United States, as of September 2011. van Kempen has since performed "I Am Real" on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen and at Manhattan's annual "Fashion Night Out" event in 2011. (en) |
| dbo:genre | dbr:Electronic_dance_music dbr:Dance-pop |
| dbo:recordDate | 2011-03-31 (xsd:date) |
| dbo:releaseDate | 2011-04-21 (xsd:date) |
| dbo:runtime | 192.000000 (xsd:double) |
| dbo:thumbnail | wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/Simon_van_Kempen_"I_Am_Real".png?width |
| dbo:wikiPageExternalLink | https://web.archive.org/web/20110613165151/http:/simonvankempen.com/ |
| dbo:wikiPageID | 67035082 (xsd:integer) |
| dbo:wikiPageLength | 25332 (xsd:nonNegativeInteger) |
| dbo:wikiPageRevisionID | 1102883533 (xsd:integer) |
| dbo:wikiPageWikiLink | dbr:Remix dbr:MTV_News dbc:2011_debut_singles dbr:Bravo_(American_TV_network) dbr:Anti-fan dbr:People_(magazine) dbc:Australian_dance-pop_songs dbc:2011_songs dbc:Diss_tracks dbr:1980s_in_music dbc:The_Real_Housewives dbr:Electronic_dance_music dbr:Money_Can't_Buy_You_Class dbr:The_Real_Housewives dbr:The_Real_Housewives_of_Atlanta dbr:The_Real_Housewives_of_New_York_City dbr:Dance-pop dbr:Andy_Cohen dbr:Luann_de_Lesseps dbr:Manhattan dbr:Streaming_media dbr:Music_journalism dbr:Auto-Tune dbr:CD_Baby dbc:Australian_electronic_dance_music_songs dbr:Twitter dbr:Vulture_(website) dbr:Watch_What_Happens_Live_with_Andy_Cohen dbr:Dance_music dbr:E! dbr:Celebrity dbr:Music_download dbr:JJ_Appleton dbr:Tardy_for_the_Party dbr:The_Awl dbr:The_Hollywood_Reporter dbr:Kim_Zolciak-Biermann dbr:TV_Guide_Magazine dbr:Tongue-in-cheek dbr:Yahoo! dbr:Media_streaming dbr:File:Countess_Luann_de_Lesseps_2011_by_Shankbone.JPG |
| dbo:writer | dbr:JJ_Appleton |
| dbp:alt | A man appears in red lather pants and a black t-shirt against a solid red background. The song's title and his name appear to the left of him. (en) |
| dbp:artist | Simon van Kempen (en) |
| dbp:border | yes (en) |
| dbp:chronology | Simon van Kempen (en) |
| dbp:cover | Simon van Kempen "I Am Real".png (en) |
| dbp:genre | * Dance-pop * EDM (en) |
| dbp:headline | Digital download/streaming (en) Digital download/streamingThug in a Club mix (en) |
| dbp:label | JSM Music (en) |
| dbp:length | 192.0 237.0 |
| dbp:name | I Am Real (en) |
| dbp:note | Thug in a Club mix (en) |
| dbp:producer | * Joel Simon * Ross Hopman * Koki Saito (en) |
| dbp:recorded | 2011-03-31 (xsd:date) |
| dbp:released | 2011-04-21 (xsd:date) |
| dbp:studio | JSM Music (en) |
| dbp:title | I Am Real (en) |
| dbp:type | single (en) |
| dbp:wikiPageUsesTemplate | dbt:' dbt:Abbr dbt:Div_col dbt:Div_col_end dbt:Good_article dbt:Infobox_song dbt:Reflist dbt:Short_description dbt:Sic dbt:Spaced_ndash dbt:Start_date dbt:Track_listing dbt:Youtube dbt:External_music_video dbt:The_Real_Housewives |
| dbp:writer | * Allison Beth Simon * Jon Jason Appleton * Koki Saito (en) |
| dcterms:subject | dbc:2011_debut_singles dbc:Australian_dance-pop_songs dbc:2011_songs dbc:Diss_tracks dbc:The_Real_Housewives dbc:Australian_electronic_dance_music_songs |
| rdf:type | owl:Thing schema:CreativeWork schema:MusicRecording dbo:Work wikidata:Q2188189 wikidata:Q386724 dbo:MusicalWork dbo:Song |
| rdfs:comment | "I Am Real" is the debut single by Australian hotelier Simon van Kempen. It was released on 21 April 2011, through JSM Music, during his wife Alex McCord's tenure on the American reality television series The Real Housewives of New York City. The song was written by Allison Beth Simon, Jon Jason Appleton, and Koki Saito, while production was handled by Joel Simon, Ross Hopman, and Saito. During its development, van Kempen and McCord met with the team of writers to ensure that the song's lyrics would represent them accurately. A dance-pop and EDM track, "I Am Real" contains tongue-in-cheek lyrics that address van Kempen's critics. One lyric references a comment McCord used to describe fellow cast member Luann de Lesseps. (en) |
| rdfs:label | I Am Real (en) |
| owl:sameAs | wikidata:I Am Real https://global.dbpedia.org/id/FwGi6 |
| prov:wasDerivedFrom | wikipedia-en:I_Am_Real?oldid=1102883533&ns=0 |
| foaf:depiction | wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/Countess_Luann_de_Lesseps_2011_by_Shankbone.jpg wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/Simon_van_Kempen_"I_Am_Real".png |
| foaf:isPrimaryTopicOf | wikipedia-en:I_Am_Real |
| foaf:name | I Am Real (en) |
| is dbo:wikiPageRedirects of | dbr:I_Am_Real_(Simon_van_Kempen_song) dbr:I_Am_Real_(song) |
| is dbo:wikiPageWikiLink of | dbr:I'm_Real dbr:I_Am_Real_(Simon_van_Kempen_song) dbr:I_Am_Real_(song) |
| is foaf:primaryTopic of | wikipedia-en:I_Am_Real |
