"Backyard Party" is a song by American R&B singer

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. was released on August 21, 2015 as the first

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of his thirteenth studio album ''

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''.

Music video

The official audio for the single was uploaded to

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August 21, 2015.

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also talked about it on their magazine too. The music video features cameo appearances from

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and

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. It shows R. Kelly singing along with his "friends" wearing family reunion shirts. It also shows them riding

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s. Once the song ends in the music video the sound comes on and you can hear people actually singing his Backyard Party song. Then after, the song changes to another one of his songs on his album The Buffet called Marching Band. Backyard Party is a groovy funk, song that has an upbeat tempo to it. This song has the same type of feel as his previous song

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, but it sounds more like the remix than the original.

Remixes

On December 6, 2015, the first official remix of the song was released titled ''Christmas Party''. This was released on SoundCloud.

Live performance

performed this song for the first time on

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2015. and then later on

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with

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. R. Kelly also performed a part of the song on ''

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''. He also sang one of his most famous hits

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Critical reception

"Backyard Party" has received positive ratings from critics and fans alike. It reached 27th on the U.S. R&B/Hip-Hop charts.

Track listing

*Download digital #Backyard Party — 3:31

Charts

Weekly charts

References

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