''Call Me Irresponsible'' is the fifth

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by Canadian singer

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. Released on May 1, 2007 via 143 and

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, it was produced by

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, and

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. The album features renditions of classic

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songs, including the title track " Call Me Irresponsible", "'

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", and " Comin' Home Baby" featuring

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. Two original tracks were written for the album, "

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" and " Lost", both of which were co-written by Bublé. Receiving mainly positive reception from critics, the album topped record charts in ten different countries, including the

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and the ''Billboard'' 200, Bublé's first entry to top the chart. It was certified four times platinum by

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and platinum by the

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in the United States, with 400,000 and 2 million certified copies respectively.

Release

The album's first single, "Everything", peaked at #46 on the U.S. Hot 100, Bublé's highest-peaking song until " Haven't Met You Yet" became his first Top 40 hit in 2009. It also debuted at number 3 on the Canadian BDS Airplay Charts and now holds the record for the highest debut ever on that chart. It also peaked at number 19 on the Australian

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. Bublé appeared on an ''

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'' season 6 results show to sing " Call Me Irresponsible" when scheduled singer

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, with whom he had collaborated before on the album '' Duets: An American Classic'' (2006) was unable to attend. On Monday, April 23, 2007, members of Bublé's official fanclub Bungalow B were given an exclusive listening party of the album's tracks and a look at a video clip at "Lost", Bublé's second original song. On this day, his official site was also given a makeover to match his coming album and his official YouTube channel released the video for the lead single. The channel also has behind-the-scenes videos and short snippets of videos used to make various commercials and preview clips. The entire album leaked shortly before its release. This album won the

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in 2007.

Critical reception

The album received positive reception from music critics. Matt Collar of

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rated the album four stars out of five, stating, "the album is a breezy, stylish good time... the unexpected reworkings of contemporary pop songs often make the biggest impact". Woodrow Wilkins of ''

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'' described Bublé's performances as "charismatic, talented and just plain good", stating further, "while maintaining a jazz flavor, this arrangement also captures a soulful element". Leigh Maneri of '' The Quinnipiac Chronicle'' rated the album five stars out of five, stating, " It is the perfect mixture of upbeat, soulful and serene melodies".

Chart performance

In the U.S., the album debuted at number two on the ''Billboard'' 200 and rose to number one in its second week.Katie Hasty
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Billboard.com, May 16, 2007. The album is certified 1× platinum in United States. In Australia, the single peaked at number 19 on the

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. While the album debuted on the

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at number 1 with Bublé selling 37,005Undercover – News
copies of the album in the first week and giving him the highest sales for an album by an international artist in Australia for 2007. The album was also certified

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in its first week for shipments of 70,000 copies. The album sold a further 30,634 copies the second week, making Bublé the first artist in Australia for 2007 to sell over 30,000 units two weeks in a row. The album is now certified 4× platinum by

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for shipments of 280,000 copies. The album rose to number one again on July 2 and 9 and once more on July 22. The original version of ''Call Me Irresponsible'' has sold over 300,000 copies in the UK. In Europe, the album was certified 2× Platinum by

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for shipments of two million copies to date.

Track listing

Personnel

Musicians * Michael Bublé – vocals * Jochem van der Saag – programming, sound design * Gerald Clayton – keyboards (1), acoustic piano (5) * Tamir Hendelman – acoustic piano (1, 7), synthesizers (13) *

– acoustic piano (2, 3, 6, 8, 10, 11),

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(3, 8), keyboards (4) * Alan Chang – additional acoustic piano (8), acoustic piano (9) *

Greg Phillinganes Gregory Arthur Phillinganes (born May 12, 1956) is an American keyboardist, vocalist, and arranger. A session musician, Phillinganes has contributed to numerous albums over a broad array of artists and genres. He has toured with artists includin ...

– acoustic piano (12) *

Mike Melvoin Mike Melvoin (May 10, 1937February 22, 2012) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. He served as chairman and president of The Recording Academy and worked as a prolific studio musician, recording with Frank Sinatra, John Lennon, ...

– acoustic piano (13) * Graham Dechter – guitar (1) *

Dean Parks Weldon Dean Parks (born December 6, 1946) is an American session guitarist and record producer from Fort Worth, Texas. Parks has one Grammy nomination. Albums Parks was member of the North Texas State One O'clock Lab Band before moving to Los A ...

– guitar (2–6, 9–12) *

Heitor Pereira Heitor Teixeira Pereira () (born November 29, 1960), or Heitor TP, is a Brazilian composer. In his career, Pereira has recorded with the band Simply Red and several famous musicians, such as Elton John, Rod Stewart, k.d. lang, Milton Nascimento, a ...

– guitar (8) *

Michael Landau Michael Christopher Landau (born June 1, 1958) is an American musician, audio engineer, and record-producer. He is a session musician and guitarist who has played on many albums since the early 1980s with Boz Scaggs, Minoru Niihara, Joni Mitchel ...

– guitar (9) * Keith Scott – guitar (9) * David Sinclair – acoustic guitar (9) * Larry Koonse – guitar (13) * Christoph Luty – bass (1) *

Nathan East Nathan Harrell East (born December 8, 1955) is an American jazz, R&B, and rock bass guitarist and vocalist. With more than 2,000 recordings, East is one of the most recorded bass players in the history of music. East holds a Bachelor of Arts ...

– bass guitar (2, 6) *

Brian Bromberg Brian Bromberg (born December 5, 1960) is an American jazz bassist and record producer who performs on electric and acoustic instruments. Biography Bromberg was born on December 5, 1960, in Tucson, Arizona. His father and brother both played ...

– bass guitar (3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12) * Norm Fisher – bass guitar (9) *

Chuck Berghofer Charles Curtis Berghofer (born June 14, 1937) is an American double bassist and electric bassist, who has worked in jazz and as a session musician in the film industry for more than 60 years, including working on more than 400 movie soundtracks. ...

– bass guitar (13) * Jeff Hamilton – drums (1) *

Vinnie Colaiuta Vincent Peter Colaiuta (born February 5, 1956) is an American drummer known for his technical mastery who has worked as a session musician in many genres. He was inducted into the ''Modern Drummer'' Hall of Fame in 1996 and the ''Classic Drumme ...

– drums (2–8, 10, 12) *

Josh Freese Joshua Ryan Freese (born December 25, 1972) is an American drummer. A member of punk rock band the Vandals since 1989, Freese has also been a member of new wave band Devo since 1996. He was previously a member of hard rock band Guns N' Roses ...

– drums (9) * Joe LaBarbera – drums (11) * Ralph Humphrey – drums (13) *

Emil Richards Emil Richards (born Emilio Joseph Radocchia; September 2, 1932 – December 13, 2019) was an American vibraphonist and percussionist. Biography Musician Richards began playing the xylophone aged six. In High School, he performed with the ...

– percussion (1) * Rafael Padilla – percussion (2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12) *

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– percussion (4, 8) * Marcelo Costa – percussion (8) * Don Williams – percussion (13) * Joel Peskin – saxophone solo (10) *

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– backing vocals (3) *

– vocals (5) *

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– vocals (8) The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra Horn Section (Track 1) * Steve Becknell, Daniel P. Kelley, Joe Meyer and John A. Reynolds –

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* Lee Callet, Frederick Fiddmont, Tom Peterson and Rickey Woodard – saxophones *

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, Guy Nepal, Ryan Porter and Maurice Spears – trombone * Gilbert Castellanos, Sal Cracchiolo, James Ford, Kye Palmer and Bijon Watson – trumpet *

Jim Self James Martin Self (born August 20, 1943) is an American tuba, tubist and composer from Los Angeles. Self has performed extensively in Los Angeles and internationally as a soloist, chamber musician, orchestral tubist, and, most notably, as a stud ...

–

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Horns and Additional backing vocals (Track 10) * David Boruff, Gary Foster Bill Liston, Sal Lozano and Joel Peskin – saxophones * Alan Kaplan, Charles Loper, Bruce Otto and Phil Teele – trombone * Rick Baptist, Wayne Bergeron, Dan Fornero and Bryan Lipps – trumpet Choir (Track 12) * Lynne Fiddmont, Anthony Field, Sharlotte Gibson, Clorishey Lewis, Valerie Pinkston,

Louis Price Louis Bernhardt Price (born March 29, 1953) is an American R&B and soul singer, and actor notable for being the lead singer of the first post- Dennis Edwards led version of The Temptations from 1977 to 1979. Price lived in Chicago as a child and ...

, Donald Smith, Beverley Staunton, Lisa Vaughn, Windy Wagner and

Mervyn Warren Mervyn Edwin Warren (born February 29, 1964) is an American film composer, record producer, Conductor (music), conductor, musical arranger, arranger, lyricist, songwriter, pianist, and vocalist. Warren is a five-time Grammy Award winner and a 1 ...

;Additional vocals * Carmen Carter,

Siedah Garrett Deborah Christine "Siedah" Garrett (born June 24, 1960) is an American singer and songwriter who has written songs and performed backing vocals for many recording artists in the music industry, such as Michael Jackson, the Pointer Sisters, Brand ...

and Toni Scruggs Arrangements * John Clayton Jr. – arrangements (1) * David Foster – arrangements (2–6, 8, 10, 11), horn arrangements (2–5, 10), string arrangements (2, 3, 4, 11), vocal arrangements (5), rhythm arrangements (12) *

Jerry Hey Jerry Hey (born 1950) is an American trumpeter, flugelhornist, horn arranger, string arranger, orchestrator and session musician who has played on hundreds of commercial recordings, including Michael Jackson's '' Thriller'', '' Rock with Y ...

– horn arrangements (2, 3, 5), string arrangements (2) * William Ross – string arrangements (3, 11) * Don Sebesky – horn arrangements (4, 10), string arrangements (4) * Boyz II Men – vocal arrangements (5) *

Paul Buckmaster Paul John Buckmaster (13 June 1946 – 7 November 2017) was a British cellist, arranger, conductor and composer, with a career spanning five decades. He is best known for his orchestral collaborations with David Bowie, Shawn Phillips, Elton Joh ...

– string arrangements (6) * Alan Chang – arrangements (6, 9) * Bill Holman – arrangements (7) *

Jorge Calandrelli Jorge Calandrelli is an Argentine composer, arranger and conductor known for his work with Barbra Streisand, Celine Dion, Arturo Sandoval, Yo-Yo Ma, Tony Bennett, Elton John, Lady Gaga and John Legend. He has won 6 Grammy Awards and has received 2 ...

– string arrangements (8) * Michael Bublé – arrangements (9), horn arrangements (10) *

– arrangements (9) * Mervyn Warren – choir, horn, rhythm and string arrangements (12) *

Johnny Mandel John Alfred Mandel (November 23, 1925June 29, 2020) was an American composer and arranger of popular songs, film music and jazz. The musicians he worked with include Count Basie, Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Anita O'Day, Barbra Streisand, Tony Benn ...

– arrangements (13) ;Music Contractors * Ray Brown, Carmen Carter, Jules Chakin and Gina Zimmitti ;Music Preparation * Julie Eidsvoog, Suzie Katayama and Joann Kane

Production

* David Foster – producer (1–8, 10–13) * Humberto Gatica – producer (1–8, 10–13), recording (1–8, 10–13), mixing * Bob Rock – producer (9) * Johnny Mandel – co-producer (13) * Moogie Canazio – engineer (8) * Eric Helmkamp – recording (9) * Alejandro Rodriguez – additional engineer, digital audio engineer * Jorge Vivo – additional engineer, digital audio engineer * Jochem van der Saag – additional engineer * Chris Brooke – digital audio engineer * Sam Holland – assistant engineer * Mike Houge – assistant engineer * Sam Koop – assistant engineer * Dean Maher – assistant engineer * Eric Mosher – assistant engineer * Jared Nugent – assistant engineer * Eric Rennaker – assistant engineer * Antonio Resendiz – assistant engineer * Andrew Shaw – assistant engineer * Paul Smith – assistant engineer * Seth Waldmann – assistant engineer * Aaron Walk – assistant engineer * Ghian Wright – assistant engineer *

Vlado Meller Vlado Meller (born in 1947 in Humenné as ''Vladimír Meller'') is a Slovak audio mastering engineer, currently with Vlado Meller Mastering in Charleston, South Carolina. Meller works across many genres of music, with credits on rock, hip-hop, p ...

– mastering * Janna Terrasi – A&R administration * Kathy Frangetis – A&R assistant * Courtney Blooding – production coordinator * Maggie Cashman – production assistant * Matt Taylor – art direction, design, additional photography * Ellen Wakayama – art direction * William Claxton – photography * Eric Ogden – photography * Hugo Boss – wardrobe * Bruce Allen – management Studios * Additional recording at

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and Conway Studios (Hollywood, California); Signet Sound Studios, Westlake Audio, The Village Recorder and

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(Los Angeles, California);

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(Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada). * Masteted at

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(New York City, New York).

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References

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