"I Took a Little Something" is a song performed by British singer and songwriter

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. It was released on 18 July 2011 as the second single off her second extended play ''

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''. The song was released onto

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along with a remix bundle, entitled ''I Took a Little Something (Dance Package)''. A dance-pop song, it was written by Florrie,

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, Toby Scott,

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, and Cristopher Thompson, and produced by the

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team.

Composition

"I Took a Little Something" is set at a moderate tempo of 122 beats per minute. The song is a pop, synth-pop, dance-pop and electropop song that incorporates 80's-inspired instrumentation like drums, synths and pads. The song structure repeats several times the chorus over the song, which lasts for four minutes and twelve seconds.

Music video

Despite "I Took a Little Something" not being released as a single until July 2011,

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released a promotional campaign using the song as background on 22 June 2011. The promotional video also stars Florrie wearing products of the company, such as clothing, shoes, underwear, among others. The singer also appears walking on Paris streets, and shopping. The promotional film was directed by Justin Wu.

Reception

The song received overall positive reviews. Niall McMurray stated of the song that it is "one of those incredibly simple, astonishingly effective records in which the verse and chorus turn out to be the same thing", praising the catchy sounds of the hook. Also, in the Rate Your Music website, a platform in which users can review and comment their opinions about different recordings, some users commented about the song that it was an "A-grade song", along with "Experimenting with Rugs". "I Took a Little Something" is considered to be one of the highlights of ''Experiments'', along with "Experimenting with Rugs" and the lead single " Begging Me".

Track listing

Digital download

# I Took a Little Something (Fred Falke Club Mix) 6:22 # I Took a Little Something (Loverush UK! Club Mix) 6:50 # I Took a Little Something (Loverush UK! Radio Edit) 3:30 # I Took a Little Something (Original Version) 4:12 # I Took a Little Something (Radio Edit) 3:33

2024 version

Florrie re-recorded "I Took a Little Something", subtitled "2024 Version", for her long-awaited debut studio album, '' The Lost Ones'', released on June 14, 2024, through Xenomania UK Limited and

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. Arnold revelead the news about the re-recording alongside the album tracklist in March 2024. The song length was cut to 3 minutes and 30 seconds, and was extensively rewritten and features a new structure.

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Spotify * Florrie Arnold — performer, producer, songwriter * Brian Higgins — producer, songwriter * Christopher Thompson — songwriter * Frederick Falke — songwriter * Keith Reid — songwriter * Miranda Cooper — songwriter * Toby Scott — songwriter * Uzoechi Emenike — songwriter

References

{{authority control 2011 songs Florrie songs Songs written by Miranda Cooper Songs written by Fred Falke Songs written by Florrie Songs written by Brian Higgins (producer) Songs written by MNEK British pop rock songs