"Why Dontcha Call Me No More" is a

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by American singer

Yahzarah Dana Nicole Amma Williams (born June 24, 1978), is known professionally as YahZarah, is a Ghanaian American singer and music producer. She is known for radio hits "Wishing" and "Why Dontcha Call Me No More". In 1997, she began her career as a b ...

. The song was released in March 2010 as the lead single for her third studio album, ''

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Writing and recording

The song was written by YahZarah and Phonte Coleman and was produced by Nicolay and Phonte. The song features several instruments including the keyboard, tambourine, live handclaps, drums, the acoustic, bass, and electric guitars.

Release and promotion

In March 2010, "Why Dontcha Call Me No More" was released as the first single of the album and available as a free download on the Foreign Exchange Music's website. The song was available as a free download from The Foreign Exchange Music's website. The song received over 1,000 downloads within the following week.

Music video

The music video was released to

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on May 19, 2010. The video was directed by Matt Koza. The music video was shot back-to-back with Yahzarah's theme song "Yahz", which precedes to "Why Dontcha Call Me No More". The theme of the video was based around 80's cartoon

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. Most of video effects were green screen with Yahzarah wearing a pink dress. The other scenes involved Yahzarah performing with band and her discovering that her boyfriend was cheating on her with another girl. The latter ends with her confronting him with her friends and leaving with her new boyfriend (

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). The video also features cameos appearances from Nicolay and

Phonte Phonte Lyshod Coleman, known mononymously as Phonte (born December 28, 1978), is an American rapper, singer, and producer. He is also a member of Team Supreme, that co-hosts the Questlove Supreme podcast. Phonte is a member of the North Caroli ...

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, Aimee Flint, and Zarinah. The choreographer was Seku Grey and make-up artist was Jessica Williams. Hair and styling was provided by Yarde Noir and Jermal Harris. The 2nd unit cameras were operated by Bunker Seyfert. In addition to the release of the music video, behind-the-scene clips and photos are available on The Foreign Exchange Music's website.Behind the scenes at YahZarah's videoshoot (Part 1)
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Critical response

The song received positive feedback from fans and reviewers of the song. Andy Kellman of Allmusic.com stated,

Personnel

*Vocals: Yahzarah *Written by: Yahzarah and Phonte Coleman *Keyboard: Nicolay *Acoustic Guitar: Nicolay *Bass Guitar: Zo! *Electric guitar: Chris Boerner *Drums: Lil' John Roberts *Handclaps and Tambourine: Yahzarah and Phonte *Produced by: Nicolay and

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