Paradise (Cody Simpson album)

Paradise is the debut studio album by Australian singer Cody Simpson. It was released on 28 September 2012 by Atlantic Records. The album spawned two singles: "Got Me Good" and "Wish U Were Here" featuring Becky G.

Paradise
Studio album by Cody Simpson
Released	2 October 2012
Length	32:30
Label	Atlantic
Producer	DJ Frank E Adam Messinger Nasri Shawn Campbell Dr. Luke Supa Dups Alex Dezen Chris Morris Drew Pearson
Cody Simpson chronology
Coast to Coast (2011) Paradise (2012) Surfers Paradise (2013)
Singles from Paradise
"Got Me Good" Released: 25 May 2012 "Wish U Were Here" Released: 7 August 2012

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Background

On 12 June 2012, Simpson released Preview to Paradise, a four-song teaser EP. The EP featured the songs "Got Me Good", "So Listen", "Wish U Were Here", and "Gentleman". All of the songs, besides "So Listen" were released as a part of Paradise. Simpson stated the reason behind only having a few collaborations on the album is because "I wanted my debut full length album to be a representation of me."^{[citation needed]} It was released on 28 September 2012.^[2]

Singles

On 25 May 2012, the lead single, "Got Me Good" was released as a teaser on Simpson's official website and radio. The accompanying music video was released on 5 June.^{[citation needed]}

"Wish U Were Here", which features American musician Becky G, was the second official single off the album, released on 12 June 2012. The music video debuted on 7 August 2012. Four days later, three remixes of the song were released.^{[citation needed]}

Promotional singles

"So Listen" was released as a promotional single for Paradise. It features rapper T-Pain. It debuted on Simpson's YouTube channel on 12 March 2012 and was released to iTunes the following day.^{[citation needed]} Simpson stated that the song was not an accurate example of the full album and he only put it on the preview "because my fans like it."^{[citation needed]} The song is included on the Japanese special edition of Paradise.

Track listing

Paradise track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Paradise"	Nasri Atweh Hayley Gene Cody Simpson Adam Messinger Nolan Lambroza	3:16
2.	"Got Me Good"	Simpson John Ryan Rome Jennifer Decilveo	2:54
3.	"Be the One"	Colby O'Donis Simpson Kay-Ta Matsuno Bryan Nelson	2:55
4.	"Hello"	Simpson Drew Pearson Ryan Marrone Garrick Smith Jaden Michaels	3:36
5.	"Tears on Your Pillow"	August Rigo Simpson Dwayne Chin-Quee Mitchum Chin	4:03
6.	"Wish U Were Here" (featuring Becky G)	Taio Cruz Lukasz Gottwald Bonnie McKee Henry Walter Rebbeca Marie Gomez	3:16
7.	"I Love Girls"	Simpson Atweh Messinger Lambroza Lizzy	2:49
8.	"Back to You"	Simpson Jon Bellion	3:36
9.	"Summer Shade"	Simpson Alex Schwartz Joe Khajadourian Michael Warren Joe West Jackson Michelson Craig Paulson Matt Salinas Paul Wright	3:05
10.	"Gentleman"	Simpson Alex Dezen Edwin Serrano	3:00
Total length:			32:30

Limited edition

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"Standing in China"	Max Schneider Kurt Schneider Matthew Gerrard	3:18
12.	"The Reason"	Clarence Coffee, Jr. Jordan Johnson Stefan Johnson Marcus "Marc Lo" Lomax
13.	"Torn Up"	David Jost Geraldo Sandell Joacim Persson Niclas Molinder	3:00

Japanese special edition

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"So Listen" (featuring T-Pain)	Faheem Najm Justin Franks Shawn Campbell Taylor Ross Eddie Serrano Simpson Mac Faoro	3:06
12.	"Standing in China"	Max Schneider Kurt Schneider Matthew Gerrard	3:18
13.	"The Reason"	Clarence Coffee, Jr. Jordan Johnson Stefan Johnson Marcus "Marc Lo" Lomax
14.	"Torn Up"	David Jost Geraldo Sandell Joacim Persson Niclas Molinder	3:00

Preview to Paradise EP

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Got Me Good"	Simpson John Ryan Rome Jennifer Decilveo	2:56
2.	"Wish U Were Here" (featuring Becky G)	Taio Cruz Lukasz Gottwald Bonnie McKee Henry Walter Rebbeca Marie Gomez	3:13
3.	"So Listen" (featuring T-Pain)	Faheem Najm Justin Franks Shawn Campbell Taylor Ross Eddie Serrano Simpson Mac Faoro	3:06
4.	"Gentleman"	Simpson Alex Dezen Edwin Serrano	3:00
Total length:			12:15

Charts

Chart performance for Paradise

Chart (2012)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[3]	31
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[4]	40
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[5]	111
Canadian Albums (Billboard)^[6]	16
French Albums (SNEP)^[7]	157
Irish Albums (IRMA)^[8]	53
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)^[9]	81
US Billboard 200^[10]	27

Release history

Release history and formats for Paradise

Country	Date	Format	Label
Australia^[11]	1 August 2012	CD digital download	Atlantic
Canada^[12]
New Zealand^[13]
United Kingdom^[14]

References

1. Stephen Thomas Erlewine (2 October 2012). "Paradise – Cody Simpson". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
2. "Paradise by Cody Simpson". Apple Inc. iTunes Store. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
3. "Australiancharts.com – Cody Simpson – Paradise". Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
4. "Ultratop.be – Cody Simpson – Paradise" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
5. "Ultratop.be – Cody Simpson – Paradise" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
6. "Cody Simpson Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
7. "Lescharts.com – Cody Simpson – Paradise". Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
8. "Irish-charts.com – Discography Cody Simpson". Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
9. "Spanishcharts.com – Cody Simpson – Paradise". Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
10. "Cody Simpson Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
11. iTunes – Music – Paradise – Album by Cody Simpson
12. iTunes – Music – Paradise – Album by Cody Simpson
13. iTunes – Music – Paradise – Album by Cody Simpson
14. iTunes – Music – Paradise – Album by Cody Simpson