Brett Clarkson (Song)

''This is about the song. For the British singer see'' Brett Clarkson. "Brett Clarkson" is a single by porno-pop singer Lucas Brandt. It was the third single from Lucas' debut album "World War Sex", released on August 6th, 2012. The song was remixed by Razor & Guido for its single release, and the single version features Brett Clarkson himself. It became Lucas' highest-peaking hit upon release, by hitting the top 5.

Background
"Brett Clarkson" is the seventh track on Lucas' album "World War Sex", and was written by Lucas about his mentor and idol Brett Clarkson. The song reads like an awkward love song to Brett, filled with Lucas' typical sexual innuendo. Several references are made throughout the song to Brett's single and album titles. The song was produced by DJ Frank E, and it is a pop-dance song with dark and emotional synthwork. Lucas always intended to release the song as a single, and it was announced as the follow-up to previous top 10 hits "Down My Throat" and "Stroke The Ego". It was revealed in late June upon the single's announcement that the single version was to contain a guest appearance by Brett Clarkson himself, with the two men having recorded the single version and shot the music video in secret. The song was remixed by remix duo Razor & Guido, whose version is the main single mix of the song. Brett's part of the song includes a new second verse, written in the same style as the original verses - while Lucas makes references to Brett's discography, Brett's verse in the single version make reference to Lucas' own discography. Brett also has a rap on the song about his desirability and how while he is receptive of Lucas' attentions that is as far as Brett is willing to go, and discourages Lucas from any physical interaction.

Reception
In typical fashion critics decried the song, calling Lucas' references to Brett's discography 'cheesy'. The public thought that the song was 'kind of sweet' in Lucas' odd and slutty way, and many were curious what Brett's own reaction to the song would be. As it turned out, Brett was a fan of the song, as he agreed to feature on the single with Lucas. Critics have grudgingly begun to warm to Lucas over the course of the single, with Lucas' nicer attitude despite being as sexually explicit as ever. Radio refused to play the song, which barely charted on the airplay chart before swiftly exiting. It found greater favour with the buying public, becoming Lucas' biggest digital seller and highest charting single.

Music Video
Lucas has wandered into a new strip club with an all-male revue; he looks around a bit disgusted to find that it is a straight-oriented strip club, and he is surrounded by nothing but women – he’s one of the few men in the place. Nevertheless, he sits down by himself to watch the night’s entertainment. A man comes out onto the stage, introducing the night’s star, Brett Clarkson. The music for ‘Brett Clarkson’ begins as Brett himself comes on-stage and begins dancing to it. Lucas can’t take his eyes off Brett as he dances and strips, and with many lustful looks at Brett, is seen singing the first verse of the song from his seat, clearly fantasizing about doing more than just watching the stripper in front of him. Brett continues his routine up on stage, pulling off his pants and tossing them into the crowd, where they land at Lucas’ feet. Lucas is too busy watching Brett to even notice this, as Brett makes his way down off the stage and into the crowd, getting comfortable with some of the females in the audience and kissing them, driving the crowd wild. Brett spots Lucas and decides he can turn the women on even more with some male-on-male attention, so he moves over to Lucas and gives him a lapdance, It is during this lapdance that the first post-chorus call-and-response bit happens, with Lucas trying to touch Brett, and Brett not allowing him to. That night, Lucas is having a troubled sleep as he’s dreaming about Brett from earlier that night.

Brett’s verse of the song takes place in Lucas’ dream. Lucas finds himself in a white space with a long dining table littered with candles. Typically, Lucas is in his underwear. Lucas looks around, and looks down at the other end of the table when he hears Brett singing to him. Lucas watches as women tear Brett’s clothes piece by piece, and Lucas’ enjoyment grows as Brett ends up in less and less. The dream is cut short right as Brett’s underwear is about to be removed, as this is when Lucas wakes up, the dream still running through his mind. Lucas gets a bright idea from his dream – he smiles cheekily at the camera and gets up, putting a pair of jeans on, but no shirt, as he leaves his house, making sure nobody is around to watch him sneaking around at night running whatever scheme he’s about to pull. The next thing we know, we see Brett in an oddly-lit warehouse somewhere, tied up and restrained on a wooden chair looking bewildered and angry. Lucas comes into frame and we realize he’s the one who kidnapped Brett and tied him to the chair, just so he could get up close and personal to Brett without being stopped. Lucas returns the lapdance Brett gave him, trying to kiss Brett’s face and neck while Brett struggles. Lucas doesn’t notice the ropes coming loose.

As Brett delivers his rap, the ropes holding him to the chair come loose and he pushes Lucas off of him. Lucas is too stunned to realize what’s happened, and is helpless to stop Brett from tying him up. Brett stands up and delivers the rest of his rap to Lucas while giving him a very slight striptease (remember, Brett IS a stripper!) while Lucas is again forced to do nothing but watch. Lucas then wakes up, and thinks that the whole thing was just a dream, and then he notices that he has writing all over his torso, and it’s all from Brett. Lucas looks over himself, but is disappointed that Brett didn’t leave his phone number.

Chart Performance
"Brett Clarkson" was heavily tipped to be Lucas' biggest hit to date, however big that would be. The consensus was that it would be the top 5 hit that Lucas was aiming for, and it achieved this by debuting at #5, although some believed it should have charted higher. Digitally it is Lucas' biggest individual seller, and biggest overall (after adding together both parts of his debut single). On airplay it appears to be Lucas worst performer with his lowest cumulative spin total and the least amount of time spent on the chart. This is a disappointment after his previous singles were moderate airplay hits.

Chart Run
TOTAL: 142,534+
 * Week 1: #5 - 60,303
 * Week 2: #7 - 49,291
 * Week 3: #12 - 26,031
 * Week 4: #31 - 6,909