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«Bust Your Windows» is a song recorded by American singer Jazmine Sullivan. It was written by Sullivan and Salaam Remi for her debut studio album Fearless (2008), while production was helmed by the latter. The song uses a sample from Remi’s «Bad Man Waltz» and interpolates a lyric from American rapper Soulja Boy Tell Em’s 2007 single «Crank That (Soulja Boy).» Due to the sample, Soulja Boy is also credited as a songwriter.

Released as the second single from Fearless, «Bust Your Windows» was made available as a digital download on Amazon on September 16, 2008, followed by a physical release on November 15, 2008. It became a top five hit on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and was nominated in the Best R&B Song category for 2009’s Grammy Awards. Rolling Stone magazine ranked it 58th on its list of the 100 Best Songs of 2008.^[1] The song also was listed at number 137 on National Public Radio’s list of The 200 Greatest Songs By 21st Century Women.^[2]

«Bust Your Windows» was written by Jazmine Sullivan along with Salaam Remi for her debut studio album Fearless (2008).^[3] Production was helmed by the latter.^[3] The song uses a sample from Remi’s «Bad Man Waltz.»^[3] It also interpolates the lyric «Now watch me you» from rapper Soulja Boy Tell ‘Em’s 2007 song «Crank That (Soulja Boy).»^[3] When asked about her inspiration for the song and if she had ever busted the windows of a boyfriend or ex-boyfriend in real life, Sullivan replied: «We’re just not gonna get into that. But, it definitely is a real situation, and I’ve run into a lot of men and women who’ve experienced that. It needed to be said, and I was the chick to do it. All you guys have to do is be honest, be faithful, and your windows won’t get busted out.»^[4]

«Bust Your Windows» is set in common time with a moderate tempo of 107 beats per minute and is written in the key of F harmonic minor. It follows the chord progression Fm–D♭–B♭m–C.^[5] Sullivan’s vocal range spans from F₃ to E♭₅.^[5]

«Bust Your Windows» earned largely favorable reviews. Billboard gave it a positive review, describing Sullivan’s performance as «one of the most challenging vocals from a female R&B artist this year. Sullivan’s husky voice floats effortlessly over an eerie underlining violin score, originating from a sample of producer Salaam Remi’s composition «Bad Man Waltz.»^[6] Slant Magazine also reviewed the song favorably: «Sullivan exposes the reality beneath the revenge fantasy: «Oh, but why am I the one who’s still crying?»^[7]

Jon Caramanica, writing for The New York Times noted that «Bust Your Windows» had Sullivan expresing «her feelings with the appropriate tool, a crowbar. «I bust the windows out your car/though it didn’t mend my broken heart» she sings, over Hitchcockesque strings and a buoyant hip-hop beat […] It’s a stellar revenge tune, as sassy and unexpected as Carrie Underwood’s «Before He Cheats,» and an indicator that unlike most soul divas, Ms. Sullivan cuts her misery with a dash of whimsy.»^[8] Jeff Ihaza from Rolling Stone magazine called the song a «timeless revenge fantasy.»^[9]

Released as the second single from Fearless, «Bust Your Windows» was made available as a digital download on Amazon on September 16, 2008, followed by a physical release on November 15, 2008. Fueled by strong radio airplay, it managed to peak at number four on Billboard‘‘s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart,^[10] becoming her second consecutive top five hit on that chart.»^[10] «Bust Your Windows» also debuted at number 81 on the Billboard Hot 100 issued for week 43 of 2008.^[11] It became her second consecutive top 40 hit on the chart and spent a total of 5 weeks within the top 40, eventually peaking at number 31.^[11] The success of the song on this chart continued for weeks on end and it eventually dropped out in early 2009, spending a total of 15 weeks charting.^[11] Elsewhere, «Bust Your Windows» became Sullivan’s second consecutive top 20 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart as well as her second consecutive top 30 hit on the Billboard Hot Adult R&B Songs chart, peaking at number 18 and number 22, respevtively. Towards the end of the single’s promotion, Jazmine performed «Bust Your Windows» on CBS’s The Late Late Show in January 2009.^[12]

A music video for «Bust Your Windows» was directed by Chris Robinson.^[13] On October 10, 2008, the music video for «Bust Your Windows» premiered on BET’s 106 & Park. The video was also placed at 46th on BET’s «Notarized: Top 100 Videos of 2008» countdown.

The visuals feature scenes of adultery involving Sullivan’s boyfriend in the video mimicking the song and song lyrics. The video, however, does not feature Sullivan physically busting out car windows, as fans expected but instead the intense emotion of the song is displayed through Sullivan breaking wine glasses on a table; there is also a trail of glass leading up to the bedroom where she discovered what would bring out this feeling of rage within her.

The setting of the video is dark and features harsh coloured gases passing through the air whilst Sullivan is singing – adding the sense of anger and depression that the video is meant to bring out in the song. Other scenes feature her boyfriend’s guilty conscience of what he’s done – namely when he hesitantly looks himself in the mirror.

• On September 16, 2009, Fox^[14] featured «Bust Your Windows» in their new early fall hit Glee.^[15] The show’s teenage love triangle leads Mercedes (Amber Riley)^[16] to break into her own dream-state music video singing Sullivan’s 2008 hit. The song is also featured on the soundtrack album Glee: The Music, Volume 1.^[17] The Independent‘s Andy Gill praised Riley’s rendition of «Bust Your Windows», calling it the album’s «most compelling moment».^[18]
• Trey Songz has covered this song, releasing the underground track as a response from the male antagonist in the original song by Sullivan.
• The official remix features The-Dream. This remix is also featured on the 12″ Vinyl release of the song in the U.S.
• Skillz has made a remix, which contains additional vocals by Sullivan (though is not the official remix).
• Chamillionaire has also produced a freestyle called «Car Windows» which features Chalie Boy.
• Jim Jones, Busta Rhymes and Gorilla Zoe have made remixes to the song.
• Ace Hood has also recorded a freestyle over this song.
• In 2011, Jesy Nelson of Little Mix sang the song for her audition for The X Factor (UK).
• The song was also featured in the movie Step Up 3D. The song was covered by a contestant on The Voice UK in May 2013 and caused the song to enter the charts for the first time.
• Chris Hollins and Ola Jordan performed an Argentine tango to the song in the semi-final of the seventh series of Strictly Come Dancing. They went on to win the competition.
• In Mo Seok, Jo Hwanji, and Soko performed a trio arrangement of the song in Phantom Singer 3 Episode 9.^[19] It was released in the album Phantom Singer3 Episode.7.^[20]

Notes

• ^{^[a]} denotes additional producer(s)

Credits adapted from the album’s liner notes.^[3]

• Stephen Coleman – orchestral arrangement
• Ron Feuer – instruments
• Vincent Henry – instruments
• Jazmine Sullivan – vocalist, writer
• Salaam Remi – instruments, producer, writer
• DeAndre Way – writer (sample)

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Bust Your Windows by Jazmine Sullivan is featured in Acafellas, the third episode of Season One. It is sung by Mercedes, with the Cheerios singing back-up.

Mercedes sings the song after breaking Kurt’s new car windshield with a rock because Kurt told her that he is in love with Rachel to cover up the fact that he is gay and is in love with Finn. This angers Mercedes because she has a crush on Kurt and believes he led her on. The Cheerios, including Brittany, sing back-up vocals and wear bathing suits that correspond to their cheerleading uniforms. They also contribute to smashing a car’s windows in the auditorium during the performance.

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• This is the first ever released Mercedes solo.
• The car shown in the performance was a Lincoln Navigator, but in a live performance, the car shown was a Cadillac Escalade.
• Amber Riley considers this her favorite cover on the show.

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• You can see Kurt in the background bouncing back and forth from standing «frozen in shock» to desperately leaning on the hood at almost every angle change.

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I bust the windows out ya car
And no it didn’t mend my broken heart
I’ll probably always have these ugly scars
But right now I don’t care about that part

I bust the windows out ya car
After I saw you laying next to her
I didn’t wanna but I took my turn
I’m glad I did it cause you had to learn…

I must admit it helped a little bit
To think of how you’d feel when you saw it
I didn’t know that I had that much strength
But I’m glad you see what happens when…

You see can’t just play with people’s feelings
Tell them you love them and don’t mean it
You’ll probably say that it was juvenile
But I think that I deserve to smile

I bust the windows out ya car
You know I did it cause I left my mark
Wrote my initials with the crowbar
And then I drove off into the dark

I bust the windows out ya car
You should feel lucky that that’s all I did
After five whole years of this bullshit
Gave you all of me and you played with it

I must admit it helped a little bit
To think of how you’d feel when you saw it
I didn’t know that I had that much strength
But I’m glad you see what happens when…

You see you can’t just play with people’s feelings
Tell them you love them and don’t mean it
You’ll probably say that it was juvenile
But I think that I deserve to smile

But it don’t comfort to my broken heart
You could never feel how I felt that day
Until it happens baby you don’t know pain

Oooh Yeah I did it (Yeah I did it)
You should know it (You should know it)
I ain’t sorry (I ain’t sorry)
You deserved it (You deserved it)

After what you did to me (After what you did)
You deserved it (You deserved it)
I ain’t sorry (I ain’t sorry)
No no oh… (I ain’t sorry)

You broke my heart
So I broke ya car
You caused me pain (You caused me pain)
So I did the same

Even though all that you did to me was much worse
I had to do something to make you hurt yeah
Oh but why am I still cryin’?
Why am I the one whose still cryin’?

Oh oh you really hurt me baby
You really you really hurt me baby
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
now watch me yule
now watch me
I bust the windows out ya car

Я выбила стекла в твоей машине,
И нет, это не излечило мое сердце,
Наверное, ужасные шрамы останутся навсегда,
Но сейчас я об этом не думаю

Я выбила стекла в твоей машине,
После того как увидела тебя в постели с другой,
Я не хотела этого делать, но сделала,
И я рада, что так поступила, потому что ты должен знать…

Должна признать, мне немного стало легче,
Представляю, что ты почувствовал, когда увидел машину,
Не знала, что во мне есть столько силы,
Но я рада, ты понял, что случается, когда…

Знаешь ли, нельзя играть с чувствами людей,
Говорить им, что любишь, но не чувствовать этого на самом деле,
Возможно, ты скажешь, что я поступила по-детски,
Но думаю, я заслуживаю улыбки

Я выбила стекла в твоей машине,
Знаешь, я сделала это, чтобы оставить о себе знак,
Выскребла свои инициалы ломом,
А потом уехала в темноту

Я выбила стекла в твоей машине,
Ты должен радоваться, что это все что я сделала,
После пяти лет лжи,
Я отдала тебе всю себя, а ты лишь играл со мной

Должна признать, мне немного стало легче,
Представляю, что ты почувствовал, когда увидел машину,
Не знала, что во мне есть столько силы,
Но я рада, ты понял, что случается, когда…

Знаешь ли, нельзя играть с чувствами людей,
Говорить им, что любишь, но не чувствовать этого на самом деле,
Возможно, ты скажешь, что я поступила по-детски,
Но думаю, я заслуживаю улыбки

Но это не успокоило мое разбитое сердце,
Ты никогда не поймешь, как я чувствовала себя в тот день,
Пока это не произойдет, ты не узнаешь боли

О, да, я сделала это (сделала это)
Ты должен знать (должен знать),
Мне не жаль (не жаль),
Ты это заслужил (заслужил)

После того, что ты мне причинил (причинил мне),
Ты это заслужил (заслужил),
Мне не жаль (не жаль),
О, нет, нет, нет (мне не жаль)

Ты разбил мое сердце,
Я разбила твою машину,
Ты причинил мне боль (причинил мне боль),
Я сделала то же самое

Хотя ты сделал мне намного хуже,
Я должна была сделать что-нибудь в ответ,
Но почему я все еще плачу?
Почему я единственная, кто все еще плачет?

Ты ранил меня,
Ты сильно, сильно, сильно ранил меня
Эй, эй, эй, эй
А теперь смотри на меня,
Следи за мной,
Я разбила стекла в твоей машине