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{{Short description|Song by Mariah Carey}}
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{{Infobox song
| name = I'm That Chick
| cover = Mariah I'm That Chick.png
| caption="#MC30" single artwork
| alt =
| type = Song
| artist = [[Mariah Carey]]
| album = [[E=MC² (Mariah Carey album)|E=MC²]]
| released =
| format =
| recorded =
| studio = {{Hlist|Roc the Mic Studios, New York City|Honeysouth Studios, Miami}}
| venue =
| genre = [[Disco]]
| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=31}}
| label = [[The Island Def Jam Music Group|Island Def Jam]]
| writer = {{hlist|Mariah Carey|Mikkel S. Eriksen|Tor E. Hermansen|[[Johntá Austin]]|[[Rod Temperton]]}}
| producer = {{hlist|Carey|[[Stargate (production team)|Stargate]]}}
}}

"'''I'm That Chick'''" is a song by American singer [[Mariah Carey]] from her eleventh studio album, ''[[E=MC² (Mariah Carey album)|E=MC²]]'' (2008). A [[disco]] track with influences of [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]], it was written by Carey, [[Johntá Austin]] and production duo [[Stargate (production team)|Stargate]] (Mikkel S. Eriksen and Tor E. Hermansen). It contains elements of "[[Off the Wall (Michael Jackson song)|Off the Wall]]" by [[Michael Jackson]]. [[Rod Temperton]], the song's composer, received a songwriting credit for "I'm That Chick" as result.

The track was positively received amongst most music critics, many of whom called it the best song on the album and praised its disco composition. Carey performed "I'm That Chick" on ''[[The Hills (TV series)|The Hills]]'' season premiere party, the 2008 [[Fashion Rocks]], ''[[Canadian Idol]]'', and included it on the set-list of her eighth concert tour, [[The Elusive Chanteuse Show]] (2014), as also first co-headlining tour with [[Lionel Richie]], [[All the Hits Tour (Lionel Richie and Mariah Carey)|All The Hits Tour]] (2017). It peaked at number 82 on the US ''Billboard'' [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]] chart.

== Recording and composition ==
"I'm That Chick" is a [[disco]] song with [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]] influences<ref name="PopMatters">{{cite web|last=Sawdey|first=Evan|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/mariah-carey-emc2|title=Mariah Carey: E=MC² Reviews|work=[[PopMatters]]|date=May 1, 2008|access-date=September 11, 2015|archive-date=January 7, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107220832/http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/mariah-carey-emc2|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Guardian">{{cite web|last=Macpherson|first=Alex|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/apr/11/popandrock.alexispetridis|title=Mariah Carey: E=MC²|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=April 16, 2008|access-date=September 11, 2015|archive-date=April 30, 2019|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190430105249/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/apr/11/popandrock.alexispetridis|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[The Guardian]]''{{'}}s Alex Macpherson noted that the R&B element borrowed from 2008 trend in the genre of using a [[time signature]] of {{music|time|4|4}}.<ref name="Guardian" /> He thought that the disco style of the song was reminiscent of some of Carey's compositions in the beginning of her career, and believed that it was not a coincidence that Carey's album [[E=MC² (Giorgio Moroder album)|shares its name]] with one released by [[Giorgio Moroder]], a disco and [[Electronic dance music|EDM]] DJ and producer, 1979.<ref>{{cite news|last=Poe|first=Jim|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/australia-culture-blog/2014/may/29/giorgio-moroder-10-groundbreaking-tunes|title=Giorgio Moroder: 10 groundbreaking tunes | Music|work=The Guardian|date=May 29, 2014 |access-date=August 24, 2015|archive-date=March 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170308142742/https://www.theguardian.com/music/australia-culture-blog/2014/may/29/giorgio-moroder-10-groundbreaking-tunes|url-status=live}}</ref> Carey employs a "gritty" but "effortless" "feathery vocal approach" on the track, similar to that of Jackson's on "Off the Wall".<ref name="PopMatters" /><ref name="Globe">{{cite web|last=Rodman|first=Sarah|url=http://articles.boston.com/2008-04-14/ae/29274502_1_charts-beatles-mimi|title=Continuing a Winning Formula|work=[[The Boston Globe]]|date=April 12, 2008|access-date=September 13, 2015|archive-date=May 3, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503212147/http://articles.boston.com/2008-04-14/ae/29274502_1_charts-beatles-mimi|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Reception ==
Sarah Rodman of ''[[The Boston Globe]]'' declared "I'm That Chick" as the best track on the album.<ref name="Globe" /> [[PopMatters]] writer Evan Sawdey wrote "the few times that she is handed a truly effortless stunner on ''E=MC2'', she absolutely knocks it out of the park" with regard to "I'm That Chick" and "[[Side Effects (Mariah Carey song)|Side Effects]]". He continued to write that the former "could very well be the disc’s highlight", but felt that Carey sounded like an unknown popstar.<ref name="PopMatters" /> However, Jayanthi Daniels of ''[[The New York Sun]]'' was critical of "I'm That Chick" as well as "Side Effects", describing them as "throwaway pop tracks" on a hip-hop album.<ref name="NY Sun">{{cite web|last=Daniel|first=Jayanthi|url=http://www.nysun.com/arts/mariah-carey-solves-the-equation/74732/|title=Mariah Carey Solves Equation|work=[[The New York Sun]]|date=April 16, 2008|access-date=September 11, 2015|archive-date=July 15, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120715070546/http://www.nysun.com/arts/mariah-carey-solves-the-equation/74732/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[The Advocate (LGBT magazine)|The Advocate]]''{{'}}s Sara Levy called described the track as "irresistible" and a "coy surprise",<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AD&p_theme=ad&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=120244880BDAF920&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Carey Finds Well Balanced Equation|last=Levy|first=Sara|work=[[The Advocate (LGBT magazine)|The Advocate]]|date=April 10, 2008|access-date=September 13, 2015|archive-date=April 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402201833/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AD&p_theme=ad&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=120244880BDAF920&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|url-status=live}}</ref> while Nick Levine of [[Digital Spy]] similarly wrote that it is "irresistible disco candy."<ref name="DS3">{{cite web|last=Levine|first=Nick|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/music/albumreviews/a93892/mariah-carey-emc2.html|title=Mariah Carey: E=MC²|work=[[Digital Spy]]|date=April 27, 2008|access-date=September 11, 2015|archive-date=September 21, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120921121811/http://www.digitalspy.com/music/albumreviews/a93892/mariah-carey-emc2.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Joey Guerra from the ''[[Houston Chronicle]]'' felt that the "Off the Wall" sample "breathed life" into the track, writing that the only things which are missing are "roller skates and short-shorts".<ref name="Chron">{{cite web|last=Guerra|first=Joey|url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/music/cdreviews/5700230.html|title=Mariah Gets Equation Right With 'E=MC²'|date=April 15, 2008|access-date=September 11, 2015|archive-date=August 4, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110804223236/http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/music/cdreviews/5700230.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Eric Henderson of ''[[Slant Magazine]]'' gave a detailed evaluation of the song's composition, comparing it to Carey's 2001 soundtrack album ''[[Glitter (soundtrack)|Glitter]]'' and to [[Janet Jackson]]'s 2008 song "[[Feedback (Janet Jackson song)|Feedback]]":

<blockquote>
'I'm That Chick' is a retro treatsicle in the best, most Glitter-iest sense. It's pinker than [[Pepto-Bismol]] and just as soothing, and for whatever reason, Mariah's fudged enunciation on the chorus turns 'I'm that chick you like' into 'I'll have chicken, lite.' The triumph of the song is that, when all of our dance-floor divas these days seem to throw one disco-descendant banger on their otherwise hip-hop-hybrid LPs almost out of obligation, 'I'm That Chick' doesn't feel even as tokenistic as Janet's 'Feedback' (which I like more, but only out of context).<ref>{{cite web|last=Henderson|first=Eric|url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/mariah-carey-emc2|title=Mariah Carey: E=MC2 – Music Review – Slant Magazine|work=[[Slant Magazine]]|date=April 10, 2008|access-date=September 13, 2015|archive-date=June 15, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615085655/http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/mariah-carey-emc2|url-status=live}}</ref>
</blockquote>

== Live performances ==
[[File:Mariah Carey Fashion Rocks 2008.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Carey opening the 2008 [[Fashion Rocks]] ceremony with a live performance of "I'm That Chick".]]
On March 25, 2008, Carey was featured as the special guest performer at ''[[The Hills (TV series)|The Hills]]'' season premiere party, an event marking the start of a span of ten episodes airing in between [[The Hills (season 3)|season three]] and [[The Hills (season 4)|four]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/mcall/access/1466423721.html?dids=1466423721:1466423721&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+19%2C+2008&author=Glenn+Gamboa&pub=Morning+Call&desc=Mariah+BACK+ON+TOP+**+Mariah+Carey+shows+she%27s+still+got+right+formula&pqatl=google|title=Mariah Back On Top|last=Gamboa|first=Glenn|work=[[The Morning Call]]|publisher=Tribune Company|date=March 28, 2008|access-date=August 8, 2011}}{{dead link|date=July 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Carey performed "[[Touch My Body]]", "I'm That Chick" and "[[We Belong Together]]".<ref name="Hills">{{cite web|last=Reid|first=Shaheem|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1584069/mariah-carey-serenades-hills-premiere-crowd.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107172109/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1584069/mariah-carey-serenades-hills-premiere-crowd.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 7, 2012|title=Mariah Carey Serenades Crowd At 'Hills' Premiere Party|work=MTV News|date=April 9, 2008|access-date=May 10, 2011}}</ref> After the performance, Carey received strong praise from the program's cast members, with [[Lauren Conrad]] saying "I've always been a huge Mariah fan, and she's just so beautiful and talented', while [[Whitney Port]] and [[Audrina Patridge]] referred to Carey as "an amazing singer", while claiming to have listened to her music from a young age.<ref name="Hills" />

On July 22, 2008, Carey was announced as one of the performers at the 2008 [[Fashion Rocks]] ceremony.<ref name="msnbc">{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna25804856|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004071337/http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/25804856|url-status=live|archive-date=2012-10-04|title=Carey, Timberlake to Play Fashion Rocks|last=Walls|first=Jeanette|work=[[MSNBC]]|publisher=[[NBCUniversal]]|date=2008-05-03|access-date=2011-08-07}}</ref> At the event on September 6, 2008, the event opened with a live performance of "[[Just Stand Up!]]", a charity single in which Carey partook alongside other female artists including [[Carrie Underwood]].<ref name="FR">{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/1550352281.html?dids=1550352281:1550352281&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+08%2C+2008&author=Olivia+Barker&pub=USA+TODAY&desc=Goings-on+just+off+that+stylish+stage&pqatl=google|title=Going Off That Stylish Stage|last=Gardner|first=Elysa|work=[[USA Today]]|date=September 8, 2008|access-date=September 13, 2015|archive-date=November 7, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107151519/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/1550352281.html?dids=1550352281:1550352281&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+08,+2008&author=Olivia+Barker&pub=USA+TODAY&desc=Goings-on+just+off+that+stylish+stage&pqatl=google|url-status=dead}}</ref> Carey later performed "I'm That Chick" alongside several male dancers, opening the song with a spontaneous a cappella of the track's chorus to positive critical response.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rap-up.com/2008/09/05/2008-fashion-rocks-show/|title=2008 Fashion Rocks: Show|work=[[Rap-Up]]|date=September 5, 2008|access-date=September 13, 2015|archive-date=September 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925103659/http://www.rap-up.com/2008/09/05/2008-fashion-rocks-show/|url-status=dead}}</ref> A writer from ''[[Marie Claire]]'' complimented the performance, describing the rendition as "true glamtastic Mariah style".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/news/272919/fashion-rocks-beyonce-and-jt-shine.html|title=Fashion Rocks: Beyonce and JT Rock|work=[[Marie Claire]]|date=September 8, 2008|access-date=September 13, 2015|archive-date=March 18, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318073657/http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/news/272919/fashion-rocks-beyonce-and-jt-shine.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> A few days later, Carey reprised her performance of "I'm That Chick" on ''[[Canadian Idol]]'', along with "We Belong Together".<ref name="calgary">{{cite news|url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Television/TV_Shows/C/Canadian_Idol/2008/09/11/6729031-sun.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130115093200/http://jam.canoe.ca/Television/TV_Shows/C/Canadian_Idol/2008/09/11/6729031-sun.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=January 15, 2013|title=Theo Crowned the New Canadian Idol|last=Bell|first=Mike|work=[[Calgary Sun]]|date=September 11, 2008|access-date=September 13, 2015}}</ref> The track was included on the set-list Carey's [[The Elusive Chanteuse Show]] in 2014<ref name="Rap Up Set list">{{cite web|url=http://www.rap-up.com/2014/10/04/mariah-carey-kicks-off-elusive-chanteuse-tour-in-tokyo/|title=Mariah Carey kicks off 'Elusive Chanteuse' show in Tokyo|work=Rap-Up|date=October 4, 2014|access-date=June 14, 2015|archive-date=January 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127104753/https://www.rap-up.com/2014/10/04/mariah-carey-kicks-off-elusive-chanteuse-tour-in-tokyo/|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[All the Hits Tour (Lionel Richie and Mariah Carey)|All the Hits Tour]] in 2017. It was also included in the setlist of the fourth leg of [[The Butterfly Returns]] in 2020 as part of the "Car Ride Medley".
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== Track listing ==
'''I'm That Chick – EP'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/3nTlbpOjVbLnlRrBtESViC?si=NZCqBIHOSxq3lSBACXI2Nw|title=I'm That Chick – EP – Mariah Carey|publisher=[[Spotify]]|access-date=February 6, 2021|archive-date=September 20, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240920234132/https://open.spotify.com/album/3nTlbpOjVbLnlRrBtESViC?si=NZCqBIHOSxq3lSBACXI2Nw&nd=1&dlsi=f13a20e8cb324232|url-status=live}}</ref>
#"I'm That Chick" (Subkulcha Club Mix) — 6:54
#"I'm That Chick" (Subkulcha Radio Mix) — 4:00

== Charts ==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!scope="col"| Chart (2008)
!scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{singlechart|Billboardrandbhiphop|82|artist=Mariah Carey|rowheader=true|access-date=September 16, 2017}}
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist|30em}}

{{Mariah Carey songs}}

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[[Category:Mariah Carey songs]]
[[Category:Songs written by Mariah Carey]]
[[Category:2008 songs]]
[[Category:Songs written by Tor Erik Hermansen]]
[[Category:Songs written by Mikkel Storleer Eriksen]]
[[Category:Song recordings produced by Stargate (record producers)]]
[[Category:Songs written by Johntá Austin]]
[[Category:Songs written by Rod Temperton]]
[[Category:American disco songs]]

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