Ne-Yo - So Sick

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Single by Ne-Yo
from the album In My Own Words
Released	January 17, 2006[1]
Format	12" single, CD single, digital download
Recorded	2005; Sony Music Studios, (New York City)
Genre	R&B, Pop
Length	3:27
Label	Def Jam
Writer(s)	Shaffer Smith, Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen (album version) Shaffer Smith, Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, James Todd Smith,Steve Porcaro, John Bettis (remix version)
Producer	Stargate

Background[edit]

Ne-Yo met Norwegian production team, Stargate, consisting of Mikkel S. Eriksen and Tor Erik Hermansen, in a hallway at Sony Music Studios on West54th Street, New York City after the duo had settled there in the spring of 2005. After finding out they produced R&B-oriented tracks, among others, they started on writing songs for his debut album In My Own Words. They produced six songs, including "So Sick".^[2]

Mikkel S. Eriksen and Tor Erik Hermansen of Stargate composed the music for the song, while Ne-Yo composed the lyrics. "So Sick" centers on a character, who is tired of hearing love songs playing on the radio, as they remind him of his last relationship and breakup.

Ne-Yo has said that the song is written about an old girlfriend. While he claims that he did love her, he listened to the advice of his friends and ended upcheating on her. They broke up when she found out, but shortly after he started repeatedly hearing a song on the radio that she used to love, which was unusual because the song was not a new release and it hadn't received much airplay until that point. Every time he heard the song, he was reminded of how he lost his girlfriend and wanted to turn the radio off but he would always keep listening to it because it also re