Grade: C+
The world didn’t have to wait for long for new Justin Timberlake this time. The pop artist’s latest track, “Take Back The Night,” is the first single from “The 20/20 Experience: 2 of 2,” hitting shelves in September. And like “Suit and Tie” — the first single from the first half of “The 20/20 Experience” and, at best, the second-worst track on that album — the song is only okay. Horns flow over a Michael Jackson-esque beat and an expectedly catchy hook, but the track isn’t anything we haven’t heard before. Like many JT songs, it’s slightly too long at 5:55 and loses its initial luster by the end. “Take Back The Night” is hopefully not the peak of JT’s next album, but there shouldn’t be anything to worry about if history is any indication.
Review: Justin Timberlake, “Take Back the Night”
July 17, 2013