It's dedicated to anyone who is that support system." Music videos The song's lyrics center on the protagonist's joy at finding a "cheerleader"-a romantic companion that will be a support system for him, and is "always there when I need her." While the song's lyrics relate heavily to romance, Pasley considered it timeless: "It speaks to more than just a significant other. Its genre has been variously described as representative of deep house, reggae fusion, and electro– ska. These attributes were considered more palatable for international audiences. Fraser's saxophone is replaced by a sample of a trumpet. It also speeds up Pasley's original vocal track, and eschews much of the original rhythm of the song with digital instrumentation. The remix version incorporates a house beat with additional trumpet, bongos and a " samba-like" piano part. Problems playing this file? See media help. The remix of "Cheerleader" emphasizes trumpet, bongos, and piano over a deep house beat. Jaehn enjoyed the song's vocals, but felt its instrumentation not attune to its "feel-good" essence he hoped to craft a remix he deemed more "danceable." The Jaehn remix was completed in January 2014, and released that May on Ultra. They sent them "Cheerleader" and an a cappella version to build remixes. It soon began conversations with two disc jockeys- Brooklyn dancehall and hip-hop producer Ricky Blaze and German producer Felix Jaehn. Ultra signed Pasley to a recording contract in late 2013. Meanwhile, Salaam Remi, an American hip hop producer that owned an imprint at Sony, was also interested in bringing the song to a wider audience. According to Moxey, he was vacationing in Montreal when he first heard the song whilst listening to radio promoter showcase songs popular in the Caribbean. Electronic music label Ultra Music, discovered the song. The following April, Patrick Moxey, president of U.S. Prolific Jamaican rhythm section Sly and Robbie and veteran saxophonist Dean Fraser contributed to the original recording, which was first issued in 2012 on Oufah, an independent label in Kingston. Dillon convinced him to create a third verse, and the song began to take shape. He originally wrote only two verses for the song, imagining it as an interlude for an album. The following year, he was discovered by producer Clifton "Specialist" Dillon, an influential figure in the Jamaican music industry, who subsequently became his manager and collaborator.
The rest of the song just fell into place like a jigsaw puzzle", he later recalled. "It was like a little Jamaican nursery rhyme, like 'one, two, buckle my shoe,' that kind of thing-'ring game' is what we'd call it. He first developed "Cheerleader" in 2008, when he woke up humming its melody. He grew up with a love of American hip hop, but grew more interested in melody after listening to singers like John Legend, Nat King Cole, and Sam Cooke. OMI-the stage name of Omar Samuel Pasley-was born in the parish of Clarendon, Jamaica. "Cheerleader" achieved commercial success in 2015, when it reached number one in 20 countries including the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, France, Mexico, Ireland, Sweden, and Germany. A remix extended play was released in May 2015 by Ultra, which began to first see commercial success that fall. The label and song's producers preferred one remix, produced by a young German DJ, Felix Jaehn, that eschewed much of the song's original instrumentation for a tropical-flavored deep house rendition, prominently featuring a trumpet, a conga beat, and piano. Ultra contacted two disc jockeys to produce remixed versions of the original song. Released as a single on independent label Oufah, the song saw success in Jamaica, where it topped the charts, and also attracted airplay in Hawaii and Dubai. It was first recorded with veteran session musicians Sly and Robbie and Dean Fraser. It was refined over several years alongside famed Jamaican producer Clifton Dillon. OMI first began developing the song in 2008, when he created its melody.
The track was written and produced by OMI and Clifton Dillon, Mark Bradford, and Ryan Dillon. " Cheerleader" is a song recorded by Jamaican singer and songwriter Omi. "Cheerleader" (Felix Jaehn Remix) on YouTube
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