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Luxurious was the fifth single released from Gwen Stefani’s debut solo album Love.Angel.Music.Baby. A single version of the song with Slim Thug was released.
Lyrically, the song is about the desire to be rich in love.
[Spoken Intro]
C'est pas possible cet amour
C'est incroyable
Tu me fais transpirer
C'est parfait
[Chorus]
Working so hard every night and day
And now we get the pay back
Trying so hard, saving up the paper
Now we get to lay back
Working so hard every night and day
And now we get the pay back
The pay back, the pay back
[Verse 1]
Champagne kisses, hold me in your lap of luxury
I only wanna fly first-class desires
You're my limousine
So elegant, the way we ride
Our passion, it just multiplies
There's platinum lightning in the sky
Look, I'm livin' like a queen
[Pre-Chorus]
This kind of love is getting expensive
We know how to live, ba-by
We're luxurious, like Egyptian cotton
We're so rich in love, we're rollin' in cashmere
Got it in fifth gear, baby
Diamond in the rough is lookin' so sparkly
[Chorus]
Working so hard every night and day
And now we get the pay back
Trying so hard, saving up the paper
Now we get to lay back
Working so hard every night and day
And now we get the pay back
The pay back, the pay back
[Verse 2]
Sugar, honey, sexy baby
When we touch, it turns to gold
Sensitive and delicate, kinda like a tuberose
You know you are my treasure chest
It's pure perfection when we kiss and
You're my Mr., I'm your Ms
Gonna be until we're old
[Pre-Chorus]
This kind of love is getting expensive
We know how to live, baby
We're luxurious, like Egyptian cotton
[Chorus]
Working so hard, every night and day
And now we get the pay back
Trying so hard, saving up the paper
Now we get to lay back
Working so hard, every night and day
And now we get the pay back
The pay back, the pay back
Working so hard, every night and day
And now we get the pay back
Trying so hard, saving up the paper
Now we get to lay back
Working so hard, every night and day
And now we get the pay back
The pay back, the pay back
[Bridge]
Cha-ching, cha-ching
We're loaded, and we're not gonna blow it
Cha-ching, cha-ching
We're hooked up with the love 'cause we grow it
Cha-ching, cha-ching
We got hydroponic love and we're smokin'
Cha-ching, cha-ching
We burn it, you and I, we are so lit
[Pre-Chorus]
We're so rich in love, we're rollin in cashmere
Got it in fifth gear, baby
Diamond in the rough is lookin' so sparkly
[Chorus]
Working so hard every night and day
And now we get to lay back (This is how we roll)
Trying so hard, saving up the paper
Now we get to lay back (Luxurious)
Working so hard, every night and day
And now we get the payback (Baby, we are so... ex-pen-sive ...oh)
The payback, the payback, oh
[Spoken Outro]
T'es si jolie
C'est pas possible... (This is how we roll, do you feel it?)
C'est jamais assez (So luxurious, I feel you)
Tu m'fais plein (Baby, we're so expensive)
Toutes les choses
Tu m'fais sentir (This is how we roll)
C'est parfait
Je suis bien avec toi
Je suis bien
(So luxurious)
Luxurious was written by Gwen Stefani & Tony Kanal & The Isley Brothers & Ronald Isley & Ernie Isley & Rudolph Isley & Marvin Isley & O’Kelly Isley & Chris Jasper.
Luxurious was produced by Nellee Hooper & Tony Kanal.
Gwen Stefani released Luxurious on Sat Oct 01 2005.
That song really is more about a love relationship. If you really listen to the lyrics, it has nothing to do with money or luxury. It has to do with love, being rich in love. I just wanted to think of a clever way to express how you have to work really hard for the rewards of that. Tony and I wrote...
Stefani when producer Nellee Hooper came to the idea of using the sample:
We were like, ‘What?!’ ‘Cause if you use a sample, it means you have to basically hand the song [publishing rights] over to the person that you’re using the sample of. It’s just a weird thing that happened where we had writte...
Tony is the one that turned me on to a lot of music. He went to Anaheim High School, which was more Latino and gangster, and he loved dance music. That’s what he would listen to when I met him at 16. When I was working on the record, I told him, “C'mon, we can write songs like that! Like [‘80s frees...
On July 28, 2023, “Luxurious” was certified platinum by the RIAA.