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May 12
Charlie Sheen Releases His Tour Catchphrase Song by Rocker Rob Patterson & Iconic Rapper Snoop Dogg, While Helping Torpedos Against Tornados
Winning - Charlie Sheen, Rob Patterson, Snoop Dogg
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PRLog (Press Release) – May 12, 2011 – Hollywood, CA – Days before Charlie Sheen embarked upon his “Violent Torpedo of Truth” tour, he asked rock star guitarist Rob Patterson (on break from his band Filter, formerly of KORN) to accompany him on the road and write some original music for the shows. The centerpiece song was a tune called of course “Winning”. Admittedly, the song according to Patterson and Sheen is “meant to be fun and entertaining…and we honestly don’t want it to be taken seriously”.
The song (and subsequent versions) is now available digitally, with portions of the proceeds being donated to Sheen’s Torpedos against Tornados (www.torpedosagainsttornados.com) for victims of the storms that raged through Alabama, in April of 2011.
The various mixes of the song have a rock and rap vibe. Patterson goes on to say that Snoop was THE perfect person to write the lyrics. Sheen agreed, saying in a recent interview that he “had a short list of people who would be able to carry the ‘winning’ wildfire the best” and he concluded that “Snoop was on the top of that list”.
The night before Sheen and Patterson had left for the Violent Torpedo tour, they had set up a make-shift recording studio in Sheen’s house. Snoop came over and within minutes had tapped out the lyrics to the song on his BlackBerry. “Snoop is a warlock” Sheen said. Patterson commented that “we were shocked at how quickly and professionally he was able to just bang it out”.
In a recent appearance on the George Lopez Show, Snoop Dogg commented on Charlie Sheen by saying that “He’s a brilliant guy. I’m having so much fun just bein’ around him”. Snoop goes on to say “You’ve gotta understand one thing about me…I’m different. I love havin’ relationships with different people, who aren’t the normal, aren’t the usual. And one thing about Charlie…he’s not normal, he’s not the usual. We’re makin’ some classic material”.
There's an R-rated version of the song, as Patterson calls it, a more rap style filled with lots of four-letter words. Meanwhile, the family version, as Rob Christie, president of Robo Records (Distributed by Universal/Fontana), describes it, is in more of a rock style, which they hope will make a popular selection at sporting stadiums across the country. “To me” Christie commented, “it’s like a modern day ‘Rocky’ theme that would pump anybody up!”
"The song started off being about Charlie Sheen," Patterson said. "But when Snoop came in, we didn't want it to be just about Charlie and repeating his key phrases. It's unilaterally about winning."
The song “Winning” has various mixes: Main (Rap) Mix (featuring a cameo from pop culture icon Carmen Electra, the ultimate trophy to any winner), Rock Mix, Rock Arena Mix, along with both explicit and clean versions of each. All versions were launched May 10, 2011 and are currently available wherever digital music is sold world-wide. Plans for physical CDs and 12 inch DJ vinyl pressings will be available in the coming weeks, with some possible remixes.
"People will love the song," Sheen said. "Who doesn't like to be winning?"
For a sneak peak preview snippet of the video and song, search 1276631126 YouTube for: “Winning by Rob Patterson & Snoop Dogg, featuring Charlie Sheen, official snippet video”…or simply click here:http://youtu.be/jPhcIrB255I (or paste into your browser).
Winning is available through iTunes at these links:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/winning-feat-charlie-sh ... (explicit)
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/winning-feat-charlie-sh ... (clean)
For More Information Contact:
Karen Webb or Rob Christie
info@RoboRecords.net
PR Squared Public Relations
(323) 375-6376
Rob Patterson is managed by:
Jamie Talbot
Sanctuary Artist Management
(310) 865-4824
The song (and subsequent versions) is now available digitally, with portions of the proceeds being donated to Sheen’s Torpedos against Tornados (www.torpedosagainsttornados.com) for victims of the storms that raged through Alabama, in April of 2011.
The various mixes of the song have a rock and rap vibe. Patterson goes on to say that Snoop was THE perfect person to write the lyrics. Sheen agreed, saying in a recent interview that he “had a short list of people who would be able to carry the ‘winning’ wildfire the best” and he concluded that “Snoop was on the top of that list”.
The night before Sheen and Patterson had left for the Violent Torpedo tour, they had set up a make-shift recording studio in Sheen’s house. Snoop came over and within minutes had tapped out the lyrics to the song on his BlackBerry. “Snoop is a warlock” Sheen said. Patterson commented that “we were shocked at how quickly and professionally he was able to just bang it out”.
In a recent appearance on the George Lopez Show, Snoop Dogg commented on Charlie Sheen by saying that “He’s a brilliant guy. I’m having so much fun just bein’ around him”. Snoop goes on to say “You’ve gotta understand one thing about me…I’m different. I love havin’ relationships with different people, who aren’t the normal, aren’t the usual. And one thing about Charlie…he’s not normal, he’s not the usual. We’re makin’ some classic material”.
There's an R-rated version of the song, as Patterson calls it, a more rap style filled with lots of four-letter words. Meanwhile, the family version, as Rob Christie, president of Robo Records (Distributed by Universal/Fontana), describes it, is in more of a rock style, which they hope will make a popular selection at sporting stadiums across the country. “To me” Christie commented, “it’s like a modern day ‘Rocky’ theme that would pump anybody up!”
"The song started off being about Charlie Sheen," Patterson said. "But when Snoop came in, we didn't want it to be just about Charlie and repeating his key phrases. It's unilaterally about winning."
The song “Winning” has various mixes: Main (Rap) Mix (featuring a cameo from pop culture icon Carmen Electra, the ultimate trophy to any winner), Rock Mix, Rock Arena Mix, along with both explicit and clean versions of each. All versions were launched May 10, 2011 and are currently available wherever digital music is sold world-wide. Plans for physical CDs and 12 inch DJ vinyl pressings will be available in the coming weeks, with some possible remixes.
"People will love the song," Sheen said. "Who doesn't like to be winning?"
For a sneak peak preview snippet of the video and song, search 1276631126 YouTube for: “Winning by Rob Patterson & Snoop Dogg, featuring Charlie Sheen, official snippet video”…or simply click here:http://youtu.be/jPhcIrB255I (or paste into your browser).
Winning is available through iTunes at these links:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/winning-feat-charlie-sh ... (explicit)
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/winning-feat-charlie-sh ... (clean)
For More Information Contact:
Karen Webb or Rob Christie
info@RoboRecords.net
PR Squared Public Relations
(323) 375-6376
Rob Patterson is managed by:
Jamie Talbot
Sanctuary Artist Management
(310) 865-4824
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Waterfront Entertainment Group / Robo Records - distributed through Universal Music / Fontana Distribution
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May 10
May 9
Charlie Sheen's 'Winning' single
May 8, 2011 | 7:07 pm
If Charlie Sheen's omnipresent catch word, "Winning," hasn't already reached pop culture overkill (repeated endlessly during TV interviews, radio spots, emblazoned on T-shirts, tweeted, Facebooked and becoming the basis for a multistate tour), he's got one more for you.
"Winning" (the song) hits the airwaves Tuesday. And while you'd be forgiven a reflex eye roll, the tune, penned and performed by Snoop Dogg with music by former Korn guitarist Rob Patterson, is no joke.
"Look, it's a good song," Patterson said, hours after wrapping up his final My Violent Torpedo of Truth tour performance alongside his longtime pal Sheen. "But I honestly don't want people to take it seriously. It's meant to be fun and entertaining."
Sheen put it a little more bluntly on his Twitter page.
"Get ready to rock the Sheenius," he said of the song.
He's no more modest via email.
"People will love the song," Sheen said. "Who doesn't like to be winning?"
Sheen asked Patterson to write and perform original music for the Violent Torpedo tour. Patterson, on break from his current group, a re-formed Filter, wrote about eight tunes, including one that sounds equal parts rap and pop. And Snoop, Patterson decided, would be the perfect artist to write the lyrics. Sheen agreed, saying he had "a short list of people who would be able to carry the 'winning' wildfire the best."
"Snoop was on top of that list," Sheen said.
It turned out that Patterson's guitar tech for Filter knew Snoop's music team and put in a request. Within minutes, Snoop had responded.
"I didn't know how he'd react, because people have been kind of divided about Charlie," Patterson said. "But he's definitely, for lack of a better term, on Charlie's team."
Days later, Snoop sat in Sheen's home studio, flanked by Patterson and Sheen, listening to the music. And 45 minutes later, he had tapped out the words to "Winning" on his BlackBerry. Then they recorded.
"Snoop is a warlock," Sheen said. "He came in and nailed it in a couple of hours."
"He arrived at 9 p.m. and was out by 11 p.m.," added Patterson. "We were all shocked by how quickly and how professionally he was able to just bang it out."
It was the night before Sheen and Patterson were leaving for his tour.
"So Rob had to take over and finish the song in various hotel rooms," Sheen said.
And if Sheen, "Winning" and Snoop weren't enough to earn the song a spot in the pop culture hall of fame, then there's the dash of Carmen Electra. Electra, who is engaged to Patterson, starts off the song with a sultry sounding, "Oh, good evening, Mr. Sheen. Are you winning?"
"No," replies Snoop. "He's smokin' right now!"
"Winning, winning, winning," Sheen cuts in.
There's an R-rated version of the song, as Patterson calls it, a more rap style filled with lots of four-letter words. Meanwhile, the family version, as Rob Christie, president of Waterfront Entertainment/Robo Records, describes it, is in more of a rock style, which they hope will make it a popular selection at sporting stadiums across the country.
"The song started off being about Charlie Sheen," Patterson said. "But when Snoop came in, I said I didn't want it to be just about Charlie and repeating his key phrases. It's unilaterally about winning."
Christie, in fact, sees the song as a kind of modern-day "Rocky" tune and is pushing to have the song it played at sporting events.
But the question remains -- are people sick of Sheen and his "Winning" tirade? Has it become an old joke whose punch line no longer delivers?
No way, said Patterson.
"This morning," he added, "I went on Twitter and learned the phrase 'Winning' was being used every 20 seconds. Still. So I don't know if people are tired or the '15 minutes of fame' or whatever is coming to a close. But the music itself and the song will hold water, no matter what."
-- Tina Dirmann
Top photo: Charlie Sheen. Bottom photo: Snoop Dogg. Credits: Getty Images
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