Arbor Drive

"Arbor Drive" is a song by American-Immigrant recording artist Mia. It was released on November 29, 2013 as the lead single from her EP, 602 to Oman . The electropop song was written by Mia, Hanna Abulshita, and FLARES. Recorded in mid-2013, Mia wrote the song while on her Get Weht Tour.

"Arbor Drive" charted in multiple countries, debuting at #76 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. By the end of its run, "Arbor Drive" had peaked at #17. The song, however, has reached the top ten in multiple countries worldwide, including #6 on the UK Singles Chart.

Composition and Meaning
The song is written in the key of C#major at 122 beats per minute.

Abulshita stated in an interview that "the song is written to bring good memories back from the past." This can be heard well in the lyric "gonna take a walk down Arbor Drive, gonna live it up like we did that night." It is unknown whether or not "Arbor Drive" refers to a real place or a fictional place meant to represent a "Memory Lane" of sorts.

Reception
"Arbor Drive" recieved rave reviews from critics, with well-above average scores. Rolling Stone comments that their "only complaint is that ['Arbor Drive'] wasn't released in the summertime. It's a great summer jam." Seventeen had to say this about the song: "it's a perfect summer anthem. 'Arbor Drive' make you want to recall all of the warm and fuzzy memories that you made in the past."

Chart performance
"Arbor Drive" debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at #76. After a few weeks, it recieved little airplay and only rose to position #70. Several weeks later, after recieving some promotion and airplay, the single climbed to #17 where it peaked and later began to decsend from.

Controversy
Controversy stuck Mia after speculation arose that "Arbor Drive" ripped a pitched version of a sample from Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream". No offficial statement was at the time but it has now been revealed that the sample is included but the rights were properly paid for. A representive of Mia's record label (Arbor) released the statement: "It has been brought to our attention that it was not acknowledged with the song credits that 'Teenage Dream' was sampled in 'Arbor Drive.' We have corrected the mistake for future sales and we assure you that we had purchased the proper rights from the start." Capitol Records has yet to confirm if this statement was true or not.

Music video
The music video contains little of Mia herself. Only snippets of her singing are shown.

The majority of the music video focuses on a heartbroken young woman trying to get over the end of a long-lasting relationship. The majority of the music video focuses on good memories she had with ex-boyfriend. During the bridge, the music is muffled as we hear the conversation between the heartbroken woman and another unknown older woman (likely the mother.) The older woman tries to console her to live remember the good memories that she had with the ex-boyfriend but to not get so caught up in them as there are more to come from other sources. The end of the music video depicts a wedding scene in which she is attending. It is made unclear who the wedding is for, but speculation suggests that it is the ex-boyfriend and she is attending as a supportive friend.

In popular culture
"Arbor Drive" was used in several advertisements for new shows coming in the new year.

Formats and track listings

 * Digital download
 * 1) "Arbor Drive" – 3.26
 * Germany special digital download
 * 1) "Arbor Drive" – 3:26
 * 2) "Arbor Drive" (Instrumental)  – 3:26

Credits and personnel

 * Songwriting – Mia Delatsfuc, Hanna Abulshita, Silas Flareson
 * Production and programming – FLARES
 * Instruments - FLARES, Hanna Abulshita

Charts and certifications
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Purchasable release
===Radio adds[edit] ===