A Public Affair

Released: August 29th 2006

Producers: Corey Rooney, Scott Storch, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis
Executive producer: Jessica Simpson

Other Facts:

Scott Storch describes the track entitled "Fired Up" as 'Jessica's 'Dirrty'.

Simpson recorded club track, "Mr. Operator," with Storch during their session together three weeks ago.

Jessica wrote all but one song on the album.

She recorded a cover of Dusty Springfield's "Son Of A Preacherman".

Jessica wrote 'Fired Up" for CaCee "since that's what she always says"

"Back To You" is a flashback about her first boyfriend in high school, inspired by rereading old journal entries.

"Sexified" leaked on to the internet in 2005, but did not make the final cut for the album and is a possible UK Bonus Track or B-Side.

A fifth song had leaked around the time of Fired Up's leakage, called "See It Through My Tears", but was quickly removed.

There was a rumour among executives that Jessica had been planning to do a remake of sister Ashlee's hit song, Pieces of Me, but felt it was too dear to Ashlee and stuck to singing her own music. 

No remakes have been called to be on A Public Affair. 

And The Band Played On is a song that will be released in Asia and Germany. The song was supposed to be the title song for the LP, but A Public Affair was chosen.

Swing with Me and Fired Up are in dispute over which would be the second single.

Jessica's quotes on the album:

"Living in the South for three months again felt really good," Simpson said of shooting the film in Louisiana. "It brought a lot of my personality back that I was missing. I retreated back to Patsy Cline, and tried to go back there a little bit."

"You'll hear [the country], but you'll also hear the fun club songs. Club songs and country songs; it's all of it, mixed into one, just really good music."

"I look at this new record from a different perspective than I had with all my other records because basically I'm doing the A&R work, I'm executive producing, I'm writing all the music - I'm doing it myself".

"There are some fun dance tracks, and it's probably more up-tempo than my last record. Music is supposed to make you smile and experience emotions. I don't want to get caught up in the pressure of having the right single or having a smash hit. All I know is that every single song that comes out of me I want to hear on the radio."

"I literally walk into the studio and hand him [Jimmy Jam] a CD of all my favorite songs that I want my album to sound like. It's everything from Loretta Lynn and Patsy Cline to Etta James. Jimmy got it from the very beginning."

Tracks that missed the final cut:

1. Mr. Operator

2. Round Here

3. Please Help Me

4. And The Band Played On

5. Sexified

6. See It Through My Tears

7. Son of A Preacher Man

Tracklisting:

1. A Public Affair

2. You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)

3. B.O.Y.

4. If You Were Mine

5. Walkin' 'Round In A Circle

6. The Lover In Me

7. Swing With Me

8. Push Your Tush

9. Back To You

10. Between You & I

11. I Don't Want To Care

12. Fired Up

13. Let Him Fly

Bonus tracks:

1. "I Belong to Me" (Europe, Japan, Wal-Mart, iTunes & jessicasimpson.com bonus track) — 3:40

2. "A Public Affair" [Extended Mix] (Europe & Japan bonus track) — 5:47

3. "A Public Affair" [Johnny Budz Radio Mix] (Japan bonus track) — 3:15

4. "A Public Affair" [Instrumental] (Japan bonus track) — 3:16

5. "A Public Affair" (Cass & Dubs Remix) (iTunes) — 3:15