“Settle Down” by No Doubt

"Settle Down" led the charge for Push and Shove, No Doubt's sixth album, going out on Interscope as its first single on July 16, 2012. Gwen Stefani wrote it with Tony Kanal and Tom Dumont and sings lead, Dumont plays guitar, Kanal bass and Adrian Young percussion, and Spike Stent produced and mixed, with Matty Green recording.

It's a genre stew: reggae, ska and dancehall jostling with Latin and Caribbean rhythms, all of it poured into pop and rock, while the words are about confidence, feeling good and finding your feet somewhere strange. Critics heard a return to form, some reaching back to Rock Steady and "Hey Baby", others to Santigold. Sophie Muller's video, out the same day, turns the band into a trucking convoy that rolls into a parking lot to play.

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