Could Timbaland have done for Michelle Branch what he did for Nelly Furtado?

[jordeezy river red]

Timbaland productions took Nelly Furtado's chart performance to new heights. An underappreciated unreleased song with Michelle Branch shows a glimpse of Timbaland's potential with her: 

Could Timbaland have achieved the same success with Michelle that he achieved with Nelly? What do you think of the Michelle collab? 

[michellebranch]

1. this is not unreleased 

2. she hates it

so: no

[jordeezy river red]

2 minutes ago, Mister_Secret_X said:

1. this is not unreleased 

2. she hates it

so: no

Which album was it on?

[michellebranch]

2 hours ago, jordeezy said:

Which album was it on?

It was a standalone single release during „West Coast Time“ era. It’s actually on iTunes. 

[michellebranch]

Actually there’s even a music video for it:

 

[jordeezy river red]

41 minutes ago, Mister_Secret_X said:

Actually there’s even a music video for it:

 

I saw that video but i don't think it was ever actually released. I remember it being a bside for Timbaland's albun

[michellebranch]

No no, you're not correctly informed. It was Michelle’s song. Also, it was used for BMW Mini ads. 

[VCTR]

Yeah, she really seems to not be into this time. I actually like the song for “getaway” but the timberland part of it is not getting my juices flowing. 
 

I’m glad this topic exists, though, cause I think about it a lot. 

[Brat]

No it sounds recycled or reductive 

[Midnight]

It's not a good combo, the song sounds amazing if only it didn't have that tired Timbaland beat.

Edited May 13, 2021 by Midnight

[Jordan Miller]

Unpopular opinion but I like both Michelle Branch and Timbaland so I'd be curious to see if they could've taken things further 

[breathe_on_me_toxic]

really nice song

[thebritmaster]

I thought Michelle would be as big as Avril or Taylor but yeah that didn’t happen. I never could get into The Wreckers like her early solo stuff 

[bitbitboi]

Isn't Michelle Branch a "guitar only" type of singer? I don't see her with Timbaland... And this song sounds OK but you can tell it's not her vibe.

[DougFrmBrazil]

Isn't Michele Branch another feat with Santana? That's I can only remember.

[limezd]

I don’t think Michelle is not famous anymore because the industry/fans rejected her. I think she just didn’t want to be famous anymore.

she kind of just disappeared at the top of her career.

her first album was a smash, full of hit after hit. 

[Spicechinodiva]

No, no..

 

Michelle branch is from Arizona, one of the few states that hip hop never dominated. 

 

It was country and Rock. Michelle was both.