| Pressure | |
| Cover: | Ari Lennox - Pressure.png |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Ari Lennox |
| Album: | Age/Sex/Location |
| Genre: | R&B |
| Length: | 3:13 |
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| Prev Title: | Set Him Up |
| Prev Year: | 2021 |
| Next Title: | My Favorite Things |
| Next Year: | 2021 |
"Pressure" is a song by American singer Ari Lennox, released as a single on September 10, 2021, through Dreamville and Interscope Records. It is the lead single from Lennox's second studio album Age/Sex/Location, and samples the bass line from Shirley Brown's 1977 song "Blessed Is the Woman (With a Man Like Mine)". Produced by Jermaine Dupri and Bryan-Michael Cox, "Pressure" is Lennox's highest-charting solo single, reaching number 66 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Latesha Harris of NPR described the track as "a half-Motown, half-808s fantasia about being the center of attention during foreplay" and wrote that it "elevates [Lennox's] status as a neo-soul touchstone, referencing the soul divas before her and leading the way for those to come with fearless, intoxicating charm".[1]
The music video was released on September 11, 2021, and written and directed by Chandler Lass. It is partly an homage to singers Diana Ross and Donna Summer.[2]
| Peak position | |
| New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[3] | 29 |
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| Position | ||
| US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[4] | 44 |
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