and Ryan Seacrest. It introduces Australian Reshad Strik, whose participation precipitated many comments on his resemblance to Nick Lachey, Simpson's ex-husband, and Menounos, who resembled Vanessa Minnillo, who was dating Lachey at the time Simpson split with her ex-husband. The video was directed by Brett Ratner. According with MTV, the music video was heavily influenced by Olivia Newton-John's "Xanadu" and some Madonna's videos like "Sorry" and "Music" taking references to choreographed roller-skating and celeb making a cameo as the star's chauffeur, respectively. Yahoo! Launch had managed to make a "Fans Version Only" version of the video as well, which instantly reached number one. On July 19, Simpson visited MTV's Total Request Live to world premiere the video. The following day the video entered the TRL countdown at number six, the highest debut for any Simpson video; on its third day on the countdown, it reached number two. The video spent a total of 28 days on the TRL countdown, making it her most successful video to date on TRL. The video reached number eight on Canada's MuchMusic chart. In the chart Billboard Hot Videoclip Tracks peaked at the number 5. Credits and personnel Vocals: Jessica Simpson Songwriting: Jessica Simpson, Johntá Austin, Greg Kurstin, Sam Watters, Louis Biancaniello, Lester Mendez, Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson Production: Lester Mendez Credits adapted from A Public Affair liner notes. Track listings and formats Australian CD single "A Public Affair" (radio edit) "A Public Affair" (extended version) "A Public Affair" (karaoke version) Maxi CD single "A Public Affair" (radio edit) "A Public Affair" (extended version) "A Public Affair" (instrumental version) "A Public Affair" (remix) "A Public Affair" (video) UK and German CD single "A Public Affair" "A Public Affair" (Alex Greggs Remix) Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Certifications Release history See also List of number-one dance singles of 2006 (U.S.) References 2006 singles 2006 songs Jessica Simpson songs Epic Records singles American synth-pop songs Music videos directed by Brett Ratner Songs written by Nickolas Ashford Songs written by Valerie Simpson Songs written by Lester Mendez Songs written by Sam Watters Songs written by Louis Biancaniello Songs written by Johntá Austin Song recordings produced by Lester Mendez Songs written by Greg Kurstin