Lollipop (Lil Wayne song)
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| Single by Lil Wayne featuring Static Major from the album Tha Carter III |
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| Released | March 13, 2008 | |||||||||||||
| Format | CD single, digital download | |||||||||||||
| Genre | Southern hip hop, Hip hop, electro-hop, pop rap, R&B, dirty rap | |||||||||||||
| Length | 5:11 (single version) 4:59 (album version) 4:14 (Explicit radio edit) 4:10(Clean radio edit) |
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| Label | Cash Money, Universal, Young Money | |||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Dwayne Carter, Jr., Stephen Garrett, Jim Jonsin | |||||||||||||
| Producer | Deezle, Jim Jonsin | |||||||||||||
| Certification | 4x Platinum (RIAA) | |||||||||||||
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| Single by Framing Hanley from the album The Moment |
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| Released | 2008 | ||||
| Format | Digital download | ||||
| Recorded | 2008 | ||||
| Genre | Alternative rock | ||||
| Length | 3:07 | ||||
| Label | Silent Majority, Universal | ||||
| Producer | Framing Hanley | ||||
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"Lollipop" is the first single from Lil Wayne's sixth studio album, Tha Carter III.[1] The track features the late R&B artist Static Major and is produced by Deezle and Jim Jonsin.[1] It was mixed by Fabian Marasciullo. The song was released digitally on March 13, 2008. The song also features the style Auto-Tune singing effect which Lil Wayne has been experimenting with on various released tracks. Some critics reflected the song's background music from the theme song of the motion picture, 28 Weeks Later. and the background music of the banker's deal segment of the game show Deal or No Deal. The song is Lil Wayne's & Static Major's most successful to date, spending 5 non-consecutive weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[2] Static Major died two weeks before the release of the song. Because of this, there are various versions of the song.[3] David Banner's song "Shawty Say" samples this song. The Nashville, Tennessee based rock band Framing Hanley has covered the song, and it is available on iTunes.[4] The single was certified 4x Platinum by the RIAA and was ranked the #7 Hip-Hop song of 2008 by MTV.[5] The song reached #1 on the 2008 issue of Notarized by BET.
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The music video was directed by Gil Green and filmed in Las Vegas at Gavin Maloof's residence in the Southern Highlands Golf Club.[6][7] The video premiered via BET's Access Granted on March 12, 2008.
The video holds the distinction of being the most-viewed video on Music Choice's video on demand service.[8] The video had amassed over ten million views as of the date of the announcement.[9]
"Lollipop" jumped 76 spots from number 85 to 9 on the March 28, 2008 issue of the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Lil' Wayne's highest charting single as a lead artist, along with being his first top ten hit on the chart as a lead artist. His previous highest chart position as a lead artist was with "Go DJ", which peaked at #14 in 2004. The following week it reached a new peak of #7 on the Hot 100. The single reached a new peak of #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 on April 17, 2008, making it his highest charting single as both a lead artist or as a featured performer.[10] (Lil Wayne was a featured artist for Destiny's Child's #3 (Hot 100) hit, "Soldier".) For the week of May 3, 2008, "Lollipop" reached the #1 spot on the Hot 100, his first #1 on the chart. The same week, it was #1 on TRL. It has also become Wayne's first number one on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and the Hot Rap Tracks chart. On the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, it is the first rap song to reach #1 since Ludacris' "Money Maker" in 2006. After one week, it slipped away from #1 on the Hot 100, but after a three-week rest the song returned, making it the song with the longest break in between peaking the Hot 100 since Usher's "U Got It Bad."[11]
The week after the release, Wayne earned the biggest add week that a hip-hop artist received at Rhythm Crossover and the biggest for any artist at Urban Radio, including Beyoncé and Mariah Carey. The song became the #1 most added and greatest gainer at both radio formats with a total of 138 adds.[12] "Lollipop" has become a crossover hit on mainstream radio, as it became his first top 40 hit as a lead artist, entering at #36, and has so far peaked at #5.[13] It is also his first top ten on the Pop 100, where it has reached #2. Z100 added "Lollipop" as of April 17, 2008, making it his first add on the station as a solo artist. It returned to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the second time on the 22 of May 2008.
The song has become a top ten success in Canada, so far peaking at #10 as of May 29, 2008, and his most successful song in the UK as well, where it has reached #26 on downloads alone. It also reached #5 on the New Zealand charts and rose to #3 the next week.
The official remix features Kanye West. Other remixes feature artists like Young Jeezy, Gorilla Zoe, Ace Hood, Gabriel Antonio, Da Puppet Master, Kurupt, V.I.C., Brenda Song, Framing Hanley, as well as Khia, with some lyrics from Shirley Temple's On the Good Ship Lollipop. So far the Framing Hanley version is the most successful one peaking at #10 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles, and #69 Pop 100.
| Chart (2008) | Peak position |
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| Australian Singles Chart | 32 |
| Canadian Hot 100[14] | 10 |
| Dutch Singles Chart | 31 |
| German Singles Chart | 22 |
| Irish Singles Chart | 28 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart[15] | 3 |
| Swedish Singles Chart | 29 |
| UK Singles Chart[16] | 26 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[14] | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs[17] | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Rap Tracks[18] | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40[19] | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Pop 100[20] | 2 |
| Chart (2008) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[21] | 86 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks[22] | 23 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks[23] | 39 |
| U.S. Billboard Pop 100[24] | 67 |
| Preceded by "That's Not My Name" by The Ting Tings |
Croatian Singles Chart number-one single June 22, 2008 - June 28, 2008 |
Succeeded by "I Kissed a Girl" by Katy Perry |
| Preceded by "Bleeding Love" by Leona Lewis (first run) "Take A Bow" by Rihanna (second run) |
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 number-one single April 27, 2008 - May 3, 2008 (first run) May 25, 2008 - June 21, 2008 (second run) |
Succeeded by "Bleeding Love" by Leona Lewis (first run) "Viva la Vida" by Coldplay (second run) |
| Preceded by "Love in This Club" by Usher featuring Young Jeezy |
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B Hip-Hop Songs number-one single May 10, 2008 - June 14, 2008 |
Succeeded by "Heaven Sent" by Keyshia Cole |
| Preceded by "My Humps" by Black Eyed Peas (2006) |
2008 MTV Video Music Awards Best Hip-Hop Video 2008 |
Succeeded by incubment |
- ^ a b New Music: Lil Wayne F/ Static - 'Lollipop'. Rap-Up (March 11, 2008). Accessed March 12, 2008.
- ^ Lil Wayne Continues Hot 100 Dominance. Billboard (June 12, 2008). Accessed June 13, 2008.
- ^ Jonah Weiner (February 22, 2008). Exclusive: Previewing Lil Wayne's Tha Carter III. Blender. Accessed February 23, 2008.
- ^ Framing Hanley - Lollipop
- ^ http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1601236/20081212/lil_wayne.jhtml
- ^ Mariel Conception (February 2, 2008). Lil Wayne: New Album 'Will Stick With You Forever'. Billboard. Accessed February 2, 2008.
- ^ Andreas Hale (February 2, 2008). Lil Wayne Speaks Since Arrest. HipHopDX. Accessed February 2, 2008.
- ^ http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/universal-music-group-music-choice/story.aspx?guid=%7BF1C3B37B-6A26-4AAC-BBA5-806AB322DAD1%7D&dist=hppr Marketwatch.com
- ^ http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/universal-music-group-music-choice/story.aspx?guid=%7BF1C3B37B-6A26-4AAC-BBA5-806AB322DAD1%7D&dist=hppr Marketwatch
- ^ Billboard Hot 100 Music Charts -Most Trusted Music Charts in the Industry
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- ^ DJBooth.net - "Lil’ Wayne’s “Lollipop” Makes Radio History" - March 27, 2008
- ^ Mediabase 24/7 - 7 Day Charts
- ^ a b [Lollipop]. Billboard. Accessed March 27, 2008.
- ^ RIANZ
- ^ The Official UK Charts Company
- ^ [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?g=Singles& f=Hot+R%26B%2FHip-Hop+Songs]. Billboard. Accessed April 10, 2008.
- ^ [2]. Billboard. Accessed April 3, 2008.
- ^ [3]. HitPredictor.. Accessed May 10, 2008.
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?f=Pop+100pageNumber=Top+11-50&g=Singles Billboard. Accessed April 3, 2008.
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=344&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Bubbling+Under+Hot+100+Singles&ci=3104924&cdi=10095844&cid=12%2F27%2F2008
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=377&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Hot+Modern+Rock+Tracks&ci=3104947&cdi=10096695&cid=12%2F27%2F2008
- ^ [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=376&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Hot+Mainstream+Rock+Tracks&ci=3104961&cdi=10097222&cid=12%2F27%2F2008.
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=376&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Hot+Mainstream+Rock+Tracks&ci=3104961&cdi=10097222&cid=12%2F27%2F2008.
- "Lollipop" music video at YouTube
- "Lollipop" lyrics at NewLilWayne
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