THE YEAR IS 2008!
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This features the pop singer Rihanna, who contributes a verse and sings the hook. T.I. told Artist Direct how he got the Barbadian singer on board: “It was a back and forth studio thing with Rihanna. I picked her. I was just able to ‘Hear’ her voice on this record. I could hear her, so I reached out and she said, ‘Yes,’ thankfully.”
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This song leapt from #80 to #1 on the Hot 100, breaking the record for the largest vault to the top. T.I. already held the record as the song this replaced at the top, “Whatever You Like” jumped from #71 to #1 six weeks previously. One week later, Britney Spears took the record away from T.I., when “Womanizer” leapt from #96 to #1.
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This samples the European pop smash “Dragostea din Tei” by the Moldavian trio O-Zone. It was the source material for a well-known YouTube clip, the “Numa Numa Dance”, that shows Gary Brolsma dancing to this song.
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Rihanna is officially credited as a featured artist on this track. When this reached #1 in the US, the Barbadian singer became the first female to achieve five chart-toppers in the 21st century.
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