You Was Right
"You Was Right" | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Single by Lil Uzi Vert | ||||
from the album Lil Uzi Vert vs. the World | ||||
Released | May 27, 2016 | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 2:43 | |||
Label |
| |||
Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | Metro Boomin | |||
Lil Uzi Vert singles chronology | ||||
| ||||
Music video | ||||
"You Was Right" on YouTube |
"You Was Right" is a song recorded by American rapper Lil Uzi Vert. It was released as a single for their third mixtape Lil Uzi Vert vs. the World on May 27, 2016, by Generation Now and Atlantic Records.[1]
Background[edit]
"You Was Right" received over 45 million streams on SoundCloud in the period of six months.[2] Included in Lil Uzi Vert vs. the World as the fifth track, the song peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 40.
Commercial performance[edit]
The song has sold more than two million copies in the United States and was certified double-platinum by Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on February 26, 2018. It was previously, in 2017, certified gold and platinum on January 6 and March 2, respectively.[3] "You Was Right" is Uzi Vert's first solo single to be certified platinum in the United States, with their second platinum-certified solo single appearing three weeks later.[4][5]
Music video[edit]
The official music video was released on October 5, 2016. Based on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, it features Lil Uzi Vert and Metro Boomin as Mad Hatters in a tea party, with the latter handling an MPC.[4][6] It was directed by Spike Jordan,[7] showing Uzi Vert walking into a door that transforms their reality into a fantasy, in which bunnies are shown hopping around and beautiful women with "some hypnotic eyes strolling in their fuzzy Puma slippers in a tea party picnic filled with stacks of cash." As noted by Complex, in the video Uzi Vert walks into a "chandelier-filled mansion with lovestruck women following [them] around."[8] Uzi Vert's then-partner Brittany Byrd was among the women in the video.[6][9]
On May 9, 2017, an animated music video, produced by SomeHoodlum, was released to YouTube with the length of a minute.[10] It was described by The Fader as a "trippy cartoon" which features Uzi Vert "riding [their] four-wheeler down a street and off a cliff" alongside Boomin.[11][12]
Personnel[edit]
Credits adapted from Tidal.[13]
- Metro Boomin – producer, programmer, songwriter
- Lil Uzi Vert – primary artist, songwriter
- Chris Athens – mastering
- Kesha "K. Lee" Lee – mixing, recording
Charts[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]
|
Year-end charts[edit]
|
Certifications[edit]
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
---|---|---|
United Kingdom (BPI)[19] | Silver | 200,000‡ |
United States (RIAA)[20] | 2× Platinum | 2,000,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
References[edit]
- ^ Smith, Trevor (April 17, 2016). "You Was Right". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
- ^ H, Ulysse (October 10, 2016). "Lil Uzi Vert sort enfin le clip de 'You Was Right' en collaboration avec Metro Boomin". Les Inrocks (in French). Retrieved November 30, 2018.
- ^ "Lil Uzi Vert - Gold & Platinum". RIAA. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
- ^ a b M, Shaun (March 13, 2017). "Lil Uzi Vert's "You Was Right" Goes Platinum". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
- ^ Reiff, Corbin (March 14, 2017). "If You Thought Lil Uzi Vert Had Platinum Potential, 'You Was Right'". Uproxx. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
- ^ a b Madden, Sidney (October 5, 2016). "Metro Boomin Stars in Lil Uzi Vert's New 'You Was Right' Video - XXL". XXL Mag. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
- ^ Breihan, Tom (October 5, 2016). "Lil Uzi Vert – "You Was Right" Video". Stereogum. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
- ^ Morris, Jessie (October 6, 2016). "Watch Lil Uzi Vert's New Video for "You Was Right"". Complex. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
- ^ Anthony, Devon (October 5, 2016). "Lil Uzi Vert Trips Out In His Colorful 'You Was Right' Video". Vibe Magazine. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
- ^ Boyer, Jake (November 30, 2018). "Lil Uzi Vert Gets the Cartoon Treatment in 'You Was Right'". Highsnobiety. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
- ^ Lewis, Maya (March 12, 2017). "Watch A Cartoon Lil Uzi Vert In 'You Was Right' Video". The Fader. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
- ^ Agrawal, Nadya (March 12, 2017). "Peep Lil Uzi Vert's Cartoon Music Video "You Was Right"". Paper Magazine. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
- ^ "Lil Uzi Vert vs the World on Tidal". Tidal. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
- ^ "Lil Uzi Vert Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
- ^ "Lil Uzi Vert Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
- ^ "Lil Uzi Vert Chart History (Hot Rap Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
- ^ "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 2016". Billboard. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
- ^ "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 2017". Billboard. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
- ^ "British single certifications – Lil Uzi Vert – You Was Right". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
- ^ "American single certifications – Lil Uzi Vert – You Was Right". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved November 30, 2018.