"Area Codes" is a 2001 single off Ludacris's second album, Word of Mouf. It features Nate Dogg. The song's lyrics focus on U.S. telephone area codes that denote the location of women with whom the singer has had sexual relations in cities across the United States.[1]
Because telephone area codes are increasingly becoming less constrained to particular geographic areas, scholars and cultural critics have noted that Area Codes may be incomprehensible to future generations of listeners.[1]
The song was written by D. Davis, K. Hilson, J. Jones, R. Walters, and C. Bridges[2] and was produced by Jazze Pha.[3]
[edit] Song information
At five minutes and three seconds, it is the fifth-longest track on the album. The song was originally released on the soundtrack to Rush Hour 2.
It debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 84 on July 14, 2001 and peaked at No. 24 on September 8, 2001.
The song was also included briefly in a scene from The Fast and the Furious.
[edit] Area codes mentioned
These are the area codes listed in the song, in order.
- 770 (Atlanta, Georgia)
- 404 (Atlanta, Georgia)
- 718 (New York City, New York, except Manhattan)
- 202 (Washington, D.C.)
- 901 (Memphis, Tennessee)
- 305 (Miami, Florida)
- 312 (Chicago, Illinois)
- 313 (Detroit, Michigan)
- 215 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
- 803 (Columbia, South Carolina)
- 757 (Southeast Virginia)
- 410 (eastern Maryland)
- 504 (New Orleans, Louisiana)
- 972 (Dallas, Texas)
- 713 (Houston, Texas)
- 314 (St. Louis, Missouri)
- 201 (Bergen and Hudson counties, New Jersey)
- 212 (Manhattan, New York)
- 213 (Los Angeles, California)
- 916 (Sacramento, California)
- 415 (San Francisco, California)
- 704 (Charlotte, North Carolina)
- 206 (Seattle, Washington)
- 808 (Hawaii & Midway Island)
- 216 (Cleveland, Ohio)
- 702 (Las Vegas, Nevada)
- 414 (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
- 317 (central Indiana)
- 214 (Dallas, Texas)
- 281 (Houston, Texas)
- 334 (Montgomery and south Alabama)
- 205 (Birmingham and Tuscaloosa, Alabama)
- 318 (Louisiana)
- 601 (Mississippi)
- 203 (Connecticut)
- 804 (Virginia)
- 402 (Nebraska)
- 301 (Maryland)
- 904 (Jacksonville, Florida)
- 407 (Orlando metro area, Florida)
- 850 (the Florida Panhandle)
- 708 (Cook and Will counties, Illinois)
- 502 (Louisville, Kentucky)
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