Ghetto Gospel
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| Single by 2Pac featuring Elton John | |||||||||||
| from the album Loyal to the Game & Best of 2Pac Part 2 - Life | |||||||||||
| B-side | "Thugs Get Lonely Too" | ||||||||||
| Released | February 21, 2005 | ||||||||||
| Format | CD | ||||||||||
| Recorded | 1992-2005 | ||||||||||
| Genre | West Coast hip hop, conscious hip hop | ||||||||||
| Length | 3:58 | ||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Tupac Shakur, Elton John, Bernie Taupin | ||||||||||
| Producer | Eminem | ||||||||||
| 2Pac singles chronology | |||||||||||
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"Ghetto Gospel" is a song by rapper Tupac Shakur, which was originally released as the second single on his posthumous 2004 album Loyal to the Game. It samples Elton John's 1971 hit, "Indian Sunset" and reached #1 in John's native United Kingdom.
The song was written by Tupac Shakur as an outcry to "end the war on the streets", addressing the futility of racial difference and dissidence, particularly under the unifying banner of poverty. The Loyal To The Game version was produced by Eminem, but the original was leaked on 12 October 2011. It had a faster tempo, extra 3rd & 4th verses and was 4:35 longer. It also did not contain the "Indian Sunset" sample. "Ghetto Gospel" was the only song on Loyal to the Game with an accompanying music video. At the very end of the video there is a message from his mother, Afeni Shakur, saying "remember to keep yourself alive, there is nothing more important than that".
The original version of the track was produced by Big D The Impossible, a regular producer from 2Pac's first two albums: 2Pacalypse Now and Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z. sessions.
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[edit] Track listing
- CD single
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Sample(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Ghetto Gospel" (feat. Elton John) | T. Shakur, M. Mathers, E. John, B. Taupin |
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3:58 |
- UK CD single
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Ghetto Gospel" (feat. Elton John) | T. Shakur, M. Mathers, E. John, B. Taupin | Eminem | 3:58 |
| 2. | "Thugs Get Lonely Too" (feat. Nate Dogg) | T. Shakur, M. Mathers, N. Hale | Eminem | 4:48 |
[edit] Official versions
- Ghetto Gospel (Album Version Explicit)
[edit] Peak positions
| Charts (2005) - (2006) | Peak position |
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| Australian Charts | 1[1] |
| Austrian Charts | 3[2] |
| Belgium Charts (Flanders) | 25[3] |
| Belgium Charts (Wallonia) | 5[4] |
| Czech Republic (IFPI)[5] | 8 |
| Danish Charts | 20[6] |
| Deutsch Charts | 3[7] |
| Irish Singles Charts | 1 |
| New Zealand Charts | 3[8] |
| Switzerland Chart | 7[9] |
| UK Singles Chart | 1 |
| Billboard European Hot 100 | 3 |
[edit] References
1. http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=2+Pac&titel=Ghetto+Gospel&cat=s Retrieved April 19, 2009
2. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=349&cfgn=Singles&cfn=European+Hot+100+Singles&ci=3059686&cdi=8370980&cid=07%2F16%2F2005 Retrieved April 19, 2009
- ^ http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=2+Pac&titel=Ghetto+Gospel&cat=s
- ^ http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=2+Pac&titel=Ghetto+Gospel&cat=s
- ^ http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=2+Pac&titel=Ghetto+Gospel&cat=s
- ^ http://www.ultratop.be/fr/showitem.asp?interpret=2+Pac&titel=Ghetto+Gospel&cat=s
- ^ "ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Radio Top100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert {{{year}}}{{{week}}} into search.
- ^ http://danishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=2+Pac&titel=Ghetto+Gospel&cat=s
- ^ http://musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/title/2Pac/Ghetto+Gospel/single
- ^ http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=2+Pac&titel=Ghetto+Gospel&cat=s
- ^ http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=2+Pac&titel=Ghetto+Gospel&cat=s
| Preceded by "Axel F" by Crazy Frog |
Irish Singles Chart number-one single June 30, 2005 – July 14, 2005 |
Succeeded by "You're Beautiful" by James Blunt |
| UK number one single July 2, 2005 – July 22, 2005 |
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| Preceded by "Lonely" by Akon |
ARIA (Australia) number one single August 21, 2005 |
Succeeded by "Don't Cha" by The Pussycat Dolls featuring Busta Rhymes |
