Homecoming (Kanye West song)
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| Single by Kanye West featuring Chris Martin | ||||
| from the album Graduation | ||||
| B-side | "Good Night"[1] | |||
| Released | February 18, 2008 (UK) May 13, 2008 (U.S.) June 16, 2008 (Australia)[2] |
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| Format | Digital download, 12" single | |||
| Recorded | 2006 | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 3:23 | |||
| Label | Roc-A-Fella, Def Jam | |||
| Writer(s) | Kanye West, Chris Martin, Warryn Campbell | |||
| Producer | Kanye West, Warryn "Baby Dubb" Campbell | |||
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"Homecoming" is a song by American hip hop artist Kanye West. It was released as the final single of his third studio album Graduation. It has been released in the UK as a download release and was due to be released as a physical single on 4 February 2008.[3] However, the CD single was cancelled due to downloads starting to decline before the release. It was, however, released on vinyl single on 18 February. "Homecoming" reached Number 9 on the UK Singles Chart on download sales.[4] The song also features vocals by lead singer Chris Martin from Coldplay. He and Kanye met during an impromptu jam session at Abbey Road Studios in 2006. The song serves as a tribute to West's hometown of Chicago using an extended metaphor that describes the city as a young girl named Wendy. Its opening lines lyrically reference "I Used to Love H.E.R.," a similarly metaphoric hip hop song made by West's close friend, labelmate, and fellow Chicagoan Common, who appears in the song's music video. The song's lyrics were originally recorded by West with John Legend singing a different hook with the song called "Home" (which was circulated on the 2003 mixtape Freshmen Adjustment).
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[edit] Music video
Screen shots of the music video for "Homecoming" were posted by Kanye on his official blog on March 6, 2008.[5]
The official music video for "Homecoming" was released on April 1, 2008 by Kanye West on his official Vimeo account.[6] Kanye later posted the video on his official blog.[7]
The entire video is in black and white. The video features a montage of Kanye walking through many different areas of his home city of Chicago. Common, Kanye's label mate makes an appearance in the video. Chris Martin is featured in the video playing the piano and singing the chorus of the song, mostly in silhouette.
The video was directed by Hype Williams and it was nominated for Best Hip-Hop Video at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards. BET placed it at #84 on the Notarized: Top 100 Videos of 2008 countdown.
[edit] Track listing
- UK:
- "Homecoming"
- "Stronger" (AD remix)
- Australian iTunes - Single[8]
- "Homecoming"
- "Good Night" (featuring Mos Def and Al Be Back)
[edit] Charts
| Chart (2007) | Peak position |
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| Australian Singles Chart[9] | 32 |
| Canadian Hot 100 | 79 |
| Dutch Top 40 | 6 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart | 6 |
| Finnish Single Top 20 | 7 |
| Irish Singles Chart | 9 |
| Norwegian Singles Chart | 13 |
| Swedish Singles Chart | 19 |
| Turkish Billboard Top 20 | 21 |
| UK Singles Chart | 9 |
| German Singles Chart | 18 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 69 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs | 53 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Rap Tracks | 15 |
| U.S. Billboard Pop 100 | 50 |
[edit] References
- ^ "iTunes - Music - Homecoming - Single by Kanye West". Phobos.apple.com. 2008-05-09. http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=279696676&s=143460. Retrieved 2012-01-11.
- ^ Herald Sun HiT Australian release dates. Retrieved on June 19, 2008
- ^ HMV.com
- ^ UK Music Charts | The Official UK Top 75 Singles: Week of Mon 24 Mar - Yahoo! Music UK
- ^ kanYe West : Blog
- ^ HOMECOMING on Vimeo
- ^ kanYe West : Blog
- ^ Australian iTunes - Homecoming - Single Retrieved: June 13, 2008
- ^ ARIA Charts Retrieved: June 15, 2008
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