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{{Infobox Single <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs -->
{{future single|date=September 2008}}
{{Infobox Single
| Name = Love Lockdown
| Name = Love Lockdown
| Cover = lovelockdown.jpg
| Cover = Love lockdown.jpeg
| Caption =
| Artist = [[Kanye West]]
| Artist = [[Kanye West]]
| from Album = [[808's & Heartbreak]]
| Album = [[808s & Heartbreak]]
| A-side =
| Released = September 18, 2008
| B-side =
| Format = [[Digital download]], [[radio airplay]]
| Released = [[October 7]], [[2008]]
| Recorded = 2008<br>Glenwood Studios, [[Burbank, CA]] and Avex Recording Studio, [[Honolulu, HI]]
| Genre = [[pop music|Pop]], [[R&B]], [[electronica]]
| Format =
| Length = 4:30 <small>(album version)</small><br>4:15 <small>(radio edit)</small>
| Recorded = [[2008]]
| Genre = [[Alternative Hip hop]]
| Label = [[Roc-A-Fella Records]]<br>[[Universal Music Australia]]
| Writer = [[Kanye West]], Jeffrey Bahsker, [[Jenny-Bea Englishman]], [[Malik Yusef]], Jan Menzies
| Length = 4:31
| Producer = Kanye West, Jeff Bhasker
| Label = [[GOOD Music]], [[Island Def Jam Music Group|Island Def Jam]], [[Roc-A-Fella Records|Roc-A-Fella]]
| Certification = Gold <small>([[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|RIANZ]])<br /></small>2x Platinum<small> ([[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]])</small>
| Writer = Kanye West
| Producer =
| Last single = "[[Go Hard]]"<br>(2008)
| This single = "'''Love Lockdown'''"<br>(2008)
| Remix =
| Next single = "[[Heartless (Kanye West song)|Heartless]]" <br>(2008)
| Certification =
| Chart position =
| Last single = "[[Everyone Nose|Everyone Nose [Remix]]]"<br>(2008)
| This single = '''"Love Lockdown"'''<br>(2008)
| Next single =
| Misc =
}}
}}


"'''Love Lockdown'''" is a [[pop music|pop]]/[[R&B]] song written and produced by [[United States|American]] [[Hip hop music|hip hop]] artist [[Kanye West]] for his fourth studio album, ''[[808s & Heartbreak]]''. West premiered the song at the [[2008 MTV Video Music Awards]] and released it as the album's lead single on September 18, 2008. Despite being a drastic departure from his previous work, the song was well received by critics, and was frequently cited as a highlight of the album. ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine critic [[Josh Tyrangiel]] named "Love Lockdown" the best song of 2008.<ref>''Time'', December 22, 2008, pages 47-8.</ref> The single was also successful commercially, as it managed to debut at number three on the charts and went on to sell over 2.5 Million on [[iTunes]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=West |first=Kanye |title= Kanye West: Blog |url=http://www.kanyeuniversecity.com/blog/?em3106=215401_-1__0_~0_-1_12_2008_0_0&em3298=&em3282=&em3281=&em3161= |publisher=''Kanye West/Mascotte Holdings'' |date=2008-12-3|accessdate=2008-12-3}}</ref>
"'''Love Lockdown'''" is the first single off [[Hip hop (music)| Hip hop]] artist [[Kanye West]]'s upcoming album ''[[808's & Heartbreak]]''. It will officially go for adds on U.S. CHR/Top 40 radio on [[October 7]], [[2008]]. <ref>http://www.allaccess.com/</ref>


==Cover art==
==Background==
Kanye West first debuted "Love Lockdown" on September 7, 2008 as the closing performance of the [[2008 MTV Video Music Awards]]. On September 18, he released it as the lead single of ''[[808s & Heartbreak]]''. After announcing it as the album's first single, West posted free copies of the song on blog for fans to download. A week later, he also posted six downloadable [[stem (music)|stems]], each featuring isolated song portions of "Love Lockdown," on his blog, with the intention of enabling fans to freely remix the song for themselves.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kreps |first=Daniel |title= Kanye West Lets Fans Remix "Love Lockdown" For Free |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/09/25/kanye-west-lets-fans-remix-love-lockdown-for-free/ |publisher=''[[Rolling Stone]]'' |date=2008-9-25|accessdate=2008-9-25}}</ref> These portions include an [[a capella]], distorted background vocals, [[Roland TR-808|808]], percussion, piano, and the outro [[synth]]-beat.<ref>{{Cite news |last=West |first=Kanye |title= LOVE LOCK DOWN STEMS!!! |url=http://www.kanyeuniversecity.com/blog/?em3106=207109_-1__0_~0_-1_9_2008_0_0&em3281=&em3161= |publisher=''Kanye West/Mascotte Holdings'' |date=2008-9-25|accessdate=2008-9-25}}</ref> The song is featured in the first episode edition of ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned]]'' on the in-game contemporary hip-hop radio station, [[Grand Theft Auto IV soundtrack#The Beat 102.7|The Beat 102.7]] hosted by [[DJ Green Lantern]].
The cover art for the single has been released, showing a deflated red heart-shaped balloon against a gray background, with the words "Love Lockdown" written in white below. There has been debate over whether or not there is a hidden image in the deflated balloon. There are two heads in the heart.


==Music and structure==
==History==
Inspired by '80s [[synth-pop]] icons such as [[Phil Collins]], [[Gary Numan]], and [[Boy George]], "Love Lovedown," and ''808s'' as a whole, is composed as a brooding, [[electronic music|electronic]]-tinged [[pop music|pop]] song sung by West using the [[auto-tune]] effect and produced with the [[Roland TR-808]] drum machine.<ref name=NewWave>{{Cite news |title= MTV News RAW: Kanye West |url=http://www.mtv.com/videos/news/320022/im-just-getting-more-polished.jhtml#id=1599789 |publisher=MTV |accessdate=2008-11-23}}</ref> The song is composed in the key of [[C# minor]], written in [[common time]] and moves at 120 beats per minute. West's monotone [[vocal range]] for the song spans nearly two [[octave]]s, from G<sub>3</sub> to G<sub>5</sub>. It is written in a [[verse-chorus form]] that expresses quiet-loud dynamics, featuring verses delivered in a low, somber tone before shifting into loud, chanting choruses.
It was written by West in less than ten days before being world premiered live by West as the "explosive" finale of the [[2008]] [[MTV]] [[MTV Video Music Awards|VMAs]] on Sunday, [[September 7]], [[2008]]. <ref>http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2008/09/kanye-west-love-lockdown.php</ref> West has cited the track as his "favorite to date", saying "go where your heart takes you." The song marks a drastic change for West, standing as his first solo single to feature no rapping, instead sung using the vocal effect of [[Auto-Tune]]. The full studio version of the song was posted on Kanye's blog on [[September 10]], [[2008]]. <ref>http://www.kanyeuniversecity.com/blog/?em3106=205860_-1__0_~0_-1_9_2008_0_0&em3281=&em3161=</ref>


Going further against the typical sound of hip hop beat, along with the 808, the track instead makes use of tribal drums for its instrumentation.<ref name="Dean">{{Cite news |last=Shaheem |first=Reid |title= Kanye West's 808s & Heartbreak Album Preview: More Drums, More Singing, 'No Typical Hip-Hop Beats' |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1597139/20081015/west_kanye.jhtml |publisher=MTV |date=2008-10-15|accessdate=2008-11-02}}</ref> West stated his intention was to juxtapose the mechanical sounds of the auto-tune and 808s with the more traditional sounds of [[taiko drum]]s and [[choir monk]]s.<ref>{{Cite news |title= Video: Kanye West Visits Conan O’Brien |url=http://www.rap-up.com/2008/11/26/video-kanye-west-visits-conan-obrien/ |publisher=Rap Up |accessdate=2008-11-26}}</ref> The song is [[minimalism (music)|minimal]] in nature, retaining a steady bassline before building into more layered sounds within the chorus.<ref name=NewWave/>
The studio version posted features strange distorted vocals during the chorus, particularly on the word "lockdown." There is speculation that the version posted on Kanye's blog is not the finalized version of the song. The main reason for believing this is because Kanye can be heard clapping during the hook of the song.


==Chart performance==
==Charts==
In the United States, ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' confirmed that "Love Lockdown" sold 213,000 digital downloads in only four full days of release, therefore earning itself the title of a "Hot Shot Debut" at number three on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] and a "Hot Shot Debut" on the [[Pop 100]] at number thirteen, where it eventually reached the eighth spot in early January. It is the highest debut of West's career, and was the second highest debut on the Hot 100 of 2008, tied with [[David Cook]]'s "[[The Time of My Life (David Cook song)|The Time of My Life]]." "Love Lockdown" is also only the tenth song of the millennium to debut in the top three, and only the second by an artist unaffiliated with ''[[American Idol]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bonson |first=Fred |title= Chart Beat |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/chart_beat/bonus_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003855128&inp=true |publisher= Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |date=2008-9-25|accessdate=2008-9-25}}</ref> The single also made a "Hot Shot Debut" at number five on the [[Canadian Hot 100]].<ref>[vnu_content_id=1003854860]</ref>
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In Europe, "Love Lockdown" peaked at number one the [[UK Singles Chart]] and at number four on the [[Irish Singles Chart]]. It also debuted at thirty-eight in [[Italy]] and thirty-nine in [[Sweden]]. In Australia, the song debuted in its first week at thirty-seven on the [[ARIA Charts]] and peaked at number eighteen. In [[New Zealand]], it has peaked at the eleventh spot on the [[RIANZ]] chart. On the [[German Singles Chart]], "Love Lockdown" debuted at number eight, giving West his first top ten and highest charting single in Germany to date.

==Music video==
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The music video for "Love Lockdown" was directed Simon Henwood and premiered on ''[[The Ellen DeGeneres Show]]'' on Tuesday, [[October 7]], [[2008]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=DeGeneres |first=Ellen |title= Kanye West's World Premiere Video! |url=http://ellen.warnerbros.com/2008/10/kanye_wests_world_premiere_vid.php |publisher= WAD Productions |date=2008-10-7|accessdate=2008-10-7}}</ref> On [[BET J]], the video appeared at #32 on the ''Last Call 2008! Top 50 Countdown''. It was filmed in West's apartment and features Kanye in an all white room, also dressed in white singing the verses of the song. West claims he drew inspiration from [[Christian Bale]]'s portrayal of [[Patrick Bateman]] in [[Mary Harron]]'s 2000 [[American Psycho (film)|film adaptation]] of the novel ''[[American Psycho]]'', a homage that is echoed in the presentation of the video's interiors, which mirror Bateman's [[New York City]] apartment in the film.<ref>{{Cite news |last=World Entertainment News Network |title= Kanye West Inspired By Christian Bale's 'American Psycho' |url=http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/10/08/kanye_west_inspired_by_christian_bale_s_ |publisher= Starpulse.com |date=2008-10-8|accessdate=2008-10-8}}</ref> During the song's choruses, [[African]] tribe members appear, beating on [[Djembe|djembe drums]] to the rhythm of song. More and more tribal members are shown with each chorus, and near the end, two very tall female figures covered with body paint decorated with abstract [[tattoo]] patterns reminiscent of the [[Nazca Lines]] appear. Interspersed throughout the video are visuals of what appears to be a spacecraft. Due to the use of the spaceship, it is possible that the two larger, more colorful, figures are meant to represent extraterrestrials. The video ends with Kanye laying in [[fetal position]] on the couch in the white room.

==Track listing==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
'''UK CD Single'''
#"Love Lockdown" - 4:30
'''EU 4-Track CD single'''
# "Love Lockdown" - 4:30
# "[[Flashing Lights]]" (Album Version) - 3:57
# "[[Stronger (Kanye West song)|Stronger]]" (A-Trak Remix) - 4:38
# "Love Lockdown" (video)
'''UK 12" Picture Disc
#"Love Lockdown" - 4:30
{{col-2}}
'''CD Single Remixes'''
# "Love Lockdown" (Aerotronic Remix) - 4:12
# "Love Lockdown" (Chew Fu Small Room Fix) - 4:43
# "Love Lockdown" (Flufftronix Edit) - 5:04
# "Love Lockdown" (Instrumental) - 4:11
# "Love Lockdown" (Jake Troth Remix) - 2:46
# "Love Lockdown" (Main) - 4:31
# "Love Lockdown" (Radio Edit) - 4:15
{{col-2}}
{{col-end}}

==Remixes==
*[[Tonedeff]] released a remix titled "Warden", produced by Chew Fu.<ref>(October 13, 2008). [http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.7885/title.tondeff-explains-kanye-west-edit-2009-for-qn5 Tondeff Explains Kanye West Edit, 2009 For QN5]</ref>
*[[DJ Earworm]] released a remix/mashup titled Reckoner Lockdown that also incorporates stems from Radiohead's Reckoner.<ref>(October 7, 2008). [http://djearworm.com/reckoner-lockdown.htm DJ Earworm posted to own site.]</ref>
* [[Kanye West]] posted a remix of Love Lockdown featuring R.Kelly on his official blog. (November 7, 2008)
*[[Fall Out Boy]] [[vocalist]] [[Patrick Stump]] recorded a version of "Love Lockdown"; unlike Kanye's version autotune was not used.
*[[White Lies (band)|White Lies]] recorded a cover of "Love Lockdown" in a [[Live Lounge]] session for [[Jo Whiley]]'s [[BBC Radio 1]] show on January 14, 2009. The band plans to release the cover as a [[b-side]] to their single "Fairwell To The Fairground."
*Twin Cities based Hip hop artist [[Young Son]] did one of the first remixes of the tune that was featured on KanyeLive.com the following week of Kanye's VMA performance.
*[[Tiesto]] posted a remix of Love Lockdown on 23 January 2009
* [[Trey Songz]] has a freestyle using "Love Lockdown"'s beat.
*[[Solange Knowles]] has performed a snippet of the song at recent live performances.
*[[Mark Holiday]] posted his remix on December 2008 on his official myspace under his stage name "Trendsetter".<ref>(December 7, 2008) http://www.myspace.com/markholiday Trendsetter aka Mark Holiday official myspace]</ref>
*[[LMFAO (band)|LMFAO]] released a remix
*[[Royce Da 5'9']] has a remix called Shot Down.
*[[positron]]<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positron_(band)</ref> has released a reproduction of Love Lockdown.

==Personnel==
Information taken from ''808s & Heartbreak'' liner notes.<ref name=linernotes>{{cite album-notes |bandname=Kanye West |title=808s & Heartbreak |year=2008 |publisher=Roc-A-Fella Records |publisherid=0-06025-1791919-8}}</ref>
*Songwriters: [[Kanye West]], Jeff Bahsker, [[Jenny-Bea Englishman]], [[Malik Yusef]], Jan Menzies
*Producers: Kanye West and Jeff Bhasker
*Keyboards: Jeff Bhasker
*Drums/Percussion: Gibi, Zé Bruno, Lula Almeida and Rodney Dassis

==Charts positions==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!align="left"|Chart (2008)
!align="left"|Chart (2008)
!align="left"|Peak<br />position
!align="center"|Peak<br> position
|-
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot 100]]
|align="left"|[[ARIA Charts|Australian Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|18<ref name="ARIACharts">[http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display_singles.asp?chart=1U50 Top 50 Singles Chart - Australian Recording Industry Association]</ref>
|align="center"|TBR
|-
|align="left"|[[Ultratop 50|Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders)]]
|align="center"|13<ref>http://acharts.us/belgium_singles_top_50</ref>
|-
|align="left"|[[Canadian Hot 100]]
|align="center"|5<ref>http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/searchResult.jsp?configType=BBCOM_SIMPLEDEFAULT&pubList=Billboard&an=bbcom&action=Submit&kw=&exposeNavigation=true&keyword=love+lockdown+Canadian+Hot+100&searchType=ARTICLE_SEARCH</ref>
|-
|align="left"|[[Dutch Top 40]]
|align="center"|13<ref>http://acharts.us/song/37872</ref>
|-
|align="left"|[[German Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|7<ref>[[Süddeutsche Zeitung]]: [http://newsticker.sueddeutsche.de/list/id/228708 Farin Urlaub stürmt auf Platz zwei der Charts], retrieved 2008-11-11.</ref>
|-
|align="left"|[[Irish Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|4<ref name="aCharts">[http://acharts.us/song/37872 aCharts.us - Kanye West "Love Lockdown"]</ref>
|-
|align="left"|[[Italian Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|38<ref name="aCharts">[http://acharts.us/song/37872 aCharts.us - Kanye West "Love Lockdown"]</ref>
|-
|align="left"|[[Latvian Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|1<ref>http://www.europeanhitradio.com/topi</ref>
|-
|align="left"|[[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|New Zealand Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|11<ref>http://www.rianz.org.nz/rianz/chart.asp</ref>
|-
|Portuguese Singles Chart
|align="center"|50<ref name="aCharts"/>
|-
|align="left"|[[Sverigetopplistan|Swedish Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|11<ref name="aCharts"/>
|-
|align="left"|[[UK Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|8<ref name="aCharts"/>
|-
|align="left"|[[UK R&B Chart]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]
|align="center"|3<ref name="aCharts"/>
|-
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]]
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]]
|align="center"|26<ref>http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/searchResult.jsp?configType=BBCOM_SIMPLEDEFAULT&pubList=Billboard&an=bbcom&action=Submit&kw=&exposeNavigation=true&keyword=Love+Lockdown+Hot+R%26B%2FHip-Hop+Songs&searchType=ARTICLE_SEARCH</ref>
|align="center"|TBR
|-
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Pop 100]]
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Pop 100]]
|align="center"|8<ref>http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/searchResult.jsp?configType=BBCOM_SIMPLEDEFAULT&pubList=Billboard&an=bbcom&action=Submit&kw=&exposeNavigation=true&keyword=love+lockdown+pop+100&searchType=ARTICLE_SEARCH</ref>
|align="center"|TBR
|-
|-
|}
|}

===Chart procession and succession===
{{start box}}
{{s-bef|before = "[[Beggin']]" by [[Madcon]]}}
{{s-ttl|title = [[UK R&B Chart]] [[List of number-one R&B hits of 2008 (UK)|number-one single]]| years = November 1, 2009}}
{{s-aft|after = "[[If I Were A Boy]]" by [[Beyonce]]}}
{{end box}}


==References==
==References==
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{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{youtube|ZVZX-W3vo9I|"Love Lockdown" Music video}}


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"Love Lockdown"
Song

"Love Lockdown" is a pop/R&B song written and produced by American hip hop artist Kanye West for his fourth studio album, 808s & Heartbreak. West premiered the song at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards and released it as the album's lead single on September 18, 2008. Despite being a drastic departure from his previous work, the song was well received by critics, and was frequently cited as a highlight of the album. Time magazine critic Josh Tyrangiel named "Love Lockdown" the best song of 2008.[1] The single was also successful commercially, as it managed to debut at number three on the charts and went on to sell over 2.5 Million on iTunes.[2]

Background

Kanye West first debuted "Love Lockdown" on September 7, 2008 as the closing performance of the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards. On September 18, he released it as the lead single of 808s & Heartbreak. After announcing it as the album's first single, West posted free copies of the song on blog for fans to download. A week later, he also posted six downloadable stems, each featuring isolated song portions of "Love Lockdown," on his blog, with the intention of enabling fans to freely remix the song for themselves.[3] These portions include an a capella, distorted background vocals, 808, percussion, piano, and the outro synth-beat.[4] The song is featured in the first episode edition of Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned on the in-game contemporary hip-hop radio station, The Beat 102.7 hosted by DJ Green Lantern.

Music and structure

Inspired by '80s synth-pop icons such as Phil Collins, Gary Numan, and Boy George, "Love Lovedown," and 808s as a whole, is composed as a brooding, electronic-tinged pop song sung by West using the auto-tune effect and produced with the Roland TR-808 drum machine.[5] The song is composed in the key of C# minor, written in common time and moves at 120 beats per minute. West's monotone vocal range for the song spans nearly two octaves, from G3 to G5. It is written in a verse-chorus form that expresses quiet-loud dynamics, featuring verses delivered in a low, somber tone before shifting into loud, chanting choruses.

Going further against the typical sound of hip hop beat, along with the 808, the track instead makes use of tribal drums for its instrumentation.[6] West stated his intention was to juxtapose the mechanical sounds of the auto-tune and 808s with the more traditional sounds of taiko drums and choir monks.[7] The song is minimal in nature, retaining a steady bassline before building into more layered sounds within the chorus.[5]

Chart performance

In the United States, Billboard confirmed that "Love Lockdown" sold 213,000 digital downloads in only four full days of release, therefore earning itself the title of a "Hot Shot Debut" at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 and a "Hot Shot Debut" on the Pop 100 at number thirteen, where it eventually reached the eighth spot in early January. It is the highest debut of West's career, and was the second highest debut on the Hot 100 of 2008, tied with David Cook's "The Time of My Life." "Love Lockdown" is also only the tenth song of the millennium to debut in the top three, and only the second by an artist unaffiliated with American Idol.[8] The single also made a "Hot Shot Debut" at number five on the Canadian Hot 100.[9]

In Europe, "Love Lockdown" peaked at number one the UK Singles Chart and at number four on the Irish Singles Chart. It also debuted at thirty-eight in Italy and thirty-nine in Sweden. In Australia, the song debuted in its first week at thirty-seven on the ARIA Charts and peaked at number eighteen. In New Zealand, it has peaked at the eleventh spot on the RIANZ chart. On the German Singles Chart, "Love Lockdown" debuted at number eight, giving West his first top ten and highest charting single in Germany to date.

Music video

The music video for "Love Lockdown" was directed Simon Henwood and premiered on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Tuesday, October 7, 2008.[10] On BET J, the video appeared at #32 on the Last Call 2008! Top 50 Countdown. It was filmed in West's apartment and features Kanye in an all white room, also dressed in white singing the verses of the song. West claims he drew inspiration from Christian Bale's portrayal of Patrick Bateman in Mary Harron's 2000 film adaptation of the novel American Psycho, a homage that is echoed in the presentation of the video's interiors, which mirror Bateman's New York City apartment in the film.[11] During the song's choruses, African tribe members appear, beating on djembe drums to the rhythm of song. More and more tribal members are shown with each chorus, and near the end, two very tall female figures covered with body paint decorated with abstract tattoo patterns reminiscent of the Nazca Lines appear. Interspersed throughout the video are visuals of what appears to be a spacecraft. Due to the use of the spaceship, it is possible that the two larger, more colorful, figures are meant to represent extraterrestrials. The video ends with Kanye laying in fetal position on the couch in the white room.

Track listing

Remixes

  • Tonedeff released a remix titled "Warden", produced by Chew Fu.[12]
  • DJ Earworm released a remix/mashup titled Reckoner Lockdown that also incorporates stems from Radiohead's Reckoner.[13]
  • Kanye West posted a remix of Love Lockdown featuring R.Kelly on his official blog. (November 7, 2008)
  • Fall Out Boy vocalist Patrick Stump recorded a version of "Love Lockdown"; unlike Kanye's version autotune was not used.
  • White Lies recorded a cover of "Love Lockdown" in a Live Lounge session for Jo Whiley's BBC Radio 1 show on January 14, 2009. The band plans to release the cover as a b-side to their single "Fairwell To The Fairground."
  • Twin Cities based Hip hop artist Young Son did one of the first remixes of the tune that was featured on KanyeLive.com the following week of Kanye's VMA performance.
  • Tiesto posted a remix of Love Lockdown on 23 January 2009
  • Trey Songz has a freestyle using "Love Lockdown"'s beat.
  • Solange Knowles has performed a snippet of the song at recent live performances.
  • Mark Holiday posted his remix on December 2008 on his official myspace under his stage name "Trendsetter".[14]
  • LMFAO released a remix
  • Royce Da 5'9' has a remix called Shot Down.
  • positron[15] has released a reproduction of Love Lockdown.

Personnel

Information taken from 808s & Heartbreak liner notes.[16]

  • Songwriters: Kanye West, Jeff Bahsker, Jenny-Bea Englishman, Malik Yusef, Jan Menzies
  • Producers: Kanye West and Jeff Bhasker
  • Keyboards: Jeff Bhasker
  • Drums/Percussion: Gibi, Zé Bruno, Lula Almeida and Rodney Dassis

Charts positions

Chart (2008) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart 18[17]
Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders) 13[18]
Canadian Hot 100 5[19]
Dutch Top 40 13[20]
German Singles Chart 7[21]
Irish Singles Chart 4[22]
Italian Singles Chart 38[22]
Latvian Singles Chart 1[23]
New Zealand Singles Chart 11[24]
Portuguese Singles Chart 50[22]
Swedish Singles Chart 11[22]
UK Singles Chart 8[22]
UK R&B Chart 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 3[22]
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 26[25]
U.S. Billboard Pop 100 8[26]

Chart procession and succession

Preceded by UK R&B Chart number-one single
November 1, 2009 		Succeeded by

References

  1. ^ Time, December 22, 2008, pages 47-8.
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