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"Blame It" is the second single off Jamie Foxx's third studio album Intuition It features singer T-Pain and was written by Christopher "Deep" Henderson, Nate Walker, James T. Brown (SLUGGER JONES),John Conte Jr., and Brandon Melanchon and produced by Christopher "Deep" Henderson. Both Jamie Foxx and T-Pain use the Auto-Tune effect. T-Pain also uses some elements from "I Luv Your Girl" by The-Dream. "Blame It" is the most successful single from the album, peaking at #2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, and has topped the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for 14 consecutive weeks making it the second longest running number 1 song on the chart. "Blame It" has sold over one million downloads.[2]
Music video
The music video was directed by Hype Williams and premiered at 106 & Park on Friday February 25, 2009. Cameo appearances in the video are made by Ron Howard, Forest Whitaker, Jake Gyllenhaal, Samuel L. Jackson, Quincy Jones, Cedric the Entertainer, Morris Chestnut, Clifton Powell, Alex Thomas, DeRay Davis, Joe, Mos Def, Tatyana Ali, Jalen Rose, Bill Bellamy, Ashley Scott, Electrik Red, Dawn Richard, Keshia Knight Pulliam and LeToya. BET named it their #1 music video for 2009 on their year-end Notarized countdown, beating out videos from artists such as Jay-Z, Maxwell, Alicia Keys and Young Money.[3]
Promotion
He performed this song with T-Pain at the BET Awards and won the award for Best Collaboration. He also performed this at the 52nd Grammy Awards with T-Pain and won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance By a Duo/Group W/ Vocals.
Chart performance
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"Blame It" rose rapidly to the top spot on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, becoming Foxx's first number one on the chart as a lead artist, and his third including featured credits. "Blame It" broke the record for the longest running #1 song ever on the chart by a male artist. It spent fourteen consecutive weeks at #1 before finally being knocked off by Jeremih's "Birthday Sex." It is tied with "We Belong Together" by Mariah Carey, "Nobody's Supposed to Be Here" by Deborah Cox and "Pretty Wings" by Maxwell as the second longest running song ever on the chart. Only "Be Without You" by Mary J. Blige spent more time at #1, with 15 weeks.
On the Billboard Hot 100, it has thus far reached #2, making it his second top ten, but first top five hit on the chart as a lead artist and his highest peak on the chart (following two No.1s as a featured artist). The song sold one million downloads in 14 weeks in the United States. In Canada, it has peaked at #7 on the Canadian Hot 100 chart. After consistently remaining in the Hot 100's Top 20 for more than twenty weeks, "Blame It" took a sudden fall from number 22 to 34 in mid July.
Chart positions
| Chart (2009) | Peak position |
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| Australian Urban Top 40[4] | 19 |
| Canadian Hot 100 | 7 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart[5] | 29 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 2 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Pop 100 | 3 |
End of year charts
| Charts (2009) | Position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[6] | 16 |
Of Mice and Men version
Post-hardcore band Of Mice and Men covered the track for the compilation album Punk Goes Pop 3, which was released on November 2, 2010.
See also
References
- ^ "samgoody.com welcome coupon - Intuition Jamie Foxx / CD / 2008". FYE. Retrieved 2010-05-30.
- ^ "Week Ending April 26, 2009: 3 Million Downloads In Record Time - Chart Watch". New.music.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2010-05-30.
- ^ Black Entertainment Television's. "Notarized: Top 100 Videos 2009". Retrieved 2010-01-09.
- ^ "Top 40 Urban Albums & Singles Chart - Australian Record Industry Association". Ariacharts.com.au. Retrieved 2010-05-30.
- ^ New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart
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