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Scream (Timbaland song)

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"Scream"
Song

"Scream" is the fifth single in the U.S. from Timbaland's second album, Shock Value [6]. The song features R&B singers Keri Hilson and Nicole Scherzinger of The Pussycat Dolls. It was released to radio on December 11, 2007.

Music video

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Timbaland, Keri and Nicole singing in front of a car.

The music video for the song premiered on Yahoo! Music on January 15, 2008[7] and was directed by Justin Francis.

The video begins with Timbaland singing while two women massage and seduce him while he sings. It then shows cuts of Timbaland, Scherzinger and Hilson singing with Balaclavas and with out under a car park. The scene changes to Hilson were she is singing in a car while intercuts of her singing. After the second chorus is done it shows Scherzinger singing in an elevator while singing in front of a car with and without a robbery mask. The next scene shows Timbaland and his to friends planning a robbery while with intercuts of Scherzinger, Hilson and Timbaland singing in front of a car. The video concludes with Timbaland and his two friends walking into the house.

The video uses the radio edit version of the song.

Track listing

CD Single[8]
  1. "Scream" (Album version)
  2. "Scream" (Video)
Maxi CD Single[9]
  1. "Scream" (Radio Edit)
  2. "Scream" (Album version)
  3. "Scream" (Instrumental)
  4. "Scream" (Video)
Australian CD Single[10]
  1. "Scream" (Album version)
  2. "Scream" (Instrumental)

Chart performance

"Scream" had its first appearance on the Sweden Singles Top 60 chart, first peaking number thirty-three then climbing number eight. It has fell ever since then. In the Canadian Hot 100 it began its run at peak position at number ninety-two and has had a steady run now, currently peaking number forty-one.

In Australia it began its run in February beginning its run at peak position forty-two, but it is now currently at number thirty-six. It had an early entry on the ARIA Chartifacts, peaking number fifty-six. In Bulgaria it began at number forty and has stayed at number twenty-two for two weeks.

The New Zealand Top 40 had "Scream" debute at number thirty-two and now currently is peaking 15.

In the UK and Ireland it has just began peaking number fifteen in Ireland and thrity-six in the UK.[11]

Charts

Chart (2007) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[12] 35
Bulgaria Singles Chart[13] 22
Canadian Hot 100[13] 41
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart[14] 15
Poland Singles Top 50[15] 22
Sweden Singles Top 60[13] 6
Romanian Top 100 [16] 86
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 122
U.S. Billboard Pop 100[17] 50
Irish Singles Chart 15
UK Singles Chart[18] 36
Euro 200[19] 217

References