Run It!

"Run It!"
Song

"Run It!" is the debut single by American R&B singer Chris Brown, featuring American rapper Juelz Santana in the remix. It was written by Santana, Sean Garrett and Scott Storch, and produced by the latter. It was released in 2005 and is Brown's first career single, off his debut album Chris Brown. The song was a smash hit the United States, spending five consecutive weeks atop of the Billboard Hot 100, making Brown the third male act (Montell Jordan was the first in 1995) to have his debut single reach the spot. "Run It" also peaked number one in Australia and New Zealand and number two in the United Kingdom. It has been certified Platinum by the RIAA. A remixed version of "Run It!" appears on the album, featuring producer Jermaine Dupri and rapper Bow Wow.

Music video

The music video, directed by Erik White, portrays a school dance inside a gym, where Brown meets a girl that he is suddenly attracted to and with whom he wants to dance. The video gives long dance sequences throughout. At the end, the security guards arrive, and the whole gym is evacuated. However, as soon as the guards find nobody there, they start dancing. Brown says the solo dances were freestyles. The video debuted in October 2005 and received nominations for Best New Artist and Viewer's Choice at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards, but did not win either of these.

Track listings

1. "Run It!" [Remix featuring Juelz Santana]
2. "Run It!"

Chart performance

In the United States "Run It" climbed to the top spot of the Billboard Hot 100. It also peaked at #1 in Australia and New Zealand, and reached the top 5, 10, and 20 on multiple other charts.

Charts

Chart	Peak position
Australia ARIA Singles Chart	1
Austrian Singles Chart	12
Canadian Singles Chart	21
Danish Singles Chart	13
Dutch Singles Chart	11
Finnish Singles Chart	7
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart	9
Irish Singles Chart	2
UK Singles Chart	2
German Singles Chart	5
Swiss Singles Chart	5
Norwegian Singles Chart	13
Italian FIMI Singles Chart	15
French Singles Chart	19
Belgium Singles Chart	23
Swedish Singles Chart	34
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	1
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs	1
U.S. Billboard Pop 100	1

Trivia

There is a coincidence when in the song, when Juelz Santana says: you tell your friends, to get wit my friends, we can be friends, and Sean Combs says the same in "Big Poppa" by Notorious B.I.G.