American Boy
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| Single by Estelle featuring Kanye West from the album Shine |
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| B-side | "Life to Me" | ||||
| Released | April 11, 2008 (See release history) |
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| Format | CD single, digital download | ||||
| Genre | contemporary R&B, hip hop, dance-pop, trip-hop | ||||
| Length | 3:57 (Radio edit) 4:44 (Album version) |
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| Label | Atlantic | ||||
| Writer(s) | will.i.am, Estelle, Kanye West | ||||
| Producer | will.i.am | ||||
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"American Boy" is a song by British R&B singer Estelle, featuring American rapper Kanye West. The song was written by American singer-rapper will.i.am, Estelle and West for Estelle's second album, Shine. Produced by will.i.am, the song uses samples from "Impatient" from his 2007 album Songs About Girls. "American Boy" was released as the second single from Shine. It was released physically in the UK on March 21, 2008.
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[edit] Music video
The music video for "American Boy" features guest appearances by John Legend, Kardinal Offishall, Taz Arnold of Sa-Ra, Consequence, Ryan Leslie, Brandon Hines, and Terrence J of 106 and Park, among others. [1]
[edit] Remixes and covers
There is a remix featuring Busta Rhymes. [9]
A spoof called "Australian Boy" has been produced by Nova 100.[2]
Peven Everett has also released a song and video dissing the costar of "American Boy," Kanye West, called "Fake American Boy."[3]
[edit] Track listings and formats
- UK CD 1
- "American Boy" (clean radio edit)
- UK CD 2
- "American Boy" (explicit album version)
- "Life to Me"
- "American Boy" (video)
- "American Boy" (TS7 Remix)
- "American Boy" (TS7 Remix Radio Edit)
- "American Boy" (Soulseekerz Club Remix)
- "American Boy" (Soulseekerz Dub Remix)
- "American Boy" (Soulseekerz Radio Remix)
[edit] Release history
| Region | Date |
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| Europe | April 11, 2008 |
| Australia | April 12, 2008 |
| United Kingdom | April 14, 2008 |
| United States of America | April 15, 2008 |
[edit] Charts
"American Boy" charted inside the UK Top 75 based only on the live version released on UK iTunes for three days. The single entered the UK Singles Chart at number one on the chart dated 23 March 2008 and since then has charted four weeks at number one. The single has also charted on the Irish Singles Chart the same week where it entered at number eight on downloads and peaked at number two. American Boy has so far peaked at number five in New Zealand. It has recently peaked at #12 on the iTunes Top 100.
| Chart (2008) | Peak position |
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| Australian ARIA Singles Chart[4] | 3 |
| Austrian Single Top 75[5] | 7 |
| Belgian Singles Chart[6] | 1 |
| Bulgarian National Top 40[7] | 2 |
| Canadian Hot 100 | 25 |
| Czech Airplay Top 100[8] | 6 |
| Danish Singles Chart | 3 |
| Euro 200 | 3 |
| German Singles Chart | 5 |
| Greek Singles Chart[9] | 12 |
| Hungarian Singles Chart[10] | 30 |
| Irish Singles Chart[11] | 2 |
| Italian Singles Chart[12] | 3 |
| Netherlands Singles Chart[13] | 6 |
| Norwegian Singles Chart[14] | 10 |
| Polish Singles Top 50[15] | 17 |
| RIANZ New Zealand[16] | 5 |
| Slovak Airplay Top 100[17] | 1 |
| Swedish Singles Chart | 14 |
| Swiss Single Top 100[18] | 5 |
| Turkey Top 20 Chart[19] | 3 |
| UK Singles Chart[20] | 1 |
| Ukrainian Singles Chart | 30 |
| United World Chart[21] | 6 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 52 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs | 55 |
| U.S. Billboard Pop 100 | 39 |
| U.S. Billboard Pop 100 Airplay | 47 |
| U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream | 36 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Digital Songs[22] | 32 |
| Preceded by "Mercy" by Duffy |
UK number one single March 23, 2008 - April 20, 2008 |
Succeeded by "4 Minutes" by Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake |
[edit] References
- ^ Music video for "American Boy" - Estelle feat. Kanye West
- ^ Nova 939's [http://nova100.com.au/public/download.aspx?id=228791&str=Australian%20Boy ]
- ^ Music video for "Fake American Boy" - Peven Everett
- ^ ARIA Singles Chart
- ^ [1]
- ^ [2]
- ^ Bulgarian National Top 40]
- ^ [[3]]
- ^ [[4]]
- ^ [[5]]
- ^ IRMA Chart
- ^ [6]]
- ^ Dutch Top 40 (wk 20)
- ^ VG-Lista, Norway
- ^ Polish National Top 50 Archives
- ^ New Zealand Charts
- ^ [7]
- ^ [8]
- ^ Turkey Top 20 Chart Retrieved June 10, 2008
- ^ UK Singles Chart
- ^ United World Chart
- ^ http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/chart_display.jsp?g=Singles&f=Hot+Digital+Songs
[edit] External links
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