Homecoming (Kanye West song)
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| Single by Kanye West featuring Chris Martin from the album Graduation |
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| B-side | "Stronger" (AD remix) | ||||
| Released | February 18, 2008 (UK) May 13, 2008 (U.S.) |
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| Format | Digital download, 12" single | ||||
| Recorded | 2006–2007 | ||||
| Genre | Alternative hip hop | ||||
| Length | 3:26 | ||||
| Label | GOOD Music, Island Def Jam, Roc-A-Fella | ||||
| Writer(s) | Kanye West, Chris Martin, Warryn Campbell | ||||
| Producer | Kanye West, Warryn "Baby Dubb" Campbell | ||||
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| "Beach Chair" (2006) |
"Homecoming" (2008) |
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"Homecoming" is the twelfth track and the fifth single taken from Kanye West's album Graduation. The song was released in the United Kingdom as the fourth single, instead of "Flashing Lights" which served as the fourth single in the rest of the world. The song was released as the fifth single in the U.S. on May 13, 2008. It has been released in the UK as a download release and was due to be released as a physical single on 4 February 2008.[1]. However, the CD single was cancelled due to downloads starting to decline before the release. It was, however, released on vinyl single on 18 February. "Homecoming" reached Number 9 on the UK Singles Chart on download sales.[2] The song also features vocals by lead singer Chris Martin from Coldplay and is no longer on the[3] A-List on the BBC Radio 1 Playlist. Some of the lyrics were taken from Common's "I Used to Love H.E.R. (Hip Hop in its Essence and Real)."
The song's lyrics were originally recorded by West with John Legend singing a different hook with the song called "Home" (which was circulated on the mixtape Freshmen Adjustment). However, the Legend version was cut in favour of Martin's, which West and he worked on together at Abbey Road Studios in 2006.
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[edit] Music video
Screen shots of the music video for "Homecoming" were posted by Kanye on his official blog on March 6, 2008.[4]
The official music video for "Homecoming" was released on April 1, 2008 by Kanye West on his official Vimeo account.[5] Kanye later posted the video on his official blog.[6]
The entire video is in black and white. The video features a montage of Kanye walking through many different areas his home city of Chicago. Common, Kanye's label mate makes an appearance in the video. Chris Martin is featured in the video playing the piano and singing the chorus of the song.
The video was directed by Hype Williams.
Although the song had already entered the UK Singles Chart and dropped back out the video is still receiving airplay on UK music channels.
[edit] Track listing
UK:
- "Homecoming"
- "Stronger" (AD remix)
[edit] Charts
| Chart (2007) | Peak position |
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| Bulgarian National Top 40[7] | 59 |
| Canadian Hot 100 | 89 |
| Dutch Top 40 | 26[8] |
| Euro 200 | 24[9] |
| Finnish Single Top20 | 17[10] |
| Irish Singles Chart | 1 |
| Latvian Airplay Chart | 18[11] |
| Lithuanian Airplay Chart | 15[12] |
| Norway Singles Chart | 11 |
| Swedish Singles Chart | 19 |
| UK Singles Chart | 9 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 83[13] |
[edit] References
- ^ HMV.com: Music CDs, DVDs, Games & More
- ^ UK Music Charts | The Official UK Top 75 Singles: Week of Mon 24 Mar - Yahoo! Music UK
- ^ BBC - Radio 1 - Playlist
- ^ kanYe West : Blog
- ^ HOMECOMING on Vimeo
- ^ kanYe West : Blog
- ^ Bulgarian National Top 40
- ^ Radio 538 = 102 FM - Top 40
- ^ apcchart.com
- ^ finnishcharts.com - Finnish charts portal
- ^ Latvian Airplay Top 50, 2008.03.23
- ^ Lithuanian Airplay Chart
- ^ [1]
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