Superstar (Lupe Fiasco song)
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| Single by Lupe Fiasco featuring Matthew Santos from the album Lupe Fiasco's The Cool |
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| Released | September 25, 2007 (iTunes) | ||||
| Format | CD single | ||||
| Recorded | 2007 | ||||
| Genre | Hip hop | ||||
| Length | 4:49 | ||||
| Label | 1st & 15th, Atlantic | ||||
| Writer(s) | Lupe Fiasco, Soundtrakk | ||||
| Producer | Soundtrakk | ||||
| Lupe Fiasco singles chronology | |||||
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"Superstar" is a song performed by Muslim rapper Lupe Fiasco featuring Matthew Santos. It is the first single off his 2007 album Lupe Fiasco's The Cool. iTunes released "Superstar" on September 25, 2007 along with a radio version of "Dumb It Down."
On November 5, 2007 the official video was released and it was directed by Hype Williams. It premiered on BET's 106 & Park on November 23 and on February 19 it moved up to the number one spot on the countdown. As of December 31, it appeared at number 84 on BET's Notarized: Top 100 Videos of 2007 countdown. It has become his highest charting single to date, at #10 on the Billboard Hot 100.
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[edit] Chart Performance
On December 26, "Superstar" was moved to BBC Radio 1's A-List after being made Record of the Week by both Sara Cox and Jo Whiley. As a result, the song debuted on the UK Singles Chart in the top ten at number 7 on downloads alone, the next week, it climbed to its peak of number 4. It has become Lupe Fiasco's highest charting single there so far, outpeaking both of his previous biggest hits "Kick, Push" and "Daydreamin'", both of which made the top thirty there. Thus far, it has peaked at #13 on the Billboard Pop Charts, and #10 on the Billboard Hot 100, this being Lupe Fiasco's first Top Ten single.[1] It has also surpassed the success of his first single on The R&B/Hip-Hop Charts peaking at #19 so far and it is his first song to appear on the Rhythmic Top 40, peaking at #8.
[edit] Music Video
The Video depicts a Mercedes-Benz S-Class stopping at the red carpet. Two girls leave the car. Director Hype Williams manages to slip in two characters from Lupe Fiasco's The Cool. The Cool with his characterizing skeleton hand and The Streets with her dollar signs in her eyes.
[edit] Other Versions
There is an official remix to the song, featuring Matthew Santos, Young Jeezy & T.I.. A recent performance on MTV was made, with Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy performing the vocals of the end of the song. [2]
A third version of the song was recently performed by Fiasco and Santos on BBC Radio and featured an entirely acoustic instrumental without any percussion accompaniment. It has been unofficially released on the internet.[3]
[edit] Charts
| Chart (2007/2008) | Peak position |
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| Australian ARIA Singles Chart | 32[4] |
| Croatian Singles Chart | 1 |
| German Singles Chart | 39 |
| Irish Singles Charts | 2[5] |
| Malta Singles Airplay Chart | 2[6] |
| BET's 106 & Park | 1 |
| MTV's TRL | 9 |
| Polish Singles Chart | 61 |
| Thailand Singles Chart[7] | 13 |
| Turkish Top 20 Chart[8] | 4 |
| UK Singles Chart | 4 |
| United World Chart | 15[9] |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Rap Tracks | 3[10] |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 10[11] |
| U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs | 19[12] |
| Israeli Top 40 (GalGalatz) | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Pop 100 | 13[13] |
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003725031 Billboard.com
- ^ http://youtube.com/watch?v=CDZshrAgve4
- ^ [1] 2dopeboyz.com
- ^ [2]. January 13, 2008.
- ^ [3]. January 13, 2008.
- ^ [4]. January 13, 2008.
- ^ [5] MTVThailand.com Accessed April 21, 2008
- ^ Turkish Top 20 Chart
- ^ Global Track Chart
- ^ [6]. January 13, 2008.
- '^ model.vnuArtistId=696233&model.vnuAlbumId=1094508. February 21, 2008.
- ^ [7]. January 18, 2008.
- ^ Billboard.com - Artist Chart History - Lupe Fiasco
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