Addictive (song)

"Addictive"
Single by Truth Hurts featuring Rakim
from the album Truthfully Speaking
B-side Remix
Released April 23, 2002 (U.S. Radio)[1]
Format 12" maxi, CD single, CD maxi
Recorded 2002
Genre Hip hop
Label Aftermath
Writer(s) Static Major/DJ Quik
Producer DJ Quik
Truth Hurts singles chronology
"Addictive"
(2002)		 "The Truth"
(2002)

"Addictive" is a 2002 single recorded by Truth Hurts for Dr. Dre's Aftermath label. One of the label's few R&B hits, "Addictive" features a guest rap from Rakim, and is based around a Hindi music sample, which eventually brought on a $500 million lawsuit against Aftermath. The song was her only one to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number nine, and selling over 600,000 copies in the US. It was also a top five hit in UK, France and Switzerland, and went gold in several countries.

Contents

Background

Steve "Static" Garrett wrote the song's lyrics, and the record was produced by DJ Quik. Quik sampled for its instrumental track a Hindi-song he heard on television early one morning. The sample turned out to be "Thoda Resham Lagta Hai", a 1981 song by Indian singer Lata Mangeshkar, which Aftermath neglected to clear the rights to. Copyright holders Saregama India, Ltd. issued a cease-and-desist order, which went unheeded. On September 12, 2002, Saregama filed a $500 million dollar lawsuit against Aftermath and parent company Universal Music Group, and filed an injunction to prevent further performances or broadcasts of "Addictive" [1].

Though the original song, "Thoda Resham Lagta Hai", was used as the main base of the track within the chorus, the modern-style beats, rhythm, melody and even the video was copied from the original remake (first version), UMI10's "Kaliyon Ka Chaman Jab Banta Hain" (2000) featuring Meghna Naidu. This original remake was highly popular amongst the youths in South Asia, though it was almost non-existent within the West. The first version was therefore only deemed popular to a specific niche market and culture. Although very little was changed to the original remake of the classic song, Truth Hurts' version was more marketable for mainstream release and therefore became more popular internationally whilst the original remake wasn't known to exist in English speaking markets.

Incidentally, "Addictive" was not the first hip hop or R&B song to use Indian or South Asian music; record producer Timbaland had been using Bhangra elements in his tracks for two years prior.

This song is still in recurrent rotation on many top-40, rhythmic, and urban stations.

A remix has also been made, produced by Dr. Dre featuring an additional verse by Rakim.

Track listings

CD single
  1. "Addictive" (radio edit)
  2. "Addictive" (remix radio edit)
CD maxi
  1. "Addictive" (album version) — 3:50
  2. "Addictive" (remix) — 4:58
  3. "Addictive" (instrumental) — 3:48
  4. "Addictive" (video) — 3:47
12" maxi
  1. "Addictive" (album version) — 3:46
  2. "Addictive" (instrumental) — 3:46
  3. "Addictive" (remix) — 4:55
12" maxi - Remixes
  1. "Addictive" (remix - radio edit)
  2. "Addictive" (remix - LP)
  3. "Addictive" (remix - instrumental)
  4. "The Truth" (radio edit)
  5. "The Truth" (LP)
  6. "The Truth" (instrumental)

Personnel

Charts and sales

Peak positions

Chart (2002/03) Peak
position
Austrian Singles Chart[2] 20
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[2] 7
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[2] 6
Danish Singles Chart[2] 7
Dutch Top 40[3] 6
French SNEP Singles Chart[2] 5
German Singles Chart[3] 9
Greek Singles Chart[3] 3
Irish Singles Chart[4] 30
Italian FIMI Singles Chart[2] 16
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart[2] 30
Swedish Singles Chart[2] 50
Swiss Singles Chart[2] 3
UK Singles Chart[5] 3
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[6] 9
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs[6] 2
U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40[6] 6
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream[6] 34

End of year charts

End of year chart (2002) Position
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[7] 36
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[8] 25
Dutch Top 40[9] 43
French Singles Chart[10] 42
German Singles Chart de:Liste der Nummer-eins-Hits in Deutschland (2002) 64
Swiss Singles Chart[11] 17
End of year chart (2003) Position
French Singles Chart[12] 76

Certifications

Country Certification Date Sales certified
Belgium[13] Gold November 23, 2002 20,000
France[14] Gold April 9, 2003 250,000
Switzerland[15] Gold 2002 20,000

References

  1. ^ Billboard.com - Discography - Truth Hurts/Rakim - Addictive
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Addictive", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved September 26, 2008)
  3. ^ a b c "Addictive", in various singles charts Top40-charts.com (Retrieved September 26, 2008)
  4. ^ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved September 26, 2008)
  5. ^ UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved September 26, 2008)
  6. ^ a b c d Billboard allmusic.com (Retrieved September 26, 2008)
  7. ^ 2002 Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved September 26, 2008)
  8. ^ 2002 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved September 26, 2008)
  9. ^ "Single top 100 over 2002" (in Dutch) (pdf). Top40. http://www.top40.nl/pdf/Top%20100/top%20100%20-%202002.pdf. Retrieved 2 May 2010. 
  10. ^ 2002 French Singles Chart Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved September 26, 2008)
  11. ^ 2002 Swiss Singles Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved September 26, 2008)
  12. ^ 2002 French Singles Chart Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved September 26, 2008)
  13. ^ Belgian certifications Ultratop.be (Retrieved September 26, 2008)
  14. ^ French certifications Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved September 1, 2008)
  15. ^ Swiss certifications Swisscharts.com (Retrieved September 26, 2008)