I Need a Dollar

"I Need a Dollar"
Single by Aloe Blacc
from the album Good Things
Released 16 March 2010[1]
Format CD, digital download
Recorded 2010
Genre R&B, soul[1]
Length 4:04[1]
Label Stones Throw Records, Sony Music Entertainment UK
Writer(s) Leon Michels, E. Nathaniel Dawkins, Nick Movshon, Jeff Dynamite
Producer Leon Michels, Jeff Dynamite
Aloe Blacc singles chronology
"I Need a Dollar"
(2010)		 "Loving You Is Killing Me"
(2011)

"I Need a Dollar" is a song performed by American singer Aloe Blacc. Blacc co-wrote the song with Leon Michels, Nick Movshon and Jeff Dynamite.[2]

It is the intro song for the HBO show How to Make It in America, and was featured as the iTunes Single of the Week.[3] It also featured in the game Fight Night Champion. Blacc has performed the song live on Later... with Jools Holland, The Graham Norton Show, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, and Conan. In April 2011 it was featured in a commercial for Boost Mobile wireless services.

Contents

Music video

Two versions of the video have been released. The first, the "New York" version, features the screen being split in half. The right side shows Blacc singing inside an apartment while the left side shows a man walking through the streets of New York. The second, the "Las Vegas" version, shows Blacc walking alone along a highway in Nevada, and then hitching a ride to Las Vegas, where he performs the song in a casino lounge.

Formats and track listings

UK digital single[4]
  1. "I Need a Dollar" – 4:05
  2. "I Need a Dollar" (Radio Mix) – 3:22
  3. "I Need a Dollar" (Zinc Remix) – 5:48
  4. "I Need a Dollar" (Blue Fear Trance Remix) – 10:49
German digital single[5]
  1. "I Need a Dollar" – 4:02
  2. "I Need a Dollar" (Tensnake Remix) – 6:45
  3. "I Need a Dollar" (M.Arfmann & Chassy Wezar RMX) – 3:27

Charts

Chart Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[6] 11
Australian Urban (ARIA) 7
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 75)[7] 5
Czech Republic (IFPI)[8] 8
Europe (Hot 100)[9] 16
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[10] 1
Belgium (Ultratop 40 Wallonia)[11] 4
Denmark (Tracklisten)[12] 35
France (SNEP)[13] 52
Germany (Media Control AG)[14] 4
German Airplay Chart[15] 4
Ireland (IRMA)[16] 2
Italy (FIMI)[17] 16
New Zealand (RIANZ)[18] 20
Netherlands (Mega Single Top 100)[19] 53
Scotland (The Official Charts Company)[20] 2
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[21] 5
UK R&B (The Official Charts Company)[22] 1
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[23] 2

Certifications

Country Certification
Australia Platinum[24]
Germany Gold[25]
Italy Gold[26]
Switzerland Platinum[27]
United Kingdom Gold[28]

Year-end charts

Year-end Charts (2010) Position
Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders)[29] 18
Belgian Singles Chart (Wallonia)[30] 55
French Singles Chart[31] 86
Germany Singles Chart[32] 86
Swiss Singles Chart[33] 55
Year-end Charts (2011) Position
Australian Singles Chart[34] 64
Swiss Singles Chart[35] 61
UK Singles Chart[36] 18

References

  1. ^ a b c "I Need a Dollar". Amazon.com. http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B003BBXVAG. Retrieved 27 January 2011. 
  2. ^ "I Need a Dollar" (in Dutch). Dutch Charts. http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Aloe+Blacc&titel=I+Need+A+Dollar&cat=s. Retrieved 27 January 2011. 
  3. ^ Stanley, Alessandra. TELEVISION REVIEW | 'HOW TO MAKE IT IN AMERICA'; The Dream, Without The Drive. The New York Times. February 12, 2010.
  4. ^ I Need A Dollar: Aloe Blacc: Amazon.co.uk: MP3 Downloads
  5. ^ I Need A Dollar: Aloe Blacc: Amazon.de: MP3-Downloads
  6. ^ "Australian-charts.com – Aloe Blacc – I Need a Dollar". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2011-09-08.
  7. ^ "Aloe Blacc – I Need a Dollar – Austriancharts.at" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2010-01-27.
  8. ^ "ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Radio Top100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 201144 into search. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
  9. ^ I Need a Dollar - Aloe Blacc. Billboard.
  10. ^ "Ultratop.be – Aloe Blacc – I Need a Dollar" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2010-01-27.
  11. ^ "Ultratop.be – Aloe Blacc – I Need a Dollar" (in French). Ultratop 40. Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2010-01-27.
  12. ^ "Danishcharts.com – Aloe Blacc – I Need a Dollar". Tracklisten. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2010-01-27.
  13. ^ "Lescharts.com – Aloe Blacc – I Need a Dollar" (in French). Les classement single. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2010-05-29.
  14. ^ "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche - musicline.de" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH. Retrieved 2011-03-30.
  15. ^ German Airplay Chart, Retrieved on 2011-06-03
  16. ^ "Chart Track". Irish Singles Chart. Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved 2011-06-19.
  17. ^ "Italiancharts.com – Aloe Blacc – I Need a Dollar". Top Digital Download. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2010-07-21.
  18. ^ "Charts.org.nz – Aloe Blacc – I Need a Dollar". Top 40 Singles. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2011-06-27.
  19. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Aloe Blacc – I Need a Dollar" (in Dutch). Mega Single Top 100. Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2010-01-27.
  20. ^ "Archive Chart". Scottish Singles Top 40. The Official Charts Company.
  21. ^ "Aloe Blacc – I Need a Dollar – swisscharts.com". Swiss Singles Chart. Hung Medien.
  22. ^ "Archive Chart" UK R&B Chart. The Official Charts Company.
  23. ^ "Archive Chart" UK Singles Chart. The Official Charts Company.
  24. ^ http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display.asp?chart=1U50
  25. ^ http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/#topSearch
  26. ^ http://www.fimi.it/temp/cert_Nielsen_week3411.pdf
  27. ^ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community". Hung Medien. http://swisscharts.com/awards.asp?year=2010. Retrieved November 27, 2010. 
  28. ^ http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx
  29. ^ "Ultratop Belgian Charts". ultratop.be. http://www.ultratop.be/en/annual.asp?cat=a&lang=nl. Retrieved 2011-09-25. 
  30. ^ "Ultratop Belgian Charts". ultratop.be. http://www.ultratop.be/en/annual.asp?cat=a&lang=fr. Retrieved 2011-09-25. 
  31. ^ "BILAN ECONOMIQUE 2010" (PDF). http://proxy.siteo.com.s3.amazonaws.com/disqueenfrance.siteo.com/file/bilanmusiqueenregistree2010.pdf. Retrieved 2011-09-25. 
  32. ^ "VIVA Single Jahrescharts 2010 - 2010". http://www.viva.tv/charts/viva-single-jahrescharts-2010-2010-277/?start=30. Retrieved 2011-12-29. 
  33. ^ "Swiss Year-End Charts 2010". swisscharts.com. http://swisscharts.com/year.asp?key=2010. Retrieved 2011-09-25. 
  34. ^ "Adele’s “21” crowned ARIA’s highest selling album of 2011 LMFAO takes single honours with “Party Rock Anthem”". http://www.aria.com.au/pages/documents/ARIAEOYChart2011.pdf. Retrieved 2012-01-01. 
  35. ^ "SCHWEIZER JAHRESHITPARADE 2011". http://hitparade.ch. http://hitparade.ch/year.asp?key=2011. Retrieved 2012-01-02. 
  36. ^ "The Top 20 biggest selling singles of 2011 revealed!". The Official Charts. 2012-01-02. http://www.theofficialcharts.com/chart-news/the-top-20-biggest-selling-singles-of-2011-revealed/. 
Aloe Blacc
Studio albums
Shine Through (2006)  · Good Things (2010)
Singles
"I Need a Dollar"  · "Loving You Is Killing Me"  · "Green Lights"
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