Miami (Will Smith song)

"Miami"
Single by Will Smith
from the album Big Willie Style
B-side "Miami" (Remix)
Released November 23, 1998
Format CD single
Maxi single
Recorded 1997
Genre Hip hop, disco
Length 3:18
Label Sony Records
Writer(s) Ryan Toby, Will Smith, The Whispers, Leon F. Sylvers III
Producer Poke & Tone
L.E.S.
Will Smith singles chronology
"Just The Two Of Us"
(1998)
"Miami"
(1998)
"Wild Wild West"
(1999)

"Miami" is a 1998 single from Will Smith's debut solo album Big Willie Style. It samples The Whispers' 1980 hit "And the Beat Goes On". The song charted at number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 3 on the UK charts. It won an MTV VMA Best Male Video award. The video features an early appearance of future Hitch co-star Eva Mendes. The single was considered to be of a different style to Smith's previous singles, becoming his highest selling worldwide single of his whole career.

Track listings

UK CD1
  1. "Miami" (Radio Edit) - 3:19
  2. "Miami" (Miami Mix) - 4:40
  3. "Miami" (Jason Nevins' Live On South Beach Dub) - 5:43
UK CD2
  1. "Miami" (Radio Edit) - 3:19
  2. "Just The Two Of Us" (Rodney Jerkins Remix) - 4:14
  3. "Just Cruisin'" (Trackmasters Remix) - 4:00

Charts

End of year chart (1998) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[1] 53

References