| "Wearing My Rolex" | ||||
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| Single by Wiley | ||||
| from the album See Clear Now | ||||
| Released | 5 May 2008 (UK) | |||
| Format | CD single Digital download |
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| Genre | Electro-grime, grime | |||
| Length | 2:53 (Radio edit) 2:10 (Music video version) |
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| Label | Asylum/Warner Music | |||
| Writer(s) | Richard Cowie | |||
| Producer | Bless Beats | |||
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"Wearing My Rolex" is a 2008 single from British grime artist Wiley who is a founding member of the Roll Deep Crew. Described as "grime-meets-electro" on Radio 1XTRA, the song samples DSK's song "What Would We Do" and was released on 5 May 2008 by Asylum/Atlantic Records. The track was produced by Bow producer called Bless Beats.
Elements of this song are sampled in Kele Okereke's hit song Tenderoni.
An A cappella version of "Wearing My Rolex", performed by the main cast, featured in the original Royal Court Theatre production of Laura Wade's stage play Posh (2010).
In the United Kingdom, "Wearing My Rolex" entered at #4 then rising to #3 and eventually peak at #2, only beaten by "4 Minutes" by Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake and Timbaland. In total the song remained in the Top 40 for 16 weeks and in the Top 100 for 22 weeks.
| Chart (2008) | Peak position |
BPI certificate |
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| UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[1] | 2 | Silver 200,000+ |
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