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(s) 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 on 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.

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 lawsuit against Aftermath and parent company Universal Music Group, and filed an injunction to prevent further performances or broadcasts of the "Addictive" song.[2][3]

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, and even the video was borrowed from the original cover version, UMI10's "Kaliyon Ka Chaman Jab Banta Hain" (2000) featuring Meghna Naidu. This cover version was highly popular amongst the youths in South Asia, though it was virtually unknown in the Western world except among the South Asian diaspora; the cover version was therefore only deemed popular to a specific niche market and culture. Though very little was changed from "Kaliyon Ka Chaman", Truth Hurts' version was more marketable for mainstream Western release and therefore became more popular across the Western world whilst the original cover version was largely unknown in English-speaking markets.

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[4] 20
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[4] 7
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[4] 6
Danish Singles Chart[4] 7
Dutch Top 40[5] 6
French SNEP Singles Chart[4] 5
German Singles Chart[5] 9
Greek Singles Chart[5] 3
Irish Singles Chart[6] 30
Italian FIMI Singles Chart[4] 16
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart[4] 30
Swedish Singles Chart[4] 50
Swiss Singles Chart[4] 3
UK Singles Chart[7] 3
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[8] 9
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs[8] 1
U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40[8] 1
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream[8] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2002) Position
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[9] 36
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[10] 25
Dutch Top 40[11] 43
French Singles Chart[12] 42
German Singles Chart 64
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[13] 40
Chart (2003) Position
French Singles Chart[14] 76

Certifications

Country Certification Date Sales certified
Belgium[15] Gold November 23, 2002 20,000
France[16] Gold April 9, 2003 250,000
United States[17] 5x Platinum 2002 6,000,115

References

  1. ↑ Billboard.com - Discography - Truth Hurts/Rakim - Addictive
  2. ↑ "Dr. Dre, Interscope Stung With $500 Million Lawsuit Over 'Addictive'". VH1. September 19, 2002. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
  3. ↑ "Top 10 Bollywood Samples". WhoSampled. May 23, 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 "Addictive", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved September 26, 2008)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Addictive", in various singles charts Top40-charts.com (Retrieved September 26, 2008)
  6. ↑ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved September 26, 2008)
  7. ↑ UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved September 26, 2008)
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Billboard allmusic.com (Retrieved September 26, 2008)
  9. ↑ 2002 Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved September 26, 2008)
  10. ↑ 2002 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved September 26, 2008)
  11. ↑ "Single top 100 over 2002" (PDF) (in Dutch). Top40. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
  12. ↑ 2002 French Singles Chart Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved September 26, 2008)
  13. ↑ 2002 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Hitparade.ch (Retrieved September 26, 2008)
  14. ↑ 2002 French Singles Chart Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved September 26, 2008)
  15. ↑ Belgian certifications Ultratop.be (Retrieved September 26, 2008)
  16. ↑ French certifications Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved September 1, 2008)
  17. ↑ United certifications Unitedcharts.com (Retrieved September 26, 2008)