Award Tour
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"Award Tour" is a song by A Tribe Called Quest, released as the first single from their third album Midnight Marauders. It features rapper Trugoy on the chorus, from the fellow Native Tongues group De La Soul. It contains a sample of "We Gettin' Down" by Weldon Irvine, from his 1975 album Spirit Man. The B-side of the single is the original version of the Midnight Marauders track "The Chase, Pt. 2", which notably features the first known verse by future Tribe collaborator Consequence. The song remains Tribe's highest charting single to date, experiencing large success in America and overseas.
The second half of the song's chorus calls out names of cities and states in this order: New York City, New Jersey, North Carolina, Virginia, Oakland, Los Angeles, San Francisco, St. John, Chinatown, Spokane, London, Tokyo, Houston, Delaware, Washington, D.C., Dallas, South Carolina, Maryland, New Orleans and Detroit.
Appearances and covers
Charts
| Charts (1993–1994)[2] |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 |
47 |
| U.S. Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales |
1 |
| U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks |
27 |
| U.S. Hot Rap Singles |
7 |
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