Been Around the World
| "Been Around the World" | ||||
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| Single by Puff Daddy featuring The Notorious B.I.G and Mase | ||||
| from the album No Way Out | ||||
| Released |
August 12, 1997  October 20, 1997  | |||
| Format | CD single, 7" single, 12" single, cassette single | |||
| Recorded | 1997 | |||
| Genre | Pop rap, east coast hip hop | |||
| Length | 4:36 | |||
| Label | Bad Boy | |||
| Writer(s) | David Bowie, Lisa Stansfield, Ian Devaney, Andy Morris, Sean Combs, Ron Lawrence, Mason Betha, Christopher Wallace, Deric Angelettie | |||
| Producer(s) | Ron Lawrence, Deric Angelettie | |||
| Certification | 2x Platinum (RIAA) | |||
| Puff Daddy featuring The Notorious B.I.G and Mase singles chronology | ||||
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"Been Around the World" is a 1997 single from the Puff Daddy album No Way Out, featuring The Notorious B.I.G and Mase. The song sampled David Bowie's 1983 hit song "Let's Dance" and Roy Ayers's "Feelin’ Good"; it also featured a vocal interpolation of Lisa Stansfield's song "All Around the World", sung by The Notorious B.I.G. in the chorus. In the album version, the song concludes with a skit featuring an interview with "The Mad Producer".
The song was released as a single on August 12, 1997; it was the fourth single released from the album. Like the previous three singles, which all reached No. 1 or No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, "Been Around the World" hit No. 2 on the chart, in the first two weeks of 1998;[1][2] it was kept out of the No. 1 spot by Elton John's "Candle in the Wind 1997" (the best-selling single of all time). "Been Around the World" did reach No. 1 on Billboard's Hot Rap Tracks and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts.
A music video for the song was directed by Paul Hunter it featured Mase and Puff Daddy as spies. The video included appearances by Vivica A. Fox, Quincy Jones, Wyclef Jean and Jennifer Lopez.
Track listings
Bad Boy Records (5) – 78612-79126-2 Format: CD, Single Country: US Released: 1997 Genre: Hip Hop Style:
Tracklist 1 Radio Edit 2 Rock Remix l 3 Rock Remix ll 4 It's All About The Benjamins (Album Version)
Remix
The song's official remix features Mase & Carl Thomas.
Charts
Peak positions
| Been Around The World | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 2 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Rap Tracks | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs | 1 |
| UK Singles Chart | 20 |
End of year charts
| End of year chart (1998) | Position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[3] | 19 |
References
- ↑ Billboard Top 10, January 3, 1998
- ↑ Billboard Top 10, January 10, 1998
- ↑ "Billboard Top 100 - 1998". Retrieved 2010-08-28.
External links
- Music video at MTV.com (Windows Media format)
- Full lyrics of the song at MetroLyrics
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