Let's Get Blown

"Let's Get Blown"
Single by Snoop Dogg featuring Pharrell Williams
from the album R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece
Released December 14, 2004 (U.S.)
February 15, 2005 (UK)[1]
Format 12" single, CD single
Recorded October 2004
Genre G-funk, hip hop, R&B
Length 4:40
Label Doggystyle, Star Trak, Geffen
Writer(s) Chad Hugo, Calvin Broadus, Pharrell Williams, M. Adams, Steve Arrington, R. Turner, S. Washington, D. Webster
Producer(s) The Neptunes
Snoop Dogg singles chronology
"Drop It Like It's Hot"
(2004)		 "Let's Get Blown"
(2004)		 "Signs"
(2005)
Pharrell Williams singles chronology
"Drop It Like It's Hot"
(2004)		 "Let's Get Blown"
(2004)		 "Can I Have It Like That"
(2005)
Keyshia Cole singles chronology
"Never"
(2004)		 "Let's Get Blown"
(2004)		 "I Changed My Mind"
(2004)

"Let's Get Blown" is the second single release from Snoop Dogg's album R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta) The Masterpiece, produced by The Neptunes and featuring Pharrell. It did not repeat the success of "Drop It Like It's Hot", but it filled the gap between the aforementioned song and the club hit "Signs". "Let's Get Blown" is one of Snoop Dogg's biggest hits in the UK.

Snoop Dogg and Pharrell are joined by Keyshia Cole, who had not garnered a reputation at that time and was therefore left uncredited (her contribution to the R&G song "Pass It Pass It" also went uncredited). The song samples and contains interpolations from Slave's "Watching You", which was also interpolated in "Gin and Juice". It was recorded by Andrew Coleman and Phil Tan at Record Plant Studios, Los Angeles, CA in 2004. The video (directed by Paul Hunter) was first aired in the week of February 21, 2005. It was 27th on LAUNCH Music Videos Top 100 in January 2005 and 59th on MTV's Top 100 of 2005 video list in December. The song was performed live at The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on January 20, 2005.

In 2005, the Neptunes were nominated for Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical in the Rap category for composing this song.

Charts

Chart (2005) Peak
position
scope="row" Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[2] 42
scope="row" Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)[3] 2
scope="row" Netherlands (Single Top 100)[4] 35
scope="row" Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[5] 18
Greece (Greece Top 20)[6] 15
scope="row" Ireland (IRMA)[7] 16
scope="row" Italy (FIMI)[8] 24
scope="row" New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[9] 19
West Hollywood (Radio Top 40 Singles) 1
scope="row" Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[10] 22
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[11] 13
scope="row" US Billboard Hot 100[12] 54
scope="row" US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[13] 19
scope="row" US R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay (Billboard)[14] 19
scope="row" US Hot Rap Songs (Billboard)[15] 12
scope="row" US Rhythmic (Billboard)[16] 26

Official versions

  1. "Let's Get Blown" (Album Version) / (Album Version Explicit)

References

  1. ↑ Ideal Homie | | guardian.co.uk Arts
  2. ↑ "Ultratop.be – SNOOP DOGG FEAT. PHARRELL – Let's Get Blown" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  3. ↑ "Ultratop.be – SNOOP DOGG FEAT. PHARRELL – Let's Get Blown" (in French). Ultratip.
  4. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – SNOOP DOGG FEAT. PHARRELL – Let's Get Blown" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  5. ↑ "SNOOP DOGG FEAT. PHARRELL: Let's Get Blown" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
  6. ↑ "Snoop Dogg - Let's Get Blown @ Top40-Charts.com - Songs & Videos from 49 Top 20 & Top 40 Music Charts from 30 Countries". Top40-charts.com. Retrieved 2014-03-05.
  7. ↑ "Chart Track: Week 9, 2005". Irish Singles Chart.
  8. ↑ "Italiancharts.com – SNOOP DOGG FEAT. PHARRELL – Let's Get Blown". Top Digital Download.
  9. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – SNOOP DOGG FEAT. PHARRELL – Let's Get Blown". Top 40 Singles.
  10. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – SNOOP DOGG FEAT. PHARRELL – Let's Get Blown". Swiss Singles Chart.
  11. ↑ "Snoop Dogg - Let's Get Blown - Music Charts". Acharts.us. Retrieved 2014-03-05.
  12. ↑ "Snoop Dogg Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot 100 for Snoop Dogg. Retrieved March 20, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Snoop Dogg Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for Snoop Dogg. Retrieved March 20, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Snoop Dogg Album & Song Chart History" Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay for Snoop Dogg. Retrieved March 20, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Snoop Dogg Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot Rap Songs for Snoop Dogg. Retrieved March 20, 2015.
  16. ↑ "Snoop Dogg Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Rhythmic Songs for Snoop Dogg. Retrieved March 20, 2015.

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