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Blame It

 
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Performed by: Jamie Foxx
Written by: James Brown; John Jr Conte; Jamie Foxx; Chris Henderson; Brandon Melancon; Faheem Najm; Terius Nash; Breyon Prescott; Nathan Walker

Credits: Brown, James (Songwriter); Conte, John Jr (Songwriter); Foxx, Jamie (Songwriter); Henderson, Chris (Songwriter); Melancon, Brandon (Songwriter); Najm, Faheem (Songwriter); Nash, Terius (Songwriter); Prescott, Breyon (Songwriter); Walker, Nathan (Songwriter); EMI APRIL MUSIC INC. (Publisher); GIFTED SOURCE MUSIC (Publisher); NAPPYPUB MUSIC (Publisher); UNIVERSAL MUSIC - Z SONGS (Publisher)

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"Blame It"
Single by Jamie Foxx featuring T-Pain
from the album Intuition
Released January 26, 2009 (US)
April 20, 2009 (UK)
Format CD single, digital download
Recorded 2008
Genre R&B, electronica
Length 4:50 (Album Version)
4:25 (Single Version)
Label J/will.i.am music group/Interscope
Writer(s) Christopher "Deep" Henderson, James T. Brown (SLUGGER JONES), Nate Walker, and Brandon Melanchon & additional verse by T-Pain
Producer Christopher "Deep" Henderson.[citation needed]
Certification Platinum (RIAA)
Jamie Foxx singles chronology
"She Got Her Own"
(2008)
"Blame It"
(2009)
"I Don't Need It"
(2009)
T-Pain singles chronology
"Holla Holla"
(2008)
"Blame It"
(2009)
"I'm on a Boat"
(2009)
Music video
"Blame It" at YouTube (requires Adobe Flash)

"Blame It" is the second single off Jamie Foxx's third studio album Intuition It features singer T-Pain and was written by Christopher "Deep" Henderson, Nate Walker, James T. Brown (SLUGGER JONES), and Brandon Melanchon and produced by Christopher "Deep" Henderson. Both Jamie Foxx and T-Pain use the Auto-Tune effect. T-Pain also uses some elements from "I Luv Your Girl" by The-Dream. "Blame It" is the most successful single from the album, peaking at #2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, the album's only top ten single so far, and has topped the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for 14 consecutive weeks making it the second longest running number 1 song on that chart. "Blame It" has sold over one million downloads.[1]

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Music video

The music video was directed by Hype Williams and premiered at 106 & Park on Friday February 25, 2009. Cameo appearances in the video are made by Ron Howard, Forest Whitaker, Jake Gyllenhaal, Samuel L. Jackson, Quincy Jones, Cedric the Entertainer, Morris Chestnut, Clifton Powell, Alex Thomas, DeRay Davis, Joe, Mos Def, Tatyana Ali, Jalen Rose, Bill Bellamy, Ashley Scott, Electrik Red, Dawn Richard, Keshia Knight Pulliam and LeToya.

Remixes

Promotion

He performed this song with T-Pain at the BET Awards and won the award for Best Collaboration.

Chart performance

"Blame It" rose rapidly to the top spot on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, becoming Foxx's first number one on the chart as a lead artist, and his third including featured credits. "Blame It" broke the record for the longest running #1 song ever on the chart by a male artist. It spent fourteen consecutive weeks at #1 before finally being knocked off by Jeremih's "Birthday Sex." It is tied with "We Belong Together" by Mariah Carey, "Nobody's Supposed to Be Here" by Deborah Cox and "Pretty Wings" by Maxwell as the second longest running song ever on the chart. Only "Be Without You" by Mary J. Blige spent more time at #1, with 15 weeks.

On the Billboard Hot 100, it has thus far reached #2, making it his second top ten, but first top five hit on the chart as a lead artist and his highest peak on the chart (following two No.1s as a featured artist). The song sold one million downloads in 14 weeks in the United States. In Canada, it has peaked at #7 on the Canadian Hot 100 chart. After consistently remaining in the Hot 100's Top 20 for more than twenty weeks, "Blame It" took a sudden fall from number 22 to 34 in mid July.

Chart positions

Chart (2009) Peak
position
Australian Urban Top 40[2] 19
Canadian Hot 100 7
New Zealand Singles Chart[3] 29
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 2
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 1
U.S. Billboard Pop 100 3
Preceded by
"Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" by Beyoncé
Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number-one single
February 21, 2009 - May 23, 2009
Succeeded by
"Birthday Sex" by Jeremih

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