"Window Shopper"
Single by 50 Cent
from the album Get Rich or Die Tryin' Soundtrack
Released	November 6, 2005
Format	CD
Genre	East Coast hip hop
Length	3:13
Label	G-Unit, Interscope
Writer(s)	Crawford, T. Jackson, C. Bob Marley Turnbull, J.H.
Producer	C. Styles , Sire
50 Cent singles chronology
"Hustler's Ambition" (2005) "Window Shopper" (2005) "Best Friend" (2006) Audio sample file info · help

"Window Shopper" is a single by rapper 50 Cent. It was the second single (in the U.S.) and first single (in the UK and Australia) from the Get Rich or Die Tryin' soundtrack released in 2005. It peaked at #20 on the Billboard Hot 100, and had slightly more success in a couple other countries.

Music video

The music video is set in Monaco and is about how 50 Cent and friends are rich enough to buy overpriced items, such as $400 cheeseburgers, and a $1,500,000 Maserati MC12. It received a nomination at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards for Best Rap Video. There are two versions of the video: one which contains several clips from the film and one that doesn't and is the full version of the video. For example, the video either starts with footage from the film of Marcus looking through a window at shoes, or it starts with 50 Cent and Ma$e trying to understand what a French shoe salesman is saying.

Charts and certifications

Trivia

• Before the song was released as a single, the rough edit (which is the clean version's chorus) incorporated rappers that 50 Cent has had feuds with: Ja Rule, Jadakiss, Fat Joe, Nas & The Game. "Ja yous a window shopper, mad at me I think I know why, Jada yous a window shopper, in the jewelry store lookin at shit you can't buy..." etc.

Parodies

• Lily Allen recorded a parody of "Window Shopper" called "Nan, You're a Window Shopper", about her grandma. The version of this song is on the U.S. release of her album Alright, Still.
• Loon parodied the song in a diss to Ma$e.

Remix

There is also a Window Shopper remix featuring Ma$e. It was released in the mixtape: "G-Unit Radio part 16" with Ma$e.

A second remix was released featuring Ma$e and Lloyd Banks. It was released in the mixtape: "Static Scelektah & G-Unit Radio - The Empire Strikes Back". This version has a different chorus sung by 50 Cent, instead of him saying "Ja you's a window shopper" he says "nigga you's a window shopper".

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