Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill)
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| Single by Wyclef Jean featuring Niia, Akon and Lil Wayne from the album Carnival Vol. II: Memoirs of an Immigrant |
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| Released | August 14, 2007 (radio/iTunes) November 22, 2007 (single) |
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| Format | CD Digital download |
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| Genre | R&B, Hip Hop, Reggae | ||||
| Length | 4:01 | ||||
| Label | Columbia | ||||
| Producer | Akon, Wyclef Jean | ||||
| Certification | Platinum (RIAA) | ||||
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"Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill)" is the lead single off Wyclef Jean's sixth solo album, Carnival Vol. II: Memoirs of an Immigrant. It features the singers Niia, Akon and the rapper Lil Wayne.
Verizon Wireless released the song on their V CAST service on August 7, 2007.
As of August 14, 2007 the song is available on iTunes.
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[edit] Lyrics history
In the chorus, Akon sings, "See I'ma tell you, like Wu told me, Cash rules everything, around me." This is a reference to the Wu Tang Clan, who produced a song called "C.R.E.A.M." (Cash Rules Everything Around Me) in 1994. Akon samples the "dolla', dolla' bill, y'all" chant from the chorus of C.R.E.A.M. In Lil Wayne's verse, he mentions Fat Joe's song Make It Rain (which Lil Wayne featured in). The line is, "she wears a dress to the T like the letter, and if you make it rain she will be under the weather." This "dolla dolla bill yall" chant can be traced back to the 1983 song Money(Dollar Bill Yall) by old school rapper Jimmy Spicer.
[edit] Music video
The music video is mainly set in a refugee camp. At the beginning of the video, Wyclef Jean is given the mission to prevent the video's lead female from being deported back to her home country, which is said to be hostile. Akon and Lil' Wayne are also featured as they also seemingly are waiting for possible deportation. After a short wait, the lead female is informed that she will be deported. Soon after, you see her set the camp on fire and Jean, in an effort to reach her, takes out a guard and succeeds in rescuing the lead female. Both leap off camera as the camp erupts in flame.
The video for the remix featuring Raekwon of the Wu-Tang Clan premiered on November 27th, 2007 on Wyclef Jean's YouTube account.[1] The remix switches between the original "C.R.E.A.M." instrumental and trumpets.
[edit] Chart performance
The song has peaked at #12 on the Billboard charts
On August 23, 2007 the song debuted on the Canadian Hot 100 at number 42. On that same day it made its first appearance on the Billboard charts, on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 at number three.
In New Zealand the single debuted at number 39 on the week of the 22nd of October. The following week, the song jumped to number 17. Now it is at number 8, solely off downloads. The single has peaked at 66 so far in the UK.
| Chart (2007) | Peak position |
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| Australian ARIA Singles Chart[2] | 28 |
| Ö3 Austria Top 40[3] | 68 |
| Brazilian Hot 100 | 22 |
| Canadian Hot 100[3] | 22 |
| German Singles Chart[3] | 30 |
| Italian Singles Chart[4] | 45 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart[3] | 8 |
| Polish Singles Chart[5] | 59 |
| Sweden Singles Chart[6] | 15 |
| Swiss Singles Chart[3] | 26 |
| UK Singles Chart[7] | 66 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[3] | 12 |
| U.S. Billboard Pop 100 | 10 |
| United World Chart | 24 |
[edit] Based on
In an interview on VH1 about his new album, he stated that this song is loosely based on a girl he once knew that later became a prostitute.
[edit] References
- ^ YouTube - Wyclef Jean featuring Akon, Lil Wayne, Raekwon, and introducing Niia-Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill)
- ^ ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart. Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved on June 1, 2008.
- ^ a b c d e f Wyclef Jean featuring Akon, Lil Wayne and Niia - Sweetest Girl (dollar Bill) - Music Charts
- ^ http://www.fimi.it/classifiche.asp?idtipo_classifica=3&idclassifica=2242&archivio=true/Italian Singles Chart.htm
- ^ APCCHART.COM © 1988 - 2007 APC-stats EU/UE
- ^ Fergie - Clumsy - Music Charts
- ^ Official UK Charts
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