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Single by Jay-Z featuring Beyoncé | |||||||||||
from the album The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse, the Hey Arnold!: The Movie soundtrack and Dangerously in Love | |||||||||||
Released | October 10, 2002 | ||||||||||
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Recorded | August 2002 | ||||||||||
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Length | 3:25 | ||||||||||
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Producer(s) | Kanye West | ||||||||||
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"'03 Bonnie & Clyde" is a song recorded by American rapper Jay-Z featuring his then-girlfriend, American singer Beyoncé. It was composed by Shawn Carter, Kanye West, Prince Nelson, Tupac Shakur, Darryl Harper, Ricky Rouse and Tyrone Wrice for Jay-Z's seventh studio album The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse and the soundtrack album to the Nickelodeon Movies film Hey Arnold!: The Movie (2002). The song was released as the album's lead single on October 10, 2002. An East Coast hip hop and R&B song, "'03 Bonnie & Clyde" sampled its beat from American rapper Tupac Shakur's 1996 song "Me and My Girlfriend", and was inspired by the crime film Bonnie and Clyde. The instrumentation is based on programmed drums, bass instruments, and a flamenco guitar, accompanied by Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin.
"'03 Bonnie & Clyde" was generally received with favorable reviews by music critics, who complimented the combination of Jay-Z's and Beyoncé's musical styles, their collaboration and the song's production. The single reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Jay-Z's second top ten single and Beyoncé's first as a solo artist. It charted at number two in the United Kingdom and peaked in the top twenty in other European territories. "'03 Bonnie & Clyde" was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA).