"Backyard Boogie" | ||||
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Single by Mack 10 | ||||
from the album Based on a True Story | ||||
B-side | "Only In California" | |||
Released | July 22, 1997 | |||
Format | 12", CD | |||
Recorded | 1996 | |||
Genre | West Coast hip hop | |||
Length | 4:19 | |||
Label | Priority | |||
Songwriter(s) | Bobby Ervin, Mack 10 | |||
Producer(s) | DJ Bobcat | |||
Mack 10 singles chronology | ||||
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"Backyard Boogie" is the lead single released from Mack 10's second album, Based on a True Story. The song was produced by Bobby "DJ Bobcat" Ervin and mixed by Ant Banks.
Released just prior to the release of Based on a True Story, "Backyard Boogie" became Mack 10's biggest hit on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching a peak of number 37. It became his second and final solo top-40 hit, after the previous year's "Nothin' But the Cavi Hit", a duet with Tha Dogg Pound. It also peaked at #5 on the Hot Rap Songs chart, now known as the Rap Songs chart. It is one of the rapper's most successful songs to date. The song helped the album debut at #14 on the Billboard 200 and get certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America. On the single version of "Backyard Boogie", its follow-up single, "Only in California" featuring Ice Cube and Snoop Dogg, is also included. It never charted but was included on Based on a True Story.