Blame It
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| Single by Jamie Foxx featuring T-Pain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| from the album Intuition | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Released | January 26, 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Format | CD single, digital download | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Recorded | 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genre | R&B, hip hop, electropop, electronica | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 4:50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Label | J | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | James T. Brown, John Conte, Jr., Jamie Foxx, Christopher Henderson, Brandon R. Melanchon, Terius Nash, Breyon Prescott, David Ballard, Christopher Stewart, T-Pain & Nathan L. Walker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Producer(s) | Christopher "Deep" Henderson. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Blame It" (also known as "Blame It (On the Alcohol)") is a song by American singer/actor Jamie Foxx, released as the second official single from his third studio album, Intuition. (2008) It features singer T-Pain and was written by Christopher "Deep" Henderson, Nate Walker, James T. Brown, John Conte Jr., David Ballard 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. The song received many accolades and nominations, including a win for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals at the 52nd Grammy Awards.
"Blame It" is the most successful single from the album, peaking at No. 2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, 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 the chart. "Blame It" has sold over one million downloads.
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, Garrett Morris and LeToya. BET named it their No. 1 music video for 2009 on their year-end Notarized countdown, beating out videos from artists such as Jay-Z, Maxwell, Alicia Keys and Young Money.
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