"Change Clothes" | |||||||||||
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Single by Jay-Z featuring Pharrell Williams | |||||||||||
from the album The Black Album | |||||||||||
Released | November 4, 2003 | ||||||||||
Format | 12" Single, CD single | ||||||||||
Recorded | Baseline Studeios, NYC by Gimel "Young Guru" Keaton for Loreal Inc. | ||||||||||
Genre | Hip hop, R&B | ||||||||||
Length | 4:18 | ||||||||||
Label | Roc-A-Fella, Def Jam | ||||||||||
Writer(s) | Shawn Carter, Pharrell Williams, Chad Hugo | ||||||||||
Producer(s) | The Neptunes | ||||||||||
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"Change Clothes" was the first official single from rapper Jay-Z's studio album The Black Album. It featured additional vocals by Pharrell Williams and was produced by The Neptunes. The song reached #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 in December, 2003.
In Danger Mouse's Grey Album remix, the cello and harpsichord arrangement from "Piggies", from the Beatles album The Beatles (more commonly known as The White Album), is mixed with this song.
The video directed by Chris Robinson features appearances from Russell Simmons, Memphis Bleek, Beanie Sigel, talk show host Kelly Ripa, models Naomi Campbell, Jessica White, Liliana Dominguez, Jade Cole (of Cycle 6 of America's Next Top Model), D. Woods, formerly of Danity Kane, singer Omahyra Mota, Mey Bun and rapper Mos Def.