"Deuces" | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Single by Chris Brown featuring Tyga and Kevin McCall | ||||||||||||||||||||
from the album Fan of a Fan and F.A.M.E. | ||||||||||||||||||||
B-side | "No Bullshit" | |||||||||||||||||||
Released | June 25, 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||
Format | Digital download | |||||||||||||||||||
Recorded | 2010; In Your Ear Studios (Richmond, Virginia) |
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Genre | R&B | |||||||||||||||||||
Length | 4:36 | |||||||||||||||||||
Label | Jive | |||||||||||||||||||
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Producer(s) | Kevin "K-MAC" McCall | |||||||||||||||||||
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"Deuces" is a song written and performed by American recording artist Chris Brown and American rappers Tyga and Kevin McCall. Produced by McCall, "Deuces" was released digitally on June 25, 2010, as the lead single from Brown's first collaborative effort with Tyga, titled Fan of a Fan (2010). The song is a slow, down-tempo R&B ballad featuring elements from the genres of house and pop music, while the song is lyrically about "breaking it off with a girl after failed attempts to make the relationship work". "Deuces" was later included on Brown's fourth studio album, F.A.M.E. (2011).
Following its release, some critics speculated that the lyrics of the song were about Brown's former relationship with Barbadian singer Rihanna. "Deuces" earned Brown two award nominations for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration at the 53rd Grammy Awards and Best Collaboration at the 2011 BET Awards. The song was a commercial success in the United States, reaching number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, becoming Brown's first number-one single on the chart since "Say Goodbye" (2006). Additionally, it peaked inside the top-thirty in New Zealand and the top-seventy in the United Kingdom.