I'm on a Boat

"I'm on a Boat"
Single by The Lonely Island featuring T-Pain
from the album Incredibad
Released	February 3, 2009
Format	Digital download
Recorded	2009
Genre	Comedy hip hop, R&B
Length	2:37
Label	Universal Republic
Writer(s)	Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone, Wyshmaster, T-Pain
Producer(s)	Wyshmaster
The Lonely Island singles chronology
"Jizz in My Pants" (2008) "I'm on a Boat" (2009) "I Just Had Sex" (2010)
T-Pain singles chronology "Blame It" (2009) "I'm on a Boat" (2009) "All I Do Is Win" (2010)

External video

Behind the Scenes on "I'm On a Boat", from The Lonely Island's official Web site

"I'm on a Boat" is a single from The Lonely Island's debut album Incredibad. It was also featured as a Saturday Night Live Digital Short. The song features R&B singer T-Pain. The song, produced by Wyshmaster, is a parody of many rap video clichés, especially the music video for the Jay-Z song "Big Pimpin'." The music video reached number one on YouTube in February 2009 and was number one on the US iTunes music video chart. The song was nominated for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration at the 52nd Grammy Awards. The Lonely Island has also performed the song live on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon with Black Thought filling in for T-Pain. The song went platinum.

The song features an aggressive delivery of the lyrics which are peppered with strong profanity throughout while making simple proclamations, ranging from the mundane ("The boat engine make noise") to the absurd ("I'm gonna fly this boat to the moon somehow"). Schaffer at one time claims to be riding a wild dolphin, and doing flips, and at another time to be climbing buoys. Samberg sings that he's "king of the world, on a boat like Leo" referring to Leonardo DiCaprio in the movie Titanic, and mentions Kevin Garnett's 2008 NBA championship finals victory quote "anything is possible".

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