Ignition (song)

"Ignition (Remix)"
Standard artwork (U.S. CD single pictured)
Single by R. Kelly
from the album Chocolate Factory
B-side	"Apologies of a Thug" "What Do I Do"
Released	September 25, 2002 (cd single) November 5, 2002 (remix cd single) January 22, 2003 (radio)
Format	CD maxi
Recorded	2002
Genre	R&B
Length	3:16 (original version) 3:09 (remix) 6:25 (full version)
Label	Jive
Writer(s)	Robert Kelly
Producer(s)	R. Kelly
R. Kelly singles chronology
"The World's Greatest" (2002) "Ignition (Remix)" (2003) "Snake" (2003)
Chocolate Factory track listing 24 tracks Track list "Chocolate Factory" "Step in the Name of Love" "Heart of a Woman" "I'll Never Leave" "Been Around the World" "You Made Me Love You" "Forever" "Dream Girl" "Ignition" "Ignition (Remix)" "Forever More" "You Knock Me Out" "Step in the Name of Love (Remix)" "Imagine That" "Showdown" "Snake" "Who's That" Loveland bonus disc "Loveland" "What Do I Do" "Heaven I Need a Hug" "The World's Greatest" "Far More" "Raindrops" "Apologies of a Thug" (Europe bonus track)

"Ignition (Viceroy Remix)"
Single by Viceroy & R. Kelly
Released	2 December 2014
Format	Digital download
Recorded	2002(vocals) 2014(song)
Length	3:43
Label	RCA
Writer(s)	Robert Kelly
Producer(s)	Viceroy
Viceroy singles chronology
"Ignition (Viceroy Remix)" (2014) '
R. Kelly singles chronology "Bump & Grind 2014" (2014) "Ignition (Viceroy Remix)" (2014) "Backyard Party" (2015)

"Ignition (Remix)" is a song written and produced by American R&B singer R. Kelly. It was released on 2002 and 2003 as the lead single from his sixth studio album Chocolate Factory (2003). It is viewed as one of his most well-known songs and has been popular in the United States, Europe and Oceania.

"Ignition (Remix)" peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100. Outside the United States, the song topped the charts in Australia, New Zealand, the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom. It was later included on the updated version of Rolling Stone's 500 greatest songs of all time in 2010 at number 494. The song was listed at #19 on Pitchfork Media's top 500 songs of the 2000s.

The original song "Ignition" was first recorded in 2002 after the alleged Kelly sex tape was a hot topic in the media. The original "Ignition" was originally going to be one of the songs on his forthcoming album at that time called Loveland; the album got leaked later on, and Kelly decided to turn Loveland to Chocolate Factory, record mostly new songs and remix some of the songs on that album. "Ignition" was one of the songs he decided to remix after people in the studio liked the end part of the song, which would later become the intro to the remix.

The song is sometimes called simply "Ignition" colloquially and for marketing purposes, including as the title of one of its releases as a single and on the Billboard charts. While it shares the song title with the original version of "Ignition", the remix version is most commonly referred to in writing to avoid confusion with the original. The two songs share some instrumental elements (guitars and percussion) but are otherwise completely different.

The original "Ignition" was released first to urban contemporary radio stations although it never officially charted on Billboard in this manner at first. At the end of the song, Kelly gives the listeners "a lil' preview of the remix", which includes only the first verse then fades out. The "remix to Ignition" was released weeks later to urban and top 40 pop stations which gained the most attention. While many stations never played the original but opted for the remix only, others played both "Ignition"(s) merged at six minutes total; it was structured that way on the Chocolate Factory album.