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In da Club

"In da Club"
50 Cent - In Da Club - CD cover.jpg
Single by 50 Cent
from the album Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Released January 7, 2003
Format 12-inch single, CD, digital download
Recorded 2002
Genre Gangsta rap
Length 3:12 (Album Version)
3:40 (Radio Edit)
4:10 (Video)
Label Shady/Aftermath/Interscope
Writer(s) Curtis Jackson, Andre Young, Mike Elizondo
Producer(s) Dr. Dre, Mike Elizondo, DJ Quik
50 Cent singles chronology
"Wanksta"
(2002)
"In da Club"
(2003)
"Magic Stick"
(2003)
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Alternative Cover
"Sexy Lil Thug"
Song by Beyoncé from the album Speak My Mind
Recorded 2003
Genre
Length 3:10
Label Columbia
Producer(s) Beyoncé Knowles
Speak My Mind track listing
"Summertime"
(5)
"Sexy Lil Thug"
(6)
"Work It Out"
(7)

"In da Club" is a hip hop song performed by American rapper 50 Cent from his debut studio album Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003). The song was written by 50 Cent, Dr. Dre, and Mike Elizondo and produced by Dr. Dre with co-production credit from Elizondo. The track was released in January 2003 as the album's lead single and was praised by music critics.

"In da Club" peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming 50 Cent's first number one single on that chart. At the 46th Grammy Awards, it was nominated for Best Male Rap Solo Performance and Best Rap Song. The song's music video won Best Rap Video and Best New Artist at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards. In 2009, the single was listed at number 24 in Billboard's Hot 100 Songs of the Decade. It was listed at number 13 in Rolling Stone's "Best Songs of the Decade". In 2010, it was ranked 448th in Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list.

After 50 Cent was discovered by rapper Eminem in 2002, he flew to Los Angeles where he was introduced to record producer Dr. Dre. "In da Club" was the first of seven tracks he recorded in five days with Dr. Dre. 50 Cent described the studio sessions, saying:


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