Blue Magic (song)

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"Blue Magic"
Single by Jay-Z featuring Pharrell Williams
from the album American Gangster
ReleasedSeptember 20, 2007
Recorded2007
GenreEast Coast hip hop
Length4:10
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Shawn Carter
  • Pharrell Williams
  • Thomas McElroy
  • Denzil Foster
Producer(s)The Neptunes
Jay-Z singles chronology
"Umbrella"
(2007) 		"Blue Magic"
(2007) 		"Roc Boys (And the Winner Is)..."
(2007)
Pharrell
singles chronology
"Give It Up"
(2007) 		"Blue Magic"
(2007) 		"I Know"
(2008)

"Blue Magic" is the first single from

Pharrell and Trey Songz
.

The lyrics in the first verse refer to

CIA and Contras cocaine trafficking in the US that rocked the 1980s and the Reagan Presidency.[2]

Blame Reagan for making me into a monster
Blame Oliver North and Iran-Contra
I ran contraband that they sponsored
Before this rhyming stuff we was in concert

Blue Magic also samples the 1931 horror film, Frankenstein.

Royce Da 5'9" released a freestyle of this song called "Blue Magic". It was a "diss" track on Mistah F.A.B.
.

Music video

The music video was directed by

BET's 106 & Park on October 11, 2007. The video shows the recording artist and dancer Teyana Taylor, dancing and popping throughout the video.[3] The video appeared at the bottom of BET's Notarized: Top 100 Videos of 2007 on December 31, 2007. The video[4] was noted for prominently featuring wads and a suitcase full of 500 Euro notes, and it was noted that the video gave the euro media attention at a time when the U.S. dollar had sharply lost in value against most major world currencies such as the euro, pound Sterling and Canadian dollar.[5]

Charts

Chart (2007) Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[6] 69
US Billboard Hot 100[7] 55
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[8] 31
US Hot Rap Songs (Billboard)[9] 17
US Pop 100 (Billboard)[10] 52

References

  1. ^ Shake (September 20, 2007). Jay-Z to Release 'American Gangster' Archived 2007-12-12 at the Wayback Machine. HipHopDX. Accessed September 27, 2007
  2. ^ "Mixtape Maestro | Blue Magic". Archived from the original on 2007-10-24. Retrieved 2008-07-17.
  3. ^ "TEYANA TAYLOR DROPS HER DEBUT ALBUM, 'FROM A PLANET CALLED HARLEM' IN MAY". Skope. Skope Entertainment Inc. March 31, 2008. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
  4. YouTube, universalmusicgroup, official Universal Music Group YouTube
    channel
  5. ^ David Usborne, "Rappers join models in insisting on euros as greenbacks fall further out of fashion", The Independent, November 17, 2007. Accessed February 9, 2017
  6. ^ "Jay-Z Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved May 14, 2022.
  7. ^ "Jay-Z Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved May 14, 2022.
  8. ^ "Jay-Z Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved May 14, 2022.
  9. ^ "Jay-Z Chart History (Hot Rap Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved May 14, 2022.
  10. ^ "Jay-Z – Awards". AllMusic. Archived from the original on July 6, 2016. Retrieved May 15, 2022.

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