California Roll (song)

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"California Roll"
Single by Snoop Dogg featuring Stevie Wonder
from the album Bush
ReleasedMay 5, 2015 (2015-05-05)
Recorded2014–15
Genre
Length4:12
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)The Neptunes
Snoop Dogg singles chronology
"So Many Pros"
(2015) 		"California Roll"
(2015) 		"
My Cutie Pie
"
(2015)
Stevie Wonder singles chronology
"All About the Love Again"
(2009) 		"California Roll"
(2015) 		"Faith"
(2016)
Pharrell Williams singles chronology
"It Girl"
(2014) 		"California Roll"
(2015) 		"Freedom"
(2015)

"California Roll" is a song by American rapper

studio album Bush (2015), with the record labels i am OTHER and Columbia Records.[1] Williams is credited as a co-writer of the song, along with Snoop Dogg and James Fauntleroy.[2] The song cover art features model Afiya Bennett
.

Music video

The official

retrofuturistic Los Angeles, with flying vintage cars and Ancient Egyptian elements. (The film-within-a-film also includes brief product placement for the Sony Xperia Z3 phone.) One audience member, played by Nia Long, is surprised to see drawings of her within the film; she then ends up inside the film, alongside Snoop Dogg in the 1940s Buick
-style flying car he is driving. At the end of the video, as the other audience members rise up to leave, it is clear that she has remained within the futuristic world.

The video's concept was a collaborative effort: it was Fu's idea to show a ride through LA, Williams' idea to have it set in an Egyptian-style future, and Snoop Dogg's to have the audience be from the 1940s.[4]

Commercial performance

The single debuted at number 49 on the US

R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, becoming Snoop's 70th entry on the chart.[5]

Track listing
  1. California Roll (featuring Stevie Wonder) — 4:12

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (2015) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[7] 22
France (
SNEP)[8]
 140
Mexico Ingles Airplay (Billboard)[9] 47
Netherlands (
Dutch Single Tip)[10]
 27
US Adult R&B Songs (Billboard)[11] 20
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[12] 49
US Hot R&B Songs (Billboard)[13] 15

Release history

Region Date Format Label Ref.
United States May 5, 2015 Digital download

[6]

Europe May 7, 2015

[14]

References

  1. ^ "Snoop Dogg – Bush (2015, CD)". Discogs. May 2015.
  2. ^ Snoop Dogg - California Roll Feat. Pharrell & Stevie Wonder New Song Retrieved. May 5, 2015
  3. VEVO
    . Retrieved May 5, 2015.
  4. ^ Miriam Coleman. "Snoop Dogg Enlists Stevie Wonder, Pharrell for 'California Roll' Video". Rolling Stone, 20 May 2015.
  5. ^ "Snoop Dogg Scores Sixth No. 1 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". Billboard. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
  6. ^
    Apple Inc
    . Retrieved May 5, 2015.
  7. ^ "Snoop Dogg Feat. Stevie Wonder – California Roll" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved August 5, 2015.
  8. Les classement single
    .
  9. ^ "Archived copy". Billboard. Archived from the original on 2016-03-07. Retrieved 2015-09-23.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. Dutch Single Tip
    . Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  11. ^ "Snoop Dogg Chart History (Adult R&B Songs)". Billboard.
  12. ^ "Snoop Dogg Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard.
  13. ^ "Snoop Dogg – Chart History: Hot R&B Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Archived from the original on October 4, 2015. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  14. ^ "Snoop Dogg Featuring Stevie Wonder – California Roll". Discogs. 7 May 2015. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
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