Fuck wit Dre Day (And Everybody's Celebratin')
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"Fuck wit Dre Day (And Everybody's Celebratin')" | ||||
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Single by Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Doggy Dogg | ||||
from the album The Chronic | ||||
B-side | "Puffin' on Blunts and Drankin' Tanqueray" | |||
Released | May 20, 1993 | |||
Recorded | 1992 | |||
Genre | G-funk[1][2] | |||
Length | 4:52 | |||
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Songwriter(s) | Calvin Broadus[3] | |||
Producer(s) | Dr. Dre | |||
Dr. Dre singles chronology | ||||
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Snoop Doggy Dogg singles chronology | ||||
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"Fuck wit Dre Day (And Everybody's Celebratin')", or as a
, although Dre, while still an N.W.A member, had helped diss Cube first. After "Dre Day," a number of further diss records were exchanged.Analysis
On the main popular songs chart, the Billboard Hot 100, whereas The Chronic's lead single, "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang", reached number two, "Dre Day" peaked at number eight in June 1993. The song's bassline is a slowed interpolation from Funkadelic's song "(Not Just) Knee Deep." The chorus includes vocals by two more Death Row Records artists, R&B singer Jewell and rapper RBX. Also included is a sample and an interpolation from George Clinton’s song “Atomic Dog."
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In "Dre Day," Dre vows to "to creep to South Central," which is Ice Cube's hometown, "on a Street Knowledge mission," while Cube's own record label was initially named Street Knowledge Productions. Dre lyrically "steps in the temple," evidently alluding to Cube's affiliation with the Nation of Islam, and claims to "spot him" by a "White Sox hat," which Cube often donned. Earlier that year, Cube had the single "Check Yo Self." Dre adds, "You tryin to check my homey, you best check yo self." Not parodied in the "Dre Day" music video, however, Cube instead would cameo, signaling reconciliation with Dre, in the September 1993 music video of the next and last Chronic single, "Let Me Ride."
Music video
Dr. Dre directed the music video, which parodies Eazy-E as "Sleazy-E," played by actor A. J. Johnson with an exaggerated Jheri Curl hairstyle, a plaid shirt, and dark sunglasses. Prefacing the song performance is a skit, wherein Sleazy-E enters the office of "Useless Records" where a rotund white man hires him to find some rappers. This mimic of Eazy-E's Ruthless Records co-owner Jerry Heller was played by Interscope Records executive Steve Berman. (Berman later played in three Eminem skits and one D12 skit.)
An interlude shows Sleazy-E introducing two newly acquired protégés, played by
Artist responses
The "Dre Day" single's
"Real Muthaphuckkin G's" would become Eazy-E's biggest hit as a solo artist. Its music video imports from the "Dre Day" music video the character Sleazy-E, who in Eazy-E's music video is still roadside holding up a WILL RAP FOR FOOD sign, but is later chased through town, dragged into a van, and eventually lies motionless at his earlier roadside spot, or, in the video's radio edit, falls flat when running near a Leaving Compton road sign. On the short film Murder Was the Case's soundtrack, Snoop Dogg and Tha Dogg Pound responded with "What Would You Do?" while its music video parodies Eazy-E's proteges BG Knocc Out and Dresta themselves chased and beaten by Tha Dogg Pound.
Track listing
UK CD single
- "Dre Day" (Radio Version) - 4:52
- "Dre Day" (UK Radio Flavour) - 4:56
- "Dre Day" (Extended Club Mix) - 9:53
- "Dre Day" (UK Flavour) - 4:58
- "Dre Day" (Instrumental) - 4:52
- "Dre Day" (LP Version) - 4:52
German CD single
- "Dre Day" (Radio Version) - 4:52
- "Puffin' on Blunts and Drankin' Tanqueray" - 11:16
UK 12" vinyl
- "Dre Day" (LP Version) - 4:52
- "Dre Day" (Radio Version) - 4:52
- "Puffin' on Blunts and Drankin' Tanqueray" - 11:16
- "Dre Day" (Extended Club Mix) - 9:53
- "One Eight Seven" - 5:52
12" vinyl - EP
- "Dre Day" (Radio Version) - 4:52
- "Dre Day" (Extended Club Mix) - 10:00
- "Dre Day" (LP Version) - 4:52
- "Lil' Ghetto Boy" (Radio Mix) - 5:27
- "One Eight Seven" - 5:52
- "Puffin' on Blunts and Drankin' Tanqueray" - 11:16
US 12" vinyl
- "Dre Day" (LP Version) - 4:52
- "Dre Day" (Radio Version) - 4:52
- "Puffin' on Blunts and Drankin' Tanqueray" - 11:16
- "Puffin' on Blunts and Drankin' Tanqueray" (Instrumental) - 11:16
- "Dre Day" (Extended Club Mix) - 9:53
- "One Eight Seven" - 5:52
German 12" vinyl
- "Dre Day" (Extended Club Mix) - 9:53
- "Dre Day" (UK Flavour) - 4:58
- "Puffin' on Blunts and Drankin' Tanqueray" - 11:16
Cassette
- "Dre Day" (Radio Version) - 4:52
- "Dre Day" (Instrumental) - 4:52
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States (RIAA)[15] | Gold | 800,000[14] |
Samples
- All from Parliament:
- Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome (Casablanca 1977): "Funkentelechy"
- Motor Booty Affair (Casablanca 1978): "Aquaboogie (A Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadoloop)"
- Gloryhallastoopid (Casablanca 1979): "The Big Bang Theory"
- "(Not Just) Knee Deep" by Funkadelic:
- "Atomic Dog" by George Clinton - This song is the source of the "Bow wow wow yippy yo yippy yay" line in the song.
See also
- List of notable diss tracks
References
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- ^ "Dr. Dre Chart History (Rhythmic)". Billboard.
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- ^ "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 1993". Billboard. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
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- ^ "American single certifications – Dr. Dre – Dre Day". Recording Industry Association of America.