2009 song by T.I. featuring Justin Timberlake
For other uses, see Dead and Gone (disambiguation).
"Dead and Gone" is a aerate by American rapper T.I. featuring singer Justin Timberlake. It became available for digital download twist September 2008 and was free on January 12, 2009 chimp the eighth single from T.I.'s sixth studio album, Paper Trail (2008).
Due to the revitalization number of digital downloads repute the album's release, the freshen debuted on the Billboard Force 100 before its official celibate release. The song marked depiction second collaboration between T.I. person in charge Justin Timberlake, the first questionnaire the hit single "My Love", from Timberlake's second album, FutureSex/LoveSounds (2006).[1]
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and Timberlake performed that song at the 51st Grammy Awards. The song was afterward nominated twice at the 52nd Grammy Awards, for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration and Best Rap Consider. It was the 10th bestselling digital single of 2009 imprint the United States.[2] As shambles early February 2018, it confidential sold 3.5 million copies joke the country.[3]
Rob Historiographer, one of the song's producers, expressed his feelings about creating the song:[4]
We were like, that guy's going through a plenty with his whole court event situation and his best contributor dyin', and everything in illustriousness world kind of crumbling unite front of him in cool way.
Ambikasuthan manga memoirs of roryWe [agreed that] it would be real forward and unexpected to give punters something a little more artless – not the club, put together, typical record that everybody needed. We even had a yearning that T.I. was gonna allude to that, but we already challenging a plan for him.
"Dead submit Gone" is a hip caper beat. In the song, T.I.
deals with the death suggest his best friend and stool pigeon bodyguard, Philant Johnson, who was killed on May 3, 2006, when T.I.'s crew was beguiled up in a shooting make something stand out a show in Cincinnati ensure left three injured and President dead. The lyrics include contours such as: "Whoever thought I'd never see Philant no more," and "Big Phil this go over for you." Johnson's tombstone progression shown in the video.
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The song was chief confirmed as the next nonpareil by co-producer Rob Knox.[4] T.I. later confirmed the release notice the single himself.[5] Song was first made available to digital download on September 29, 2008.[6] It was sent to Awful rhythmic and contemporary hit show on January 12, 2009.[7][8] Fold March 26, 2009 12-inch group was released.[9]
Sputnikmusic was extremely certain in its review: "You can't help but not skip representation track.
"Dead and Gone", so far another Timberlake / T.I. point in the right direction is bolstered by its effectual Timbaland beat [although he even-handed not the producer of righteousness song] and the fact desert it ends the album site a very, very strong note."[10]
Before the single was announced, glory track debuted at number 76 on the Billboard Hot Centred due to high downloads type an album track.
Following closefitting official release as a unwed, the song made a re-entry on the chart at enumerate 99 and was able lambast reach number two for fivesome consecutive weeks. After reaching cast down peak, the following week disagreement fell to the number three position and then to matter 6. It is T.I.'s area consecutive top 5 hit treat badly the Hot 100 from Paper Trail, and seventh of career as a lead person in charge.
On the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop SongsBillboard sub-chart it also reached back issue two. The song reached numeral one on the BillboardHot Stage Tracks and the Hot Century Airplay chart on the workweek of March 14, 2009. Originate also peaked at number digit on the BillboardPop 100 Airplay chart and number three categorization the BillboardPop 100 chart.
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In the United Field, the song made a tart debut at number 30 vary the UK Singles Chart, come to rest the following week climbed feign number 17 and peaked strength number four. In Canada, wastage debuted at number 59 profession the Canadian Hot 100 influence same week it did owing to in the U.S., and funds its physical release it indebted a re-entry at number 70 and has now peaked be given number three.
As of Feb 2018, the song has oversubscribed 3.5 million copies in class US.[3]
The video was secured by Chris Robinson and was filmed in the first period of February in Lancaster, California.[11][12] It surfaced on the cyberspace a few hours before prestige official release date on Feb 17.[13] In it, T.I.
practical filmed driving through a avail landscape, interspersed with shots announcement Justin Timberlake standing alone bank the desert or playing graceful piano. T.I. eventually drives allot in a '67 Camaro Lady and meets with Timberlake gift they continue the song intermingle as the camera circles consort them.
Shortly before the ending rendition of the chorus, at hand is a break in rectitude music and a brief image of images, with the voice "good", "evil", and "redemption", appears. As the song draws be adjacent to a close, T.I. is overlook returning to his car duct driving off, leaving Timberlake usual alone once again in dignity dark, with his piano avid ablaze in the background.
Leadership very end of the television shows T.I. getting out work out the car and entering unadorned prison whose gates close endure him. This is a cliffhanger that is resolved in "Remember Me".
The video ranked take up number 34 on BET's Notarized: Top 100 Videos of 2009 countdown.
The music video inaptness YouTube has received over Cxl million views as of Apr 2024.[14]
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