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"Crank That (Soulja Boy)" is the hit debut single by rapper Soulja Boy from his debut album Souljaboytellem.com. It spent seven weeks at number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 2007. The song is easily recognized with its steel pan melody. Soulja Boy performed the song on both TRL and 106 & Park on the same day in August 27, 2007. He also performed it on the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards at Kanye West's Good Life Party.

The song is on Now That's What I Call Music! 26. This song was #21 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007. This song was also the #1 music video on BET's Top 100 music videos of 2007.

Music video

The video starts off with two kids doing the Soulja Boy dance, and Mr. Collipark asks the children what they're doing, then talks to Soulja online and asks Soulja Boy to sign him up to his label "Collipark Records", then he goes to Soulja Boy, and he sees many people doing the dance on the way, showing that the dance is popular.

The music video features Bow Wow, Omarion, Unk, Baby D, Jibbs, Rich Boy and several dancers doing the signature "Soulja Boy Dance." The chorus mentions Superman, and that position is performed in the dance, but the video censors the Superman tag: a giant one on Soulja Boy's hoodie and one on a man who is wearing a Superman costume. The "S" on him is actually supposed to stand for "Soulja", but is the form of the "S" of the Superman tag. While there's also a "B" on him, also in the form of the Superman tag, but smaller and a "B", standing for "Boy", both tags on either side of the chest of the hoodie. In other videos, "Collipark" is also censored, which Mr. Collipark types it into his computer and "Collipark Records" is the mat Soulja Boy and the dancers dance on, and a chain which Soulja wears.

Remixes

There are various remixes of this song, which include artists such as Twista, Jermaine Dupri and Short Dawg, Broken Equipment Productions As Lil Wayne, Cassidy, Jae Millz, and Tone-Tone . There is also an official remix, "Travis Barker Remix" also known as the "Rock Remix" which adds live drums and guitars.

Experimental/Hardcore/Metal band I Set My Friends On Fire recently made a Screamo version of the song, titled Crank Dat Cavalry Boy. The song uses the same lyrics, but the words are screamed instead of "rapped."

The song has also spawned somewhat of a subgenre, with many artists creating similar but usually totally different "Crank Dat" songs such as Crank Dat Batman, Crank Dat Homeless Man, Crank That Spiderman, Crank That Yank, and Crank That Juggernaut. Most of these also have their own official dances.

Chart performance

The song reached the summit of the Hot 100 on September 15, 2007, where it stayed for two weeks before it was replaced by "Stronger" by Kanye West. It replaced the song again on October 6, 2007, staying at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 for another five weeks, making it a number one-single for a total of seven weeks. Through radio airplay on several stations that occasionally play hip-hop, the song charted at number 85 on Mediabase's Alternative Rock chart.

The song is also achieving international success; so far, it has peaked at number two on the Top 40 Singles Chart in New Zealand. In the UK the song managed to debut at #53 on the UK Singles Chart on downloads alone, and since has moved up to #3 on downloads alone. The track has been released physically on December 17th,

External links

• "Superman That Ho" Op-Ed that uses "Crank That" as an example of songs with misogynistic lyrics in September 28, 2007 issue of Student Life at Washington University in St. Louis
• A Presentation about the Soulja Boy Phenomenon from the MIT Comparative Media Studies department.
• Article about the Soulja Boy Phenomenon, also from MIT CMS.
• A close reading of the Soulja Boy Video, also from MIT CMS.
• A comprehensive list of all the Crank Dat spawns
• The Jewish Kosher Version Of This Song
• More videos and Articles about the Soulja Boy Phenomenon

References

1. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS
2. No byline (December 11, 2007). "The 100 Best Songs of 2007" Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2007-12-21
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CodggkAAaxk
4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kz5HEFK8FVo
5. http://youtube.com/watch?v=csAL8qekTGM
6. http://youtube.com/watch?v=HwfCoVqcg5c
7. http://youtube.com/watch?v=nVZvq7yzVwg
8. http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=245698495
9. http://w2.mediabase.com/mmrweb/AllAccess/Charts.asp?format=r3MM&showtopn=500&cutoff=1
10. http://acharts.us/nz_singles_top_40
11. http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/c/uk/single_charts.html
12. ^ "Soulja Boy - Crank That (soulja Boy) worldwide chart positions and trajectories". aCharts.us. Retrieved October 20 2007.
13. Brazilian Hot 100 Songs & Tracks. Hot100Brasil. Retrieved October 31 2007.

• Debut singles
• 2007 singles
• 2007 songs
• Soulja Boy songs
• Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles
• Internet memes
• Instructional dance songs
• 2000s fads