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"Crank That"
Song

"Crank That (Soulja Boy)" is the debut single from rapper Soulja Boy on his debut album Souljaboytellem.com. Its music video features Bow Wow, Omarion, Unk, Baby D, Jibbs, Rich Boy and several dancers doing the signature "Soulja Boy" dance. "Crank That" is currently No. 6 on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 as of 12 October, 2007.

There are various remixes of this song which include artists such as Twista, Jermaine Dupri, Ya Boy, Money Mobb, Broken Equipment Productions, Cassidy, Jae Millz, Tone-Tone, Short Dawg, Travis Barker, and Lil Wayne. The Song Also Has a Hardocore/Screamo remix performed by I Set My Friends on Fire, a band out of South Florida. 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.

Chart performance

"Crank That" is currently No. 6 on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 as of 12 October, 2007. The song reached the summit of The Hot 100 on September 15th, 2007, where it stayed for two weeks before it was replaced by "Stronger", by Kanye West. It replaced the song again on October 6th, 2007, staying at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 for another four weeks, making it a number one single for a total of six weeks, making it one of the biggest hits of 2007. There is an official remix of "Crank That" which features Jim Jones, Hurricane Chris, Arab, Rich Boy, Shop Boys, and Gucci Mane. There is also a cleaner version of the song and that version is currently being played on Radio Disney.

Chart Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 1
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 6
U.S. Billboard Pop 100 2
U.S. Hot Rap Tracks 1
Canadian Hot 100 8
United World Chart 8

References

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Preceded by"Big Girls Don't Cry" by Fergie Billboard Hot 100(Run One) number-one single
September 15 2007 - September 22 2007 		Succeeded by"Stronger" by Kanye West
Preceded by"Stronger" by Kanye West Billboard Hot 100 (Run Two) number-one single
October 6 2007 - October 27 2007 		Succeeded byincumbent
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