Run It!

Run It!
Chris Brown featuring Juelz Santana
publication	June 30, 2005
length	3:49
Genre (s)	Crunk & B , hip-hop
Author (s)	Scott Storch , Sean Garrett
Publisher (s)	Jive Records
album	Chris Brown

Run It! is the debut single by American musician Chris Brown . The rapper Juelz Santana appeared as a guest musician. The song was released on June 30, 2005, and after a few weeks it reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in November 2005 , where it remained for five consecutive weeks.

background

Brown was discovered in his homeland at the age of 13 by a team of producers called Hitmission Records . This helped him to various demo recordings until he finally signed a recording contract with Jive Records in December 2004 . In February 2005, Brown began recording his debut album, which was released in November 2005.

Music video

The music video was shot by Erik White . It shows Brown dancing in a gym. There he also meets a girl he is drawn to and whom he wants to dance to. After a short time, security guards arrive in the gym and have the entire building cleared. When everyone has left the room, the security guards themselves begin to dance. The video premiered in August 2005.

success

reception

In Contactmusic think it was that the song was a "consistently fulfilled with Bass" track. In addition, Brown was compared to the R&B musician Usher and wrote that if he is "the king of gentle storytellers, Brown is the prince of club anthems". In another review, the song was described as an "umpteenth variant of Usher's Yeah ", although the song also fits Brown's marketing strategy. The reviewer was ultimately unimpressed by the title, even if he gave the singer development opportunities. The young age is to be seen very clearly.

Commercial win

Annual charts 2006 (USA)	Highest position
Hot 100 songs	16
Hot digital songs	37
Hot digital tracks	32
Hot ringtones	10
Pop 100 songs	16
Pop 100 airplay	9
Rhythmic songs	17th
Hot R & B / Hip-Hop Songs Sales	5
Hot R&B / hip-hop songs	43
Hot singles sales	27
Hot 100 airplay	7th
Hot R & B / Hip-Hop Songs Airplay	48

Decade charts 2000–2009 (USA)	Highest position
Hot 100 songs	34
R&B / hip-hop songs	83
Pop songs	12
Radio songs	12

The song debuted at number 92 on the Billboard Hot 100 . After five weeks, it was ranked in the top 50 for the first time and after eight weeks it achieved a top 20 ranking. After entering the top 10 the following week, it hit number one on the US charts after 14 weeks. The title then defended this position for five weeks until it was overtaken by Don't Forget About Us ( Mariah Carey ). In Germany, the song rose to number five in the German single charts in February 2006 . After losing this rank in the meantime, it regained this position in the fourth week. In the United Kingdom, the song was number two on the charts in February 2006.

In addition to the placements in the weekly charts, the song also reached position 16 in the annual charts in the USA and position 34 in the decade charts there, which contain the most successful songs of the year and of the decade.

Chart placements

Charts	Top ranking	Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK)	5 (15 weeks)	15th
Austria (Ö3)	12 (15 weeks)	15th
Switzerland (IFPI)	5 (20 weeks)	20th
United Kingdom (OCC)	2 (16 weeks)	16
United States (Billboard)	1 (38 weeks)	38

Awards for music sales

Golden record

• Australia
• Canada

Platinum record

• United States

Awards and nominations

The song and the accompanying music video received several nominations and an award. At the Billboard R&B / Hip-Hop Awards , for example, the song was nominated in the "R&B / Hip-Hop Songs - Sales" category, but lost to Don't Cha from the Pussycat Dolls . At the MOBO Awards , the song was nominated in the "Best Video" category and at the MTV Australia Awards it won an award in the "Best R&B Video" category. At the MTV Video Music Awards 2006 the video was nominated in the categories "Best New Artist in a Video" and "Viewer's Choice", but lost to Bat Country by Avenged Sevenfold and Dance, Dance by Fall Out Boy, respectively .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Chris Brown . In: US Magazine . March 31, 2008. Archived from the original on April 1, 2008. Retrieved January 1, 2012.
2. ↑ Lee Hildebrand: Brown runs with it . sfgate.com. October 1, 2006. Retrieved January 1, 2012.
3. ↑ Chris Brown - Run It Single Review . contactmusic.com. Retrieved January 21, 2012.
4. ↑ Chris Brown - "Run it": (Jive / SonyBMG) . allesreal.de. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved January 21, 2012.
5. ↑ Annual charts USA: Billboard Hot 100
6. ↑ Annual charts USA: Hot Digital Songs
7. ↑ Annual charts USA: Hot Digital Tracks
8. ↑ Annual charts USA: Hot Ringtones  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )
9. ↑ Annual charts USA: Pop 100 Songs ( Memento from November 29, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
10. ↑ Annual charts USA: Pop 100 Airplay  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )
11. ↑ Annual charts USA: Rhythmic Songs ( Memento from October 3, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
12. ↑ Annual charts USA: Hot R & B / Hip-Hop Songs Sales  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )
13. ↑ Annual charts USA: Hot R & B / Hip-Hop Songs ( Memento from November 29, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
14. ↑ Annual charts USA: Hot Singles Sales  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )
15. ↑ Annual charts USA: Hot 100 Airplay ( Memento from October 3, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
16. ↑ Annual charts USA: Hot R & B / Hip-Hop Songs Airplay  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )
17. ↑ Decade charts USA: Billboard Hot 100
18. ↑ Decade charts USA: Hot R & B / Hip-Hop Songs ( Memento from December 24, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
19. ↑ Decades USA: Pop Songs ( Memento from December 15, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
20. ↑ Decade charts USA: Radio Songs
21. ↑ ^{a b c} chart history
22. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
23. ↑ Music Sales Awards: Australia
24. ^ Awards for Music Sales: Canada
25. ↑ 2006 Billboard R&B / Hip-Hop Awards Finalists . billboard.com. Archived from the original on April 15, 2008. Retrieved January 8, 2012.
26. ↑ Mariah Wins Big At Billboard R&B / Hip-Hop Awards . billboard.com. Retrieved January 21, 2012.
27. ↑ Mobo Awards: Nominations in full . news.bbc.co.uk. August 15, 2006. Retrieved January 8, 2012.
28. ↑ Mtv Australia Video Music Awards: the winners . fan-lexikon.de. April 13, 2006. Retrieved January 8, 2012.
29. ↑ Bill Lamb: Complete List Of Nominations - 2006 Video Music Awards . top40.about.com. Archived from the original on January 21, 2012. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
30. ↑ MTV Video Music Awards: Winners . news.bbc.co.uk. September 1, 2006. Retrieved January 8, 2012.