"Blame It" (also known as "Blame It (On the Alcohol)") is a song by American singer and actor

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, released as the second official single from his third studio album, ''

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'' (2008). It features singer T-Pain and was written by Christopher "Deep" Henderson, Nate Walker, James T. Brown, John Conte Jr., David Ballard and Brandon Melanchon and produced by Christopher "Deep" Henderson. Both Jamie Foxx and T-Pain use the

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effect. T-Pain also uses some elements from " I Luv Your Girl" by

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. The song received many accolades and nominations, including a win for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals at the

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. "Blame It" is the most successful single from the album, peaking at number two on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and number one on the

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chart for 14 consecutive weeks making it the second longest-running number one song on that chart. "Blame It" has sold over one million downloads.

Promotion

He performed this song with T-Pain at the

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and won the award for Best Collaboration. He also performed this at the

with T-Pain and won the

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Chart performance

"Blame It" moved rapidly to number one on US '' Billboards

chart, becoming Foxx's first number one on the chart as a lead artist, and his third including featured credits. "Blame It" broke the record for the longest-running number one song ever on the chart by a male artist. It spent fourteen consecutive weeks at number one before finally being knocked off by

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's " Birthday Sex". It is tied with " We Belong Together" by Mariah Carey, " Nobody's Supposed to Be Here" by

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" by Maxwell as the second longest-running song ever on the chart. Only " Be Without You" by Mary J. Blige spent more time at number one, with 15 weeks. On the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, the song peaked at number two, behind the Black Eyed Peas's "

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" which topped for the Hot 100 for 12 weeks, making it his second top ten, but his first top-five hit single on the chart as a lead artist and his highest peak on the chart (following two number ones as a featured artist). The song sold one million downloads in 14 weeks in the United States. On May 26, 2009, the single was certified

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by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of over a million digital copies in the United States. In Canada, it peaked at number seven on the Canadian Hot 100. After consistently remaining in the Hot 100's Top 20 for more than twenty weeks, "Blame It" took a sudden fall from number 22 to 34 in mid-July.

Music video

The music video premiered at ''

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'' on Wednesday, February 25, 2009. Cameo appearances in the video are made by many famous performers. BET named it their No. 1 music video for 2009 on their year-end ''Notarized'' countdown, beating out videos from artists such as Jay-Z, Maxwell,

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Cover versions

Metalcore band Of Mice & Men covered the track for the compilation album '' Punk Goes Pop 3'', which was released on November 2, 2010. It was also covered by the cast of '' Glee'' for the second-season episode " Blame It on the Alcohol". It is also reinterpreted as part of the polka medley " Polka Face" on "Weird Al" Yankovic's 2011 album ''

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''.

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covered the song on Season 2 of The Masked Singer

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

External links

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