"Birthday Song" is a song by American rapper

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, released on July 24, 2012, as the second single from his debut studio album, '' Based on a T.R.U. Story'' (2012). The song, which features fellow American rapper

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, was produced by

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and co-produced by West and BWheezy, with additional production by Anthony Kilhoffer, Lifted and Mike Dean. The hip hop song is about the rapper's yearning for women with large buttocks.

Music video

The

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, released on August 30, 2012, was directed by Andreas Nilsson.

Live performances

On October 9, 2012, 2 Chainz performed the song along with " I'm Different" at the 2012

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. He also performed the song along with "I'm Different" on '' Jimmy Kimmel Live''.

Chart performance

"Birthday Song" debuted at number 91 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 on the week of August 11, 2012. The song fell off the chart the following week. It re-entered the chart at number 100 on the week of September 1, 2012. The song continued to climb the chart, until reached its peak position at number 47 on the week of November 10, 2012. The single ended up spending a total of 20 weeks on the chart. On November 25, 2014, the single was certified

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by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of over two million digital copies in the United States.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

2012 singles 2012 songs 2 Chainz songs Kanye West songs Def Jam Recordings singles Music videos directed by Andreas Nilsson Song recordings produced by Kanye West Song recordings produced by Mike Dean (record producer) Song recordings produced by Sonny Digital Songs about birthdays Songs written by 2 Chainz Songs written by Kanye West Songs written by Sonny Digital {{2010s-hiphop-single-stub