"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 American singer

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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 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

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 Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals.

Chart performance

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

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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

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, "

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" by

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and " Pretty Wings" by

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as the second longest-running song ever on the chart. Only " Be Without You" by

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spent more time at number one, with 15 weeks. On the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, the song peaked at number two, behind the

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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

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(RIAA) for sales of over a million digital copies in the United States. In Canada, it peaked at number seven on the

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. 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.

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named it their No. 1 music video for 2009 on their year-end ''Notarized'' countdown, beating out videos from artists such as

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and Young Money.

Cover versions

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band Of Mice & Men covered the track for the compilation album ''

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'', which was released on November 2, 2010. It was also covered by the cast of ''

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'' for the second season episode " Blame It on the Alcohol", with featured parts given to Kevin McHale, Mark Salling, Amber Riley and Naya Rivera. It is also reinterpreted as part of the polka medley " Polka Face" on

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's 2011 album '' Alpocalypse''.

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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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