"Buzzin'" is a song and the first single by American rapper

Shwayze Aaron Smith, better known as Shwayze (born May 29, 1985), is an American rapper. His first single " Buzzin'" peaked at No. 46 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. His second single " Corona and Lime," reached No. 23 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in t ...

. It was released on January 15, 2008, through

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and

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, as the

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from the artist's debut studio album ''

''. Recording sessions took place at Bananabeat Studios in

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. Production was handled by

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, who also wrote the song together with Shwayze. Music video for the song was directed by Robert Hales. In the United States, the song made it number 46 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, number 18 on the

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, number 35 on the

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and number 36 on the Ringtones charts in the United States. It was certified Gold by the

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on February 21, 2018 for selling 500,000 album equivalent units. The song peaked at number 80 on the

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and number 67 on the

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, while in the United Kingdom it did not hit the UK Singles Chart, only managing to reach number 63 on the Physical Singles Chart and number 14 on the Hip Hop and R&B Singles Chart. It also made it to number 31 in Germany, number 45 in Austria and number 63 in Switzerland, as well as peaking at the 17th spot on the Belgian Bubbling Under

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chart. There are remixes by DJ Skeet Skeet & Cory Nitta which featured

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, AC Slater,

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, The Rondo Brothers, Classixx, and the Hanni Fresh remix which featured J. Rocwell and J. Conway. This song later appeared in an episode of ''

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''.

Track listing

Personnel

*Aaron "

" Smith – lyrics, vocals *

– lyrics, producer, engineering * Dave Pensado – mixing *

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– mastering * Jordan Schur – executive producer

Charts

Certifications

References

External links

* 2008 songs Shwayze songs 2008 debut singles Geffen Records singles Music videos directed by Robert Hales {{2000s-hiphop-single-stub