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'' The Black Album''. It featured additional vocals by

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(uncredited) and was produced by

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. The song reached No. 10 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in December, 2003. In Danger Mouse's ''Grey Album'' remix, the cello and harpsichord arrangement from "

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album ''The Beatles'' (more commonly known as ''The White Album''), is mixed with this song.

Music video

The video directed by Chris Robinson features appearances from

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, Kimora Lee Simmons,

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, talk show host

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, her husband, actor

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, models

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, Jessica White, Liliana Dominguez, Jade Cole, D. Woods, singer Omahyra Mota, Will Hoar, Mey Bun and rapper

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Track listing

CD single, Pt. 1

# "Change Clothes"" # "What More Can I Say"

CD single, Pt. 2

# "Change Clothes" # "Excuse Me Miss" # "I Just Wanna Luv U (Give It 2 Me)" # "Change Clothes" (Video)

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

2003 singles Jay-Z songs Pharrell Williams songs Music videos directed by Chris Robinson (director) Song recordings produced by the Neptunes Songs written by Pharrell Williams Songs written by Chad Hugo Songs written by Jay-Z {{2000s-hiphop-song-stub