"Fiesta (Remix)" is a song by singer R. Kelly featuring rappers

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and Boo & Gotti from his 2000 album ''

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''. The hit song spent five weeks at number-one on the US ''

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and peaked at number six on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. R. Kelly and Jay-Z have worked several times together. In 2002, they released the album '' The Best of Both Worlds'', which sold 285,000 copies in its first week. The single is ranked by ''Billboard'' as the best selling and most played R&B/

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song of 2001.

Background

"Fiesta (Remix)" follows R. Kelly's previous single and music video, "

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" from his 2000 album ''

''. In 2001, the song spent five weeks at #1 on the US ''

and also reached #6 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart. The original "Fiesta" featured rapper

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. However, Jadakiss' verse was replaced by Boo & Gotti before the track was added as one of the 19 tracks on ''TP-2.com''.

Music video

The music video for the single was directed by R. Kelly and Little X in Florida.

Credits and personnel

* R. Kelly –

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, primary artist *

– songwriting,

, guest appearance *

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– songwriting, production *Larry Gates (Precision) – songwriting, production * Boo & Gotti – vocals, guest appearance *Donnie Lyle – additional

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*Abel Garibaldi –

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, additional programming *Ian Mereness – recording *Andy Gallas – programming assistant *Rich Travali – mixing *Patrick Woodward – mixing assistant *contains a guitar sample from "Fantasia" written and performed by Pavlo Simtikidis

Legacy

Later samples

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" by R. Kelly from the album '' Chocolate Factory'' (2003) *"Ride Til I Die" by Shawn Do, Mistah F.A.B. and

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from the album ''Thizz Nation Vol. 2'' (2005) *"Mafia (Remix)" by The Relativez featuring Nuttz from the album ''Legendary'' (2007) *"We F'd Up" by

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from the album ''Pay Jay'' (2008) *"After Party" by

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featuring

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from the album '' Turtleneck & Chain'' (2011) *"Songs on 12 Play" by

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featuring

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from the album '' X'' (2014)

Charts

Weekly charts

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Release history

References

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