"King Kong" is the second single from the album '' Jibbs Featuring Jibbs'' by American rapper

Jibbs Jovan Camaran Campbell (born November 13, 1990), better known by his stage name Jibbs, is an American rapper. He is best known for his 2006 hit single " Chain Hang Low". Jibbs's only other song that charted on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 was "King ...

. The song features fellow hip hop artist

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. It is written by Javon Campbell, Derryl Howard, Bradford Ray, Orlando Watson, and Maurice Wilson. The song failed to duplicate the success of "Chain Hang Low", peaking at number 54 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number 32 on the

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chart.

Song information

The song does not directly involve

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, the fictional giant ape. Instead, it is a reference to a loud, powerful

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with loud

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s, with ultra high

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and is a " bass shaker" in the back of a car trunk. Or King Kong's "roar" in the trunk. The reference originates from King Kong Electronics, a place in Houston, Texas that sells car audio and peripherals, mainly high-end

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and head units.

Chart performance

"King Kong" debuted on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 at number 96. It descended two spots to number 98, when "Chain Hang Low" was already in the top 40 by the second week. By the third week it had climbed up to number 87. It peaked at number 54 on the chart four weeks later.

Music video

Directed by Jonathan Mannion, the video shows Jibbs celebrating getting his driver's license by driving around town in his car and putting other people down who have other vehicles with his car's speakers in the trunk, all cumulating to Jibbs' car turning into a

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(with the song title on both sides) and running over a parked car. Intercut are scenes in which Jibbs, Chamillionaire and their entourage are in a room filled with various dancers and vehicles they interact with. The video shoot took place in

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on October 25, 2006.

Remixes and freestyles

Remixes and freestyles to the song was released with additional rappers: *The official remix features

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, and

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. *Another remix features Chamillionaire, Jibbs's official remix verse and features

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. *

did a freestyle over the beat on his 2007 mixtape ''

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''. *

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made a remix of this song on his 2008 mixtape '' The Fixtape Vol. 1: Smoke on This'' with Lil Chico.

Track listing

*;US 12-inch single **A1 "King Kong" (Main) – 4:07 **A2 "King Kong" (Instrumental w/hook) – 4:07 **B1 "King Kong" (Main) – 4:07 **B2 "King Kong" (Instrumental w/hook) – 4:07 *;US 12-inch single w/ remix **A1 "Smile" (Main) – 3:32 **A2 "Smile" (Instrumental) – 3:35 **B1 "King Kong" (Remix) – 4:08 **B2 "King Kong" (Remix Instrumental) – 3:56

Charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:King Kong (Jibbs Song) 2006 songs 2006 singles 2007 singles Chamillionaire songs Jibbs songs Geffen Records singles Songs written by Chamillionaire