"Last Night" is a song by American rapper P. Diddy, released by Bad Boy and

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on February 27, 2007 as the third single from his fourth studio album, '' Press Play'' (2006). Produced by Diddy and American singer

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, the song is a duet with American singer-songwriter

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. The radio edit version of the song is featured on Cole's second studio album, '' Just like You'' (2007). "Last Night" peaked at number ten on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, becoming the second single from ''Press Play'' to peak within the top ten; it landed at number 42 on its year-end chart. Part of the recording session was shown on Cole's reality show, '' Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is'', on

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in July 2006. The making of the video premiered on BET's ''

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'' on January 31, 2007. A sequel title, Last Night (Part 2) was released in 2010 from the album ''

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'' by Diddy–Dirty Money.

Background

The song is a modern classic styled song. "Last Night" samples the drumbeat of the songs "Erotic City" and "Raspberry Barrett", but slightly modified to increase the

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. During BET's ''Access Granted'', Diddy brought up the fact that Cole re-recorded her parts multiple times, and the two had many artistic differences on the song. The recording of the song was featured on Cole's reality show ''The Way It Is''. On the UK radio version of the song, Diddy is heard talking on the phone only with the explicit words censored out at the end. The radio version of the song fades out before the phone dials, while the clean album version of the song still has this part only with the explicit words censored out.

Composition

"Last Night" is written in the key of

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(recorded a half-step lower in

). The song moves at a tempo of 121

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, and the vocals in the song span from B₃ to D₅.

Chart performance

"Last Night" peaked at number ten on the

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, becoming his second top-ten hit off ''Press Play'' and to date last top 10 of Diddy on the chart. The track was a moderate hit worldwide. "Last Night" managed to go top 20 in ten different countries. In the UK, "Last Night" only reached number 14, becoming his first single from ''Press Play'' not to hit the top ten.

Live performance

On June 26, 2007, Diddy performed "Last Night" at the 2007 BET Awards which featured Cole and

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Formats and track listings

US 12" promotional single :Side A #"Last Night" adio edit4:18 #"Last Night" ix show amended version6:26 :Side B #"Last Night" xplicit version6:26 #"Last Night"

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6:26 UK Single #"Last Night" adio edit4:18 #"Tell Me" FA remix – radio edit4:06

Remixes

The official remix has two versions and has R&B singer Keyshia Cole on both of them; the first remix, the Dirty South Remix, features the Game,

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and

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, and the second remix, the NYC Remix, features Lil' Kim and

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. There is also a DJ Noodles remix that features Cole,

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and

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. A sequel of the song called "Last Night (Part 2)" can be found on the deluxe edition of Diddy's 2010 album, ''

'', with his group

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Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

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