"Pullin' Me Back" is a song by American rapper

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, released as the first single from his third album ''

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''. The song features actor/R&B singer Tyrese singing the chorus with production by

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. The track employs a synthesized sample of SWV's 1998 single "

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" (which itself sampled

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's " Portrait of Tracy") The video was retired on

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after being on the countdown for 65 days. "Pullin' Me Back" peaked at number one on both the ''Billboard''

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and

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charts, giving Chingy his first and third number-one hits respectively. The song also peaked at number nine on the

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, making it his fourth and final top ten single. The music video features America's Next Top Model cycle 3 runner-up

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Chart performance

On the week of June 24, 2006, "Pullin' Me Back" debuted at number 23 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Rap Songs chart. The following week, it also debuted on the Hot 100 at number 86. It peaked at number one on the Hot Rap Songs chart the week of September 2, staying in that position for six consecutive weeks, and spent a total of 26 weeks on the chart. Two weeks later, the song reached number one on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, staying on the chart for thirty weeks. On the Hot 100 the week of October 7, the track entered the top 10 by moving six spots from number 15 to its peak at number nine, staying on the chart for twenty weeks. This gave Chingy his fourth and final top ten single on that chart, as well as give Tyrese his second top ten hit.

Music video

Directed by

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(who previously directed Chingy in " One Call Away"), The video follows Chingy's relationship with a model (played by America's Next Top Model cycle 3 runner-up

). The song's producer

makes a cameo in the video.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References