"This Way" is a song by American hip hop group

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features fellow American rapper and record producer

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. It was released on April 12, 2004 via

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and

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as the second single from the group's fourth studio album ''

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''. Produced by West, it utilises a sample from "Old Men" by Jimmie & Vella Cameron. The song was featured in a marketing campaign for the

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. Both the commercial and music video were directed by Dave Meyers.

Track listing

CD single/Digital download (UK) #"This Way" - 3:54 #"Poisonous" - 3:39 Promo CD" single (US and Europe) ;A-side #"This Way" (Radio Version) - 3:54 #"This Way" (Instrumental) - 3:54 ;B-side #"This Way" (A Cappella) - 3:54 (EU), 3:56 (US) 12" single (UK) ;A-side #"This Way" (Radio Version) - 3:54 ;B-side #"This Way" (Instrumental) - 3:54 #"This Way" (A Cappella) - 3:56 Promo 12" single (US and Europe) #"This Way" (Radio Version) - 3:54 #"This Way" (Instrumental) - 3:54 #"This Way" (A Cappella) - 3:56

Commercial performance

The song peaked at number 78 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, number 41 on the

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and number 22 on the

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in the United States. It also reached number 25 on the UK singles chart.

Charts

References

2004 songs 2004 singles Kanye West songs Parlophone singles Capitol Records singles Songs written by Kanye West Song recordings produced by Kanye West Music videos directed by Dave Meyers (director) {{2000s-hiphop-single-stub