"Watch Out" is a song by American

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recording artist

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. It was released on July 22, 2015 as a single from his mixtape, ''Trap-A-Velli Tre''. This track was produced by FKi. The song was later included as an iTunes exclusive track on 2 Chainz' third studio album ''

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''. The song was certified

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by the

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(RIAA) October 12, 2016, for selling over 1,000,000 digital copies in the United States.

Music video

A music video was released on January 25, 2016 on 2 Chainz's

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account on

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. The video features the head of Chainz on different bodies - from a pianist, to a dancing boy, to a toddler, to a couple of guys playing basketball, to President Obama, and many more. It was directed by Motion Family - a trio composed of David Ka, Diwang Valdez and Sebastian Urrea.

Commercial performance

"Watch Out" debuted at number 85 on

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for the chart dated January 16, 2016.http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2016-1-16 It later peaked at number 64.

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* * {{2 Chainz 2015 songs 2015 singles 2 Chainz songs Songs written by 2 Chainz Def Jam Recordings singles Songs written by FKi 1st