Back in Time (Pitbull song)

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"Back in Time"
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Single by Pitbull
from the album Global Warming and Men in Black 3 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
ReleasedMarch 27, 2012
Recorded2011
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Length3:25
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Pitbull singles chronology
"I Like (The Remix)"
(2012)		"Back in Time"
(2012)		"Dance Again"
(2012)
Music video
"Back in Time" on YouTube

"Back in Time" is a song by the American rapper Pitbull. While originally released as the lead single from the soundtrack of sci-fi film Men in Black 3 , it is not featured on the album. Instead, it was released as the lead single from Pitbull's seventh studio album, Global Warming . The single was released via download on March 27, 2012, before being issued physically in Germany on May 25. [4]

Contents

The song contains a sample from "Love Is Strange", written by Mickey Baker, Sylvia Robinson, and Ellas McDaniel, as performed by Mickey & Sylvia, which was also used in the song Rinky Dink by Bill Justis. The single was a commercial success, peaking at number 11 on the US Billboard Hot 100. [5] To date, it has sold over 1.3 million copies digitally in the US. [6] The single was also successful outside of the US, peaking at number one in Austria, Honduras and Poland, and within the top ten in Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Hungary, New Zealand and Switzerland.

Remixes of this song were released by R3hab, Play-N-Skillz, Quintino, Gregor Salto and Alvaro.

Music video

The music video begins with Pitbull in a locked room when a girl named Barbara Alba (his girlfriend) comes in and frees him. They have dinner at a restaurant (based on the scenes in the movie). Then, an alien attacks the restaurant and the girl shoots the alien with her gun and she and Pitbull leave the restaurant. Then, the video switches back and forth with Pitbull and his girlfriend at a party to the clips of the film. The video ends with Pitbull using the Neuralyzer to end the video with the sign "PIT/MIB". It is also available on the DVD and Blu-ray releases of the film. Madai also appeared in this video.

As of 2023, the video has received over 58 million views on YouTube. [7]

Chart performance

The single debuted at number 79 on the US Billboard Hot 100, on the week of April 14, 2012. [8] In the following week, the song fell off the chart. Two weeks later, the song re-entered the chart at number 83, on the week of April 28. [9] After climbing the chart for seven more weeks, the single reached its peak at number 11 on the chart dated June 16. [10] As of August 2012, the single had sold over 1.3 million copies digitally. [6] On October 16, 2020, the single was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales and streaming equivalent units of over two million units in the United States. [11]

Track listing

  1. "Back in Time" – 3:27
  2. "Back in Time" (Single Version) – 3:25
  1. "Back in Time" – 3:25
  2. "Back in Time" (Extended Mix) – 3:41

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [68] 3× Platinum210,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria) [69] Platinum30,000*
Canada (Music Canada) [70] 4× Platinum320,000*
Germany (BVMI) [71] Platinum300,000^
Mexico (AMPROFON) [72] Platinum+Gold90,000*
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [73] Platinum30,000^
United States (RIAA) [11] 2× Platinum2,000,000‡
Streaming
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [74] Gold900,000†

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
† Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.

Release history

CountryDateFormat
Worldwide [12] March 27, 2012 Digital download
Germany [4] May 25, 2012 CD single

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