Been Around the World

"Been Around the World"
"Been Around the World"
Single by Puff Daddy featuring the Notorious B.I.G. and Mase
from the album No Way Out
Released	November 14, 1997
Recorded	1997
Genre	Hip-hop
Length	5:26 (album version) ; 4:36 (edit)
Label	Bad Boy ; Arista ;
Songwriter(s)	Sean Combs ; Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence ; Mason Betha ; Christopher Wallace ; Deric Angelettie ; David Bowie ; Lisa Stansfield ; Ian Devaney; Andrew Morris;
Producer(s)	Sean "Puffy" Combs ; Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence ; Deric Angelettie;
Puff Daddy singles chronology
The Notorious B.I.G. singles chronology

Last updated April 28, 2025

Weekly charts

Chart (1997–1998)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)^[2]	48
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)^[3]	26
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)^[4]	30
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)^[5]	40
Croatia (HRT)^[6]	8
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)^[7]	20
Germany (GfK)^[8]	41
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)^[9]	22
Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[10]	40
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)^[11]	3
Scotland (OCC)^[12]	44
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)^[13]	22
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)^[14]	39
UK Singles (OCC)^[15]	20
UK Hip Hop/R&B (OCC)^[16]	4
US Billboard Hot 100 ^[17]	2
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard )^[18]	7
US Hot Rap Songs ( Billboard )^[19]	1
US Rhythmic ( Billboard )^[20]	17

Year-end charts

Chart (1998)	Position
UK Urban ( Music Week )^[21]	6
U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[22]	19

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
New Zealand (RMNZ)^[23]	Platinum	10,000^*
United States (RIAA)^[24]	Platinum	1,600,000^[25]^[26]
^* Sales figures based on certification alone.

References

↑ Billboard Staff (September 12, 2008). "Hot 100". Billboard .
↑ "Puff Daddy & The Family feat. The Notorious B.I.G. & Mase – Been Around the World". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
↑ "Puff Daddy & The Family feat. The Notorious B.I.G. & Mase – Been Around the World" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
↑ "Puff Daddy & The Family feat. The Notorious B.I.G. & Mase – Been Around the World" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
↑ "Puff Daddy & The Family feat. The Notorious B.I.G. & Mase – Been Around the World" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
↑ "HR Top 20 Lista". Croatian Radiotelevision. Archived from the original on February 23, 1998. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
↑ "Puff Daddy & The Family feat. The Notorious B.I.G. & Mase: Been Around the World" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
↑ "Puff Daddy & The Family feat. The Notorious B.I.G. & Mase – Been Around the World" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Puff Daddy" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
↑ "Puff Daddy & The Family feat. The Notorious B.I.G. & Mase – Been Around the World" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
↑ "Puff Daddy & The Family feat. The Notorious B.I.G. & Mase – Been Around the World". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
↑ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
↑ "Puff Daddy & The Family feat. The Notorious B.I.G. & Mase – Been Around the World". Singles Top 100. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
↑ "Puff Daddy & The Family feat. The Notorious B.I.G. & Mase – Been Around the World". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
↑ "Official Hip Hop and R&B Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
↑ "Diddy Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
↑ "Diddy Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
↑ "Diddy Chart History (Hot Rap Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
↑ "Diddy Chart History (Rhythmic)". Billboard. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
↑ "The Urban Top 40 Tracks Of 1997" (PDF). Music Week . January 10, 1998. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
↑ "Billboard Top 100 - 1998". Archived from the original on 2009-03-09. Retrieved 2010-08-28.
↑ "New Zealand single certifications – Puff Daddy – Been Around the World". Recorded Music NZ . Retrieved 2024-11-20.
↑ "American single certifications – P. Diddy & the Family – Been Around the World". Recording Industry Association of America.
↑ "Best-Selling Records of 1997". Billboard . Vol. 110, no. 5. BPI Communications Inc. January 31, 1998. p. 76. ISSN 0006-2510 . Retrieved May 31, 2015.
↑ "Best-Selling Records of 1998". Billboard . Vol. 111, no. 5. BPI Communications Inc. January 30, 1999. p. 75. ISSN 0006-2510 . Retrieved May 31, 2015.

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[auto-1] Billboard Staff (September 12, 2008). "Hot 100". Billboard .

[sc_Australia_Puff_Daddy_&_The_Family_feat._The_Notorious_B.I.G._&_Mase-2] "Puff Daddy & The Family feat. The Notorious B.I.G. & Mase – Been Around the World". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved January 30, 2021.

[sc_Austria_Puff_Daddy_&_The_Family_feat._The_Notorious_B.I.G._&_Mase-3] "Puff Daddy & The Family feat. The Notorious B.I.G. & Mase – Been Around the World" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved January 30, 2021.

[sc_Flanders_Puff_Daddy_&_The_Family_feat._The_Notorious_B.I.G._&_Mase-4] "Puff Daddy & The Family feat. The Notorious B.I.G. & Mase – Been Around the World" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved January 30, 2021.

[sc_Wallonia_Puff_Daddy_&_The_Family_feat._The_Notorious_B.I.G._&_Mase-5] "Puff Daddy & The Family feat. The Notorious B.I.G. & Mase – Been Around the World" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved January 30, 2021.

[6] "HR Top 20 Lista". Croatian Radiotelevision. Archived from the original on February 23, 1998. Retrieved February 14, 2024.

[sc_Finland_Puff_Daddy_&_The_Family_feat._The_Notorious_B.I.G._&_Mase-7] "Puff Daddy & The Family feat. The Notorious B.I.G. & Mase: Been Around the World" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat. Retrieved January 30, 2021.

[sc_Germany_Puff_Daddy_&_The_Family_feat._The_Notorious_B.I.G._&_Mase-8] "Puff Daddy & The Family feat. The Notorious B.I.G. & Mase – Been Around the World" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved January 30, 2021.

[sc_Dutch40_Puff_Daddy-9] "Nederlandse Top 40 – Puff Daddy" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved March 14, 2023.

[sc_Dutch100_Puff_Daddy_&_The_Family_feat._The_Notorious_B.I.G._&_Mase-10] "Puff Daddy & The Family feat. The Notorious B.I.G. & Mase – Been Around the World" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved January 30, 2021.

[sc_New_Zealand_Puff_Daddy_&_The_Family_feat._The_Notorious_B.I.G._&_Mase-11] "Puff Daddy & The Family feat. The Notorious B.I.G. & Mase – Been Around the World". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved January 30, 2021.

[sc_Scotland_-12] "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 14, 2023.

[sc_Sweden_Puff_Daddy_&_The_Family_feat._The_Notorious_B.I.G._&_Mase-13] "Puff Daddy & The Family feat. The Notorious B.I.G. & Mase – Been Around the World". Singles Top 100. Retrieved January 30, 2021.

[sc_Switzerland_Puff_Daddy_&_The_Family_feat._The_Notorious_B.I.G._&_Mase-14] "Puff Daddy & The Family feat. The Notorious B.I.G. & Mase – Been Around the World". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved January 30, 2021.

[sc_UK_-15] "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 14, 2023.

[sc_UKrandb_-16] "Official Hip Hop and R&B Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 14, 2023.

[sc_Billboardhot100_Diddy-17] "Diddy Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved March 17, 2019.

[sc_Billboardrandbhiphop_Diddy-18] "Diddy Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved March 17, 2019.

[sc_Billboardrapsongs_Diddy-19] "Diddy Chart History (Hot Rap Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved March 17, 2019.

[sc_Billboardrhythmic_Diddy-20] "Diddy Chart History (Rhythmic)". Billboard. Retrieved March 14, 2023.

[21] "The Urban Top 40 Tracks Of 1997" (PDF). Music Week . January 10, 1998. Retrieved August 6, 2023.

[22] "Billboard Top 100 - 1998". Archived from the original on 2009-03-09. Retrieved 2010-08-28.

[New_ZealandPuff_DaddyBeen_Around_the_WorldsingleCertRef-23] "New Zealand single certifications – Puff Daddy – Been Around the World". Recorded Music NZ . Retrieved 2024-11-20.

[United_StatesP._Diddy_&_the_FamilyBeen_Around_the_WorldsingleCertRef-24] "American single certifications – P. Diddy & the Family – Been Around the World". Recording Industry Association of America.

[25] "Best-Selling Records of 1997". Billboard . Vol. 110, no. 5. BPI Communications Inc. January 31, 1998. p. 76. ISSN 0006-2510 . Retrieved May 31, 2015.

[26] "Best-Selling Records of 1998". Billboard . Vol. 111, no. 5. BPI Communications Inc. January 30, 1999. p. 75. ISSN 0006-2510 . Retrieved May 31, 2015.

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v t e Sean Combs
Discography Production discography Sexual misconduct allegations
Studio albums	No Way Out Forever The Saga Continues... Press Play The Love Album: Off the Grid
Mixtapes	MMM (Money Making Mitch)
Remix albums	We Invented the Remix
Singles	"Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" "I'll Be Missing You" "It's All About the Benjamins" "Been Around the World" "Victory" "Come with Me" "Satisfy You" "Let's Get It" "Bad Boy for Life" "Diddy" "I Need a Girl (Part 1)" "I Need a Girl (Part 2)" "Come to Me" "Tell Me" "Last Night" "Finna Get Loose" "Workin (Remix)" "Gotta Move On" "Another One of Me"
Featured singles	"No Time" "Mo Money Mo Problems" "Honey" "Nothin' Move But the Money" "Lookin' at Me" "Hate Me Now" "All Night Long" "Notorious B.I.G." "Son of a Gun" "Trade It All, Pt. 2" "Pass the Courvoisier, Part II" "I Do (Wanna Get Close to You)" "Bump, Bump, Bump" "Do That..." "Shake Ya Tailfeather" "I Don't Wanna Know" "Nasty Girl" "Take You There" "Imma Put It on Her" "Must Be Love" "Better on the Other Side "All I Do Is Win (Remix)" "Someone to Love Me (Naked)" "Scream & Shout (Remix)" "Creepin (Remix)"
Related	Bad Boy Records Bad Boy South Diddy – Dirty Money Sean John P. Diddy's Starmaker The Notorious B.I.G. I Want to Work for Diddy Sexual misconduct allegations Diddy parties Untitled Sean Combs docuseries "Baby Oil (song)" A Raisin in the Sun Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show

v t e The Notorious B.I.G.
Songs Discography Awards and nominations Death
Studio albums	Ready to Die Life After Death
Posthumous albums	Born Again Duets: The Final Chapter The King & I
Compilations	Greatest Hits Notorious: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Singles	"Party and Bullshit" "Juicy" "Big Poppa" / "Who Shot Ya?" "One More Chance" "Hypnotize" "Mo Money Mo Problems" "Sky's the Limit" "Dead Wrong" "Notorious B.I.G." "Nasty Girl" "Spit Your Game" "Old Thing Back"
Featured singles	"Flava in Ya Ear (Remix)" "Can't You See" "The Points" "Runnin' from tha Police" "This Time Around" "It's All About the Benjamins" "Victory" "Runnin' (Dying to Live)"
Other songs	"Just Playing (Dreams)" "Notorious Thugs" "Going Back to Cali" "Ten Crack Commandments"
Related articles	Bad Boy Entertainment Sean Combs Faith Evans Junior M.A.F.I.A. Conspiracy "Player's Anthem" "I Need You Tonight" "Get Money" Lil' Cease Lil' Kim East Coast-West Coast hip hop rivalry "I'll Be Missing You" Biggie & Tupac Notorious City of Lies

v t e Mase
Albums	Harlem World Double Up Welcome Back
Singles	"Feel So Good" "What You Want" "Lookin' at Me" "Get Ready" "Welcome Back" "Breathe, Stretch, Shake"
Featured singles	"Only You" "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" "Mo Money Mo Problems" "Been Around the World" "Top of the World" "Horse & Carriage" "Take Me There" "I Really Like It"
Other songs	"24 Hrs. to Live"
Related articles	Discography Harlem World The Movement Children of the Corn