California Love

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"California Love"
California Love (1995), by Tupac Shakur.png
Single by 2Pac featuring Dr. Dre and Roger Troutman
A-side "How Do U Want It"
ReleasedDecember 3, 1995 (1995-12-03)
RecordedNovember 2, 1995 (1995-11-02)
Studio Can-Am (Los Angeles, California)
Genre
Length
  • 6:29(original version)
  • 6:26(remix)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Dr. Dre
2Pac singles chronology
"Temptations"
(1995)		"California Love"
(1995)		"2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted"
(1996)
Dr. Dre singles chronology
"U Better Recognize"
(1995)		"California Love"
(1995)		"No Diggity"
(1996)

2Pac performed the song live on January 6, 1996 at Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans during the Tribute to Eazy-E tour. He then performed the song live with Roger Troutman on Saturday Night Live on February 17, 1996. Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg performed the song during the Super Bowl LVI halftime show on February 13, 2022. Dr. Dre and Kendrick Lamar performed the song at The Pop Out: Ken & Friends show on June 19, 2024.

Accolades

"California Love" was voted the 11th best single of 1996 in the Pazz & Jop, an annual critics poll run by The Village Voice . [19] Robert Christgau, the poll's creator, ranked it 10th in his own year-end list. [20] The song's first video was nominated for an MTV Video Music Award for Best Rap Video in 1996. It achieved number 9 of the top 10 on MTV's 100 Greatest Videos Ever Made list in 1999. In April 2005 it reached the Bronze medal spot on MTV2 and XXL's 25 Greatest West Coast Videos. It also achieved number 1 on the French MTV's "100 Greatest Rap Music Videos" in 2006. It went number 51 on VH1's countdown of the 100 Greatest songs of the 90s in 2007. [21]

PublicationCountryAccoladeYearRank
Ego Trip United States Hip Hop's 40 Greatest Singles by Year 1980–98199922
VH1 100 Greatest Songs of the 90's200751
Blender The 1001 Greatest Songs to Download Right Now!2003*
rap.about.com50 Great Hip Hop Songs20016
Rolling Stone The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time 2004346
Bruce Pollock The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944–20002005*
Rolling Stone The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (Updated 2010)2010355
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame The Songs That Shaped Rock (Additions 2011)2011*
Slant The 100 Best Singles of the 90s17
Time The All-Time 100 Songs*
Pause & Play Songs Inducted into a Time Capsule, One Track at Each Week*
Gary Mulholland United Kingdom This Is Uncool: The 500 Best Singles Since Punk Rock2002*
Paul Morley Words and Music, 210 Greatest Pop Singles of All Time2003*
Q The 1001 Best Songs Ever118
The 1010 Songs You Must Own2004*
Giannis Petridis Greece 2004 of the Best Songs of the Century2003*
Technikart France Top 20 Songs per Year 1991–2011201213
Village Voice United StatesSingles of the Year11
Face United Kingdom3
Melody Maker 24
Vox 8
Rolling Stone United States The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (Updated 2021) [22] 2021320

Personnel

Charts

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [72] Gold35,000^
Canada (Music Canada) [73] Gold20,000*
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [74] Gold45,000‡
Germany (BVMI) [75] Gold250,000‡
Italy (FIMI) [76]
sales since 2009 		Gold50,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ) [77] Platinum10,000*
Norway (IFPI Norway) [78] Gold 
United Kingdom (BPI) [79] Platinum600,000‡
United States (RIAA) [80]
physical 		2× Platinum2,000,000^
United States
digital 		—2,404,000 [81]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United StatesDecember 3, 1995
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
 [82]
January 30, 1996 Contemporary hit radio [83]
JapanMarch 25, 1996CD
 [84]
United KingdomApril 1, 1996
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
 [85]

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