Church (T-Pain song)

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"Church"
Church-TPain.jpg
Single by T-Pain
from the album Epiphany
ReleasedOctober 2, 2007
Recorded2007
Genre Hip hop
Length4:01
Label Nappy Boy/Konvict/Jive
Songwriter(s) F. Najm
Producer(s) T-Pain
T-Pain singles chronology
"Good Life"
(2007)
"Church"
(2007)
"Low"
(2007)

"Church" is a song written, produced, and performed by American rapper and singer T-Pain. It is a fast-paced song led by guitar riffs and is one of the songs where T-Pain raps. It appears on his album Epiphany (2007) and was released as the third single. The song "features" Teddy Verseti, one of T-Pain's aliases, which he uses when rapping vigorously. The song is about wanting to fight someone following a confrontation at a club. It was confirmed as the third single from Epiphany in an interview promoting the album. [1] [2]

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The 'Future Presidents' remix is used for the official video. It was featured on 106 & Park on October 22, 2007 as the "New Joint of the Day". The song is also featured on the Step Up 2: The Streets soundtrack.

In the UK, "Church" eventually reached a peak of No. 35, two weeks after the physical release of the song. The single also peaked at No. 7 on the New Zealand RIANZ charts, and was also certified gold there.

Track listing

UK CD
  1. "Church" (featuring Teddy Verseti) (main version - explicit)
  2. "Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin')" (remix) (featuring Kanye West) (main version - explicit)
iTunes EP
  1. "Church" explicit
  2. "Church" revised clean - without gunshots
  3. "Church" instrumental

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
New Zealand (RMNZ) [7] Gold7,500*
United Kingdom (BPI) [8] Silver200,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png
United States (RIAA) [9] Gold500,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
Double-dagger-14-plain.png Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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