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"Days of Our Livez" | ||||
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Single by Bone Thugs-n-Harmony | ||||
from the album Set It Off: Music From the New Line Cinema Motion Picture and The Collection Volume One | ||||
Released | September 24, 1996 | |||
Recorded | June 1996 | |||
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Length | 5:50 | |||
Label | Ruthless | |||
Songwriter(s) | Bryon McCane, Anthony Henderson, Steven Howse, Charles Scruggs, D. J. U-Neek, Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis | |||
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony singles chronology | ||||
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"Days of Our Livez" is a single by Bone Thugs-n-Harmony. The instrumental is primarily based on samples of "Tender Love" by Force MDs and "Making Love in the Rain" by Herb Alpert. It was released on the soundtrack to the movie Set It Off and is played in the film. The song also appears on the group's 1998 compilation album The Collection Volume One and Bone's greatest hits album. The song was a commercial success, For Airplay and Radio Spins by peaking within top 20 of some of categories of the R&B/Hip-Hop Charts like Hot 100 Airplay/Radio Songs, R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, Rhythmic Airplay, It also reached number 37 on the UK Singles Chart, and was later certified Gold by the RIAA. It is also considered by many fans to be an underrated classic and one of Bone's greatest hits with its slow, melodic tone similar to that of "Tha Crossroads".[ citation needed ]
Chart (1996) | Peak position [1] |
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New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [2] | 5 |
UK Singles (OCC) [3] | 37 |
US Radio Songs ( Billboard ) [4] | 39 |
US R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay ( Billboard ) [5] | 11 |
Chart | Position |
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Billboard Hot R&B Airplay | 74 |
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