Dirty Situation

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"Dirty Situation"
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Single by Mohombi featuring Akon
from the album MoveMeant
ReleasedNovember 22, 2010 (2010-11-22)
Genre Dancehall
Length3:39
Label Island Records
Songwriter(s) RedOne, AJ Junior, Mohombi, Bilal "The Chef"
Producer(s) RedOne
Mohombi singles chronology
"Miss Me"
(2010)
"Dirty Situation"
(2010)
"Coconut Tree"
(2011)

"Dirty Situation" is a song by Swedish-Congolese singer-songwriter Mohombi featuring vocals from Senegalese American R&B recording artist and songwriter Akon from his debut album MoveMeant. It was released on November 22, 2010 as a Digital download in Sweden. The song was written by RedOne, AJ Junior, Mohombi, Bilal "The Chef" and was produced by RedOne. It peaked to number 54 on the Swedish Singles Chart.

Contents

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Dirty Situation" was first released onto YouTube on December 9, 2010 at a total length of four minutes and twenty-five seconds. [1]

Track listing

Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Dirty Situation"3:39

Chart performance

Chart (2011)Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [2] 16
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia) [3] 26
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [4] 94
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) [5] 9
France (SNEP) [6] 28
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [7] 67
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [8] 54

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
Spain [9] November 19, 2010Digital downloadIsland Records
SwedenNovember 22, 2010 [10]

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