Lean Back

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"Lean Back"
Leanback-big.jpg
Single by Terror Squad featuring Fat Joe and Remy
from the album True Story
B-side "Yeah Yeah Yeah"
ReleasedJune 1, 2004 (2004-06-01)
Studio Jerusalem (Miami, Florida)
Genre Hip hop
Length4:07 (original) 4:50 (remix)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Scott Storch
Terror Squad featuring Fat Joe and Remy singles chronology
"Yeah Yeah Yeah"
(2004)		"Lean Back"
(2004)		"Take Me Home"
(2004)
Music video
"Lean Back" on YouTube

"Lean Back" is a song by American hip hop group Terror Squad. It was released as the second single from their second studio album, True Story , on June 1, 2004. An uptempo hip hop song built for the club environment, it contains vocal performances from group members Fat Joe and Remy and production from Scott Storch. It topped the US Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks, starting on August 21, 2004, and topped the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart for seven weeks. Worldwide, the song reached the top 20 in several other countries, including Denmark, where it peaked at number five.

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Critical reception

Jason Birchmeier of AllMusic called the song "a perfect club-ready duet between Fat Joe and Remy that boasts a trademark Scott Storch beat and a memorable singalong hook and dance-along step". [1] Vibe called the song a "summer classic". [2] In 2008, the song was ranked at number 55 on VH1's "100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop". [3]

Music video

Fat Joe described the dance in the video as throwing back the right shoulder to the beat of the song. [4]

Remixes

The official remixed version of the song, featuring Lil Jon, Eminem, and Mase is available on Fat Joe's 2005 album All or Nothing and Lil Jon's Crunk Juice remix disc. The official remix is more uptempo and contains a new beat with a crunk–like feel to it. However, there are two different versions of the remix. The All or Nothing version, the main remix, features an additional verse by Remy and was released in July 2004. [5] The Crunk Juice version features Lil Jon's vocals throughout the song, omitting Remy's verse. On both versions, Mase's verse is in line with his then-clean style of rapping (as heard on Welcome Back ).

Fat Joe also released a remix in tribute to his Puerto Rican ancestry, featuring Tego Calderon and Tony Touch. Other remixes of the song are performed by Chamillionaire, in The Mixtape Messiah titled "Body Rock", Lil Wayne, Max B, Jadakiss, U.S.D.A., and G-Unit. Also, mashup artist Girl Talk layered "Lean Back" over Spacehog's "In the Meantime" in his album All Day . Houston rapper Lil' Flip did a freestyle over the song as a diss towards Atlanta rapper T.I. [6]

Track listings

Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from the True Story album notes. [11]

Studios

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [43] Gold30,000‡
Germany (BVMI) [44] Gold150,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [45] Gold400,000‡
United States (RIAA) [46] Gold500,000*
United States (RIAA) [47]
Mastertone 		Gold500,000*

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

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United StatesJune 1, 2004 [48]
July 26, 2004 Contemporary hit radio [49]
United KingdomOctober 4, 2004
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
 [50]
AustraliaOctober 18, 2004CDUniversal [51]

See also

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