Miss America (J. Cole song)

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"Miss America"
Miss America JCole.jpg
Song by J. Cole
from the album Born Sinner
ReleasedNovember 13, 2012 (2012-11-13)
Recorded2012
Genre Hip hop
Length3:44
Label
Songwriter(s) Jermaine Lamar Cole, Brookln Dekker
Producer(s) J. Cole

"Miss America" is a song by American hip hop recording artist and record producer J. Cole, released November 13, 2012 as the first promotional single from his second studio album Born Sinner (2013). The song, which was produced by Cole himself, samples Rue Royale's "Flightline". The song debuted at #34 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. The song was used in Ubisoft's Launch trailer for the 2013 video game Splinter Cell: Blacklist .

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Background

On November 5, 2012, J. Cole announced that his second studio album would be titled Born Sinner and would release on January 28, 2013 along with a teaser video for it. [1] Prior to the November 13, 2012 release of "Miss America" Cole also released a teaser video for the single. [2] The single cover was released on November 12, 2012. [3] Cole said he pushed away pop-accessibility in order to put out a single that provides social commentary. [4] The song has been described by multiple outlets and Cole himself as not an ordinary first single and in no way directed towards radio. [5] [6] Later Cole leaked another version of the song called "Miss America Reprise" which features the same lyrics but different production compared to the single version. [7]

Themes

The song Miss America discusses the corruption of an artist when he has the chance for commercial appeal and corruption of government when capitalism is involved. [8] When speaking about the single with Billboard Cole said,

"I’m gonna try to use it to shift culture just a little bit. To me, 'Miss America' shifts things a little bit, it changes the conversation it takes it in a more aggressive direction, more raw, more social commentary... Any type of commentary is good compared to what a normal single is these days. That’s my aim, is to shift culture slightly, change the conversation. Nobody expects that for your first single." [9]

Chart performance

The song first charted on the week of December 1, 2012, on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart at No. 34. [10]

Charts

Chart (2012)Peak
position
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles ( Billboard ) [11] 20
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [12] 34

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
United States [13] November 13, 2012digital download Roc Nation, Columbia Records

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