My Way (Fetty Wap song)

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"My Way"
My Way by Fetty Wap.png
Single by Fetty Wap featuring Monty
from the album Fetty Wap
ReleasedJuly 17, 2015
Genre
Length3:34 (single/album version)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Fetty Wap singles chronology
"679"
(2015)		"My Way"
(2015)		"Again"
(2015)
Monty singles chronology
"679"
(2015)		"My Way"
(2015)

"My Way" is the third single by American rapper and singer Fetty Wap, featuring Remy Boyz's RGF Productions' member Monty, from Wap's self-titled debut album. It peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100.

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The song has over 32 million views on YouTube, while an unofficial upload has amassed 212 million views. [1] In June 2015, Canadian rapper Drake premiered his remix of the song. [2] On July 16, 2015, a remastered version of the original song leaked. This version added new adlibs to the song. The next day, the song was released as a commercial single on iTunes. The final version of the song maintained the new adlibs, but with a slightly altered instrumental. [3]

Commercial performance

"My Way" debuted at number 98 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the chart dated July 18, 2015. [4] Three weeks later, following its release to digital retailers, "My Way" jumped 80 positions from 87 to number 7, fueled by 152,000 first-week sales and 6.6 million domestic streams. [5] The song's jump into the top ten made Wap the third artist to have two concurrent top ten hits in the year 2015—his prior single "Trap Queen" was ranked number six that week—as well as the first male rapper to have two concurrent top ten hits as a lead artist since 2011, when Lil Wayne accomplished the feat. [5]

Music video

The song's accompanying music video premiered on September 23, 2015, on Fetty Wap's YouTube account. The video features scenes of Wap wearing a Chicago Bulls jersey, celebrating with his crew and Remy Boyz. [6] Wap also appears performing onstage, as well as shots of Monty driving a BMW i8 through the streets, while singing along to the song. [7]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2015)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [8] 94
France (SNEP) [9] 102
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [10] 32
UK Singles (OCC) [11] 80
UK Hip Hop/R&B (OCC) [12] 21
US Billboard Hot 100 [13] 7
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [14] 5
US Hot Rap Songs ( Billboard ) [15] 3
US Rhythmic ( Billboard ) [16] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2015)Position
US Billboard Hot 100 [17] 44
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs [18] 13
US Rhythmic (Billboard) [19] 14

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [20] Silver200,000‡
United States (RIAA) [21] 3× Platinum3,000,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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