Peso (song)

"Peso"
Single by ASAP Rocky
from the album Live. Love. ASAP
Released	July 21, 2011 [1]
Recorded	2011
Genre	Cloud rap East Coast hip-hop
Length	2:50
Label	ASAP Worldwide Polo Grounds RCA
Songwriter(s)	Rakim Mayers Tyshaun Holloway James Harris III Terry Lewis
Producer(s)	ASAP Ty Beats
ASAP Rocky singles chronology
"Peso" (2011) "Hands on the Wheel" (2012)
Music video
"Peso" on YouTube

"Peso" is the debut single by American rapper ASAP Rocky. Produced by his ASAP Mob cohort, ASAP Ty Beats, it was released through ASAP Worldwide, Polo Grounds Music, and RCA Records as the lead single from his critically acclaimed breakout mixtape Live. Love. ASAP (2011). The song contains a sample of The S.O.S. Band's "No One's Gonna Love You", from their 1984 album Just the Way You Like It . ^[2]

Music video

On December 13, 2011, the music video, directed by Abteen Bagheri, premiered on MTV2. ^[3] After more than 17 million views on YouTube, ASAP Rocky was invited to tour as the opening act for Drake. ^[4]

Charts

Chart (2012)	Peak position
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [5]	75

Certifications

Certifications and sales for "Peso"

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [6]	Gold	40,000‡
United States (RIAA) [7]	Platinum	1,000,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

1. "Peso - Single by ASAP Rocky". itunes. 31 October 2011.
2. "ASAP Rocky's Peso sample of The S.O.S. Band's No One's Gonna Love You". WhoSampled.
3. "Peso - ASAP Rocky". MTV2. Archived from the original on January 10, 2012.
4. Rodriguez, Jayson. "ROCKY'S ROAD." Billboard: The International Newsweekly of Music, Video and Home Entertainment, vol. 125, no. 3, 2013., pp. 32-33
5. "ASAP Rocky - Chart History". Billboard.
6. "Canadian single certifications – A$AP Rocky – Peso". Music Canada . Retrieved November 17, 2022.
7. "American single certifications – A$AP Rocky – Peso". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved January 19, 2023.