Pretty Girls (Wale song)

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"Pretty Girls"
Wale pretty girls.jpg
Single by Wale featuring Gucci Mane
from the album Attention Deficit
ReleasedOctober 6, 2009 [1]
Recorded2009
Genre
Length4:13
Label Allido RecordsInterscope
Songwriter(s)
  • Wale Folarin
  • Radric Davis
  • Weensey
Producer(s) Best Kept Secret
Wale singles chronology
"World Tour"
(2009)
"Pretty Girls"
(2009)
"No Hands"
(2010)
Gucci Mane singles chronology
"I Get It In"
(2009)
"Pretty Girls"
(2009)
"Spotlight"
(2009)

"Pretty Girls" is the third official single from Wale's debut album, Attention Deficit , and is produced by Best Kept Secret. It features Gucci Mane and Weensey from the go-go band Backyard Band. It was released to iTunes and Rhapsody on October 6, 2009. The song samples Backyard Band's go-go rendition of The Moments and The Whatnauts track "Girls" and contains a line of UCB's song "Splash Girl". [2] The official remix featuring Chris Brown and Fabolous was released on April 13, 2010. A second remix features Weensey, Raheem DeVaughn, and Phil Ade.

Contents

The music video was filmed in Los Angeles, California and was directed by Chris Robinson. Gucci Mane does not appear in the video due to his serving a one-year prison sentence at the time. [3] There are appearances in the video by Washington Redskins' running back Clinton Portis, Baltimore Ravens' running back Ray Rice, Curren$y, DJ Khaled and actor Tristan Wilds.

Charts

Chart (2010)Peak
position
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [4] 56

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