Put a Date on It

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"Put a Date on It"
Yo Gotti - Put a Date on It.png
Single by Yo Gotti featuring Lil Baby
from the album Untrapped
ReleasedJanuary 25, 2019
Genre Hip hop
Length3:15
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) James
Yo Gotti singles chronology
"How Dat Sound"
(2018)
"Put a Date on It"
(2019)
"Pose"
(2019)
Music video
"Put a Date on It" on YouTube

"Put a Date on It" is a song by American rapper Yo Gotti featuring American rapper Lil Baby. It was released on January 25, 2019, and served as the lead single from his Gotti's tenth studio album Untrapped . [2] The song features a songwriting credit from fellow rapper Moneybagg Yo.

Contents

Composition

The song is composed in E major. Its instrumental features a brass instrument. [3]

Music video

The music video was released on January 28, 2019. [4] [5]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 [6] 46
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [7] 21
US Rhythmic ( Billboard ) [8] 28

Year-end charts

Chart (2019)Position
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard) [9] 53

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [10] 2× Platinum2,000,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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