Reign (song)

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"Reign"
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Single by Ja Rule
from the album The Last Temptation
ReleasedJune 30, 2003 (2003-06-30) [1]
Studio Right Track, New York City, US
Genre Hip hop
Length4:02
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Irv Gotti
  • 7 Aurelius
Ja Rule singles chronology
"Mesmerize"
(2002)		"Reign"
(2003)		"Clap Back"
(2003)

"Reign" (originally known as "Murder Reigns" [2] and also known as "The Reign" [3] ) is a song by American rapper Ja Rule, released in June 2003 [1] as the third and final single from his fourth studio album, The Last Temptation (2002). It was written by Ja Rule, 7 Aurelius and Irv Gotti and produced by the latter two. The song contains vocals from Celeste Scalone and samples "Africa" by Toto, thus crediting band members David Paich and Jeff Porcaro as co-writers. [2] In the UK, the song was titled "Reigns" (dropping the "Murder" in line with Murder Inc. Records' then-rebrand to The Inc. Records [4] [5] ) and released as a double A-side with "Clap Back", [6] the first single from Ja Rule's 2003 album Blood in My Eye .

Contents

Music video

The song's music video dramatizes the January 2003 raid of Murder Inc. Records' offices in New York City by the FBI over the label's connections to drug lord Kenneth McGriff. It contains a cameo by Patrick Swayze as one of the FBI officers. The video also depicts a trial in which Irv Gotti and Murder Inc. are exonerated by a jury. [7]

Track listing

Australian and European CD single [8]

  1. "Reign" (radio) – 4:08
  2. "Reign" (album version) – 4:02
  3. "Reign" (instrumental) – 4:33

UK double A-side single [9]

  1. "Clap Back" – 4:57
  2. "Reigns" – 4:02
  3. "Clap Back" (instrumental) – 5:05
  4. "Clap Back"/"Reigns" (music video)

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for "Reign"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [24] Platinum70,000^
Germany (BVMI) [25] Gold150,000‡

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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