"Sexy Can I" | ||||
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Single by Ray J featuring Yung Berg | ||||
from the album All I Feel and Look What You Made Me | ||||
Released | January 8, 2008 | |||
Length | 3:24 | |||
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Producer(s) | Detail | |||
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"Sexy Can I" is the first single from Ray J's fourth studio album, All I Feel (2008). It was produced by Noel "Detail" Fisher and features rapper Yung Berg,whose debut album Look What You Made Me also includes the track. [1] The song was released on January 8,2008,and peaked at number three on the US Billboard Hot 100.
On the issue date of February 16,2008,the single debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 77 and climbed to peak at number 3 on the chart week of late 2007–2008 (after reaching the top 40 on February 19,2008),spending over three months in the Billboard Top 10. [2] It is both Ray J's and Yung Berg's first top five single on the Billboard Hot 100. It has been certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). [3] [4] The official remix which features Sheek Louch is on the soundtrack to Ray J's reality show For the Love of Ray J .
Professional basketball player Shaquille O'Neal makes a cameo in the music video. A second version of the video was shot of Yung Berg and Ray J performing the song,while a video model watches on a computer,in which The D.E.Y. appears. The music video was directed by R. Malcolm Jones [ citation needed ] and was filmed in Miami,Florida. [5] [ better source needed ]
Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Canada (Music Canada) [19] | Gold | 20,000* |
United States (RIAA) [20] | Platinum | 1,000,000* |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | Ref. |
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United States | January 8,2008 | Digital download | Koch | [21] |
January 22,2008 | Rhythmic radio |
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March 11,2008 | Contemporary hit radio |
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