The Fix (song)

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"The Fix"
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Single by Nelly featuring Jeremih
ReleasedAugust 14, 2015 (2015-08-14)
Recorded2015
Genre
Length2:53
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Nelly singles chronology
"Get like Me"
(2013)
"The Fix"
(2015)
"I Don't Wanna Go to Bed"
(2015)
Jeremih singles chronology
"Freak of the Week"
(2015)
"The Fix"
(2015)
"Oui"
(2015)

"The Fix" is a song by American rapper Nelly featuring American singer Jeremih. The track is produced by DJ Mustard and Mike Free and interpolates Marvin Gaye's 1982 hit song "Sexual Healing". [2] The song came to fruition as a result of Nelly and DJ Mustard having the same publisher, who made sure all references to the interpolation contained within "The Fix" were cleared before it was released. [3]

Contents

Background

The song premiered on August 6, 2015, [4] and was released for digital download on August 14. [5]

Commercial performance

"The Fix" debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 chart dated September 5, 2015, at number 86. [6] Its chart debut was fueled by first-week digital download sales of 42,000 copies. [7] As of June 2016, "The Fix" has been certified Platinum from RIAA for selling 1,000,000 copies domestically. [8]

Music video

The accompanying music video for the track was directed by Aristotle and filmed at the Sheats Goldstein Residence in Beverly Crest, Los Angeles, California. [9] It was released on September 24, 2015. [9] For reasons unknown, the video was deleted from YouTube in 2019, although unofficial re-uploads are still accessible. [10]

Track listing

Digital download [5] [11]

  1. "The Fix" (featuring Jeremih; explicit) – 2:53
  2. "The Fix" (featuring Jeremih; clean) – 2:53

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for "The Fix"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [27] 2× Platinum140,000
New Zealand (RMNZ) [28] Gold7,500*
United Kingdom (BPI) [29] Silver200,000
United States (RIAA) [30] Platinum514,000 [31]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release history and formats for "The Fix"
CountryDateFormatLabelRef.
United StatesAugust 14, 2015 Digital download Records [5]
August 18, 2015 Rhythmic contemporary radio [32]

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