Vice City (XXXTentacion song)

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"Vice City"
XXXTentacion - Vice City.png
Single by XXXTentacion
from the album XXX (Unmastered) and Look at Me: The Album
Released
  • March 4, 2014 (2014-03-04) (SoundCloud)
  • January 28, 2022 (Columbia re-release)
Recorded2014
Genre
Length3:40
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Canis Major
XXXTentacion singles chronology
"Riot"
(2020)
"Vice City"
(2022)
"True Love"
(2022)

"Vice City" (stylized in all lowercase) is a song by American rapper and singer XXXTentacion. It was originally released on SoundCloud on March 5, 2014, before being re-released posthumously for streaming services on January 28, 2022. The song was produced by Canis Major and heavily samples the 2013 song "Sing to the Moon" by British soul artist Laura Mvula. [4] [5] [6] [7]

Contents

The name of the song was inspired by the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002), which was one of XXXTentacion's favorite video games. [4] [5] [6]

Background

"Vice City" was one of XXXTentacion's first songs to be released on his SoundCloud account and has been named as a classic in the SoundCloud rap era. [8] It was released with XXXTentacion's first mixtape on SoundCloud, XXX (Unmastered). It was announced that the track would finally be made available to streaming services such as Spotify and Apple Music on January 23, 2022, which would have been his 24th birthday. The single is also featured as the first track on the posthumous compilation album, Look at Me: The Album . XXXTentacion was murdered at the age of 20 on June 18, 2018.

Charts

Chart performance for "Vice City"
Chart (2022)Peak
position
Global 200 ( Billboard ) [9] 143
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ) [10] 5
US Billboard Hot 100 [11] 89
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [12] 32

Certifications

Certifications for "Vice City"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [13] Gold500,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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