Crank That (Soulja Boy)

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Soulja Boy bypassed any and all gatekeepers by going straight to the Internet. He did this, at least at first, without established advisers or major-label money behind him. [... In the twenty-first] century, the Internet has warped and mutated culture in ways that we don’t yet fully understand. But while most of us have scrambled to catch up to the disorienting pace of these changes, younger kids have launched themselves into the void, using the confusion to sail past gatekeepers and make names for themselves. Soulja Boy did it first. [17]

Soulja Boy himself has argued the point, remarking in an interview with Complex : "I motherfuckin’ showed you how to get famous from your bedroom on the internet! [...] They’ll talk about it in history books later." [17]

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"Crank That (Soulja Boy)"
Crank That (Soulja Boy).JPG
Single by Soulja Boy Tell'em
from the album souljaboytellem.com
ReleasedMay 2, 2007 (2007-05-02)
Studio Start2Finish (Kansas City, Kansas), Collipark Studio (College Park, Georgia) [1]
Genre
Length3:42
Label
Songwriter(s) DeAndre Way [4]
Producer(s) Soulja Boy
Music video
"Crank That (Soulja Boy)" on YouTube

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [58] Platinum70,000^
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [59] Gold45,000‡
Germany (BVMI) [60] Platinum300,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ) [61] Platinum15,000*
United Kingdom (BPI) [62] Platinum600,000‡
United States (RIAA) [63] 3× Platinum3,000,000*

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

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)LabelRef.
United StatesSeptember 4, 2007 Contemporary hit radio Collipark, Interscope [64]

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