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{{Infobox Single
{{Infobox song
| Name = Laffy Taffy
| name = Laffy Taffy
| Cover = D4lcover.jpg
| cover = Laffy_Taffy.jpg
| Artist = [[D4L]]
| alt =
| from Album = Down for Life
| type = single
| artist = [[D4L]]
| Released = [[2005]] <small>([[North America]])</small>
| album = [[Down for Life (album)|Down for Life]]
| Format = Digital Download
| released = {{Start date|2005|10|18}}
| Recorded = Atlanta
| recorded = 2005
| Genre = [[Hip-hop]]
| studio = [[PatchWerk Recording Studios]] <br /> {{small|([[Atlanta, Georgia]])}}
| Length = 3:44
| venue =
| Label = [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]
| genre = [[snap music|Snap]]<ref name="nytimes.com">{{cite news| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/12/arts/music/12sann.html | work = The New York Times | title = 'Laffy Taffy': So Light, So Sugary, So Downloadable | first = Kelefa | last = Sanneh | date = January 12, 2006 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180701165351/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/12/arts/music/laffy-taffy-so-light-so-sugary-so-downloadable.html | archive-date = 2018-07-01 | url-status = unfit }}</ref>
| Writer = Larry Johnson <br> Michael Johnson <br> Adrian Parks <br> Richard Sims <br> Dennis Butler
| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=44}}
| Producer = DJ Pooh
| label = [[Warner Music Group|WEA]]
| Chart position = <ul><li>#1 ([[United States|U.S.]])</li></ul>
| writer = [[Fabo|Lafabian Williams]], Adrian Parks, Dennis Butler, Cory Way, Broderick Thompson Smith, Michael Johnson
| producer = K-Rab
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = [[Betcha Can't Do It Like Me]]
| next_year = 2006
}}
}}


'''"Laffy Taffy"''' is a song by the Atlanta based [[hip-hop]] group [[D4L]], which reached number one on the [[Billboard Hot 100]] in January 2006. The song's success on the charts was largely due to its enormous sales. The song had a record 175,272 downloads during week after Christmas to soar to number 1 on the Hot 100 after first peaking at number 2 four weeks earlier. During the week after Christmas, U.S. digital download sales saw an enormous increase with 15 different titles shattering the previous weekly download benchmark set by [[Kanye West]] with his fall 2005 hit single "[[Gold Digger]]".
"'''Laffy Taffy'''" is a 2005 song by Atlanta-based [[Hip hop music|hip hop]] group [[D4L]] which reached number one on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] in January 2006. The song's success on the charts was largely due to its enormous online sales. The music video version of the song samples and interpolates elements of "[[Candy Girl (New Edition song)|Candy Girl]]" by [[New Edition]], whereas the CD single version of the song excludes the sampling. The song was produced by Born Immaculate, Broderick Thompson Smith and "K-Rab", and the [[music video]] was directed by Thomas Forbes.
==Lyrical Meaning==
The term "Laffy Taffy" refers to the [[Buttocks|backside]] of a woman, as various other sexual innuendoes are distributed throughout the song. Some believe that it is when a girl shakes her butt, then stops shaking, the part of her butt that continues to jiggle is called Laffy Taffy.


== Criticism ==
Another possibility is that the "Laffy Taffy" they are referring to is the [[Vulva|labia minora]] of the female genitalia, which in some females resembles stretched out taffy. See also [[50 Cent]]'s "''[[Candy Shop]].''" It is slang term used mainly by men who frequent [[strip clubs]] in which women perform in the [[Nudity|nude]]. The true definition is often hidden from females because the development of the "Laffy Taffy" condition may be embarrassing for a female, as this suggests excessive [[Sex|sexual intercourse]].
During "The Champ" from 2006's ''[[Fishscale]]'', [[Ghostface Killah]] asks "My arts is crafty darts/ while y'all stuck on Laffy Taffy/Wondering, how'd y'all niggas get past me?" Ghostface had mocked the "snap dance" during his 2005 tour.<ref>[http://www.perfectpeople.net/biography/2949/ghostface-killah.htm] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205021221/http://www.perfectpeople.net/biography/2949/ghostface-killah.htm |date=December 5, 2008 }}</ref> There has also been controversy on who wrote "Laffy Taffy". Rapper Liam "Smack Eyes" Thomas claims that the group had stolen the lyrics from his rhyme book.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.channelu.tv/default.asp?sec=1&artist=92| title=D4L - Biography|publisher=ViTV|date=2007|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090219001618/http://www.channelu.tv/default.asp?sec=1&artist=92|archivedate=2009-02-19 }}</ref>


== Charts ==
The confusion in the meaning of the phrase is due to the true meaning not being acceptable in mainstream society. This is similar to the phrase "[[Skeet (slang)|Skeet]]" which was popularised by [[Lil Jon]]. Most did not know the true meaning of ''skeet'', yet they still liked the song and sang along oblivious to what they were singing. For these reasons, it is often convenient to refer to ''Laffy Taffy'' as the buttocks of a woman, even though that definition bears little relation to what the candy Laffy Taffy looks like.
===Weekly charts===

{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
==Criticism==
|+ Weekly chart performance for "Laffy Taffy"
The song has been criticized for its simplistic production and lyrics. It has been said that the rhythm section of the song is based on a Casio keyboard melody, characteristics of a new sub-genre of hiphop called [[snap music]]. It has also been criticized for encouraging [[sexual arousal]].
!Chart (2005–2006)

!Peak<br />position
==Chart positions==
{| align="center" class="wikitable"
!align="left"|Year
!align="left"|Chart
!align="left"|Position
|-
|-
! scope="row"| Australia ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref name="ARIA">{{cite Ryan|page=80}}</ref>
|align="left"|2006
|align="left"|Billboard Hot 100
| align="center"| 53
|align="left"|#'''1''' (1 week)
|-
|-
{{singlechart|Germany|61|artist=D4L|song=Laffy Taffy|songid=162045|rowheader=true}}
|align="left"|2006
|align="left"|Billboard Pop 100
|align="left"|#3
|-
|-
{{singlechart|Ireland3|48|artist=D4L|song=Laffy Taffy|rowheader=true}}
|align="left"|2005
|align="left"|Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks
|align="left"|#15
|-
|-
{{singlechart|New Zealand|25|artist=D4L|song=Laffy Taffy|rowheader=true}}
|align="left"|2006
|align="left"| Hot Digital Songs
|align="left"|#1 (2 weeks)
|-
|-
{{single chart|Scotland|31|date=20060409|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 6, 2023}}
|align="left"|2006
|align="left"| Hot Digital Tracks <br> (Explicit Album Version)
|align="left"|#1 (2 Weeks)
|-
|-
{{single chart|UK|29|date=20060409|artist=D4L|rowheader=true}}
|align="left"|2006
|align="left"|Hot Rap Tracks
|align="left"|#6
|-
|-
{{single chart|UKrandb|6|date=20060409|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 6, 2023}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|1|artist=D4L|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardrandbhiphop|15|artist=D4L|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardrapsongs|6|artist=D4L|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardpopsongs|14|artist=D4L|rowheader=true}}
|}
|}


==External links==
===Year-end charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
*[http://www.info-zoom.com/arts/d4l_lleafy_taffy_download_mp3_and_read_lyrics_on_d4l_laffytaffy Detailed information on connection with Popular Culture]
|+ Year-end chart performance for "Laffy Taffy"
!Chart (2006)
!Position
|-
!scope="row"|UK Urban (''[[Music Week]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/2007/Music-Week-2007-01-13.pdf|title=2006 Urban Top 40|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=26|date=January 13, 2007|access-date=August 6, 2023|archive-date=August 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230805122603/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/2007/Music-Week-2007-01-13.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
|align="center"|28
|-
!scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2006/hot-100-songs|title=Hot 100 Songs – Year-End 2006|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=January 23, 2020|archive-date=June 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613033217/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2006/hot-100-songs|url-status=live}}</ref>
|style="text-align:center;"|46
|-
!scope="row"|US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/2006/hot-r-and-and-b-hip-hop-songs-titles|title=Year-End Charts – Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Titles – 2006|website=Billboard.biz|year=2006|accessdate=September 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003173555/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/2006/hot-r-and-and-b-hip-hop-songs-titles|archivedate=October 3, 2012}}</ref>
|style="text-align:center;"|83
|}


== Certifications ==
[[Category:2006 singles]]
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=single|artist=D4L|title=Laffy Taffy|award=Gold|relyear=2005|certyear=2006}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=ringtone|artist=D4L|title=Laffy Taffy|award=Platinum|number=3|digital=true|relyear=2005|certyear=2009|note=Mastertone}}
{{Certification Table Bottom}}

== See also ==
* [[List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 2006 (U.S.)]]

{{Street dance}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:2005 songs]]
[[Category:2005 debut singles]]
[[Category:Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles]]
[[Category:Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles]]
[[Category:D4L songs]]
[[Category:Hip-hop dance]]
[[Category:Novelty and fad dances]]
[[Category:Snap songs]]
[[Category:Warner Music Group singles]]

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Latest revision as of 16:12, 13 December 2024

"Laffy Taffy"
Single by D4L
from the album Down for Life
ReleasedOctober 18, 2005 (2005-10-18)
Recorded2005
StudioPatchWerk Recording Studios
(Atlanta, Georgia)
GenreSnap[1]
Length3:44
LabelWEA
Songwriter(s)Lafabian Williams, Adrian Parks, Dennis Butler, Cory Way, Broderick Thompson Smith, Michael Johnson
Producer(s)K-Rab
D4L singles chronology
"Laffy Taffy"
(2005) 		"Betcha Can't Do It Like Me"
(2006)

"Laffy Taffy" is a 2005 song by Atlanta-based hip hop group D4L which reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 2006. The song's success on the charts was largely due to its enormous online sales. The music video version of the song samples and interpolates elements of "Candy Girl" by New Edition, whereas the CD single version of the song excludes the sampling. The song was produced by Born Immaculate, Broderick Thompson Smith and "K-Rab", and the music video was directed by Thomas Forbes.

Criticism

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During "The Champ" from 2006's Fishscale, Ghostface Killah asks "My arts is crafty darts/ while y'all stuck on Laffy Taffy/Wondering, how'd y'all niggas get past me?" Ghostface had mocked the "snap dance" during his 2005 tour.[2] There has also been controversy on who wrote "Laffy Taffy". Rapper Liam "Smack Eyes" Thomas claims that the group had stolen the lyrics from his rhyme book.[3]

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Weekly chart performance for "Laffy Taffy"
Chart (2005–2006) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[4] 53
Germany (GfK)[5] 61
Ireland (IRMA)[6] 48
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[7] 25
Scotland (OCC)[8] 31
UK Singles (OCC)[9] 29
UK Hip Hop/R&B (OCC)[10] 6
US Billboard Hot 100[11] 1
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[12] 15
US Hot Rap Songs (Billboard)[13] 6
US Pop Airplay (Billboard)[14] 14

Year-end charts

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Year-end chart performance for "Laffy Taffy"
Chart (2006) Position
UK Urban (Music Week)[15] 28
US Billboard Hot 100[16] 46
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[17] 83

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[18] Gold 500,000^
United States (RIAA)[19]
Mastertone 		3× Platinum 3,000,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

[edit]

References

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  1. ^ Sanneh, Kelefa (January 12, 2006). "'Laffy Taffy': So Light, So Sugary, So Downloadable". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2018-07-01.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ [1] Archived December 5, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "D4L - Biography". ViTV. 2007. Archived from the original on 2009-02-19.
  4. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 80.
  5. ^ "D4L – Laffy Taffy" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.
  6. ^ "Irish-charts.com – Discography D4L". Irish Singles Chart.
  7. ^ "D4L – Laffy Taffy". Top 40 Singles.
  8. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  9. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  10. ^ "Official Hip Hop and R&B Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  11. ^ "D4L Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  12. ^ "D4L Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard.
  13. ^ "D4L Chart History (Hot Rap Songs)". Billboard.
  14. ^ "D4L Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard.
  15. ^ "2006 Urban Top 40" (PDF). Music Week. January 13, 2007. p. 26. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 5, 2023. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  16. ^ "Hot 100 Songs – Year-End 2006". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 13, 2018. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
  17. ^ "Year-End Charts – Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Titles – 2006". Billboard.biz. 2006. Archived from the original on October 3, 2012. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
  18. ^ "American single certifications – D4L – Laffy Taffy". Recording Industry Association of America.
  19. ^ "American ringtone certifications – D4L – Laffy Taffy". Recording Industry Association of America.
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