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"Right Round"
Song

"Right Round" is the first single from Flo Rida's second studio album, R.O.O.T.S., featuring singer Kesha.[1]

Background

Flo Rida's A&R at Atlantic Records brought the beat to "Right Round" to his attention. They went to the studio and Dr. Luke produced the sample, which is based on Dead or Alive's 1984 hit "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)". He produced the track and Flo Rida recorded his vocal onto it.[2][3]

The song was released for airplay on January 20, 2009.

Chart performance

"Right Round" debuted at number 74 on the Billboard Hot 100 and jumped from number 58 to number 1 on February 18, 2009, selling 636,000 digital copies in a single week,[4] the biggest first-week sales in digital history, breaking the previous record he set with 467,000 downloads in December 2007.[5][6] In its second week, the song sold 460,000 downloads, the third highest one-week total ever, topping the one million mark in paid downloads in just two weeks and becoming the fastest million-selling download ever in the US.[7] In Canada it debuted at number 75 on the Canadian Hot 100 and rose to number 47 the next week after being the "Airplay Gainer". The next week song jumped to number one being the "Airplay Gainer". The song debuted at number 4 on the Irish Singles Chart, purely from downloads alone. The next week rose to number 2.

In Australia, the song debuted at number one based on downloads alone. This is Flo Rida's second Australian number-one single after "Low" in 2008. It is the first single to debut at the number one spot since Kylie Minogue's "2 Hearts" in November 2007.[8]

Music video

File:Right Round by Flo Rida feat. Ke$ha (Music Video Screenshot).JPG
A screenshot of the music video for "Right Round".

The music video was shot in Miami with director Malcolm Jones, and makes a reference to the original Dead or Alive music video with shots of a revolving disco ball, and a spinning bed.[9] A version of the music video was leaked on the internet February 23 and was promoted as a premiere on MTV Hits, MTV2, MTV's website, MTVU and MTV Jams.[10] It is also currently #4 MTV2's Music Video Chart. [11]

Track listing

CD single
  1. "Right Round" (Main version) — 3:26
  2. "Right Round" (Instrumental) — 3:26

Charts

Chart (2009) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart[12] 1
Canadian Hot 100[13] 1
Danish Singles Chart[14] 14
Finnish Singles Chart[15] 11
Greek Singles Chart[16] 9
Irish Singles Chart[17] 2
New Zealand Singles Chart[18] 4
Norwegian Singles Chart[citation needed] 9
Swedish Singles Chart[19] 8
Turkey Top 20 Chart[20] 7
UK Singles Chart[21] 1
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles[22] 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [4] 1
U.S. Billboard Hot Rap Tracks[23] 5
U.S. Billboard Pop 100[24] 1

Chart procession and succession

Preceded by U.S. Billboard Hot 100 number-one single
February 28, 2009 		Succeeded by
incumbent
U.S. Billboard Pop 100 number-one single
February 28, 2009
Canadian Hot 100 number-one single
February 28, 2009
Preceded by Australian ARIA Singles Chart number-one single
February 23, 2009
Preceded by UK Singles Chart number-one single
March 8, 2009

Release details

Region Date Label Format
United States January 25, 2009 Poe Boy, Atlantic Records Radio airplay
February 10, 2009 Digital download
United Kingdom March 1, 2009 Atlantic Records

References

  1. ^ Alisa Kolenovic (20 February 2009). "RCA Signs Kesha". Billboard.biz. Retrieved 2009-02-22.
  2. ^ Cohen, Jonathan. "Flo Rida Gets 'Round' To Second Album". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2009-02-08.
  3. ^ Concepcion, Mariel (2009-03-06). "Exclusive: First Listen To Flo Rida's Sweet New Single". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2009-03-07.
  4. ^ a b Silvio Pietroluongo. "Flo Rida Topples Single-Week Download Mark". Billboard. Retrieved 2009-02-18. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  5. ^ Bronson, Fred (2009-02-19). "Chart Beat: Flo Rida, Atlantic, Mac McAnally". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2009-02-20.
  6. ^ Paul Grein, Week Ending Feb. 15, 2009: Taylor Swift Gets Last Laugh - Chart Watch, Yahoo.com
  7. ^ http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/28705/week-ending-feb-22-2009-the-fastest-million-selling-download-ever/
  8. ^ ARIA Charts - Chartifacts
  9. ^ On Set of Flo Rida’s ‘Right Round’ Video. Rap-Up. Accessed February 13, 2009.
  10. ^ http://www.wmg.com/news/article/?id=8a0af8121ed15127011f8b8c3c8611e5
  11. ^ [1]
  12. ^ Top 50 Singles Chart - Australian Recording Industry Association
  13. ^ Billboard. "Right Round performance on Canadian Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
  14. ^ http://danishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Flo+Rida+feat%2E+Ke%24ha&titel=Right+Round&cat=s
  15. ^ http://www.yle.fi/lista/listat/tuote.php?id=9210 Suomen virallinen lista
  16. ^ Billboard.com Greece Singles
  17. ^ IRMA
  18. ^ http://www.rianz.org.nz/rianz/chart.asp New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart
  19. ^ [2]
  20. ^ Turkey Top 20 Chart Retrieved on 2009-03-02
  21. ^ [3]
  22. ^ Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles
  23. ^ "Hot Rap Tracks Chart, Issue Date: 2009-03-07". Billboard. Retrieved 2009-03-01. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  24. ^ Billboard Pop 100 Chart Listing For The Week Of Feb 28 2009, Billboard.com
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