Empire State of Mind

"Empire State of Mind" is a song by Jay-Z and Alicia Keys. It was released as the third single from Jay-Z's 11th music album The Blueprint 3 (2009). The song is about New York City, and has a music sample of "Love on a Two-Way Street" (1970) by The Moments. The title of the song takes its name from Billy Joel's "New York State of Mind" (1976).

"Empire State of Mind"
Song by Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys
from The Blueprint 3"
ReleasedOctober 20, 2009 (single)
Recorded2009; Roc The Mic Studios, Oven Studios
(New York City, New York)
GenreHip hop, R&B
Length4:37
LabelRoc Nation, Atlantic
Songwriter(s)A. Hunte, A. Keys, A. Shuckburgh, B. Keyes, J. Sewell, S. Carter, S. Robinson
Producer(s)Al Shux
Jay-Z singles chronology
""Run This Town"
(2009)
Empire State of Mind ""On to the Next One"
(2009)


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Charts

Chart (2009) Peak
Position
Australian Singles Chart 4
Austrian Singles Chart 13
Belgium Singles Chart (Flanders) 4
Belgium Singles Chart (Wallonia) 4
Brazil Hot 100 Airplay[1] 17
Canadian Hot 100[2] 3
Danish Singles Chart 2
Dutch Top 40 2
Finnish Singles Chart 9
French Digital Singles Chart[3] 3
French Singles Chart 8
German Singles Chart [4] 13
Italian Singles Chart 3
Irish Singles Chart[5] 2
New Zealand Singles Chart 6
Norwegian Singles Chart 5
Portuguese Singles Chart 1
Spanish Singles Chart 27
Swedish Singles Chart 6
Swiss Singles Chart 4
UK Singles Chart[6] 2
UK R&B Singles Chart[7] 2
Scottish Singles Charts[8] 4
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[9] 1
U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs[9] 1
U.S. Rap Songs[9] 1

Empire State Of Mind Media

References

  1. "Brazil Hot 100 Airplay" (in Portuguese). Billboard Brazil (Brazil: Nielsen Business Media, Inc) 79 (2). 2010-04-01. 
  2. "Week of December 12, 2009". Billboard (Nielsen Business Media, Inc). Archived from the original on August 22, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080822150806/http://www.billboard.com/#/charts/canadian-hot-100?chartDate=2009-12-12. Retrieved 2010-05-03. 
  3. ""Tops : Christophe Maé est de retour côté singles et les Black Eyed Peas en tête des albums"". Chartsinfrance. Retrieved 2010-02-02.
  4. "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche - musicline.de". Archived from the original on 2012-09-07. Retrieved 2010-10-02.
  5. "Irish Singles Top 50 Issue Date: Thursday September 24, 2009". Irish Recorded Music Association. acharts.us. Retrieved 2010-05-04.
  6. "Empire State Of Mind". The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
  7. "Radio 1 - Chart Show — RnB Singles". BBC (BBC Online). 
  8. Official Singles Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 Pietroluongo, Silvio (2009-11-18). "Jay-Z Jumps To No. 1 On The Hot 100". Billboard (Nielsen Business Media, Inc). http://www.billboard.com/#/news/jay-z-jumps-to-no-1-on-the-hot-100-1004043615.story. Retrieved 2010-04-27.