Prom Queen (Lil Wayne song)

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Prom Queen (Lil Wayne song) - Wikipedia

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"Prom Queen"

Single by Lil Wayne

from the album Rebirth

Released

January 27, 2009

Recorded

2008

Genre

Rap rock

Length

3:41

Label

Songwriter(s)

Producer(s)

Lil' Wayne singles chronology

"Unstoppable"
(2009)

"Prom Queen"
(2009)

"Every Girl"
(2009)

"Prom Queen" is the lead single from Lil Wayne's album, Rebirth. The track is produced by Infamous and Andrew "Drew" Correa. The song is written by and contains backing vocals from Shanell Woodgett. The song made its official debut on January 27,^[1] appearing on Lil Wayne's MySpace page. The following day, "Prom Queen" was made available for purchase on all online music stores^[2] and Lil Wayne performed the single live for the first time during a concert in San Diego, which was streamed live on AT&T's FREEdom of Choice and Mobile Music Facebook pages that evening.^[1] The song features the Auto-Tune effect.

Musical style

"Prom Queen" is a rap rock song,^[3] featuring "mall-metal riffage" and Auto-Tuned vocals.^[4] The song also incorporates elements from emo, grunge and late-'90s rap-rock.^[5]

Music video

The music video premiered on Jimmy Kimmel Live!. The music video is about a young, high schooler Lil Wayne falling in love with a girl at school, but she denies him for someone else when she became prom queen. As they both age, Wayne becomes famous, while the girl becomes pregnant with the baby of her boyfriend who has left her. Wayne records the song "Prom Queen" as newspaper clippings of his life come up, such as his awards at the 2009 Grammy Awards and the major success of his album Tha Carter III. Later, Wayne performs with a Gibson Dark Fire guitar at a concert; Young Money artist Shanell Woodgett, who wrote the song, is also seen together with Wayne. During the concert, the girl who shunned Wayne in high school makes her way to the stage. When she reaches her hand out, hoping for Wayne to remember her, Wayne does remember her, and what she did to him; as a result, Wayne turns around just as they are about to touch hands, showing the girl how it felt when she did the same to him. At the end of the video, Wayne and Shanell are seen at the high school gym; they kiss and leave silently.

The video also features the members of nu metal band Korn as Wayne's backup band, as well as Young Money artist Shanell Woodgett and her younger sister, Danity Kane member D. Woods.

Chart performance

"Prom Queen" started to make an impact on the charts in early February. It made a "Hot Shot Debut" at number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 based on downloads in the US and rose to number 15 the next week, also a "Hot Shot Debut" at number 26 on the Pop 100 and rose to number 22 the next week, and also charted at number 16 on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles. In Canada it also made a "Hot Shot Debut" at number 71 on the Canadian Hot 100 also based on downloads and skyrocketed up to number 36 the next week.

Charts

Chart performance for "Prom Queen"
Chart (2009)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)^[6]	93
Australia Urban (ARIA)^[7]	10
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)^[8]	36
US Billboard Hot 100^[9]	15
US Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs^[10]	16
US Billboard Pop 100^[11]	22

Certifications

Certifications for "Prom Queen"
Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)^[12]	Platinum	1,000,000^‡
^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label	Ref.
United States	January 28, 2009	Digital download	Cash Money, Universal Motown	^[2]
United States	February 3, 2009	Contemporary hit radio	Cash Money, Universal Motown	^[13]

References

^ ^a ^b Lil Wayne Goes Rock With 'Rebirth'. Billboard (January 26, 2009). Retrieved January 26, 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Prom Queen: MP3 Downloads: Lil Wayne". Amazon.com. Archived from the original on March 10, 2009. Retrieved January 27, 2009.
^ Jeffries, David. "Rebirth - Lil Wayne". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
^ Vozick-Levinson, Simon (January 28, 2009). "Lil Wayne's 'Prom Queen': Make it go away!". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
^ Weiss, Jeff (February 2, 2010). "Wayne's new world: A track-by-track breakdown of Lil Wayne's 'Rebirth'". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on February 4, 2010. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 166.
^ "Top 40 Urban Albums & Singles Chart - Australian Record Industry Association". Ariacharts.com.au. Archived from the original on 2011-04-25. Retrieved 2010-04-25.
^ "Information Not Found". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2010-04-25.
^ "Top 100 Music Hits, Top 100 Music Charts, Top 100 Songs & The Hot 100". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2010-04-25.
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^ "Lil Wayne – Awards". AllMusic. Archived from the original on January 23, 2016. Retrieved May 15, 2022.
^ "American single certifications – Lil Wayne – Prom Queen". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
^ "CHR – Available for Airplay". FMQB. Archived from the original on February 19, 2009. Retrieved November 6, 2023.

Lil Wayne singles

Discography

Tha Block Is Hot

"Tha Block Is Hot"

500 Degreez

"Way of Life"

Tha Carter

"Go D.J."

Tha Carter II

Like Father, Like Son

The Leak

"Gossip"
"I'm Me"

Tha Carter III

We Are Young Money

Rebirth

I Am Not a Human Being

Tha Carter IV

I Am Not a Human Being II

Rich Gang

"Tapout"

Tha Carter V

Funeral

"I Do It"

Featured singles

1999	"Back That Azz Up" "Bling Bling"
2000	"#1 Stunna"
2002	"Neva Get Enuf"
2004	"Hot Boys, Hot Girls"
2005	"Soldier"
2006	"Gimme That" "Holla at Me" "You Know What" "Make It Rain" "Hollywood Divorce" "You"
2007	"We Takin' Over" "Lock U Down" "Pop Bottles" "Duffle Bag Boy" "Uh-Ohhh!" "Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill)" "100 Million"
2008	"Push" "Love in This Club Part II" "Girls Around the World" "I Run This" "My Life" "Can't Believe It" "Let It Rock" "Shawty Say" "Swagga Like Us" "Cuddy Buddy" "Official Girl" "I'm So Paid" "Lost" "All My Life (In the Ghetto)" "Turnin Me On" "Make a Toast"
2009	"Unstoppable" "Always Strapped" "Respect My Conglomerate" "So Good" "Maybach Music 2" "Down" "Successful" "I'm Goin' In" "Money to Blow" "Heard 'em All" "I Can Transform Ya" "Give It Up to Me" "4 My Town (Play Ball)" "Revolver" "Women Lie, Men Lie"
2010	"I Made It (Cash Money Heroes)" "Miss Me" "Loyalty" "No Love" "Fire Flame"
2011	"Welcome to My Hood" "Look at Me Now" "Bow Chicka Wow Wow" "Hit the Lights" "Someone to Love Me (Naked)" "This Is What Rock n' Roll Looks Like" "Motivation" "Red Nation" "9 Piece" "I'm on One" "I'm Into You" "Dirty Dancer" "Ballin'" "Dedication to My Ex (Miss That)" "Y.U. Mad" "Strange Clouds" "Sweat" "The Motto"
2012	"Faded" "All Aboard" "Take It to the Head" "HYFR (Hell Ya Fucking Right)" "I Can Only Imagine" "Pop That" "Enough of No Love" "Ice" "Bandz a Make Her Dance" "Celebration" "She Don't Put It Down" "Ball" "Hello"
2013	"Karate Chop" "All That (Lady)" "Ready to Go" "High School" "No New Friends" "Wit' Me" "We Outchea" "Beware" "Good Time" "Thank You" "Loyal"
2014	"We Alright" "Thug Cry" "Only"
2015	"Truffle Butter" "How Many Times" "Just Right for Me" "Bottom of the Bottle" "Switch Up"
2016	"Pillowtalk" (Remix) "Order More" (Remix) "No Problem" "Gold" (Remix)
2017	"Running Back" "Light My Body Up" "I'm the One" "The Way I Are (Dance with Somebody)" "Love U Better" "Like a Man" "Codeine Dreaming"
2018	"Good Form"
2019	"Genius" (Lil Wayne Remix) "Be Like Me"
2020	"Whats Poppin" (Remix) "Iced Out Audemars" (Remix)

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