Back in Time (Pitbull song)

"Back in Time"
Single by Pitbull
from the album Global Warming and Men in Black 3 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
ReleasedMarch 27, 2012
Recorded2011
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Length3:25
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Pitbull singles chronology
"I Like (The Remix)"
(2012) 		"Back in Time"
(2012) 		"Dance Again"
(2012)
Music video
"Back in Time" on YouTube

"Back in Time" is a song by the American rapper Pitbull. While originally released as the lead single from the soundtrack of sci-fi film Men in Black 3, it is not featured on the album. Instead, it was released as the lead single from Pitbull's seventh studio album, Global Warming. The single was released via download on March 27, 2012, before being issued physically in Germany on May 25.[4]

The song contains a sample from "Love Is Strange", written by Mickey Baker, Sylvia Robinson, and Ellas McDaniel, as performed by Mickey & Sylvia, which was also used in the song Rinky Dink by Bill Justis. The single was a commercial success, peaking at number 11 on the US Billboard Hot 100.[5] To date, it has sold over 1.3 million copies digitally in the US.[6] The single was also successful outside of the US, peaking at number one in Austria, Honduras and Poland, and within the top ten in Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Hungary, New Zealand and Switzerland.

Remixes of this song were released by R3hab, Play-N-Skillz, Quintino, Gregor Salto and Alvaro.

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  3. ^ Gonzalez, Victor (2012-04-19). "Pitbull: Behind the Scenes of His Men in Black 3 "Back in Time" Video Shoot". Miami New Times. Archived from the original on 2018-11-29. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
  4. ^ "Back In Time (Featured in Men In Black 3): Pitbull: Amazon.de: Musik". Amazon.de. 2009-09-09. Retrieved 2012-06-25.
  5. ^ [hthttps://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2012-06-16?rank=11 "Hot 100 - 2012-06-16"]. Billboard. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
  6. ^ Vasquez, Andres (2 August 2012). "Hip Hop Digital Singles Sales: The Week Ending 7/29/2012". Retrieved 4 August 2012.