Been Around the World

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"Been Around the World"
Single by Puff Daddy featuring the Notorious B.I.G. and Mase
from the album No Way Out
Released	November 14, 1997
Recorded	1997
Genre	Pop-rap East Coast hip hop dance
Length	4:36
Label	Bad Boy Arista
Songwriter(s)	Sean Combs Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence Mason Betha Christopher Wallace Deric Angelettie David Bowie Lisa Stansfield Ian Devaney
Producer(s)	Sean "Puffy" Combs Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence Deric Angelettie
Puff Daddy singles chronology
"Mo Money Mo Problems" (1997) "Been Around the World" (1997) "Nothin' Move But the Money" (1998)
The Notorious B.I.G. singles chronology
"It's All About the Benjamins" (1997) "Been Around the World" (1997) "Sky's the Limit" / "Going Back to Cali" (1997)
Mase singles chronology
"Feel So Good" (1997) "Been Around the World" (1997) "What You Want" (1997)
Music video
"Been Around the World" on YouTube

"Been Around the World" is a song by American rapper Puff Daddy, featuring the Notorious B.I.G. and Mase and included on Puff Daddy's debut studio album No Way Out (1997). The song samples David Bowie's 1983 hit song "Let's Dance", and contains an interpolation of Lisa Stansfield's song "All Around the World", sung by the Notorious B.I.G. in the chorus. In the album version, the song concludes with a skit featuring an interview with "The Mad Producer".

The song was released as a single on November 14, 1997; it was the fourth single released from the album. Like the previous three singles, which all reached No. 1 or No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, "Been Around the World" hit No. 2 on the chart, in the first two weeks of 1998.^[1] "Been Around the World" did reach No. 1 on Billboard's Hot Rap Tracks and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts.

The song's music video was directed by Paul Hunter. It features Mase and Puff Daddy as spies. The video includes appearances by Vivica A. Fox, Quincy Jones, Wyclef Jean and Jennifer Lopez.

The song was featured in the 2020 miniseries The Last Dance.