| "Tambourine" | ||||
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| Single by Eve featuring Swizz Beatz | ||||
| from the album Lip Lock (intended) | ||||
| B-side | "Dance Floor" (featuring Mashonda) | |||
| Released | April 17, 2007 | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 3:12 | |||
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| Songwriter(s) | E. Jeffers, K. Dean, S. Garrett[1] | |||
| Producer(s) | Swizz Beatz | |||
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| Alternative cover | ||||
&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Eve_-_Tambourine.jpg) The cover for the UK CD and vinyl editions of "Tambourine" | ||||
"Tambourine" is a hip hop song by American rapper Eve, released as a single in 2007 and becoming Eve's first charting single as a lead performer in over four years. Written by herself, Sean Garrett, and Swizz Beatz, and produced by the latter, the song samples the 1974 song, "Blow Your Whistle" by The Soul Searchers.[2] In the week of April 19, 2007, the song debuted at number 73 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, where it continued to gain momentum.[2]
In the United Kingdom, "Tambourine" debuted at number 38, two weeks before the song's physical release. The song peaked at number 18 in the country and was her fifth consecutive top twenty solo hit in the UK. The B-side to "Tambourine" is "Dancefloor" featuring Mashonda. The song features uncredited vocals by the song's producer Swizz Beatz (he is not credited as a featured performer). The song was number 68 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007,[3] and was also #70 on MTV Asia's list of Top 100 Hits of 2007.[4]
- ^ "Allmusic". May 2007.
- ^ a b "Billboard Chart Beat". Billboard. April 19, 2007. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007.
- ^ No byline (December 11, 2007). "The 100 Best Songs of 2007" Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2007-12-21
- ^ MTV Asia, "Top 100 Hits List" Archived 2007-12-22 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2007-12-27