Can't Nobody Hold Me Down

"Can't Nobody Hold Me Down"
Single by Puff Daddy featuring Mase
from the album No Way Out
Released	January 7, 1997
Recorded	1996
Studio	Daddy's House Recording Studios (New York City)
Genre	Hip hop
Length	3:52
Label	Bad Boy Arista
Songwriter(s)	Mason Betha[1]
Producer(s)	Nashiem Myrick Carlos Broady Sean "Puffy" Combs Stevie J
Puff Daddy singles chronology
"No Time" (1996) "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" (1997) "I'll Be Missing You" (1997)
Mase singles chronology
"Only You" (1996) "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" (1997) "Just the Way You Like It" (1997)
Music video
"Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" on YouTube

"Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" is the debut single by rapper Puff Daddy. It appears on Puff Daddy's debut studio album No Way Out and the song was released to Rhythmic contemporary radio in December 1996 and was physically released on January 7, 1997. The single was released through BMG Music, Arista Records and Puff Daddy's Bad Boy Records.

The song entered the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 at number thirty-two in early 1997 and eventually spent six weeks at number one.^[2] It was the beginning of Combs' and Bad Boy Records' chart domination during the year—the Combs-produced "Hypnotize" by The Notorious B.I.G. would follow this song at number one, and the B.I.G. tribute song "I'll Be Missing You" spent eleven weeks at number one during the summer, only to be followed by another B.I.G. song, "Mo Money Mo Problems" and then the Combs-produced "Honey" by Mariah Carey.

Combs was already a successful songwriter, producer and record label owner (Bad Boy Records) before he released his debut album as a performer. His first U.S. chart single, "No Time", was a top-twenty hit for Lil' Kim on which Puff Daddy was credited as a featured vocalist. "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" is the debut chart appearance for rapper Mase.