| "Dude" | ||||
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| Single by Beenie Man featuring Ms. Thing | ||||
| from the album Back to Basics | ||||
| B-side | "Fiesta" (version) | |||
| Released | 2003 | |||
| Length | 4:15 | |||
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| Songwriter(s) | Dave Kelly | |||
| Producer(s) | Dave Kelly | |||
| Beenie Man singles chronology | ||||
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"Dude" is the first single released from Jamaican musician Beenie Man's 16th studio album, Back to Basics (2004). It features Ms. Thing and was produced and written by Dave Kelly. The song is enhanced by the use of a vocoder and is on the Fiesta riddim.[1][2]
Kelly's Mad House label originally released "Dude" in Jamaica in 2003, and it was included on the Riddim Driven: Fiesta compilation album released the same year. Virgin Records then serviced the song to US radio in early 2004 and released it physically in the United Kingdom on 1 March 2004. Outside Jamaica, "Dude" peaked within the top ten of the charts in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom and the top 30 of the charts in Italy and the United States. The music video uses the remix of the song, which features American rapper Shawnna.
- ^ Ratliff, Ben (18 July 2004). "Music: Playlist; Pop's New Prairie School". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
- ^ "Reviews: Singles". Music Week. 21 February 2004. p. 31.