Elevators (Me & You)

"Elevators (Me & You)"
Single by OutKast
from the album ATLiens
Released July 9, 1996
Format CD
Recorded 1995
Genre
Length 4:25
Label
Writer(s) OutKast
Certification Gold (RIAA)
OutKast singles chronology
"Git Up, Git Out"
(1994)		 "(Elevators (Me & You)"
(1996)		 "ATLiens"
(1996)

"Elevators (Me & You)" is the first single from hip hop group OutKast's second studio album, ATLiens. It peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100, being OutKast's biggest hit on the chart until the release of "Ms. Jackson" in 2000. The single also peaked at number one on the US Hot Rap Tracks chart. It was later featured on their compilation Big Boi and Dre Present... OutKast. R&B singer Kandi Burruss sought out the song "Me & U" from her 2010 Kandi Koated CD.

Track listing

CD single
  1. "Elevators (Me & You)" (Clean Version) – 4:35
  2. "Elevators (Me & You)" (LP Version) – 4:25
  3. "Elevators (Me & You)" (LP Instrumental) – 4:25
Maxi single
  1. "Elevators (Me & You)" (Crazy "C" Trunk Rattlin' Mix) – 4:35
  2. "Elevators (Me & You)" (ONP 86 Mix) – 4:35
  3. "Elevators (Me & You)" (ONP 86 Instrumental) – 4:36
  4. "Elevators (Me & You)" (Album Version) – 4:25
  5. "Elevators (Me & You)" (Crazy "C" Trunk Rattlin' Instrumental) – 4:33
12-inch vinyl single
  1. "Elevators (Me & You)" (Crazy "C" Trunk Rattlin' Mix) – 4:35
  2. "Elevators (Me & You)" (ONP 86 Mix) – 4:35
  3. "Elevators (Me & You)" (Acappella) – 4:00
  4. "Elevators (Me & You)" (Crazy "C" Trunk Rattlin' Instrumental) – 4:33
  5. "Elevators (Me & You)" (ONP 86 Instrumental) – 4:36
  6. "Elevators (Me & You)" (Album Version) – 4:25
Cassette single
  1. "Elevators (Me & You)" (Album Version) – 4:25
  2. "Elevators (Me & You)" (Album Instrumental) – 4:25

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (1996) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[1] 12
US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs[1] 5

Year-end charts

Chart (1996) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[2] 59

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
United States (RIAA)[3] Gold 700,000[4]

*sales figures based on certification alone

References

  1. 1 2 Hot 100 : 1 – 10 | Billboard
  2. ↑ "Billboard Top 100 - 1996". Retrieved 2010-08-27.
  3. ↑ "American single certifications – OutKast – Elevators". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH
  4. ↑ "Best-Selling Records of 1996". Billboard. BPI Communications Inc. 109 (3): 61. January 18, 1997. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved May 7, 2015.

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