Peso (song)

"Peso"
Single by ASAP Rocky
from the album Live. Love. ASAP
Released November 16, 2011[1]
Format Digital download
Recorded 2011
Genre Cloud rap
Length 2:50
Label RCA Records
Writer(s)
Producer(s) ASAP Ty Beats
ASAP Rocky singles chronology
"Peso"
(2011)
"Hands on the Wheel"
(2012)
Music video
"Peso" on YouTube

"Peso" is a song by American hip hop recording artist ASAP Rocky, produced by his ASAP Mob cohort, ASAP Ty Beats. The song, released as Rocky's debut single, is also the lead single from his critically acclaimed breakout mixtape Live. Love. ASAP (2011). The song contains a sample of The S.O.S. Band's "No One's Gonna Love You", from their 1984 album Just the Way You Like It.[2]

Music video

On December 13, 2011, the music video, directed by Abteen Bagheri, premiered on MTV2.[3] After more than 17 million views on youtube, A$AP Rocky was invited to tour as the opening act for Drake.[4]

Chart history

The song has peaked at #75 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

Chart (2011) Peak
position
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[5] 75

References

  1. "Peso - Single by ASAP Rocky". itunes.
  2. "ASAP Rocky's Peso sample of The S.O.S. Band's No One's Gonna Love You". WhoSampled.
  3. "Peso - ASAP Rocky". MTV2.
  4. Rodriguez, Jayson. "ROCKY'S ROAD." Billboard - The International Newsweekly of Music, Video and Home Entertainment, vol. 125, no. 3, 2013., pp. 32-33
  5. "ASAP Rocky - Chart History". Billboard.
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