Hypnotize (The Notorious B.I.G. song)

Infobox Single
Name = Hypnotize


Artist = The Notorious B.I.G.
from Album = Life After Death
Released = April 21 1997 (U.S.)
Format = CD single, CD maxi-single, cassette single, 7" single, 12 inch single
Recorded = 1997
Genre = Hip-Hop, Mafioso rap
Length = 3:50
Label = Bad Boy Records
Writer = Sean "Puffy" Combs, Deric Angelettie, Ron Lawrence, Christopher Wallace, Andy Armer, Randy Badazz Alpert
Producer = Deric Angelettie
Ron Lawrence
Sean "Puffy" Combs
Chart position =
* #1 (The Billboard Hot 100)
* #1 (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks)
* #1 (Hot Rap Singles)
* #3 (Rhythmic Top 40)
* #3 (Canadian Singles Chart)
Last single = "Can't You See'"
(Total featuring The Notorious B.I.G.)
(1997)
This single = "Hypnotize"
(1997)
Next single = "Mo Money Mo Problems"
(1997)"Hypnotize" is the Grammy-nominated hip-hop song recorded by Brooklyn rapper The Notorious B.I.G. It was released as the first single from his album "Life After Death" in April of 1997.

The song was already a huge hit on U.S. radio stations before its release. Once a single was issued, "Hypnotize" entered the Billboard Hot 100 at number two, right behind labelmate and co-writer/co-producer Puff Daddy ("Can't Nobody Hold Me Down"). When "Hypnotize" hit number one the following week, it made The Notorious B.I.G. the fifth artist in Hot 100 history to have a posthumous chart-topper ("see List of Hot 100 (U.S.) chart achievements and trivia"). It also gave back-to-back number-one hits to Sean Combs' Bad Boy Records label. It was nominated for Best Rap Solo Performance at the 1998 Grammy Awards.

The rhythm track of "Hypnotize" is based upon a sample of "Rise", a Herb Alpert instrumental, written by Andy Armer and Randy Badazz Alpert, that was a number-one hit in the U.S. in 1979. Also, the bass line is similar to David Byrne and Brian Eno's song "Regiment" from the album "My Life in the Bush of Ghosts".

The chorus of "Hypnotize", sung by Pam of Total (Lil' Kim, who is influenced by Biggie, was frequently misunderstood to have sung the chorus). It contains an interpolation of "La Di Da Di" by Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick.

The song was also played at The Notorious B.I.G's funeral, where the crowd went wild and some spectators had to be restrained by police.The song is featured in the film "10 Things I Hate About You".

ingle tracklist

A-Side

# Hypnotize (Radio Mix) (4:05)
# Hypnotize (Instrumental) (3:59)

B-Side

# Hypnotize (Club Mix) (4:03)

ee also

*Hot 100 number-one hits of 1997 (USA)