1997 single by Puff Daddy featuring Mase
"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 it was released as his first single in 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 .
Content [ edit ] The song combines elements of several previous singles, the most obvious being a slowed-down rhythm track sampling from Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five 's "The Message ". The track's chorus is an interpolation of "Break My Stride ", a top-five single by Matthew Wilder from 1983. The track also contains a sample of opening drums of Michael Jackson 's 1979 single "Rock with You ".
Music video [ edit ] The music video was directed by Paul Hunter and it was released in January 1997.[citation needed ] The music video features cameos by The Notorious B.I.G. and Eddie Griffin .
Weekly charts [ edit ] Year-end charts [ edit ] Chart (1997) Position Germany (Official German Charts)[17] 82 UK Urban (Music Week )[18] 11 US Billboard Hot 100[19] 5 US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard )[20] 4
Decade-end charts [ edit ] All-time charts [ edit ] Certifications [ edit ] See also [ edit ] References [ edit ] ^ Danielle Harling (July 17, 2014). "PUFF DADDY & MA$E DETAIL CREATION OF "CAN'T NOBODY HOLD ME DOWN" " . HipHopDX . Retrieved April 19, 2024 . ^ "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" . Billboard . Retrieved December 4, 2021 . ^ "Puff Daddy feat. Mase – Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" . ARIA Top 50 Singles . ^ "Puff Daddy feat. Mase – Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts . Retrieved February 28, 2020. ^ "Tipparade-lijst van week 22, 1997" . Dutch Top 40 . Retrieved March 14, 2023 . ^ "Puff Daddy feat. Mase – Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" (in Dutch). Single Top 100 . ^ "Puff Daddy feat. Mase – Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" . Top 40 Singles . ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100" . Official Charts Company . Retrieved March 14, 2023. ^ "Puff Daddy feat. Mase – Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" . Swiss Singles Chart . ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100" . Official Charts Company . Retrieved March 14, 2023. ^ "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40" . Official Charts Company . Retrieved March 14, 2023. ^ "Official Hip Hop and R&B Singles Chart Top 40" . Official Charts Company . Retrieved March 14, 2023. ^ "Diddy Chart History (Hot 100)" . Billboard . ^ "Diddy Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)" . Billboard . ^ "Diddy Chart History (Hot Rap Songs)" . Billboard . ^ "Diddy Chart History (Rhythmic)" . Billboard . ^ "Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment . Retrieved April 17, 2018 . ^ "The Urban Top 40 Tracks Of 1997" (PDF) . Music Week . January 10, 1998. Retrieved August 6, 2023 . ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1997" . Archived from the original on June 11, 2009. Retrieved August 28, 2010 . ^ "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 1997" . Billboard . Archived from the original on August 3, 2015. Retrieved October 19, 2021 . ^ Lwin, Nanda. "Top 100 singles of the 1990s" . Jam! . Archived from the original on August 29, 2000. Retrieved March 26, 2022 . ^ Geoff Mayfield (December 25, 1999). 1999 The Year in Music Totally '90s: Diary of a Decade - The listing of Top Pop Albums of the '90s & Hot 100 Singles of the '90s . Billboard . Retrieved October 15, 2010 . ^ "Billboard Hot 100 60th Anniversary Interactive Chart" . Billboard . Retrieved December 10, 2018 . ^ "Best-Selling Records of 1997" . Billboard . 110 (5). BPI Communications Inc.: 76 January 31, 1998. ISSN 0006-2510 . Retrieved May 9, 2015 . ^ "American single certifications – P. Diddy – Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" . Recording Industry Association of America .
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