Laffy Taffy (song)

"Laffy Taffy" is a 2005 song by Atlanta-based hip hop group D4L which reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 2006. The song's success on the charts was largely due to its enormous online sales. The music video version of the song samples and interpolates elements of "Candy Girl" by New Edition, whereas the CD single version of the song excludes the sampling. The song was produced by Born Immaculate, Broderick Thompson Smith and "K-Rab", and the music video was directed by Thomas Forbes.

"Laffy Taffy"
Single by D4L
from the album Down for Life
ReleasedOctober 18, 2005 (2005-10-18)
Recorded2005
StudioPatchWerk Recording Studios
(Atlanta, Georgia)
GenreDirty rap, snap
Length3:44
LabelWEA
Songwriter(s)Lafabian Williams, Adrian Parks, Dennis Butler, Cory Way, Broderick Thompson Smith, Michael Johnson
Producer(s)K-Rab
D4L singles chronology
"Laffy Taffy"
(2005)		 "Betcha Can't Do It Like Me"
(2006)

Criticism

During "The Champ" from 2006's Fishscale, Ghostface Killah asks "My arts is crafty darts/ while y'all stuck on Laffy Taffy/Wondering, how'd y'all niggas get past me?" Ghostface had mocked the "snap dance" during his 2005 tour.[1] There has also been controversy on who wrote "Laffy Taffy". Rapper Liam "Smack Eyes" Thomas claims that the group had stolen the lyrics from his rhyme book.[2]

HipHop365.com rated the song as the worst hip hop song of all time.[3] (Dead Link)

Charts

Weekly charts
Chart (2005–06) Peak
Position
Germany (Official German Charts)[4] 61
Ireland (IRMA) 48
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[5] 25
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[6] 29
US Billboard Hot 100[7] 1
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[8] 15
US Hot Rap Songs (Billboard)[9] 6
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[10] 14

Year-end charts
Chart (2006) Position
US Billboard Hot 100[11] 46

Certifications
Country Certification
United States 3× Platinum[12]

See also
  • List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 2006 (U.S.)

References
  1. Archived December 5, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  2. "D4L - Biography". ViTV. 2007. Archived from the original on 2009-02-19.
  3. "The 25 Worst Songs of All Time". Hiphop365.com. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
  4. "Musicline.de – D4L Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
  5. "Charts.nz – D4L – Laffy Taffy". Top 40 Singles.
  6. "D4L: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
  7. "D4L Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  8. "D4L Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard.
  9. "D4L Chart History (Hot Rap Songs)". Billboard.
  10. "D4L Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard.
  11. "Hot 100 Songs – Year-End 2006". Billboard. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
  12. "RIAA – Gold & Platinum – January 10, 2011: "Laffy Taffy" certified awards". Recording Industry Association of America. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved January 10, 2011.
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