Got Your Money

"Got Your Money" is a single by American rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard, from his second studio album, Nigga Please. The song's chorus is sung by American R&B singer Kelis who makes her first appearance on record. Both the single and the album were released on Elektra Records in 1999. The song was produced by The Neptunes. It was also the only single released from Nigga Please. The song is listed at number 255 on NME's 500 Greatest songs Of All Time.

"Got Your Money"
Single by Ol' Dirty Bastard featuring Kelis
from the album Nigga Please
ReleasedAugust 24, 1999
Recorded1999
Genre
Length4:01
LabelElektra
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)The Neptunes
Ol' Dirty Bastard singles chronology
"Fix"
(1997)		 "Got Your Money"
(1999)
Kelis singles chronology
"Got Your Money"
(1999)		 "Caught Out There"
(1999)
Music video
"Got Your Money" on YouTube

In 2012, a parody of the song was made by ADHD called "Where You Hide Your Money" with 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney as the subject of the song.[1][2] In 2013 and 2014, an altered version of the song appeared in a television commercial for Boost Mobile,[3] and in 2015, a trailer for the film Get Hard.

The song is sampled by The Chemical Brothers in their song "Galaxy Bounce".

Music video

The music video for "Got Your Money" uses footage from the 1975 blaxploitation film Dolemite. No new footage of ODB was filmed for the video. Footage of ODB was taken from the 1995 music video for "Shimmy Shimmy Ya".

It also features Kelis, with Beverly Peele and Tangi Miller as backup dancers.[4][5]

Pitchfork Media included it in its list of Top 50 Music Videos of the 1990s.[6]

Track listing

CD single
  1. "Got Your Money" (Amended Version) – 4:03
  2. "Got Your Money" (Instrumental) – 4:02
  3. "Got Your Money" (A cappella) – 4:02
  4. "I Can't Wait" (Amended Version) – 4:03
  5. "I Can't Wait" (Instrumental) – 4:02
  6. "I Can't Wait" (A cappella) – 3:39
  7. "Cold Blooded" (Amended Version) – 3:36

12" single
  1. "Got Your Money" (Amended Version) – 4:03
  2. "Got Your Money" (Original Version) – 4:03
  3. "Got Your Money" (Instrumental) – 4:02

Charts
Chart (1999–2000) Peak
position
France (SNEP)[7] 82
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[8] 96
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[9] 11
US Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 19
US Billboard Hot 100 26

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[10] Silver 200,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

References
  1. Animation Domination High-Def (22 October 2012). "WHERE YOU HIDE YOUR MONEY - MUSIC VIDEO" – via YouTube.
  2. "Romney raps in hilarious parody—"Where You Hide Your Money"". 22 October 2012.
  3. "TV Spot - Boost Mobile - Motorcycle Thieves". commercial. youtube.com. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  4. "Tangi Miller - Other works - www.imdb.me/tangimiller".
  5. "Tangi Miller Biography (1974-)".
  6. "The Top 50 Music Videos of the 1990s - Pitchfork".
  7. "Lescharts.com – Ol' Dirty Bastard feat. Kelis – Got Your Money" (in French). Les classement single.
  8. "Dutchcharts.nl – Ol' Dirty Bastard feat. Kelis – Got Your Money" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  9. "Kelis: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
  10. "British single certifications – Ol' Dirty Bastard feat. Kelis – Got Your Money". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved October 7, 2016. Select singles in the Format field. Select Silver in the Certification field. Type Got Your Money in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
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