Blame It

"Blame It" (also known as "Blame It (On the Alcohol)") is a song by American singer and actor Jamie Foxx, released as the second official single from his third studio album, Intuition (2008). It features American singer T-Pain and was written by Christopher "Deep" Henderson, Nate Walker, James T. Brown, John Conte Jr., David Ballard and Brandon Melanchon and produced by Christopher "Deep" Henderson. Both Foxx and T-Pain use the Auto-Tune effect. T-Pain also uses some elements from "I Luv Your Girl" by The-Dream.

Promotion

He performed this song with T-Pain at the BET Awards and won the award for Best Collaboration. He also performed this at the 52nd Grammy Awards with T-Pain and won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. ==Chart performance==

Chart performance

"Blame It" moved rapidly to number one on US Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, In Canada, it peaked at number seven on the Canadian Hot 100. After consistently remaining in the Hot 100's Top 20 for more than twenty weeks, "Blame It" took a sudden fall from number 22 to 34 in mid-July. ==Music video==

Music video

The music video premiered on 106 & Park on Wednesday, February 25, 2009. Cameo appearances in the video are made by many famous performers, including but not exclusive to (in order of appearance) Jake Gyllenhaal, Forest Whitaker, Ron Howard, Quincy Jones, Morris Chestnut, Samuel L. Jackson, Cedric the Entertainer, Tatyana Ali, and Alicia Keys. BET named it their No. 1 music video for 2009 on their year-end Notarized countdown, beating out videos from artists such as Jay-Z, Maxwell, Alicia Keys and Young Money. ==Cover versions==

Cover versions

Metalcore band Of Mice & Men covered the track for the compilation album Punk Goes Pop 3, which was released on November 2, 2010. It was also covered by the cast of Glee for the second season episode "Blame It on the Alcohol", with featured parts given to Kevin McHale, Mark Salling, Amber Riley and Naya Rivera. It is also reinterpreted as part of the polka medley "Polka Face" on "Weird Al" Yankovic's 2011 album Alpocalypse. Wayne Brady covered the song on Season 2 of The Masked Singer. ==Charts==

Charts

Weekly charts Year-end charts == Certifications ==

Source: Wikipedia ↗

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