Peak
1
Weeks
30
Score
7,714
Chart Year
2003
Philip Atwell directed the music video on December 10–11, 2002.[27] Almost all the film footage was used in the video except for a scene where 50 Cent raps in a glass box.[28] Set in a fictional hip hop boot camp known as the Shady/Aftermath Artist Development Center, the video begins with a black Hummer driving to the facility at an unknown location. Video clips from Eminem's single "Without Me" are seen playing in the entrance on flat-screen TVs. Eminem and Dr. Dre are seen looking down at the lab from a lab balcony with windows. 50 Cent is introduced by hanging upside down from a gym roof. Atwell commented, "I think I could have done better with it, but I really liked the way that it turned out".[28] The video also contains a shooting range, which Atwell deemed appropriate because 50 Cent had been shot nine times. He said, "creatively, I felt like we were able to put guns in a video and have it play. And I like it when you are able to play within the standards and still give the artist something symbolic of what they are going for."[28] The video ends with the camera zooming out of the club to reveal a two-way mirror with Eminem and Dr. Dre in white lab uniforms, observing 50 Cent and taking notes. Atwell stated that "seeing 50 with Dre and Em having his back is as big a visual statement as it is a musical statement" and the shot was significant because it made clear the club was inside the center and not unrelated performance footage.[28] On January 27, 2003, the video debuted on MTV's Total Request Live at number nine and stayed on the chart for fifty days.[29] It also reached number one on the MuchMusic video charts.[30] At the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards, the video was awarded Best Rap Video and Best New Artist and was nominated for Video of the Year, Best Male Video, and Viewer's Choice.[31] Cameos include: Dr. Dre, Eminem, D12, Lloyd Banks, Tony Yayo, The Game (in his first cameo appearance), Bang' Em Smurf, Young Buck, Xzibit and DJ Whoo Kid. As of July 2022, the music video has over 1.5 billion views on YouTube.
Produced by Dr. Dre and Mike Elizondo, the track was created for Eminem's group D-12 to rap over, with the intention of using it on the 8 Mile soundtrack. It never came together for D-12, but after 50 Cent signed with Dre's Shady/Aftermath label, he was brought into the studio and offered the track. According to Elizondo, he spent an hour writing the lyrics and recorded most of his vocals that night. The song was released as 50's first single, and it became a huge hit, topping the US Hot 100 for nine weeks. Predictably, it was especially popular in clubs, where some DJs played it twice in a row to satisfy demand. This was he first song 50 recorded with Dr. Dre, and his first on a major label. After being dropped by Columbia Records without releasing an album, 50's mix tapes became wildly popular in underground scene and he was heavily bootlegged on the Internet. This got the attention of Dr. Dre and Eminem, who signed him to very lucrative deal with their label, Shady/Aftermath Records. The video shows 50 going through training at Shady/Aftermath Records to become a superstar. It proved prophetic as 50 did become a star. The album sold 872,000 copies the first week it was released. At that point, Eminem was the only rapper to sell more records in a week. This won for Best Rap Video at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards. 50 also won for Best New Artist In A Video. 50 Cent namechecks five different rappers in this song: Dr. Dre, Eminem, Xzibit, Lloyd Banks and Tupac. While the song is about going to a club in thug style, it covers a lot of ground, including some of 50's backstory ("been hit with a few shells"). Beyoncé recorded a version with different lyrics that was circulated on the Internet. Like the original, it became very popular in dance clubs. Her lyrics take the point of view of a girls' night out, and is called "Sexy Lil' Thug." Mary J. Blige used the beat in song called "Hooked," which she recorded with P. Diddy. Other rappers who used this beat include Bubba Sparxxx, who did a version called "In The Mudd," and Cadillac Tah, one of 50 Cent's rivals, who did an angry version called "There's A Snitch In The Club." Beyoncé and Mary J. Blige also recorded variations of it. Parody versions include "In Da Pub" by British DJ 50 Pence, and "In Da Dome," which was recorded for The Calgary Flames during the 2004 NHL playoffs. A Finnish rap group called Urbaanilegenda recorded a version called Klubilla (In Da Club in Finnish). >> The line, "Go shorty, it's your birthday," dates back to a 1994 song by Luther Campbell of The 2 Live Crew called "It's Your Birthday," where he rapped, "Go Sheila, it's your birthday." The owner of Campbell's copyright sued 50 Cent, accusing him of stealing the line. In 2007, this song was used in a commercial for Vitamin Water, with an orchestra playing the instrumental and 50 Cent conducting. 50 really did have his money on his mind: he was an early investor in Vitamin Water, and made a huge profit when the company was acquired by Coca-Cola. This song became a hip-hop classic in part because of the line at the beginning, which is a much more quick and contemporary birthday tune than "Happy Birthday." "Every day it's someone's birthday," 50 said. "So it never loses it's relevance." This was chosen as 50 Cent's debut single by chance. "We couldn't decide on the first single from Get Rich," Eminem recalled on Rap Genius. "It was going to be either 'If I Can't' or 'In Da Club.' We were torn, so me, 50, Paul, Chris Lighty, and Jimmy Iovine decided to flip a coin." 50 recalled to NME that he stayed out of the argument. "I didn't want to stir the pot," he said. "In the end, though, they were deadlocked, and so they asked me and I told them, real quiet: "In Da Club". And that was it. The rest was history." 50 Cent was a surprise guest at the 2022 Super Bowl halftime show, where he performed this song on a set resembling a dance club. He started the song hanging upside down like a bat before coming down to the floor and joining the dancers. These halftime shows have been notoriously conservative ever since the Wardrobe Malfunction of 2004, so 50 changed the line "When I roll 20 deep, it's 20 knives in the club" to "When I roll 20 deep, there's always drama in the club," and the line "If you into taking drugs" to "If you need to feel a buzz."
Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, shawty It's your birthday We gon' party like it's your birthday We gon' sip Bacardi like it's your birthday And you know we don't give a fuck it's not your birthday You can find me in the club, bottle full of bub' Look mami, I got the X if you into takin' drugs I'm into havin' sex, I ain't into makin' love So come give me a hug if you into gettin' rubbed You can find me in the club, bottle full of bub' Look mami, I got the X if you into takin' drugs I'm into havin' sex, I ain't into makin' love So come give me a hug if you into gettin' rubbed When I pull out up front, you see the Benz on dubs (uh-huh) When I roll twenty deep, it's twenty nines in the club (yeah) Niggas heard I fuck with Dre, now they wanna show me love When you sell like Eminem, and the hoes they wanna fuck (woo) Look homie, ain't nothin' changed, hoes down, G's up I see Xzibit in the cut, hey nigga, roll that weed up (roll that) If you watch how I move, you'll mistake me for a player or pimp Been hit wit a few shells but I don't walk wit a limp (I'm aight) In the hood in L.A., they sayin', "50 you hot" (uh-huh) They like me, I want 'em to love me like they love 'Pac But holla in New York, them niggas'll tell you I'm loco (yeah) And the plan is to put the rap game in a chokehold (uh-huh) I'm fully focused man, my money on my mind Got a mil' out the deal and I'm still on the grind (woo) Now shawty said she feelin' my style, she feelin' my flow (uh-huh) Her girlfriend with her, they bi and they ready to go (okay) You can find me in the club, bottle full of bub' Look mami, I got the X if you into takin' drugs I'm into havin' sex, I ain't into makin' love So come give me a hug if you into gettin' rubbed You can find me in the club, bottle full of bub' Look mami, I got the X if you into takin' drugs I'm into havin' sex, I ain't into makin' love So come give me a hug if you into gettin' rubbed My flow, my show brought me the dough That bought me all my fancy things My crib, my cars, my clothes, my jewels Look, nigga, I done came up and I ain't changed (what, what, yeah) And you should love it, way more than you hate it Nigga, you mad? I thought that you'd be happy I made it I'm that cat by the bar toastin' to the good life You that faggot ass nigga tryna pull me back, right? When my joint get to pumpin' in the club it's on I wink my eye at your bitch, if she smiles, she gone If the roof on fire, let the motherfucker burn If you talkin' 'bout money homie, I ain't concerned I'ma tell you what Banks told me, "Cuz, go 'head switch the style up If niggas hate, then let 'em hate, then watch the money pile up" Or we can go upside your head with a bottle of bub' They know where we fuckin' be You can find me in the club, bottle full of bub' Look mami, I got the X if you into takin' drugs I'm into havin' sex, I ain't into makin' love So come give me a hug if you into gettin' rubbed You can find me in the club, bottle full of bub' Look mami, I got the X if you into takin' drugs I'm into havin' sex, I ain't into makin' love So come give me a hug if you into gettin' rubbed Don't try to act like you don't know where we be neither, nigga We in the club all the time, nigga, it's a problem, pop off, nigga G-Unit
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jan 11, 2003 | 67 | 59 |
| 2 | Jan 18, 2003 | 55 | 71 |
| 3 | Jan 25, 2003 | 27 | 99 |
| 4 | Feb 1, 2003 | 15 | 111 |
| 5 | Feb 8, 2003 | 11 | 115 |
| 6 | Feb 15, 2003 | 4 | 122 |
| 7 | Feb 22, 2003 | 2 | 124 |
| 8 | Mar 1, 2003 | 2 | 124 |
| 9 | Mar 8, 2003 | 1 | 125 |
| 10 | Mar 15, 2003 | 1 | 125 |
| 11 | Mar 22, 2003 | 1 | 125 |
| 12 | Mar 29, 2003 | 1 | 125 |
| 13 | Apr 5, 2003 | 1 | 125 |
| 14 | Apr 12, 2003 | 1 | 125 |
| 15 | Apr 19, 2003 | 1 | 125 |
| 16 | Apr 26, 2003 | 1 | 125 |
| 17 | May 3, 2003 | 1 | 125 |
| 18 | May 10, 2003 | 2 | 124 |
| 19 | May 17, 2003 | 4 | 122 |
| 20 | May 24, 2003 | 6 | 120 |