Peak
1
Weeks
23
Score
5,593
Chart Year
2003
Scores & Rankings
Chart Performance
Peak Position1
Peak DateMay 31, 2003
Weeks at Peak4
Weeks Charted23
Weeks in Top 4020
Weeks in Top 1013
Weeks at #22
Weeks at #14
Scoring
Summary Calc3,068
Weekly Calc2,525
Total Score5,593
Rankings
Year Ranking#22
Decade Ranking#215
Billboard Year#21
Top 5000#844
Details
- Label
- Shady Records
- Genre
- Pop rap
- Media Type
- DD
- Duration
- 3:44
- Composer(s)
- Curtis Jackson;Nick Corrado;Kevin Risto;Jimmy Cameron;Vela M. Cameron
- Entered Chart
- Mar 22, 2003
- Peak Date
- May 31, 2003
- Released
- March 4, 2003
- Recorded
- 2002
- Catalog #
- Shady INTR-10936-2
- B-Side
- Many Men (Wish Death)"
Music Video
Directed by Damon Johnson, Dr. Dre and Phillip Atwell in March 2003,[3] the music video for "21 Questions" depicts 50 Cent being arrested and confined to prison, where he tries to keep in touch with his girlfriend, played by Meagan Good. In prison, he is constantly harassed by a rival inmate (Tyson Beckford). The video ends with a continuation of the beginning, showing 50 Cent and his girlfriend watching from their home as the police arrest Beckford instead; the prison scenes are revealed to be a hypothetical scenario imagined by a worried 50 Cent. The video has cameo appearances by Nate Dogg (who provides vocals on the chorus and the outro)[3] and fellow G-Unit members Lloyd Banks and Young Buck as other inmates. On April 15, 2003, the video debuted on MTV's Total Request Live at number six, reached number one two days later, and stayed on the chart for 50 days.[3][4] It also reached number two on the MuchMusic video chart
Notes
"21 Questions" is a song by American rapper 50 Cent, featuring guest vocals from American singer Nate Dogg. Released in March 2003 through Interscope Records, Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment, Eminem's Shady Records, and 50 Cent's own G-Unit Records as the second single from 50 Cent's debut studio album Get Rich or Die Tryin', it differs from his previous singles and most of the songs on the album by being an R&B-influenced love song, largely themed around a series of questions pertaining to a relationship between 50 Cent and an unnamed girlfriend, and contains elements of Barry White's 1978 song "It's Only Love Doing Its Thing". "21 Questions" peaked at #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in May 2003, becoming the second consecutive chart-topping single for 50 Cent, following the album's lead single "In da Club", and the first for Nate Dogg. Overall, the song spent four consecutive weeks atop the Hot 100 and twenty-three weeks on the chart. It was also successful internationally, reaching the top ten in the Netherlands, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, and the top five in Canada and Australia.
New York City You are now rocking, with 50 Cent You gotta love it I just wanna chill and twist the lah Catch stunts in my 7-45 You drive me crazy, shorty, I Need to see you and feel you next to me I provide everything you need and I Like your smile I don't wanna see you cry Got some questions that I got to ask and I Hope you can come up with the answers babe Girl, it's easy to love me now Would you love me if I was down and out? Would you still have love for me? Girl, it's easy to love me now Would you love me if I was down and out? Would you still have love for me girl? If I fell off tomorrow would you still love me? If I didn't smell so good would you still hug me? If I got locked up and sentenced to a quarter century Could I count on you to be there to support me mentally? If I went back to a hoopty from a Benz, would you poof and disappear Like some of my friends? If I was hit and I was hurt would you be by my side? If it was time to put in work would you be down to ride? I'd get out and peel a nigga cap and chill and drive I'm asking questions to find out how you feel inside If I ain't rap 'cause I flipped burgers at Burger King Would you be ashamed to tell your friends that you feelin' me? In the bed if I used my tongue would you like that? If I wrote you a love letter would you write back? Now we can have a lil' drink, you know a nightcap And we could go do what you like, I know you like that (like that) Girl, it's easy to love me now Would you love me if I was down and out? Would you still have love for me? Girl, it's easy to love me now (woo) Would you love me if I was down and out? Would you still have love for me girl? Now would you leave me if your father found out I was thuggin'? Do you believe me when I tell you, you the one I'm loving? Are you mad 'cause I'm asking you twenty-one questions? Are you my soulmate? 'Cause if so, girl you a blessing Do you trust me enough, to tell me your dreams? I'm staring at ya trying to figure how you got in them jeans If I was down would you say things to make me smile? I treat you how you want to be treated just teach me how If I was with some other chick and someone happened to see? And when you asked me about it I said it wasn't me Would you believe me? Or up and leave me? How deep is our bond if that's all it takes for you to be gone? We only humans girl we make mistakes, to make it up I do whatever it take I love you like a fat kid love cake You know my style I say anything to make you smile Girl, it's easy to love me now Would you love me if I was down and out? Would you still have love for me? Girl, it's easy to love me now Would you love me if I was down and out? Would you still have love for me Could you love me in a Bentley? (Girl) Could you love me on a bus? I'll ask twenty-one questions, and they all about us Could you love me in a Bentley? Could you love me on a bus? I'll ask twenty-one questions, and they all about us
Chart History (23 weeks)
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mar 22, 2003 | 74 | 52 |
| 2 | Mar 29, 2003 | 47 | 79 |
| 3 | Apr 5, 2003 | 21 | 105 |
| 4 | Apr 12, 2003 | 15 | 111 |
| 5 | Apr 19, 2003 | 10 | 116 |
| 6 | Apr 26, 2003 | 5 | 121 |
| 7 | May 3, 2003 | 5 | 121 |
| 8 | May 10, 2003 | 4 | 122 |
| 9 | May 17, 2003 | 2 | 124 |
| 10 | May 24, 2003 | 2 | 124 |
| 11 | May 31, 2003 | 1 | 125 |
| 12 | Jun 7, 2003 | 1 | 125 |
| 13 | Jun 14, 2003 | 1 | 125 |
| 14 | Jun 21, 2003 | 1 | 125 |
| 15 | Jun 28, 2003 | 3 | 123 |
| 16 | Jul 5, 2003 | 5 | 121 |
| 17 | Jul 12, 2003 | 5 | 121 |
| 18 | Jul 19, 2003 | 11 | 115 |
| 19 | Jul 26, 2003 | 16 | 110 |
| 20 | Aug 2, 2003 | 22 | 104 |
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