5_O'Clock_(T-Pain_song)

5 O'Clock (T-Pain song)

5 O'Clock (T-Pain song)

2011 single by T-Pain featuring Wiz Khalifa and Lily Allen


"5 O'Clock" is a song by American singer T-Pain featuring fellow American rapper Wiz Khalifa and British singer Lily Allen, which serves as the second official single from the former's fourth studio album, Revolver. It peaked at number ten on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Allen's first top ten single in the United States.

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Background and release

Lily Allen's part in the song is sampled from her 2009 single "Who'd Have Known",[4] which in turn resembles Take That's 2007 single "Shine".[5] Allen states that T-Pain initially heard her song while he was placed on hold by a store, and immediately looked her up after he was done.[6] After being approached with the new song idea by T-Pain, Allen stated she was "flattered by what he did to my original track."[6]

"5 O'Clock" was released on iTunes on September 27, 2011, and was released to U.S. Top 40 radio stations on October 18, 2011. The song was the last release by T-Pain under the now-defunct label Jive Records.[7][8] The single was released in Allen's native United Kingdom on 4 December 2011.[9]

Music video

The official music video for the song was released in September 2011.[10] Parts of the video were filmed in Amsterdam's red light district, a choice that T-Pain decided to make after being told it was illegal to film there.[11] It features scenes of T-Pain walking through streets of Amsterdam's red-light district.[12] Billboard called the video "emotional" as T-Pain fails to get in touch with his girlfriend through text messages.[13] While T-Pain and Wiz Khalifa appear in the video, Lily Allen is absent due to her pregnancy at the time.[10] An actress resembling Allen starred as T-Pain's girlfriend named "Lily" in the video.[11]

Critical reception

Consequence of Sound stated that the collaborators worked well together.[14] The mixture of the artists’ styles was also complimented by Kiss FM as well as T-Pain's subtle use of autotune.[15] Rock NYC applauded how the song built upon Allen's original sample.[16]

Remixes

The official remix of the song features Lily Allen and Puerto Rican duo Wisin & Yandel, and was released on iTunes on November 18, 2011. Remixes were also made by other artists, including Nelly, Young Kye, and DJ Unk. The radio version of this song cuts T-Pain's second verse. There is also another version of this song which cuts Wiz Khalifa's rap, and which was included on the compilation album Now That's What I Call Music! 41.

Formats and track listings

  • CD single
  1. "5 O'Clock" (featuring Wiz Khalifa & Lily Allen) - 4:41
  2. "Best Love Song" (V.I.P Mix) (featuring Chris Brown) - 4:24
  • Digital download - Explicit Single (iTunes)
  1. "5 O'Clock" (featuring Wiz Khalifa & Lily Allen) - 4:41 (Explicit)
  • Digital download - Clean Single (iTunes)
  1. "5 O'Clock" (featuring Wiz Khalifa & Lily Allen) - 4:40 (Clean)

Charts and certifications

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Release history

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References

  1. Shetler, Scott (9 September 2011). "T-Pain, '5 O'Clock' Feat. Wiz Khalifa, Lily Allen – Song Review". PopCrush. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  2. Wood, Mikael (December 5, 2011). "rEVOLVEr review - T-Pain Review". Entertainment Weekly. Time Inc. Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2011-12-10.
  3. "Hung Medien Songwriting credits". Retrieved 10 May 2012.
  4. Fraser, McAlpine. "BBC review 'Who'd Have Known'". Retrieved 2 December 2009.
  5. Gregory, Jason. "Lily Allen 'Rips Off Take That' In New Song". Retrieved 15 July 2008.
  6. Corner, Lewis (23 November 2011). "T-Pain: 'Lily Allen nearly appeared in 5 O'Clock video'". Digital Spy.
  7. "T-Pain Tours The Red Light District In "5 O'Clock" Video". Pop Dust. 30 September 2011. Archived from the original on 10 April 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  8. De Revere, Paul (14 December 2011). "T-Pain – rEVOLVEr". Consequence of Sound.
  9. T-Pain — 5 O'Clock. TopHit. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
  10. "ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Change the chart to CZ – RADIO – TOP 100 and insert 201203 into search.
  11. "Top 100 5th February 2012". 2012-02-05. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
  12. "ČNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 20126 into search.
  13. "Canadian Hot 100: Year End 2012". Billboard. billboard.com. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  14. "Best of 2012 - Hot 100 Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
  15. "R&B/Hip-Hop Songs - 2012 Year End Charts". Billboard. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
  16. "Rhythmic Songs – Year-End 2012". Billboard. Retrieved 4 October 2019.

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