^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. * Sales figures based on certification alone. Charts and certifications īelgium ( Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders) As of June 2011, the single has sold more than 3,000,000 digital units in the US. "The Show Goes On" is Lupe Fiasco's best-selling and highest-charting song to date. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100, making this song Lupe's second top ten hit and biggest hit to date. The video itself was nominated for MTV's VMA Award for Best Hip Hop Video. It was MTV's last Jam Of The Week of 2010. Contrary to popular belief, the skull and crossbones glove is actually associated with Mastermind Japan and not Lupe Fiasco's post-punk band, Japanese Cartoon. It was directed by Hiro Murai and shows Lupe backstage preparing for a performance. The music video for "The Show Goes On" was released on December 25, 2010. "The Show Goes On" appeared on the iTunes Music Store on November 9. This marked the first officially planned released single from Lasers (" Shining Down" and " I'm Beamin" were leaks re-released as street singles). The song was released on Lupe Fiasco's website on October 26 for download. Writing credits are given to Lupe Fiasco, Isaac Brock, Dustin Brower, Jonathon Brown, Dann Gallucci, Eric Judy and to producer Kane Beatz. It's why in the first line of "The Show Goes On" I paraphrase Johnny Rotten at the Sex Pistols' final show: "Have you ever had the feeling that you were being cheated". It was better to paint the Upper West Side lady and her poodle so everyone could look at it right away and understand what was going on. Like a record company telling Picasso that we don't need these abstract interpretations of life, where people have to sit down and look at it and break it down. It just needs to be something easy on the eyes. I was literally told for "The Show Goes On" that I shouldn't rap too deep.
In an interview with The Adelaide Tribune, Lupe expanded further on his feelings toward the record. I had to do it and it had to be the first single if the record was going to come out. I had to do "The Show Goes On", that was like the big chip on the table. It wasn't like, 'Hey I did this and I went to a mountain and found inspiration and it was this'. That was one of those records the record company gave me, stuff they wanted me to rap about. That wasn't like I knew the producer or knew the writer or anything like that. I didn't have nothing to do with that record. There's nothing really to tell about that record, to be honest. On February 28, 2011, what the Complex magazine published an interview with Lupe that detailed the background behind the single. So every time you hear it, you're going to hear me talking about your ass." Now you have to make it a worldwide smash. For me, I was like 'No, that's my therapy. He went on to say, "For them it was 'why is he talking about the record label, but it's still a great song. In a NovaFM interview, he gave an analysis of the first verse. On that day, Lyor Cohen came down to play the single for the protest turned celebrating fan base situated outside Atlantic Records. Lupe Fiasco announced the name of the single at the Fiasco Friday protest on October 15, 2010. The song was nominated for Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song at the 54th Grammy Awards. The song was a major point of contention for the artist and a reason for the lengthy delay of the album, making the title fitting as Lupe was told unequivocally by record producers: "If you don't do 'The Show Goes On', your album's not coming out." However, XXL named it 14th Best Song of 2011. It was released in the UK on February 20, 2011. 57 on the Billboard Hot 100, eventually reaching a peak of No. It was released to iTunes on November 9, 2010, and debuted at No. The song features backing vocals from JR Get Money. Prominently built on the bassline of Pachelbel's Canon, the song was produced by Kane Beatz, and the melody of the song was based on the 2004 song " Float On" by Modest Mouse. " The Show Goes On" is a song by American recording artist Lupe Fiasco, released on October 26, 2010, as the lead single from his third studio album Lasers.
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