"Deja Vu" | ||||
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Single by J. Cole | ||||
from the album 4 Your Eyez Only | ||||
Released | January 10, 2017 | |||
Recorded | 2014—2015—16 [1] | |||
Genre | Hip hop | |||
Length | 4:26 | |||
Label | ||||
Songwriter(s) | Jermaine Cole | |||
Producer(s) | ||||
J. Cole singles chronology | ||||
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"Deja Vu" is a song by American rapper J. Cole, released on December 9, 2016 from his fourth studio album, 4 Your Eyez Only. [2] It was released on January 10, 2017, as the first single off the album. [3]
The song was written by Jermaine Cole and produced by Vinylz, Boi-1da, and Velous with additional production from Cole, Ron Gilmore. "Deja Vu" contains samples of " Swing My Way" performed by K. P. & Envyi. [4]
On December 9, 2016, producers Vinylz and Boi-1da accused producer Foreign Teck of stealing their beat, to Cole's track "Deja Vu" and giving it to singer Bryson Tiller for his hit record " Exchange", explaining why the tracks share similarities. Vinylz said Cole's track was recorded before Tiller's, and that he sent Foreign Teck a video of him making the beat to "Deja Vu", and a week later Teck posted a beat on Instagram with the same drums. Vinylz also alleged that Foreign Teck offered him publishing, a tacit admission that he had reverse engineered the beat. [5] In an interview with Billboard, Cole's manager and Dreamville President Ibrahim Hamad revealed that "Deja Vu" was originally intended for Cole's previous album, 2014 Forest Hills Drive. [1]
"Deja Vu" became one of J. Cole's highest-debuting and highest-charting songs. The song debuted and peaked at number seven on the US Billboard Hot 100. [6]
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia ( ARIA) [20] | 2× Platinum | 140,000‡ |
Portugal ( AFP) [21] | Gold | 5,000‡ |
United Kingdom ( BPI) [22] | Gold | 400,000‡ |
United States ( RIAA) [23] | 3× Platinum | 3,000,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
"Deja Vu" | ||||
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Single by J. Cole | ||||
from the album 4 Your Eyez Only | ||||
Released | January 10, 2017 | |||
Recorded | 2014—2015—16 [1] | |||
Genre | Hip hop | |||
Length | 4:26 | |||
Label | ||||
Songwriter(s) | Jermaine Cole | |||
Producer(s) | ||||
J. Cole singles chronology | ||||
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"Deja Vu" is a song by American rapper J. Cole, released on December 9, 2016 from his fourth studio album, 4 Your Eyez Only. [2] It was released on January 10, 2017, as the first single off the album. [3]
The song was written by Jermaine Cole and produced by Vinylz, Boi-1da, and Velous with additional production from Cole, Ron Gilmore. "Deja Vu" contains samples of " Swing My Way" performed by K. P. & Envyi. [4]
On December 9, 2016, producers Vinylz and Boi-1da accused producer Foreign Teck of stealing their beat, to Cole's track "Deja Vu" and giving it to singer Bryson Tiller for his hit record " Exchange", explaining why the tracks share similarities. Vinylz said Cole's track was recorded before Tiller's, and that he sent Foreign Teck a video of him making the beat to "Deja Vu", and a week later Teck posted a beat on Instagram with the same drums. Vinylz also alleged that Foreign Teck offered him publishing, a tacit admission that he had reverse engineered the beat. [5] In an interview with Billboard, Cole's manager and Dreamville President Ibrahim Hamad revealed that "Deja Vu" was originally intended for Cole's previous album, 2014 Forest Hills Drive. [1]
"Deja Vu" became one of J. Cole's highest-debuting and highest-charting songs. The song debuted and peaked at number seven on the US Billboard Hot 100. [6]
Weekly charts
|
Year-end charts
|
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia ( ARIA) [20] | 2× Platinum | 140,000‡ |
Portugal ( AFP) [21] | Gold | 5,000‡ |
United Kingdom ( BPI) [22] | Gold | 400,000‡ |
United States ( RIAA) [23] | 3× Platinum | 3,000,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |