Released August 24, 1999 Recorded 1999 Label Elektra | Format 12"
CD Length 4:01 | |
Genre Hip hop
dirty rap
R&B
Comedy Hip Hop | ||
"Got Your Money" is a single by American hip-hop artist Ol' Dirty Bastard, taken from his second full-length LP Nigga Please. The song's chorus is sung by American R&B singer Kelis who makes her first appearance on record. Both the single and the album were released on Elektra Records in 1999. The song was produced by The Neptunes. It was also the only single released from Nigga Please. Listed at number 255 on NMEs 500 greatest songs of all time. This was the last top 10 hit single by Ol' Dirty Bastard to released before his death on November 13, 2004.
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In 2012, a parody of the song was made by ADHD called "Where You Hide Your Money" with 2012 Republican presidential nominee, Mitt Romney, as the subject of the song. In 2013 and 2014, an altered version of the song appeared in a television commercial for Boost Mobile, and in 2015, a trailer for the film Get Hard.
Music video
The music video for "Got Your Money" uses footage from the 1975 blaxploitation film Dolemite. No new footage of ODB was filmed for the video. Footage of ODB was taken from the 1995 music video for "Shimmy Shimmy Ya".
It also features Kelis, with Beverly Peele and Tangi Miller as backup dancers.
Pitchfork Media included it in their list of Top 50 Music Videos of the 1990s.
CD single
- "Got Your Money" (Amended Version) – 4:03
- "Got Your Money" (Instrumental) – 4:02
- "Got Your Money" (A cappella) – 4:02
- "I Can't Wait" (Amended Version) – 4:03
- "I Can't Wait" (Instrumental) – 4:02
- "I Can't Wait" (A cappella) – 3:39
- "Cold Blooded" (Amended Version) – 3:36
12" single
- "Got Your Money" (Amended Version) – 4:03
- "Got Your Money" (Original Version) – 4:03
- "Got Your Money" (Instrumental) – 4:02