"5 O'Clock" is a song by American rapper T-Pain featuring fellow American rapper

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and British singer

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, which serves as the second official single from the former's fourth studio album, ''

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''. It peaked at number ten on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, becoming Allen's first top ten single in the United States.

Background and release

's part in the song is sampled from her 2009 single "

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", which in turn resembles

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's 2007 single "

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". Allen states that T-Pain initially heard her song while he was placed

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by a store, and immediately looked her up after he was done. After being approached with the new song idea by T-Pain, Allen stated she was "flattered by what he did to my original track." "5 O'Clock" was released on

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on September 27, 2011, and was released to U.S.

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radio stations on October 18, 2011. The song was the last release by T-Pain under the now-defunct label

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. The single was released in Allen's native

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on 4 December 2011.

Music video

The official music video for the song was released in September 2011. Parts of the video were filmed in Amsterdam's

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, a choice that T-Pain decided to make after being told it was illegal to film there. It features scenes of T-Pain walking through streets of Amsterdam's red-light district. ''Billboard'' called the video "emotional" as T-Pain fails to get in touch with his girlfriend through text messages. While T-Pain and Wiz Khalifa appear in the video, Lily Allen is absent due to her pregnancy at the time. An actress resembling Allen starred as T-Pain's girlfriend named "Lily" in the video.

Critical reception

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

Remixes

The official remix of the song features

and Puerto Rican duo

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, and was released on iTunes on November 18, 2011. Remixes were also made by other artists, including

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, Young Kye, and

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. 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 # "5 O'Clock" (featuring

) - 4:41 # "Best Love Song" (V.I.P Mix) (featuring

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) - 4:24 * Digital download - Explicit Single (iTunes) # "5 O'Clock" (featuring

) - 4:41 (Explicit) * Digital download - Clean Single (iTunes) # "5 O'Clock" (featuring

) - 4:40 (Clean)

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

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