"Amusement Park" is the first

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by American rapper

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from his third album ''

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'', which was released in 2007. The music video premiered on

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!'s website on May 16, 2007. The track is a smooth song that uses different amusement park rides as metaphors for sex.

Background

"Amusement Park" was rumored to have been sold to

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as "Your Majesty" on a

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mixtape, which has been denied by Dangerous LLC who claims it was probably leaked. Later the verse of Jim Jones in the song was combined with 50 Cent's verses to make it the remix of "Amusement Park."

Music video and performances

The music video premiered on

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on May 16, 2007. 50 Cent performed the song at the 2007 BET Awards alongside

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Remixes

A remix was made featuring

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. Because the song was originally Jim Jones' song on a DJ Drama mixtape, his verse was combined with 50 Cent's to make this remix.

Chart position

Track listing

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Amusement Park (Song) 2006 songs 2007 singles 50 Cent songs Aftermath Entertainment EPs Shady Records singles Aftermath Entertainment singles Interscope Records singles Dirty rap songs Music videos directed by Benny Boom Songs written by 50 Cent