"Body 2 Body" is the third official single from rapper

Ace Hood Antoine Franklin McColister (born May 11, 1988), better known by his stage name Ace Hood, is an American rapper. He was born in Port St. Lucie, Florida and raised in Deerfield Beach, Florida. He was signed to record producer DJ Khaled's label We ...

from his third album

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. The hip hop song features R&B singer

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and was released July 26, 2011.

Critical reception

David Jeffries praised the track: "Cool pillow-talk tracks like “Body 2 Body” with Chris Brown and the J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League come off as crowd-pleasing interludes in an otherwise hungry album that takes the DJ Khaled style of Florida rap from penthouse to pavement." Hip Hop DX panned the song: ""Body 2 Body" is almost a reprieve with its smoother sound, but with lines like “Was that Chanel 5? Very sexy fragrance / Are those your real eyes? Can tell you’re partially Asian,” no one will have cause to press rewind."

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Body 2 Body" was first released onto

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on July 27, 2011 at a total length of four minutes and two seconds. It features cameos from

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and

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. As of April 2021 the video has over 20 million views.

Remix

The official remix features

on the chorus,

, Wale &

. It was released on November 14, 2011.

Track listing

Chart performance

"Body 2 Body" spent thirteen weeks on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in total, during which it reached a highest position of number 65. The song also peaked at number six on both the

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and

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charts, making it Ace Hood's highest charting entry on both listings.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Release history

References

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20110718063851/http://realtalkny.uproxx.com/2011/07/topic/topic/music/ace-hood-ft-chris-brown-body-2-body/ * http://rapfix.mtv.com/2011/08/08/ace-hood-body-to-body/ {{Chris Brown singles 2011 singles Ace Hood songs Chris Brown songs Songs written by Ace Hood Songs written by Kevin Cossom Songs written by Chris Brown Songs written by Erik Ortiz Songs written by Kevin Crowe Song recordings produced by J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League