"Camera Phone" is the fourth

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from The Game's third album, ''

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''. The song features R&B singer

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. The song was produced by

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. It appears as a bonus track on the deluxe edition of the album only. The single was only released for download in the UK and not the USA. In the UK, "Camera Phone" was the second single taken from ''LAX''. It did not originally feature on the UK edition of the album and was thus re-issued, removing the "Intro" and "Outro" and adding "Camera Phone" as the final track.

Music video

The music video for the song was shot at the Copacabana nightclub in

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on November 4, 2008, and was directed by Kevin Connolly, who was only hired for the video six days before. The setting takes place in a bar, with The Game and

wearing suits and hats in the main performance scene. The video premiered on

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on Friday, December 5, 2008, at 8pm. The video features cameo appearances by

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, The Menace,

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and

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. The video rose in its first week to the number one spot on the ''Billboard'' Hot Videoclip Tracks.

Charts

The song debuted at #48 in the United Kingdom after the physical release. Despite not reaching the Top 20, it received much airplay on UK television.

References

External links

* 2008 singles The Game (rapper) songs Ne-Yo songs Songs written by Ne-Yo Song recordings produced by Cool & Dre Songs written by The Game (rapper) 2008 songs Geffen Records singles {{2000s-R&B-song-stub