"Don't Mind" is the debut single by American hip hop

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Kent Jones. The song was released on April 25, 2016, by

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as a single from his debut

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''Tours'' (2015). The official remix features

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Background and composition

"Don't Mind" was written by Jones, Marcello Valenzano, Andre Lyon,

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and Edwin Nicholas. The song was produced by Jones,

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and Khaled. The song contains resung and replayed elements ("Telling me this..." in the chorus) of White's 1994 song "Practice What You Preach". In an interview with ''

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'', Jones said, "I've always been inspired by Motown and soul. I'm a huge Barry White fan, so I had to pay homage. I wasn't like, "This is the one!"—I freestyled the whole thing. It's probably my 400th record. I've got a lot of music." The song was composed and recorded in twelve hours. "I made the beat; the hook was in my head; the day I recorded the whole thing -- I didn’t even write it," Jones said." The song itself was inspired by the multiculturalism of Jones' home city of

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. As he told the

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, "It's a melting pot - Spanish, Haitian, French, Asian. And in that melting pot, I stuck with the greetings that were most comfortable to me. You hear a lot of people say 'hola'. Spanish is a language that happens to take a waltz in other people's back yards."

Remix

An official remix of the song features rappers

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and was released on July 12, 2016.

Music video

The song's accompanying music video premiered on March 10, 2016, on Kent Jones'

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account. It features an appearance from

Commercial performance

"Don't Mind" debuted at number 63 on ''Billboard'' Hot 100 for the chart dated May 21, 2016. It peaked at number 8. The song was certified

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by the

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(RIAA) for selling over 1,000,000 digital copies in the United States.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

External links

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