"Outta My System" is a song by American rapper Bow Wow. It's the second and final single off his fifth studio album ''

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''. It features singers T-Pain and

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. The original next single was supposed to be "

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" but was cancelled in favor of "Outta My System", that the fact that

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was preoccupied on the charts with

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's "

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" and

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's "

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" led to it being delayed. The song peaked at number 22 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, his eighth top 40 hit and T-Pain's sixth top 40 hit on that chart. It also peaked at number 2 and 12 on the

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and

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charts respectively and number 7 in New Zealand. The video premiered on Valentine's Day on BET's ''

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''. The song was written by Jaron Alston (an in-house ghostwriter for

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, known then as "Kid Slim") and

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, with a sample credit from

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(from the song "Hollywood"). It was produced by Dupri along with

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Song and video information

In this song, Bow Wow is thought to be addressing his breakup with

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, his former girlfriend. This was confirmed by Bow Wow himself when he mentioned her name during a performance of the song on ''

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'' in late December 2006. This song is thought to be a song about their break-up, in which was rumored to be a result of Bow Wow's sexual relations with one of Ciara's friend's Ashley R. (a video girl who appeared in the show College Hill: Atlanta). This song's video hit number 1 on "106 and Park" in just 7 days but after it went down to number 8 and then fell off the countdown, unlike his previous video "Shortie Like Mine" which went to number 1 and stayed on the countdown for 43+ days shortly after. The song uses a sample of

' "Hollywood".

Commercial performance

"Outta My System" debuted at number 76 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 the week of March 10, 2007. Ten weeks later, it peaked at number 22 the week of May 26, 2007. It stayed on the chart for twenty weeks.

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

{{Johntá Austin 2006 songs 2006 singles 2007 singles Bow Wow (rapper) songs T-Pain songs Music videos directed by Bryan Barber Song recordings produced by Jermaine Dupri Songs written by Jermaine Dupri Songs written by Rick James