"SexBeat" is a song by American musicians Usher,

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, and

Ludacris Christopher Brian Bridges (born September 11, 1977), known professionally as Ludacris (, homophonous with 'ludicrous' in American English), is an American rapper, actor, record producer and record executive. Born in Champaign, Illinois, Ludac ...

, released on April 10, 2020, as the second single from Usher's upcoming ninth studio album ''Confessions 2''. It is the third song between the trio, following " Yeah!" and "

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". Produced by Jon, the song was written by the artists alongside

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and Antoine Harris.

Background and release

On April 4, 2020, T-Pain and

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and

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's Instagram Live songwriting battle show #VERZUZ that was watched by over 275,000 viewers. At the end of the battle Lil Jon played never-before-heard song called "SexBeat". During the Live, Lil Jon revealed that the song was recorded over two years ago. Lil Jon also revealed that he had to beg Usher to allow him to play it. It was officially released for digital download and streaming on April 11, 2020.

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from

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. * Usher – vocals, songwriter *

– vocals, songwriter * Lil Jon - vocals, songwriter, producer, mixing engineer, programmer *

– songwriter * Antoine Harris - songwriter * Bobby Ross Avila - songwriter, piano, guitars * Kronic - songwriter, misc. producer * Colin Leonard – mastering engineer * Bill Zimmerman – assistant engineer *

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– mixing engineer, misc. producer * Ben "Bengineer" Chang - recording engineer, vocal producer

Charts

References

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