"Show Stopper" is the debut single by American girl group

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. It was written by

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, Krystal Oliver, Calvin Puckett,

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, and

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for their self-titled debut album (2006), while production was helmed by Jonsin. The song It features guest vocals by rapper

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and was released as the album's lead single on August 4, 2006 in the United States and on October 20, 2006 in Europe. "Show Stopper" peaked at number 8 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart. It also managed to enter the top 30 in Germany and charted in the top 20 on the

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chart, also earning top five status on the

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and Dance Club Play charts.

Chart performance

The single was released on the U.S.

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on August 15, 2006. The following week "Show Stopper" debuted at number 17 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, becoming one of the highest debuts of 2006 behind

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". While the song reached its peak position of number 8 in its second week, radio play and popularity on iTunes declined and it eventually fell out of the top 25. However, about five weeks after the radio release, the song finally started gathering airplay and subsequently moved back up the Hot 100, again peaking at number 12. While the song failed to chart or sell noticeably in Austria, the song became a top 30 success in Germany with a peak position of number 27.

Music video

The music video for "Show Stopper" was directed by Dominican film maker

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and was filmed in various locations throughout

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between June 27 and 28, 2006. The final version of the video premiered at the end of ''

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'' on

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on August 4, 2006. To access this reference, you need the English Uncut (Home Video) version. Any other version will not display the credits. It reached a peak position of number two on ''

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'' on September 8, 2006 and also finished number 6 on MTV's top videos of 2006 countdown. Thematically, the video starts with the band members in the recording studio listening to their album cut "Want It" with Diddy as he tells them to go straight to bed and not go out and club hop. Then the girls go into a van and get "made up" and then go out on the town in expensive cars, looking for boys and flirting. The video ends with the girls dancing on the

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. Apart from rapper

whose part was filmed inside his van while he was on his way back to the airport because of a lack of time, Diddy also recorded a sequence with his verse in the song which appears in the

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version of the music video and features only the girl's full dance portion of the original version.

Track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Show Stopper". *International CD single #"Show Stopper" (Album Version) #"Show Stopper" (Remix) (featuring Diddy) #"Show Stopper" (Instrumental) #"Show Stopper" (Acapella) *Vinyl single #"Show Stopper" (Main version) #"Show Stopper" (Instrumental) #"Show Stopper" (Acapella) *Official remixes #"Show Stopper" (Alternate Version) – 4:15 #"Show Stopper" (Bad Boy Remix) (featuring Diddy &

) – 4:42 #"Show Stopper" (Jim Jonsin Remix) (featuring

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) – 4:13 #"Show Stopper" (Dave Audé Club Mix) – 7:26 #"Show Stopper" (Ford & Vidal Club Mix) – 6:31

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Danity Kane''. *

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– executive producer *Joe Gonzalez – recording assistant *

– writer *Rob Marks – recording engineer *Krystal Oliver – writer *

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– co-executive producer *Calvin Puckett – writer *

– writer *

– producer, writer

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Release history

References

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