"Change Clothes" is the first official single from rapper

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'' The Black Album''. It featured additional vocals by

Pharrell Williams Pharrell Lanscilo Williams (; born April 5, 1973) is an American record producer, rapper, singer, and songwriter. Alongside close colleague Chad Hugo, he formed the hip hop and R&B production duo the Neptunes in the early 1990s, with whom h ...

(uncredited) and was produced by

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. The song reached No. 10 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in December, 2003. In Danger Mouse's ''Grey Album'' remix, the cello and harpsichord arrangement from " Piggies", from

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album ''The Beatles'' (more commonly known as ''The White Album''), is mixed with this song.

Music video

The video directed by Chris Robinson features appearances from

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, Kimora Lee Simmons,

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, Mary J. Blige,

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, talk show host

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, her husband, actor Mark Consuelos, models

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, Jessica White, Liliana Dominguez,

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, singer Omahyra Mota, Will Hoar, Mey Bun and rapper Mos Def.

Track listing

CD single, Pt. 1

# "Change Clothes"" # "What More Can I Say"

CD single, Pt. 2

# "Change Clothes" # "Excuse Me Miss" # "I Just Wanna Luv U (Give It 2 Me)" # "Change Clothes" (Video)

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

2003 singles Jay-Z songs Pharrell Williams songs Music videos directed by Chris Robinson (director) Song recordings produced by the Neptunes Songs written by Pharrell Williams Songs written by Chad Hugo Songs written by Jay-Z {{2000s-hiphop-song-stub