"The Fix" is a song by American rapper Nelly featuring American singer

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. The track is produced by

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and

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and interpolates Marvin Gaye's 1982 hit song "

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". The song came to fruition as a result of Nelly and DJ Mustard having the same publisher, who made sure all references to the interpolation contained within "The Fix" were cleared before it was released.

Background

The song premiered on August 6, 2015, and was released for digital download on August 14.

Commercial performance

"The Fix" debuted on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart dated September 5, 2015, at number 86. Its chart debut was fueled by first-week digital download sales of 42,000 copies. As of June 2016, "The Fix" has been certified Platinum from RIAA for selling 1,000,000 copies domestically.

Music video

The accompanying

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for the track was directed by Aristotle and filmed at the

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in Beverly Crest, Los Angeles, California. It was released on September 24, 2015.

Track listing

; Digital download *"The Fix" (Explicit) – 2:53 *"The Fix" (Clean) – 2:53 ;Balkan Beat Box Remix – single #"The Fix" alkan Beat Box Remix

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– 2:48 ;Balkan Beat Box Remix – single #"The Fix" alkan Beat Box Remix xplicit– 2:48

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fix, The 2015 songs 2015 singles Nelly songs Jeremih songs Songs written by Mustard (record producer) Songs written by Nelly Songs written by Marvin Gaye Song recordings produced by Mustard (record producer) Songs written by Jeremih