"Can't Believe It" is a single by American singer

T-Pain Faheem Rashad Najm (born September 30, 1984), known professionally as T-Pain, is an American singer and rapper. He is known for popularizing creative use of Auto-Tune pitch correction, often used with extreme parameter settings to create electro ...

. It was released on July 29, 2008, as the first official single from T-Pain's album '' Thr33 Ringz''. The song features rapper

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, marking the second collaboration between T-Pain and Lil Wayne being released as a single.

Music video

The video premiered on BET's Access Granted on Monday August 25, 2008, at 7:30 pm. It was made in front of a green screen and features many special effects. The video is mostly based on T-Pain's '' Thr33 Ringz''; the music video had many effects from the circus. T-Pain served as an assistant director; however, he was never credited for it. Dolla, MeMpHitz and the entire Nappy Boy Entertainment roster ( Tay Dizm, Jay Lyriq, Sophia Fresh, Young Cash, and DJ Lil Boy) make a cameo appearance towards the end of the video.

Remixes

The official remix features pop singer and

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labelmate

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. It was released on November 7, 2008. The digital download single was released on December 5, 2008. There are two versions to the official remix; the first version, the main remix, has a duet 3rd verse with T-Pain and Justin Timberlake and the second version, the digital download & CD single remix, has the 3rd verse with Justin Timberlake only. The official Konvict Remix features

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and

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. There are other remixes by

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and Bow Wow. There's also a T-Wayne version where Lil Wayne has a second verse along with ad-libs throughout the entire song.

Covers

Notable musicians have made covers of the song. R&B Singer JoJo has made a cover to this song. R&B Singer

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made a cover and renamed it "Gotta Believe It". Rapper Charles Hamilton has made a remake of this song entitled "Word? Aight!", which is a

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diss record.

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most popular for being on American Idol Season 6 has made a cover to this song. Travis Garland from boy band NLT has made a cover to this song; the track featured Kevin McHale also from NLT. Also was sampled by up and coming rapper

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as "The Cootchie Song". Ghanaian-American singer Moses Sumney and jazz musician Sam Gendel released the cover of "Can't Believe It" on September 10, 2021.

Track listing

Promo CD single

#"Can't Believe It" (Clean) #"Can't Believe It" (Main) #"Can't Believe It" (Instrumental) #"Can't Believe It" (Acapella)

CD Remix

#"Can't Believe It (Official Remix)" (featuring

) – 5:22

Chart positions

"Can't Believe It" debuted at No. 29 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 making it T-Pain's highest debut on the chart. It started gaining more airplay each week, causing it to rise up to the top ten peaking at No. 7 making it T-Pain's fifth top ten hit on the chart. It has also recently climbed up the charts due to increased sales after the release of the remix. The song also managed to just enter the UK top 100 at 100. This was because of little promotion and airplay, It was added to BBC Radio 1's Upfront List where it remained there for 3 weeks. The song was also A-listed on the BBC 1XTRA playlist.

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

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