Wanted Dead or Alive (Tupac Shakur and Snoop Doggy Dogg song)

"Wanted Dead or Alive"
Single by 2Pac and Snoop Doggy Dogg
from the album Gridlock'd
ReleasedJanuary 1997
Recorded1996
Genre
Length4:39
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Dat Nigga Daz
2Pac singles chronology
"Hail Mary"
(1997) 		"Wanted Dead or Alive"
(1997) 		"I Wonder If Heaven Got a Ghetto"
(1997)
Snoop Dogg singles chronology
"Vapors"
(1997) 		"Wanted Dead or Alive"
(1997) 		"Doggfather"
(1997)
Music video
"Wanted Dead or Alive" on YouTube

"Wanted Dead or Alive" is a gangsta rap song by American West Coast hip hop recording artists 2Pac and Snoop Dogg. It was released in January 1997 via Death Row Records and Def Jam Music Group Inc. as the lead single from Gridlock'd – The Soundtrack. Production was handled by Daz Dillinger, who utilized an interpolation of Zapp's "Dance Floor".

The song peaked at number 16 on the UK Singles Chart, number 12 on the UK Dance Singles chart and number 4 on the UK Hip Hop and R&B Singles chart. It also made it to number 3 in New Zealand and number 41 in Australia.

AllMusic's Andrew Hamilton described the song as "2Pac supplies the bullets with his aggressive, authentic, unmistakable delivery and Snoop's at his spacy best, laid-back, effective, super cool, and chronic mellow".[1]

Music video

An accompanying music video was directed by Scott Kalvert and released in February 1997. It shows the police trying to catch Snoop Dogg along with clips of the deceased rapper Tupac Shakur. The storyline is similar to "2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted".

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Wanted Dead or Alive"
Dat Nigga Daz 
2."Never Had a Friend Like Me"
Johnny "J" 
3."Life Is a Traffic Jam"
Medusa 

Personnel

  • Tupac "2Pac" Shakur – performer
  • Calvin "Snoop Doggy Dogg" Broadus – performer (track 1)
  • Eight Mile Road – performer (track 3)
  • Delmar "Dat Nigga Daz" Arnaud – producer (track 1)
  • Johnny Jackson – producer (track 2)
  • Mone "Medusa" Smith – producer (track 3)

Charts

Chart (1997) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[2] 41
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[3] 3
Scotland (OCC)[4] 38
UK Singles (OCC)[5] 16
UK Dance (OCC)[6] 12
UK Hip Hop/R&B (OCC)[7] 4

References

  1. ^ Hamilton, Andrew. "Wanted Dead or Alive - 2Pac, Snoop Dogg | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved September 9, 2024.
  2. ^ "2Pac and Snoop Doggy Dogg – Wanted Dead Or Alive". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved September 9, 2024.
  3. ^ "2Pac and Snoop Doggy Dogg – Wanted Dead Or Alive". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved September 9, 2024.
  4. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
  5. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 9, 2024.
  6. ^ "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 9, 2024.
  7. ^ "Official Hip Hop and R&B Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 9, 2024.
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