Hitz (song)

"Hitz" is a single from English record production duo Chase & Status, featuring vocals from British rapper Tinie Tempah. The single was released in the United Kingdom on 15 July 2011 as the fourth single from their second studio album, No More Idols. It peaked at number 39 on the UK Singles Chart and number 11 on the UK Dance Chart. The song features a spoken word sample from the 1973 film The Harder They Come. On 22 February 2012, it was featured in the BBC drama series Waterloo Road. Tinie re-used the "tick, tick, tick, tick, boom to you fellas" vocal sample on the Demonstration bonus track "5 Minutes", produced by Zane Lowe.

"Hitz"
Single by Chase & Status featuring Tinie Tempah
from the album No More Idols
Released15 July 2011 (2011-07-15)
Recorded2010
Genre
Length3:08
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Chase & Status
Chase & Status singles chronology
"Time"
(2011)		 "Hitz"
(2011)		 "Flashing Lights"
(2011)
Tinie Tempah singles chronology
"Simply Unstoppable"
(2011)		 "Hitz"
(2011)		 "Till I'm Gone"
(2011)

Background

Originally the demo was sent to British rapper Dubbledge but Chase & Status later managed to get Tinie Tempah on the song instead. Dubbledge released his version titled "Chess" for free on 6 October 2011.[2] The single version of the song features an additional chorus performed between Tempah's verses by Kivanc Sezen,[3] which does not appear on the album version. The single version was released on 15 July 2011 as a digital download in the United Kingdom.[4] A music video to accompany the release of "Hitz" was first released onto YouTube on 10 June 2011 at a total length of three minutes and fourteen seconds. The music video was filmed in New York and was directed by AG Rojas. The video portrays Tempah and Chase & Status performing the track in an underground club, while a young boy struggles to survive up on the surface.[5][6]

Track listing
  1. "Hitz" (Delta Heavy Remix) – 4:35
  2. "Hitz" (16bit Remix) – 4:13
  • Promotional CD single No. 1[8]
  1. "Hitz" (Single Version) – 3:08
  2. "Hitz" (Wretch 32 Remix) – 3:30
  • Promotional CD single No. 2[9]
  1. "Hitz" (Wretch 32 Remix) – 3:30
  2. "Hitz" (16bit Remix) – 4:13
  3. "Hitz" (Delta Heavy Remix) – 4:35
  4. "Hitz" (Dillon Francis Remix) – 4:17
  • Promotional CD single No. 3[10]
  1. "Hitz" (Wretch 32 Remix) – 3:30
  2. "Hitz" (Original Clean Single Version) – 3:08
  3. "Hitz" (Instrumental) – 3:08
  1. "Hitz" (Single Version) – 3:08
  2. "Hitz" (Wretch 32 Remix) – 3:30
  3. "Hitz" (16bit Remix) – 4:13
  4. "Hitz" (Delta Heavy Remix) – 4:35
  5. "Hitz" (Dillon Francis Remix) – 4:17

Credits and personnel

Chart performance
Chart (2011) Peak
position
UK Dance (OCC)[13] 11
UK Singles (OCC)[14] 39

Release history
Region Date Format Label
United Kingdom 15 July 2011[11][12]
Mercury

References
  1. http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?release=3606272
  2. "Chess - Dubbledge". Bandcamp. 6 October 2011.
  3. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/kivanc-sezen-mn0002788455
  4. "Chase & Status : Official Website : News". Chaseandstatus.co.uk. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
  5. Chase & Status - Hitz ft. Tinie Tempah YouTube.
  6. 'Hitz' by Chase & Status featuring Tinie Tempah - Directed by AG Rojas Archived 21 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine PromoNews, Retrieved 2011-06-16.
  7. http://www.discogs.com/Chase-And-Status-Hitz/release/3013111
  8. http://www.discogs.com/Chase-And-Status-Hitz/release/3606272
  9. http://www.discogs.com/Chase-And-Status-Hitz/release/2991175
  10. http://www.discogs.com/Chase-And-Status-Hitz/release/3203270
  11. Hitz (feat. Tinie Tempah) - Single by Chase & Status iTunes
  12. Hitz (feat. Tinie Tempah) - EP by Chase & Status iTunes
  13. "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company.
  14. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
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