I Don't Like

"I Don't Like" is the debut single by Chief Keef featuring Lil Reese and produced by Young Chop. It was released on March 11, 2012. It peaked at #73 on the Billboard Hot 100, #20 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, and #15 on the Rap Songs chart.[1] The song was produced by Young Chop. The video for "I Don't Like" had over 28 million views on YouTube, before being taken down.[2] The song features Chief Keef listing off things he does not like. The song was later remixed by Kanye West, The Game, and Lil Wayne, among others.

"I Don't Like"
Single by Chief Keef featuring Lil Reese
from the album Finally Rich
ReleasedMarch 11, 2012
Genre
Length4:27 (single version)
4:53 (album version)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Young Chop
Chief Keef singles chronology
"I Don't Like"
(2012)		 "Love Sosa"
(2012)
Music video
"I Don't Like" on YouTube

Background

Originally the song was released on Chief Keef's third mixtape Back from the Dead for free digital download on March 14, 2012. The mixtape was then mastered and made available for purchase on iTunes, with the "I Don't Like" single officially released on July 24, 2012. Complex named the song #7 on their list of the best 50 songs of 2012.[3] In 2019, Pitchfork named "I Don't Like" the 13th best song of the 2010s.[4]

Music video

The music video, directed by DGainz was released and uploaded on his official YouTube channel on March 11, 2012. Amassing just under 30 million views, it then got removed in August 2013 and re-uploaded on Chief Keef's Vevo account in which it has amassed over 100 million views as of March 2018.[5] In late July 2020, the original video was restored on YouTube.

Chart performance

"I Don't Like" entered and peaked at number 73 on the US Billboard Hot 100. Elsewhere in the US, "I Don't Like" peaked at number 20 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and number 15 on the Rap Songs chart.[1]

Track listing
Digital single
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."I Don't Like (feat. Lil Reese)"Keith Cozart, Tavares Taylor, Tyree PittmanYoung Chop4:55

Charts
Chart (2012) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[6] 73
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[7] 20
US Hot Rap Songs (Billboard)[8] 15

Year-end charts
Chart (2012) Position
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[9] 96

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[10] Platinum 1,000,000

sales+streaming figures based on certification alone

GOOD Music remix
"I Don't Like (Remix)"
Song by Kanye West, Chief Keef, Pusha T, Big Sean and Jadakiss
from the album Cruel Summer
ReleasedMay 1, 2012[11]
Recorded2012
Genre
Length4:44
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Young Chop
  • Kanye West (co.)
  • The Twilite Zone (add.)
  • Noah Goldstein (add.)
  • Mike WiLL[12] (add.) (uncredited)

Kanye West put together a remix that features Pusha T, Big Sean, and Jadakiss.[13] The remix is featured in an updated version as the final track on the G.O.O.D. Music compilation album, Cruel Summer as "Don't Like.1". It is also worth noting that Keef was under house arrest when the remix was recorded.

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[14] Gold 500,000

sales+streaming figures based on certification alone

References
  1. "Billboard". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved August 30, 2012.
  2. DGainz (May 11, 2012). "Listen: Viral video's". YouTube. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved August 3, 2012.
  3. "The 50 Best Songs of 2012". Complex.com. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
  4. "The 200 Best Songs of the 2010s". pitchfork.com. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
  5. "Chief Keef – I Don't Like f/ Lil Reese – Shot by DGainz". YouTube. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
  6. "Chief Keef Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved July 19, 2016.
  7. "Chief Keef Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved July 19, 2016.
  8. "Chief Keef Chart History (Hot Rap Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved July 19, 2016.
  9. "R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – 2012 Year End Charts". Billboard.com. Retrieved December 17, 2012.
  10. "American single certifications – Chief Keef – I Don't Like". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH. 
  11. "Kanye West Drops Chief Keef's 'I Don't Like (Remix)' For G.O.O.D. Music". Web,archive.org. May 3, 2012. Archived from the original on May 3, 2012. Retrieved October 15, 2017.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  12. Ketchum, William E. "Producer's Corner: Mike WiLL Made It Details "Mercy" Co-Production, Working With Chief Keef & 2 Chainz". HipHopDX. Archived from the original on December 31, 2012. Retrieved December 29, 2012.
  13. Lipshutz, Jason (May 1, 2012). "Listen: Kanye West & Friends Remix Chief Keef's 'I Don't Like'". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved August 3, 2012.
  14. "American single certifications – Chief Keef – DON'T LIKE.1". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH. 


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