Triple Trouble (song)

"Triple Trouble" is a song American hip hop group Beastie Boys, released as the second single from their sixth studio album To the 5 Boroughs. It heavily samples "Rapper's Delight" by the Sugarhill Gang,[1] and interpolates lyrics from "Double Trouble at the Amphitheatre" by Double Trouble.[1]

"Triple Trouble"
Single by Beastie Boys
from the album To the 5 Boroughs
ReleasedSeptember 2004
Recorded2004
GenreHip hop
Length2:43
LabelEMI
Songwriter(s)Nile Rodgers, Bernard Edwards, Michael Diamond, Adam Horovitz, Adam Yauch
Producer(s)Beastie Boys
Beastie Boys singles chronology
"Ch-Check It Out"
(2004)		 "Triple Trouble"
(2004)		 "Right Right Now Now"
(2004)
Music video
"Triple Trouble" on YouTube

The music video for "Triple Trouble" was directed by MCA, under his alias Nathaniel Hornblower. Kanye West made a cameo at the end of the video.

The song was used to promote the third season of the HBO series Bored to Death.

Track listing
  1. "Triple Trouble" (Album version) – 2:46
  2. "Triple Trouble" (J Wizzle Remix) – 3:12
  3. "Triple Trouble" (Graham Coxon Remix) – 3:59 (UK CD release)

Chart positions
Chart (2004) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart[2] 73
UK Singles Chart[3] 37
U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks[4] 11

References
  1. "Beastie Boys - To the 5 Boroughs (CD, Album)". Discogs. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
  2. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  3. "The Official Charts Company - Beastie Boys". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2011-05-11.
  4. "Beastie Boys Album & Song Chart History". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2011-05-11.


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