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{{short description|1993 single by Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Doggy Dogg}}

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| name = Fuck ~~Wit~~wit Dre Day (And Everybody's Celebratin')

| cover = Dre Day.jpg

| alt = =

| type = single

| artist = [[Dr. Dre]] featuring [[Snoop Dogg|Snoop Doggy Dogg]]

| album = [[The Chronic]]

| B-side = "Puffin' on Blunts and Drankin' Tanqueray"

| released = May 20, 1993

| recorded = 1992

| studio = =

| genre = [[G-funk]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=December 15, 2016|first=Trent|last=Fitzgerald|title=Dr. Dre's 'The Chronic' Album Turns 24, Fans React on Twitter|url=https://theboombox.com/dr-dres-the-chronic-turns-24-fans-react-twitter/|access-date=2021-07-07|website=The Boombox|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Dr. Dre's Top 10 Hardest Death Row Bangers|url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/dr-dres-top-10-hardest-death-row-bangers-news.90330.html|access-date=2021-07-15|website=HotNewHipHop|date=9 September 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

| length = 4:52

| label = {{hlist|[[Death Row Records|Death Row]]|[[Interscope Records|Interscope]]|[[Priority Records|Priority]]}}

| writer = [[Snoop Dogg|Calvin Broadus]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9_Et3sd97Yg |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/9_Et3sd97Yg |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=The D.O.C. on Co-Writing Dr. Dre's 'The Chronic' & Paperwork Not Being Right|publisher=[[YouTube]]|date=January 10, 2016|access-date=November 23, 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

| producer = Dr. Dre

| chronology = [[Dr. Dre]]

| prev_title = [[Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang]]

| prev_year = ~~1992~~1993

| next_title = [[Let Me Ride]]

| next_year = 1993

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = [[Snoop Dogg|Snoop Doggy Dogg]]

| type = single

| prev_title = [[Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang]]

| prev_year = ~~1992~~1993

| title = Fuck Wit Dre Day (And Everybody's Celebratin')

| year = 1993

| next_title = [[Let Me Ride]]

| next_year = 1993

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"'''Fuck ~~Wit~~wit Dre Day (And Everybody's Celebratin')'''", or as a [[single (music)|single]] titled "'''Dre Day'''"," is a ~~rap~~ song by ~~Los~~American ~~Angeles~~rapper and [[record producer~~]] and rapper~~ [[Dr. Dre]], featuring fellow American rapper [[Snoop Dogg|Snoop Doggy Dogg]], and uncredited vocals from [[Jewell (singer)|Jewell]] released in May 1993 as the second single from Dre's debut solo album, ''[[The Chronic]]'' (1992). "Dre Day" was a diss track targeting mainly Dre's former groupmate [[Eazy-E]], who led their onetime rap group [[N.W.A]] and who, along with N.W.A's manager [[Jerry Heller]], owned N.W.A's record label, [[Ruthless Records]]. In "Dre Day" and in its music video, which accuse Eazy of cheating N.W.A's artists, Dre and Snoop degrade and menace him. Also included are disses retorting earlier disses on songs by Miami rapper [[Luther Campbell|Luke Campbell]], by New York rapper [[Tim Dog]], and by onetime N.W.A. member [[Ice Cube]], although Dre, while still an N.W.A member, had helped diss Cube first. After "Dre Day," a number of further diss records were exchanged.

==Analysis==

On the main popular songs chart, the US [[Billboard Hot 100]], whereas ''The Chronic'''s lead single, "[[Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang]]", reached number two, "Dre Day" peaked at number eight in June 1993. The song's bassline is a slowed [[Interpolation (popular music)|interpolation]] from [[Funkadelic]]'s song "[[(Not Just) Knee Deep]]." The chorus includes vocals by two more Death Row Records artists, R&B singer [[Jewell (singer)|Jewell]] and rapper [[RBX]]. Also included is a sample and an interpolation from [[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton]]’s song “[[Atomic Dog]]."

A [[Diss (music)|diss track]], "Dre Day" mainly targeted Dre's former N.W.A groupmate [[Eazy-E]]. Yet it also dissed New York rapper [[Tim Dog]] for his song "[[Fuck Compton]]." It also retorted Miami rapper [[Luther Campbell|Luke Campbell]], a member of group [[2 Live Crew]], whose debut solo album ''[[I Got Shit On My Mind]]'' included the track "Fakin' Like Gangstas." Some "Dre Day" lyrics allude to former N.W.A rapper [[Ice Cube]], whose 1989 departure from the group was acrimonious, incurring verbal menace at Cube by Dre with groupmate [[MC Ren]] rapping N.W.A's April 1991 single "[[Alwayz into Somethin']]," retorted in Cube's October 1991 track "[[No Vaseline]]."

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Dr. Dre directed the music video, which parodies Eazy-E as "Sleazy-E," played by actor A. J. Johnson with an exaggerated [[Jheri curl|Jheri Curl hairstyle]], a plaid shirt, and dark sunglasses. Prefacing the song performance is a skit, wherein Sleazy-E enters the office of "Useless Records" where a rotund white man hires him to find some rappers. This mimic of Eazy-E's Ruthless Records co-owner Jerry Heller was played by [[Interscope Records]] executive Steve Berman. (Berman later played in three [[Eminem]] skits and one [[D12]] skit.)

An interlude shows Sleazy-E introducing two newly acquired protégés, played by [[Bushwick Bill]] and [[Warren G]], to his manager. In other scenes, Sleazy sustains gunfire, becomes homeless, is chased by armed men, and finally, along the [[Pasadena Freeway]], holds up a cardboard sign scribbled ''WILL RAP FOR FOOD''. The "Dre Day" video also parodies [[Luther Campbell|Luke Campbell]] asof aMiami ~~gap-toothed~~rap group [[2 Live Crew]], ~~music~~portraying ~~artist~~him jumping around on a stage. In 2005, a survey by [[MTV2]] and ''[[XXL (magazine)|XXL]]'' ranked the "Dre Day" music video 12th among the "25 Greatest West Coast Videos".<ref name="multiple">''XXL'', April 2005 [http://www.xxlmag.com Official Site].</ref>

==Artist responses==

The "Dre Day" single's [[B side]] "Puffin' on Blunts and Drankin' Tanqueray," featuring [[The Lady of Rage]] and [[Tha Dogg Pound]], contains more Dr. Dre insults at Eazy-E, at Tim Dog, and at Luke, while [[Kurupt]] disses Ruthless Records rappers [[Above the Law (group)|Above the Law]] and [[Kokane]]. On [[Funk Upon a Rhyme|Kokane's second album]], he and Above the Law member [[Cold 187um]] replied with "Don't Bite the Funk." Eazy-E's EP titled ''[[It's On (Dr. Dre) 187um Killa|It's On (<del>Dr. Dre</del>) 187<sup>um</sup> Killa]]'' includes the song "Exxtra Special Thankz", the song "It's On," the song "Still a Nigga," and the song "[[Real Muthaphuckkin G's]]," featuring new recording artists BG Knocc Out and [[Dresta]].

"[[Real Muthaphuckkin G's]]" would become Eazy-E's biggest hit as a solo artist. Its music video imports from the "Dre Day" music video the character Sleazy-E, who in Eazy-E's music video is still roadside holding up a ''WILL RAP FOR FOOD'' sign, but is later is chased through town, dragged into a van, and eventually lies motionless at his earlier roadside spot, or, in the video's radio edit, ~~eventually~~ falls flat when running near a ''Leaving Compton'' road sign. On the short film ''[[Murder Was the Case]]''<nowiki/>'s soundtrack, Snoop Dogg and [[Tha Dogg Pound]] responded with "[[What Would You Do? (Tha Dogg Pound song)|What Would You Do?]]" while its music video parodies Eazy-E's proteges BG Knocc Out and [[Dresta]] themselves chased and beaten by Tha Dogg Pound.

[[Tim Dog]] responded to "Dre Day" with an EP titled ''Bitch With a Perm'', including the title track and "Dog Baby," which yielded a music video including a dancing Snoop Dogg mimic with straightened hair, a "perm" hairstyle. [[Luther Campbell|Luke]] replied on his second solo album's song "Cowards in Compton," whose music video parodies both Dre's inclusion in the 1980s electro-rap group [[World Class Wreckin' Cru]] and casts Dre and Snoop lookalikes ridiculed in a mock of the "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang" music video. Luke's album, ''[[In the Nude|In The Nude]]'', also included a skit, "Dre's Momma Needs a Haircut," targeting "Tha Shiznit" skit on Snoop's debut solo or November 1993 album, ''[[Doggystyle]]''. Compton rapper [[Tweedy Bird Loc]], joined against Luke by issuing "Fucc Miami” on his 1994 album [[No Holds Barred (Tweedy Bird Loc album)|~~second~~No orHolds ~~1994 album~~Barred]]~~, joined against Luke by issuing "Fucc Miami~~."

==Track listing==

* '''UK CD single'''

* '''UK CD single'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Dr-Dre-Dre-Day/release/640994 |title=Dr. Dre - Dre Day (CD) at Discogs |publisher=Discogs.com |access-date=May 20, 2019}}</ref>

# "Dre Day" (Radio Version) - 4:52

# "Dre Day" (UK Radio Flavour) - 4:56

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# "Dre Day" (LP Version) - 4:52

* '''German CD single'''

* '''German CD single'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Dr-Dre-Dre-Day/release/1408096 |title=Dr. Dre - Dre Day (CD) at Discogs |publisher=Discogs.com |access-date=May 20, 2019}}</ref>

# "Dre Day" (Radio Version) - 4:52

# "Puffin' on Blunts and Drankin' Tanqueray" - 11:16

* '''UK 12" vinyl'''

* '''UK 12" vinyl'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Dr-Dre-Dre-Day/release/120550 |title=Dr. Dre - Dre Day (Vinyl) at Discogs |publisher=Discogs.com |access-date=May 20, 2019}}</ref>

# "Dre Day" (LP Version) - 4:52

# "Dre Day" (Radio Version) - 4:52

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# "One Eight Seven" - 5:52

* '''12" vinyl - EP'''

* '''12" vinyl - EP'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Dr-Dre-Dre-Day-EP/release/310071 |title=Dr. Dre - Dre Day EP (Vinyl) at Discogs |publisher=Discogs.com |access-date=May 20, 2019}}</ref>

# "Dre Day" (Radio Version) - 4:52

# "Dre Day" (Extended Club Mix) - 10:00

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# "Puffin' on Blunts and Drankin' Tanqueray" - 11:16

* '''US 12" vinyl'''

* '''US 12" vinyl'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Dr-Dre-Dre-Day/release/1770601 |title=Dr. Dre - Dre Day (Vinyl) at Discogs |publisher=Discogs.com |access-date=May 20, 2019}}</ref>

# "Dre Day" (LP Version) - 4:52

# "Dre Day" (Radio Version) - 4:52

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# "One Eight Seven" - 5:52

* '''German 12" vinyl'''

* '''German 12" vinyl'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Dr-Dre-Dre-Day-Puffin-On-Blunts-And-Drankin-Tanqueray/release/1754105 |title=Dr. Dre - Dre Day / Puffin' On Blunts And Drankin' Tanqueray (Vinyl) at Discogs |publisher=Discogs.com |access-date=May 20, 2019}}</ref>

# "Dre Day" (Extended Club Mix) - 9:53

# "Dre Day" (UK Flavour) - 4:58

# "Puffin' on Blunts and Drankin' Tanqueray" - 11:16

* '''Cassette'''

* '''Cassette'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?release=1930948 |title=Images for Dr. Dre - Dre Day |publisher=Discogs.com |access-date=May 20, 2019}}</ref>

# "Dre Day" (Radio Version) - 4:52

# "Dre Day" (Instrumental) - 4:52

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! Chart (1993~~-1994~~)

! Peak<br />position

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|align="left"|US [[Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')

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|align="left"|US [[Cash Box Top 100 Pop Singles|''Cash Box'' Top 100]]<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/90s/1993/CB-1993-07-03.pdf|title=Top 100 Pop Singles|magazine=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]|volume=LVI|issue=43|date=July 3, 1993|page=12|access-date=April 20, 2024}}</ref>

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|US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite ~~web~~magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1993/hot-r-and-and-b-hip-hop-songs|title=Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 1993|~~work~~magazine=Billboard|access-date=July 6, 2021}}</ref>

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==Certifications==

{{Certification Table Top}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Dr. Dre|title=Dre Day|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=1993|certyear=1993|salesamount=800,000|salesref=<ref>{{cite ~~journal~~magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FwgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA73 |title=Best-Selling Records of 1993 |~~journal~~magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=BPI Communications|date=January 15, 1994 |access-date=May 4, 2015 |page=73 |issn=0006-2510|volume=106|number=3}}</ref>}}

{{table end}}

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