I worked on what I call "drops" – points in the record where it feels different, to break the monotony and make it a little more interesting." Remixes and other versions We thought really carefully about the record, what touches people and will get people's attention – so we added references of his kin and kith sending him magazines, money-orders, to visit him, ask where his lawyer is, accept his phone calls and ask "where're my niggaz on lockdown." The song was designed a breakout hit for Akon, something that could shape the future of his personal life and widely successful musical career. I thought that was the place for us to start to get a fan-base, knowing that weight. In an interview for HitQuarters, he claimed: "Locked Up" is a street record. Outside of the United States, "Locked Up" peaked within the top 10 of the charts in Ireland and the United Kingdom and the top 20 of the charts in France, Germany, Spain, and Switzerland.Īlthough it was widely regarded that " Lonely" offered the album's best option in terms of commercial breakthrough and lead single as well as first single, SRC A&R and producer Knobody chose "Locked Up" as the first and lead single because he wanted to break Akon in the streets first, and then cross-over. The single was released in the United States on April 5, 2004, peaking at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100.
" Locked Up" is a song by Senegalese-American singer Akon, taken as the lead single from his debut album, Trouble (2004).
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