Daydreamin' (Lupe Fiasco song)

"Daydreamin'" is the third single taken from Lupe Fiasco's album Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor (2006) and features soul singer Jill Scott. The single is based on a sample of "Daydream in Blue" by I Monster, a song that samples "Daydream" by Gunter Kallman Choir (which in itself is a cover, the original being written by The Wallace Collection). The song's lyrics are a critique of pop culture, especially of the current state of hip hop music.

The song was released in the UK and US on September 11, 2006; however, a download-only version was available one week earlier and charted at #46 (without any physical sales).

In 2008 "Daydreamin'" won the Grammy Award for Best Urban/Alternative Performance. It was ranked the best rap song of 2006 by many publications.

This song was also featured in an AT&T commercial during May 2008 for a Samsung phone.

Music video

A music video was created for the song; it shows Lupe Fiasco at a record store, where he meets and befriends a robot. Jill Scott is shown in a video projected on the wall, singing with a flower in her hair in a manner reminiscent of Billie Holiday.

Remixes

Young Buck did a freestyle remix over the instrumental to this song, and is the first track, featured on G-Unit Radio Pt. 24: The Clean Up Man.

Chamillionaire made a remix on his Mixtape Messiah 7.

Track listings

• CD: 1

1. "Daydreamin'" (featuring Jill Scott)
2. "Kick, Push" (remix) (featuring Pharrell)

• CD: 2

1. "Daydreamin'" (featuring Jill Scott)
2. "Kick, Push" (remix) (featuring Pharrell)
3. "Daydreamin'" (Video)

• 12" Vinyl

1. "Daydreamin'" (radio edit) (featuring Jill Scott)
2. "Daydreamin'" (instrumental)
3. "Daydreamin'" (album version) (featuring Jill Scott)
4. "Theme Music to a Drive-By"

Charts

The song was not a major success on the Billboard charts, but it did begin to pick up steam on the digital download charts, peaking at #26 on the iTunes hip-hop/rap charts and #32 on the Amazon hip-hop/rap charts as of May 1, 2008.

Chart (2006)	Peak position
Australian Singles Chart	40
Denmark Airplay (Tracklisten)	1
UK Singles Chart	25
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)	63

External links

• "Daydreamin'" (Feat. Jill Scott) (Live at Raymann in the Netherlands)
• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics