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Pop Ya Collar

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"Pop Ya Collar"
SinglebyUsher
from the album8701(international edition)
ReleasedOctober 17, 2000(2000-10-17)
Length3:40
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs
Ushersingles chronology
"Bedtime"
(1999) 		"Pop Ya Collar"
(2000) 		"U Remind Me"
(2001)

"Pop Ya Collar"is a single by American recording artistUsher,released to US radio on October 17, 2000. It was written by himself,Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs,andKandi Burruss.The song was produced for his cancelled thirdstudio albumAll About U.The project was abandoned following the leak of the song and several other tracks onto online music storeNapster,several months prior to its release of October 31, 2000. The song was instead later included on non-US editions of his official third studio album,8701.

"Pop Ya Collar" peaked at number 60 on the USBillboardHot 100chart, remaining on the chart for seven weeks. The song was a top-three hit on theUK Singles Chart,peaking at number two in January 2001. It also reached the top 40 in several other territories, including Australia, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Switzerland.

Background

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Usherhad initially planned to releaseAll About Uas his third studio album on October 31, 2000. The album was to follow his commercially successful and breakthrough 1997 album,My Way,which by August 7, 2001, had sold over seven million copies.[1][2]On March 13, 2001, multiple tracks from the album had leaked on to online music storeNapsterseveral months prior to its release, including "T.T.P.", "U R the One" and "Pop Ya Collar".[1]Following the event, the album's release was delayed twice, on December 5, 2000, and July 17, 2001.[1]During the taping ofMTV IconJanet Jacksonspecial, Usher explained that he returned to the studios to record new songs, stating "I didn't want that to be the way my record was remembered or the way I would present that to myfans"while adding that tracks that were available fordownloadon the site were not going to be included on the new album.[1]With new tracks produced, the new album, under the title8701,was released on August 7, 2001, byArista Records.[3][4]

Release

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"Pop Ya Collar" was released from Usher's previously intended third studio albumAll About Uas the first single. Following the song's leak on online music store Napster, along with several other tracks, it was added to some editions of8701.Instead, "U Remind Me" was released as the first official single from Usher's8701.[3]"Pop Ya Collar" was serviced to various US radio formats on October 17, 2000.[5]It was written by Usher,Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs,andKandi Burrussand was produced by Briggs.[6]

Track listings

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Charts

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Certifications

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Certifications and sales for "Pop Ya Collar"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[33] Silver 200,000‡

‡Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

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Release history and formats for "Pop Ya Collar"
Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United States October 17, 2000
[5]
Sweden January 22, 2001 CD
  • Arista
  • LaFace
  • BMG
 [34]
United Kingdom
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
 [35]
Australia March 12, 2001 CD [36]

References

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