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"I Made It (Cash Money Heroes)" 
Single by Kevin Rudolf featuring Birdman, Jay Sean and Lil Wayne from the album To the Sky Released February 2, 2010 Format Digital download Recorded 2009 Genre Rap, rap rock, pop Length 4:50 (original version)
4:11 (album version)Label Cash Money, Universal Republic Writer(s) K. Rudolf, K. Jhooti, B. Williams, D. Carter, J. Skaller Producer Kevin Rudolf Certification Platinum (RIAA) Kevin Rudolf singles chronology "Shooting Star (Party Rock Remix)"
(2009)"I Made It (Cash Money Heroes)"
(2010)"You Make the Rain Fall"
(2010)Birdman chronology "4 My Town (Play Ball)"
(2009)"I Made It (Cash Money Heroes)"
(2010)"Loyalty"
(2010)Jay Sean chronology "Do You Remember"
(2009)"I Made It (Cash Money Heroes)"
(2010)"Each Tear"
(2010)Lil Wayne chronology "Drop the World"
(2009)"I Made It (Cash Money Heroes)"
(2010)"Roger That"
(2010)"I Made It (Cash Money Heroes)" is the first single off Kevin Rudolf's second studio album To the Sky. The single features fellow Cash Money artists Birdman, Jay Sean and Lil Wayne and was released on iTunes on February 2, 2010. A new, shorter version was later released and replaced the original version on iTunes. This version is the album version.
Contents
Background
The song is essentially about overcoming all obstacles to achieve one's dreams.
Each artist mentions a previous hit of theirs. In Kevin Rudolf's verse he references "Let It Rock", Birdman references "Always Strapped", Jay Sean references "Down" and Lil Wayne references "Drop the World". Rudolf also references the album title that the song is from, To the Sky.
Music video
The music video debuted on March 18, 2010 on BET, although it had been on YouTube since February 25. The video has many clips from videos by Rudolf, Birdman and Lil Wayne including:
- "Neck of the Woods" by Birdman
- "Lollipop" by Lil Wayne
- "Let It Rock" by Kevin Rudolf
- "Pop Bottles" by Birdman
- "Get Your Shine On" by Birdman
- "Get Off the Corner" by Lil Wayne
It also has home videos of all the artists when they were younger and live performance footage of the artists.
Chart performance
On February 11, 2010 it debuted on the United States Billboard Hot 100 at #59 and climbed to peak at #21. It also reached #17 on the Pop Songs. In Canada, it debuted at #71 on the Canadian Hot 100 and has reached #44.[1] On the issue dated April 5, 2010, the song debuted at number four in Australia, marking the second top-five hit for Rudolf on the ARIA Singles Chart.[2]
"I Made It" began climbing the UK Singles Chart in April 2010, reaching #68 on 2 May 2010. The following week, the single climbed to #37, marking Kevin Rudolf's second Top 40 single in the UK.
Chart (2010) Peak
positionAustralian Singles Chart[2] 4 Canadian Hot 100 44 New Zealand Singles Chart[3] 4 UK Singles Chart[4] 37 UK R&B Chart 15 US Billboard Hot 100 21 US Billboard Pop Songs 17 Year-end charts
Chart (2010) Position Australian Singles Chart[5] 65 U.S. Billboard Hot 100[6] 80 Certifications
Country Certification United States Platinum[7] Australia Platinum[8] In other media
In 2010, "I Made It (Cash Money Heroes)" was used as the official theme song for the WWE pay-per-view WrestleMania XXVI,[9] promos for the 2010 US Open, and the Madden NFL 11 trailer. Also, snooker player Judd Trump used this as his intro music in the 2011 World Snooker Championship.
References
- ^ "I Made It (Cash Money Heroes)". Billboard charts. http://www.billboard.com/song/kevin-rudolf-featuring-birdman-jay-sean/i-made-it-cash-money-heroes/17832021#/song/kevin-rudolf-featuring-birdman-jay-sean/i-made-it-cash-money-heroes/17832021/. Retrieved 2010-03-25.
- ^ a b "Australia Singles Top 50". Australian Recording Industry Association. (acharts.us). April 5, 2010. http://acharts.us/australia_singles_top_50/2010/14. Retrieved 2010-04-04.
- ^ "Kevin Rudolf feat. Birdman, Jay Sean and Lil Wayne - I Made It (Cash Money Heroes)". charts.org.nz. http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Kevin+Rudolf+feat.+Birdman%2C+Jay+Sean+And+Lil+Wayne&titel=I+Made+It+%28Cash+Money+Heroes%29&cat=s. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
- ^ http://acharts.us/uk_singles_top_75/2010/18
- ^ "ARIA Charts – End Of Year Charts – Top 100 Singles 2010". Australian Recording Industry Association. http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-singles-2010.htm. Retrieved 2011-01-08.
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/#/charts-year-end/hot-100-songs?year=2010&begin=71&order=position
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- ^ "WrestleMania: "I Made It" by Kevin Rudolf is the official theme song of WrestleMania". World Wrestling Entertainment. 2010-02-11. http://www.wwe.com/content/media/video/vms/wrestlemania/2010/february8-14/13491124. Retrieved 2010-02-12.
External links
Albums In the City · To the SkySingles Featured singles "Shooting Star" · "Just Say So"Tours Let It Rock TourRelated articles Studio albums Collaboration albums Like Father, Like Son · Like Father, Like Son 2 · The HSingles "Do That" · "What Happened to That Boy" · "Baby You Can Do It" · "Get Your Shine On" · "Neck of the Woods" · "Stuntin' Like My Daddy" · "Leather So Soft" · "Know What I'm Doin'" · "You Ain't Know" · "Pop Bottles" · "100 Million" · "I Run This" · "Always Strapped" · "Written on Her" · "Money to Blow" · "4 My Town (Play Ball)" · "Loyalty" · "Fire Flame" · "I Get Money" · "Y.U. Mad"Featured singles "Bling Bling" · "Bigger Business" · "Hell Yeah" · "Hell Yeah" · "Let's Get Down" · "Bounce Back" · "Tuck Ya Ice" · "We Takin' Over" · "I'm So Hood (Remix)" · "Haterz" · "Big Baller" · "Sun Come Up" · "Go" · "I Made It (Cash Money Heroes)" · "Welcome to My Hood (Remix)"Related articles - Discography
- Awards and nominations
Studio albums - Me Against Myself
- My Own Way
- All or Nothing
- Freeze Time
Singles Featured singles - "Dance with You (Nachna Tere Naal)"
- "Written on Her"
- "I Made It (Cash Money Heroes)"
- "Each Tear"
- "Every Little Part of Me"
- "What Happened to Us"
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- Songs written by Lil Wayne
- WrestleMania themes
- Songs written by Jay Sean
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