Regulate (song)

Infobox Single
Name = Regulate


Artist = Warren G. & Nate Dogg
from Album = Regulate...G Funk Era & Above the Rim soundtrack
B-side =
Released = April 28 1994
Format = 7" single, 12" single, CD single
Recorded =
Genre = G-Funk
Length = 4:11
Label = Def Jam / Death Row Records
Writer = Nate Dogg, Warren G.
Producer = Warren G.
Certification = Platinum
Misc = Extra chronology
Artist = Warren G.
Type = singles
Last single = "Do You See"
1994
This single = "Regulate"
1994
Next single = "This D.J."
1994Extra chronology
Artist = Nate Dogg
Type = singles
Last single = "Indo Smoke" by Mista Grimm
1993
This single = "Regulate"
1994
Next single = "One More Day"
1994

"Regulate" is a 1994 song performed by Warren G. and Nate Dogg. Released in the summer of 1994, the track appears on the soundtrack to the film "Above the Rim" and later Warren G.'s album "Regulate...G Funk Era". Supported by heavy radio airplay and MTV, the song reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and is considered the breakout single for both artists. The music samples "Sign of the Times" by Bob James and Michael McDonald's hit "I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near)", and also features dialogue spoken by Casey Siemaszko's character in the 1988 film "Young Guns". One particular line is sampled from Dr Dre's 1992 hit single "Let Me Ride" ("...would you just let me ride?").

The song tells a story in which Warren G., while looking for some "skirts" (women), is mugged in Long Beach, California. Nate Dogg is trying to find Warren G. at the same time, and when he finds that Warren G. is getting mugged, he kills the people mugging him. The two then look for women together, whom they eventually find.

The term regulate means to lay down the law by using force, or to return things to their normal status. The goal of a regulator is to eliminate an overly dramatic or dangerous situation. The song popularized the term "Regulators! mount up" which is now often said by Dog the Bounty Hunter, which is a line taken from the movie Young Guns (the first 3 lines heard in the song are sampled from the movie).

The music video featured scenes from the movie Above the Rim including an appearance by star rapper Tupac Shakur.

The writing of the song forms the basis for the episode "I Keep Forgettin'" of the spoof show "Yacht Rock".

Credits

*Video Director - Cameron Casey
*Cinematographer - Giorgio Scali
*Guitar - Andreas Straub
*Keyboards - Greg Geitzenauer
*Remix - Marcus McAdam

Recorded and mixed at Track Record, Inc. in North Hollywood, CA by Greg Geitzenauer. Additional recording at G-Child Studio in Long Beach, CA

Published by Suge Publishing/Warren G. Publishing, ASCAP.Warren G. appears courtesy of Violator Records/RAL/Chaos

Awards & nominations

1995 MTV Movie Awards
*Best Movie Song — "Regulate" by Warren G. & Nate Dogg (nominated)1995 Grammy Awards
*Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group - "Regulate" by Warren G. and Nate Dogg (nominated)

Remixes

*Jadakiss used the beat and teamed up with Nate Dogg in his song "Kiss Is Spittin'" from his album "Kiss tha Game Goodbye".