Temptations (song)

Infobox Single
Name = Temptations


Caption =
Artist = 2Pac
from Album = Me Against the World
Released = August 29, 1995
Format = CD single, Cassette single
Recorded = 1994
Genre = Rap
Length = 5:00
Label = Interscope
Writer = T. Shakur
G. Clinton
O. Harvey Jr.
S. Murdock
G. Shider
D. Spradley
R. Troutman
L. Troutman
Producer = Easy Mo Bee
Chart position =

• #68 (US)

Last single = "So Many Tears"
(1995)
This single = "Temptations"
(1995)
Next single = "California Love"
(1996)"Temptations" is the name of a song by rapper Tupac Shakur. It was released as the third single of his third album "Me Against the World". The song was produced by Easy Mo Bee. The song was moderately successful in the United States, peaking at number 68 on the Billboard Hot 100. The music video featured cameos from fellow West Coast rappers, Ice-T, Coolio, B-Real, and Warren G, as well as Salt-N-Pepa, Treach, Bill Bellamy, and Jada Pinkett Smith. Tupac couldn't be in the video for the song because he was incarcerated. The song peaked at #13 on the U.S. Rap chart, #35 on the U.S. Hip Hop/R&B chart and #68 on the Billboard Hot 100.

"Temptations" was included on 2Pac's "Greatest Hits" album in 1998.

It samples "Sing a Simple Song" by Sly & the Family Stone, "Watch Yo Nuggets" by Redman and "Computer Love" by Zapp. [http://www.the-breaks.com/search.php?term=Temptations&type=7]

Track listing

A-Side

*A1 "Temptations" (Clean Radio Edit) (4:27)
*A2 "Temptations" (Album Version) (5:00)
*A3 "Temptations" (Instrumental) (4:58)

B-Side

*B1 "Temptations" (Battlecat Hip Hop Mix) (5:07)
*B2 "Temptations" (Battlecat Club Mix) (5:46)
*B3 "Temptations" (Battlecat Club Mix Instrumental) (5:03)