Triumph (Wu-Tang Clan song)

Infobox Single
Name = Triumph


Artist = Wu-Tang Clan
from Album = Wu-Tang Forever
Released = 1997
Format = 12" single, CD single
Recorded =
Genre = Hip hop
Length = 5:38
Label = Loud Records
Writer = Wu-Tang Clan
Producer = RZA
Chart position =
[ Reviews = ] *
Last single = "Can It Be All So Simple"
(1994)
This single = "Triumph"
(1997)
Next single = "It's Yourz"
(1997)

"Triumph" is a single released by Wu-Tang Clan, from their 1997 album "Wu-Tang Forever". Unusually for a single, the song does not have a chorus. Instead, it solely consists of verses from eight of the nine Wu-Tang members and Cappadonna, as well as an intro by Ol' Dirty Bastard. It is considered one of hip-hop's most famous posse cuts.Fact|date=November 2007

When RZA spoke in an 2005 interview about having the whole clan work together, he mentioned:

cquote | ...I did "Triumph" ....radio and video stations was telling me it was too long... ..I had to edit it.. ..I told them... ...take it as is... ..or they wont get nothing, feel me? ...Next thing you know, we did the impossible: We got a 6 minute song on the radio... 6 minutes man, that's serious, its unheard of.. ...a 6 minute video... [http://wuforever.com/index.php?name=Sections&req=viewarticle&artid=64&page=1]

Video

The video for the song proved to be very popular. It was directed by "Rush Hour" director Brett Ratner. The video begins with a fictional breaking news bulletin alerting of a massive swarm of Killer Bees converging on Manhattan via New York City's four other boroughs, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx and the Wu's native Staten Island. The news anchorwoman then goes on to reveal that none other than Ol' Dirty Bastard is atop a Manhattan skyscraper surrounded by police helicopters and police with guns drawn, ready to jump and with his finger on a detonator to what is assumed to be a bomb. The anchorwoman then mentions that there just may be a connection between these two seemingly coincidental events.

ong order

* Intro: Ol' Dirty Bastard
* First verse: Inspectah Deck
* Second verse: Method Man
* Third verse: Cappadonna
* (ODB appears again for a small intro to U-God's verse)
* Fourth verse: U-God
* Fifth verse: RZA
* Sixth verse: GZA
* Seventh verse: Masta Killa
* Eighth verse: Ghostface Killah
* Ninth verse: Raekwon

Track listing

US release

*A1 "Triumph" (Radio Edit) (5:38)
*A2 "Triumph" (Instrumental) (5:38)
*B1 "Triumph" (LP Version) (5:38)

European release

*A1 "Triumph" (5:38)
*A2 "Triumph" (Clean Version) (5:37)
*B1 "Projects International Remix" (4:00)
*B2 "Triumph" (Instrumental) (5:38)