Victory (Puff Daddy song)

Infobox Single
Name = Victory


Artist = Puff Daddy featuring The Notorious B.I.G. and Busta Rhymes
from Album = No Way Out
Released = 1998
Recorded = 1997
Genre = Rap
Length = 4:55
Label = Bad Boy/Arista
Written by = Sean "Puffy" Combs, Christopher Wallace, Jason Phillips, Steven Jordan, Trevor Smith, Bill Conti
Producer = Sean Combs & Steven "Stevie J" Jordan for The Hitmen
Certification =
Misc = Extra chronology 2
Artist = Puff Daddy
Type = singles
Last single = "Been Around the World"
(1997)
This single = "Victory"
(1998)
Next single = "Come with Me"
(1998)"Victory" is a song by Puff Daddy, and the song is mainly a bragging song, with mafiaso style lyrics, as was popular at the time. It features The Notorious B.I.G, who raps two verses, and Busta Rhymes, who sings the song's chorus. The song also heavily sampled the Bill Conti song "Going the Distance", which featured on the soundtrack to the movie "Rocky" making it a darker start to a rap album that featured many (at the time) club-standard singles. The song was released as a single in 1998, peaking at number nineteen on the Billboard Hot 100.

Music video

The epic music video for the song was directed by Marcus Nispel (although he was supposed to remain anonymous at the time of premiere) and was more or less a direct homage to the "The Running Man". The almost eight-minute-long video featured cameos from Dennis Hopper as a New World Order dictator ("President Victor Castiglione") and Danny DeVito as a live action reporter. Tamara Beckwith was also in the video.

Sean Combs' character (known as "Contestant #5" or codename "PD") runs through the dark streets of the year 3002 A.D., chased by armed gestapo-esque forces of Chase TV. At one point, Contestant #5 is cornered on a rooftop, where he decides to leap off instead of submitting to the armed troops.

Footage from Biggie's "One More Chance" video was used in "ghost" images, representing a flashback for Sean Comb's character. Busta Rhymes, dressed in black feathers, raps atop a gargoyle that overlooks the chase scenes. The production costs ran upwards of $2,700,000. [ [http://www.soyouwanna.com/site/toptens/musicvideos/musicvideos3.html Soyouwanna.com - Ten most expensive music videos] ] It is listed as one of the most expensive music videos ever made.

Track listing

"Victory (Remixes)" [http://www.discogs.com/release/317652]
#Victory (Album Version) (4:58)
#Victory (Nine Inch Nails Remix) (5:33)
*Producer, Featuring - Trent Reznor
*Remix - Nine Inch Nails
#

Victory (Drama Mix) (4:58)
*Vocals - Ron Grant, Terri Hawkins
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Bad Boy's "Been Around The World" (Remix) (5:30)
*Co-remix - Jay Garfield
*Featuring - Mase
*Producer - Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie , Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence
*Remix - Nashiem Myrick
*Vocals - Carl Thomas

References