No Sleep (Wiz Khalifa song)

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"No Sleep"
File:Wiz Khalifa - No Sleep.jpg
Single by Wiz Khalifa
from the album Rolling Papers
Released March 22, 2011 (2011-03-22)
Format Digital download
Genre Pop rap,[1] alternative hip hop
Length 3:11
Label Rostrum, Atlantic
Writer(s) Cameron Thomaz, Benjamin Levin
Producer(s) Benny Blanco
Certification 2x Platinum (RIAA)
Wiz Khalifa singles chronology
"Oh My"
(2011)
"No Sleep"
(2011)
"5 O'Clock"
(2011)

"No Sleep" is a song by American rapper Wiz Khalifa, released as the fourth official single from his debut major-label studio album, Rolling Papers. The track features production from Benny Blanco, and was written by Cameron Thomaz and Benjamin Levin. The song was released as a single on August 9, 2011. The song debuted, and peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Wiz Khalifa's third-highest charting song as a solo artist behind "Black and Yellow" and "See You Again".

Track listing

  • Digital download[2]
  1. "No Sleep" – 3:11

Music video

A music video for "No Sleep" was released on August 12, 2011.[3] The video was directed by Colin Tilley[4] and features cameo appearances by fellow Pittsburgh-rapper Mac Miller, Wiz Khalifa's Taylor Gang mate Chevy Woods, and his ex-girlfriend, video model Amber Rose.

Charts

"No Sleep" debuted at number six on April 9, 2011 on the Billboard Hot 100. It re-entered the Hot 100 on August 27, 2011 at number 98 following the music video's and the single's release, and since reached number 70.

Chart (2011) Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[5] 64
Czech Republic (Rádio Top 100)[6] 76
France (SNEP)[7] 80
US Billboard Hot 100[8] 6
US Pop Songs (Billboard)[9] 36
US Rap Songs (Billboard) [10] 23

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
United States (RIAA)[11] 2× Platinum 2,000,000

^shipments figures based on certification alone

Release history

Country Date Format Label
United States March 22, 2011 Digital download Atlantic Records
United Kingdom September 19, 2011

References

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  5. "Wiz Khalifa – Chart history" Canadian Hot 100 for Wiz Khalifa. Retrieved 2011-05-26.
  6. "ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 201120 into search.
  7. "Lescharts.com – Wiz Khalifa – No Sleep" (in French). Les classement single.
  8. "Wiz Khalifa – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Wiz Khalifa. Retrieved 2011-02-09.
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