The Way I Are by Timbaland

The Way I Are is the second single coming off of Timbaland's second album, Timbaland Presents Shock Value. This song features Keri Hilson, and some versions will feature rapper D.O.E. It was released in May of 2007 to the United States. This song has been certified as platinum by the ARIA and gold by the RIANZ. Produced by Timbaland and Danja, there are three different lengths. The album version lasts 2:59, the radio edit lasts 3:20, and the extended version lasts 3:34. This song is played in a McDonald's commercial. It was also featured on Dancing with the Stars in a dance routine. It has been included on all console versions of NBA Live 08.

The music video, which was directed by Shane Drake, was shot in Salford of Greater Manchester, UK. It was shot on May 18. The video includes an extra verse, in which Timbaland's brother Sebastian raps. The video premiered on June 15 on the German music television channel VIVA. Three English freestyle football players are shown during the video playing with a soccer ball. The video has had over sixty million YouTube views.

This song has done fairly well on the charts. It debuted on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 at number seventy-eight. Two weeks later, it had climbed up to spot number forty. It was able to peak at spot number three. It spent nineteen straight weeks in the top ten of the Hot 100 chart. It was also able to hold the top spot of the U.S. Billboard Pop 100, in which it spent three straight weeks on top.

The Way I Are was able to find much success worldwide. It reached the top of the charts in many international charts. It reached number one status in the Australian Singles Chart, Canadian Hot 100, Danish Top 20, Serbian Singles Chart, European Hot 100, Irish Singles Chart, Israeli Singles Chart, Norway Singles Top 20, Turkey Top 20, and the UK Singles Chart. It did make it up to spot number two on the French Singles Chart, New Zealand Singles Chart, and on the Sweden Top 60. It made it to the peak spot of three on the Dutch Top 40 and the Swiss Singles Top 40. Other chart performances were a peak position of fourth on the Austria Singles Top 75 and Finnish Singles Chart, fifth on the German Top 100, and seventh on the Italian Singles Chart.

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