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"Keep Their Heads Ringin'"
Single by Dr. Dre
from the album Friday (OST)
B-side(s)	"Take a Hit" by Mack 10
Released	1995
Format	12" single
Recorded	1995
Genre	Rap
Length	5:06
Label	Priority
Writer(s)	A. Brown G. Chisholm C. Cooks A. Young James E. Anderson S. Robinson S. Sneed
Producer(s)	Dr. Dre and Sam Sneed
Certification	Gold
Chart positions
#10 US #25 UK
Dr. Dre singles chronology
Natural Born Killaz (1995)	Keep Their Heads Ringin' (1995)	California Love (1995)

"Keep Their Heads Ringin'" is the name of a single by Dr. Dre taken from the soundtrack of the movie Friday. Although the album was released on Priority Records, Death Row Records still owns the masters to the song. The song peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was certified gold by the RIAA on May 10, 1995 for indivdual sales of over 500,000. It also reached number one on the Hot Rap Tracks in the United States. It samples "Funk You Up" by The Sequence from their 1980 single released under Sugar Hill. The song also appears on Death Row Greatest Hits released in 1996. The intro "Hey. Whatup? This is Dr. Dre. The party is going on. Thank God, it's Friday." is done by Dr. Dre while the intro continues with the music on with KRS-One saying his trademark shout "Buck, buck, buck".

Contents 1 Credits 2 Trivia 3 Music video 4 Charts

• Co-producer - Sam Sneed
• Engineer - Tom Daugherty and Keston Wright
• Keyboards - Stu "Fingas" Bullard
• Producer - Dr. Dre
• Chorus Rap - KRS-One
• Lead vocals - Nancy Fletcher
• Vocals - Barbara Wilson , Dorothy Coleman
• Video director - F. Gary Gray
• Actors - Chris Tucker

Dr. Dre appears courtesy of Death Row Records/Interscope Records.

There is an alternate version of the song that can be found on Death Row Greatest Hits, where Dr. Dre uses the line:

Just chill, listen to the beats I spill
I use Crest, so ain't no cavity creeps in my grill

Instead of the more mainstream version of:

Just chill, listen to the beats I spill
Keepin' it real, enables me to make another meal

The music video was directed by F. Gary Gray and takes place in a plane hangar, in a Boeing 747, with Dr. Dre, and his crew taking over air control. It features cast members from Friday including Chris Tucker, Faizon Love, and Nia Long, to name a few. It ends with Chris Tucker and Faizon Love taking the plane and flying away from the police. Chris Tucker says "I'm on probation, I can't go back to jail" referring to the character Smokey who was having trouble with the law in Friday.

Chart	Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	# 10
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	# 10
Hot Rap Singles
Hot Dance Music/Club Play	# 4
Rhythmic Top 40	# 13
UK Top 75	# 25
UK Top 40 R`n`B	# 39
Germany Top 100	# 23
Eurochart Hot 100	# 37

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Discography
Albums
Solo albums: The Chronic • 2001 • Detox
N.W.A. albums: N.W.A. and the Posse • Straight Outta Compton • 100 Miles and Runnin' • Efil4zaggin
Singles
Mainstream singles: "Deep Cover" • "Nuthin' but a "G" Thang" • "Fuck Wit Dre Day" • "Let Me Ride" • "Lil Ghetto Boy" • "Natural Born Killaz" • "Keep Their Heads Ringin'" • "Been There, Done That" • "East Coast/West Coast Killas" • "Zoom" • "Fuck You" • "Still D.R.E." • "Forgot About Dre" • "The Next Episode" • "Put It On Me" • "Bad Intentions" • "The Wash"
Featured songs: "Funky Flute" • "We're All In The Same Gang" • "California Love" • "No Diggity" • "Puppet Master" • "Ghetto Fabulous" • "Guilty Conscience" • "U Know" • "Chin Check" • "Hello" • "Just Be A Man About It" • "Fast Lane" • "The Knoc" • "Symphony In X Major" • "Encore" • "Imagine"
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