Bartender (T-Pain song)

"Bartender" is a song by American singer T-Pain featuring Senegalese-American singer Akon, released as the second single from the former's second album, Epiphany. The song debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on the issue date of June 16, 2007, at number 97 and peaked at number 5 on September 22, 2007, making it T-Pain's fourth consecutive top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 as well as Akon's ninth top 10 hit on the same chart. In 2008, the song was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group.

"Bartender"
Single by T-Pain featuring Akon
from the album Epiphany
Released	June 5, 2007
Recorded	2007
Genre	R&B
Length	3:58
Label	Nappy Boy Konvict Jive
Songwriter(s)	Faheem Najm Aliaune Thiam
Producer(s)	T-Pain
T-Pain singles chronology
"Know What I'm Doin'" (2006) "Bartender" (2007) "Shawty" (2007)
Akon singles chronology
"Mama Africa" (2007) "Bartender" (2007) "9mm" (2007)
Music video
"Bartender" on YouTube

Music video

The video, directed by Erik White, premiered on Yahoo! Music on June 13, 2007, as the Bonus Video. It features T-Pain dancing in front of a bar and flirting with the "bartender". BET's Access Granted also premiered the video on June 13, 2007. The video was filmed at the Fever Nightclub in Atlanta, Georgia.^[1]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2007)	Peak position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[2]	46
Canada CHR/Top 40 (Billboard)[3]	13
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[4]	1
UK Singles (OCC)[5]	104
US Billboard Hot 100[6]	5
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[7]	9
US Pop Airplay (Billboard)[8]	9
US Rhythmic (Billboard)[9]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (2007)	Position
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[10]	5
US Billboard Hot 100[11]	33
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[12]	51
US Rhythmic (Billboard)[13]	2

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
New Zealand (RMNZ)[14]	4× Platinum	120,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[15]	Silver	200,000‡
United States (RIAA)[16]	4× Platinum	4,000,000‡
United States (RIAA)[17] Mastertone	Platinum	1,000,000*
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Remixes

There are remixes featuring The-Dream, Chingy and Trae.

See also

"I Love U" - a song by The Chainsmokers from the album So Far So Good which contains interpolations of this song.