| "Day Dreaming" | ||||
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| Single by DJ Drama featuring Akon, Snoop Dogg and T.I. | ||||
| from the album Gangsta Grillz: The Album (Vol. 2) | ||||
| Released | January 27, 2009 February 9, 2009 (iTunes) | |||
| Recorded | 2008 | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 4:51 3:46 (radio edit) | |||
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| Producer | Drumma Boy | |||
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"Day Dreaming" is a song by American hip hop artist DJ Drama. The song serves as the lead single from his second studio album Gangsta Grillz:The Album (Vol. 2) . The hip hop song,produced by Drumma Boy,features guest vocals from American singer Akon,as well as American rappers Snoop Dogg and T.I. [1] The song was released onto iTunes on February 9,2009. [2] Originally,the song was meant for Akon's album Freedom ,under the title "Go Go Dancer". The song peaked at #33 in New Zealand and #59 in Sweden,becoming DJ Drama's only entry in those countries.
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In the song,Akon makes a reference to the "Shirley Temple",a non-alcoholic cocktail (mocktail) named after the former child actress and diplomat;Akon claimed in an interview that he subsisted on Shirley Temples in lieu of alcoholic drinks as he is otherwise forbidden from drinking them as a devout Muslim and a teetotaller. [3]
