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	{{Infobox ~~Single~~		{{Infobox song
	\| ~~Name~~ = Laffy Taffy		\| name = Laffy Taffy
	\| ~~Cover~~ = Laffy_Taffy.jpg		\| cover = Laffy_Taffy.jpg
	\| ~~Artist~~ = ]		\| alt =
			\| type = single
	\| from Album = ] (])
	\| ~~Released~~ = ], ]		\| artist = ]
			\| album = ]
	\| Format = ]
			\| released = {{Start date\|2005\|10\|18}}
	\| Recorded = 2005 in ]
			\| recorded = 2005
	\| Genre = ]
			\| studio = ] <br /> {{small\|(])}}
	\| Length = 3:44
			\| venue =
	\| Label = ]/]
			\| genre = ]<ref name="nytimes.com">{{cite news\| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/12/arts/music/12sann.html \| work = The New York Times \| title = 'Laffy Taffy': So Light, So Sugary, So Downloadable \| first = Kelefa \| last = Sanneh \| date = January 12, 2006 \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180701165351/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/12/arts/music/laffy-taffy-so-light-so-sugary-so-downloadable.html \| archive-date = 2018-07-01 \| url-status = unfit }}</ref>
	\| Writer = ], ], ], ]
			\| length = {{Duration\|m=3\|s=44}}
	\| Producer = ]
			\| label = ]
	\| Chart position = <ul>
			\| writer = ], Adrian Parks, Dennis Butler, Cory Way, Broderick Thompson Smith, Michael Johnson
	<li>#1 <small>(])</small></li>
	\| ~~Reviews~~ =		\| producer = K-Rab
	\| ~~Last single~~ =		\| prev_title =
			\| prev_year =
	\| This single = ''"Laffy Taffy"'' (])
	\| ~~Next single~~ = '']~~'' (])~~		\| next_title = ]
			\| next_year = 2006
	}}		}}

			"'''Laffy Taffy'''" is a 2005 song by Atlanta-based ] group ] which reached number one on the ] in January 2006. The song's success on the charts was largely due to its enormous online sales. The music video version of the song samples and interpolates elements of "]" by ], whereas the CD single version of the song excludes the sampling. The song was produced by Born Immaculate, Broderick Thompson Smith and "K-Rab", and the ] was directed by Thomas Forbes.

			== Criticism ==
	'''"Laffy Taffy"''' is a song by the Atlanta based ] group ], which reached number one on the ] in January 2006. The song's success on the charts was largely due to its enormous online sales.
			During "The Champ" from 2006's '']'', ] asks "My arts is crafty darts/ while y'all stuck on Laffy Taffy/Wondering, how'd y'all niggas get past me?" Ghostface had mocked the "snap dance" during his 2005 tour.<ref> {{webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205021221/http://www.perfectpeople.net/biography/2949/ghostface-killah.htm \|date=December 5, 2008 }}</ref> There has also been controversy on who wrote "Laffy Taffy". Rapper Liam "Smack Eyes" Thomas claims that the group had stolen the lyrics from his rhyme book.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.channelu.tv/default.asp?sec=1&artist=92\| title=D4L - Biography\|publisher=ViTV\|date=2007\|url-status=dead\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090219001618/http://www.channelu.tv/default.asp?sec=1&artist=92\|archivedate=2009-02-19 }}</ref>

	==Lyrical Meaning==
	There has been some debating as to the meaning of the phrase "Laffy Taffy". Many understand the term's meaning is that of a woman's ] because of its resemblance to "stretched out taffy" and is a term commonly used by men who attend ]. Women with larger labia minora lips are said to have "laffy taffy", a condition common amongst strippers and sex workers. The video is set in a strip club.

	==~~Criticism~~==		== Charts ==
			===Weekly charts===
	The song has been criticized for its sub par production and lyrics<ref>{{cite web
			{\|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
	\| last = Bozell
			\|+ Weekly chart performance for "Laffy Taffy"
	\| first = Brent
			!Chart (2005–2006)
	\| title = Rappers Play Dumb
			!Peak<br />position
	\| work = ParentsTV.org
	\| publisher = Parents Television Council
	\| date = ]
	\| url = http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/publications/lbbcolumns/2006/0126.asp
	\| accessdate = ]}}</ref>. It has been said that the rhythm section of the song is based on a ] drum machine{{who}}. Its very simplistic six-note keyboard melody, also said to be made with a Casio{{who}}, is a characteristic of a new sub-genre of ] called ].

	In "The Champ" from 2006's '']'', ] goes so far as using the song as symbolic of inauthentic, cheap hip-hop in the lyric, "Ya'll stuck on Laffy Taffy/Wonderin': how'd y'all niggas get past me?"

	==Chart positions==
	{\| align="center" class="wikitable"
	!align="left"\|Year
	!align="left"\|Chart
	!align="left"\|Position
	\|-		\|-
			! scope="row"\| Australia (])<ref name="ARIA">{{cite Ryan\|page=80}}</ref>
	\|align="left"\|2006
	\|align="~~left~~"\|~~Billboard Hot~~ ~~100~~		\| align="center"\| 53
	\|align="left"\|1
	\|-		\|-
			{{singlechart\|Germany\|61\|artist=D4L\|song=Laffy Taffy\|songid=162045\|rowheader=true}}
	\|align="left"\|2006
	\|align="left"\|Billboard Pop 100
	\|align="left"\|3
	\|-		\|-
			{{singlechart\|Ireland3\|48\|artist=D4L\|song=Laffy Taffy\|rowheader=true}}
	\|align="left"\|2005
	\|align="left"\|Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks
	\|align="left"\|15
	\|-		\|-
			{{singlechart\|New Zealand\|25\|artist=D4L\|song=Laffy Taffy\|rowheader=true}}
	\|align="left"\|2006
	\|align="left"\| Hot Digital Tracks <br> (Explicit Album Version)
	\|align="left"\|1
	\|-		\|-
			{{single chart\|Scotland\|31\|date=20060409\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=August 6, 2023}}
	\|align="left"\|2006
	\|align="left"\|Hot Rap Tracks
	\|align="left"\|6
	\|-		\|-
			{{single chart\|UK\|29\|date=20060409\|artist=D4L\|rowheader=true}}
	\|align="left"\|2006
			\|-
	\|align="left"\|Australian ARIA Charts
			{{single chart\|UKrandb\|6\|date=20060409\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=August 6, 2023}}
	\|align="left"\|53
			\|-
			{{single chart\|Billboardhot100\|1\|artist=D4L\|rowheader=true}}
			\|-
			{{single chart\|Billboardrandbhiphop\|15\|artist=D4L\|rowheader=true}}
			\|-
			{{single chart\|Billboardrapsongs\|6\|artist=D4L\|rowheader=true}}
			\|-
			{{single chart\|Billboardpopsongs\|14\|artist=D4L\|rowheader=true}}
	\|}		\|}

			===Year-end charts===
	{{start box}}
			{\|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
	{{succession box
			\|+ Year-end chart performance for "Laffy Taffy"
	\| before = "]" by ]
			!Chart (2006)
	\| title = ] ]
			!Position
	\| years = ] ]
			\|-
	\| after = "]" by ] featuring ], ] and ]
			!scope="row"\|UK Urban ('']'')<ref>{{cite magazine\|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/2007/Music-Week-2007-01-13.pdf\|title=2006 Urban Top 40\|magazine=]\|page=26\|date=January 13, 2007\|access-date=August 6, 2023\|archive-date=August 5, 2023\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230805122603/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/2007/Music-Week-2007-01-13.pdf\|url-status=live}}</ref>
	}}
			\|align="center"\|28
	{{end box}}
			\|-
	==References==
			!scope="row"\|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>{{cite magazine\|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2006/hot-100-songs\|title=Hot 100 Songs – Year-End 2006\|magazine=Billboard\|accessdate=January 23, 2020\|archive-date=June 13, 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613033217/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2006/hot-100-songs\|url-status=live}}</ref>
			\|style="text-align:center;"\|46
			\|-
			!scope="row"\|US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/2006/hot-r-and-and-b-hip-hop-songs-titles\|title=Year-End Charts – Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Titles – 2006\|website=Billboard.biz\|year=2006\|accessdate=September 23, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003173555/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/2006/hot-r-and-and-b-hip-hop-songs-titles\|archivedate=October 3, 2012}}</ref>
			\|style="text-align:center;"\|83
			\|}

			== Certifications ==
	==External links==
			{{Certification Table Top}}
	*
			{{Certification Table Entry\|region=United States\|type=single\|artist=D4L\|title=Laffy Taffy\|award=Gold\|relyear=2005\|certyear=2006}}
			{{Certification Table Entry\|region=United States\|type=ringtone\|artist=D4L\|title=Laffy Taffy\|award=Platinum\|number=3\|digital=true\|relyear=2005\|certyear=2009\|note=Mastertone}}
			{{Certification Table Bottom}}

			== See also ==
	*http://www.thahiphop.com/en/content/view/517/137/
			* ]

			{{Street dance}}
	]

			== References ==
			{{Reflist}}

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Latest revision as of 16:12, 13 December 2024

2005 single by D4L

"Laffy Taffy"

Single by D4L

from the album Down for Life

Released

October 18, 2005 (2005-10-18)

Recorded

2005

Studio

PatchWerk Recording Studios
(Atlanta, Georgia)

Genre

Snap

Length

3:44

Label

WEA

Songwriter(s)

Lafabian Williams, Adrian Parks, Dennis Butler, Cory Way, Broderick Thompson Smith, Michael Johnson

Producer(s)

K-Rab

D4L singles chronology

"Laffy Taffy"
(2005)

"Betcha Can't Do It Like Me"
(2006)

"Laffy Taffy" is a 2005 song by Atlanta-based hip hop group D4L which reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 2006. The song's success on the charts was largely due to its enormous online sales. The music video version of the song samples and interpolates elements of "Candy Girl" by New Edition, whereas the CD single version of the song excludes the sampling. The song was produced by Born Immaculate, Broderick Thompson Smith and "K-Rab", and the music video was directed by Thomas Forbes.

Criticism

During "The Champ" from 2006's Fishscale, Ghostface Killah asks "My arts is crafty darts/ while y'all stuck on Laffy Taffy/Wondering, how'd y'all niggas get past me?" Ghostface had mocked the "snap dance" during his 2005 tour. There has also been controversy on who wrote "Laffy Taffy". Rapper Liam "Smack Eyes" Thomas claims that the group had stolen the lyrics from his rhyme book.

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for "Laffy Taffy"
Chart (2005–2006)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)	53
Germany (GfK)	61
Ireland (IRMA)	48
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)	25
Scotland (OCC)	31
UK Singles (OCC)	29
UK Hip Hop/R&B (OCC)	6
US Billboard Hot 100	1
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)	15
US Hot Rap Songs (Billboard)	6
US Pop Airplay (Billboard)	14

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "Laffy Taffy"
Chart (2006)	Position
UK Urban (Music Week)	28
US Billboard Hot 100	46
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)	83

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)	Gold	500,000
United States (RIAA) Mastertone	3× Platinum	3,000,000
Sales figures based on certification alone. Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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Hip-hop	2 step Breakdancing Toprock Downrock Freezes Power moves Boogaloo Bird Walk Cabbage Patch Cat Daddy Chicken Noodle Soup Crank That Crip Walk Cupid Shuffle Dab Dougie Electric boogaloo Gangsta Walking Harlem shake John Wall Jerkin' Krumping Laffy Taffy Lean wit It, Rock wit It Locking Popping Robot Running man Shoulder Lean Stanky Legg Twerking Turfing Uprock Wop Wu-tang
House dance	Footwork Hustle Jacking Vogue
Rave dance	Electro dance Hakken Hard dance Industrial Jumpstyle Liquid and digits Melbourne shuffle Para Para Rebolation Wu-tang X-Outing
Jazz dance	Cakewalk Charleston Lindy Hop Swing Tap dance
Other	Air guitar Azonto Budots Capoeira Dancehall dances Flexing Folk dance Clogging Headbanging Grinding Moshing Moonwalk Novelty and fad dances Pantsula Pogo Salsa Gwoka Tango Waacking

References

Sanneh, Kelefa (January 12, 2006). "'Laffy Taffy': So Light, So Sugary, So Downloadable". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2018-07-01.
Archived December 5, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
"D4L - Biography". ViTV. 2007. Archived from the original on 2009-02-19.
Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 80.
"D4L – Laffy Taffy" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.
"Irish-charts.com – Discography D4L". Irish Singles Chart.
"D4L – Laffy Taffy". Top 40 Singles.
"Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
"Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
"Official Hip Hop and R&B Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
"D4L Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
"D4L Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard.
"D4L Chart History (Hot Rap Songs)". Billboard.
"D4L Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard.
"2006 Urban Top 40" (PDF). Music Week. January 13, 2007. p. 26. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 5, 2023. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
"Hot 100 Songs – Year-End 2006". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 13, 2018. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
"Year-End Charts – Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Titles – 2006". Billboard.biz. 2006. Archived from the original on October 3, 2012. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
"American single certifications – D4L – Laffy Taffy". Recording Industry Association of America.
"American ringtone certifications – D4L – Laffy Taffy". Recording Industry Association of America.

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