2004

Roses (Outkast)

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

Overview

Image from the music video.

"Roses" is a song by American hip hop duo OutKast. It was released in May 2004 as the third single from their 2003 double album Speakerboxxx/The Love Below. It appears on André 3000's The Love Below disc, and is the only track on his disc to feature Big Boi.

The track was largely popular in the United Kingdom and United States where it peaked at #4 on the UK Singles Chart and #9 on the Billboard Hot 100. It also had large popularity in Australia, reaching #2 on the Australian Singles Chart.

The video heavily references the stage musical West Side Story and features cameo appearances from Paula Abdul, Lukas Haas, Kevin McDonald, Fonzworth Bentley, members of the Dungeon Family, Katt Williams, Faizon Love, and DeRay Davis.

Abdul, made frequent appearances on Entertainment Tonight during her run on American Idol.  During an interview with Andre 3000 of OutKast she was invited to do "something" with them in the future.  That invitation turned into an appearance in their video for "Roses."  In the music video, Paula Abdul plays a teacher nervously observing the "class" performance from backstage.

The music video has received over 67 million views on YouTube since 2013.

Music Video

Official Promotional Video

Track Lists and Formats

Europe Enhanced CD Maxi-Single 82876617642:

1. Roses (Radio Edit)
2. Roses (Album Version)
3. Roses (Instrumental)
4. Roses (Music Video)

UK CD Single 82876624392:

1. Roses
2. Church

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Lyrics

Single Credits

Executive-Producer – Antonio "LA" Reid*, OutKast
Keyboards, Drum Programming, Programmed By [Music] – Matt Boykin
Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals – André 3000*
Mixed By – John Frye
Mixed By [Assisted By] – Alex Reverberi, Warren Bletcher
Producer – André 3000*, Matt Boykin
Rap – Big Boi
Recorded By – Chris Carmouche, John Frye, Pete Novak
Recorded By [Assisted By] – Warren Bletcher
Written-By – Andre Benjamin, Antwan Patton, Matt Boykin

Universal Music Publishing Group, BMG Rights Management

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