^ "Akon Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". ^ "Polish Airplay Charts - Lista krajowa 29/2005". ^ " Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). ^ "Akon a Aneta atakují české hitparády". ^ Aliaune "Akon", Thiam Bobby, Vinton Gene, Allen Akon (May 31, 2005). "Bobby Vinton back on charts - in a rap". Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. 
* Sales figures based on certification alone. US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard) ĭecade-end charts Chart (2000–2009) Ĭanada CHR/Pop Top 30 ( Radio & Records) Ĭzech Republic ( Rádio Top 100 Oficiální) As of August 2014, it is the 106th-best-selling single of the 21st century in France, with 294,000 units sold. The song also reached number 19 in Finland. The song reached number two in France, Norway, and Sweden. The song was a number-one hit in several countries, including Australia, Austria, Denmark, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Belgium, and Switzerland.
" Belly Dancer (Bananza)" (snippet) – 1:31. "Kill the Dance (Got Something for Ya)" (featuring Kardinal Offishall) – 2:54. A competition winner from Blackpool, Daniel Ellwood, also starred in the video. Actress Katerina Graham starred in the video as Akon's love partner. Music video Ī music video was produced to promote the single. "Lonely" is written in the key of C major. The song's tempo is 90 beats per minute in common time. The lyrics are sung mainly by Akon as well as Bobby Vinton doing parts of the choruses. The song was written by Akon, Bobby Vinton, and Gene Allan. I thought that was the place for us to start to get a fan-base knowing that we had a record like "Lonely", which was more commercial, to follow it." According to Foster in an interview with HitQuarters, ""Locked Up" is a street record. On hearing the demo track he had said, "This kid is official - this is a huge record." Despite offering the album's best option in terms of commercial breakthrough, SRC Records chose " Locked Up" over "Lonely" as the first single because SRC wanted to break Akon in the streets first and work towards a cross-over. When Akon was signed by Universal imprint SRC Records it was "Lonely" that had immediately caught the attention of SRC A&R Jerome Foster and convinced him of Akon's talents.
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