Triple Trouble (song)

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"Triple Trouble"
Beastie Boys - Triple Trouble CD cover.jpg
Single by Beastie Boys
from the album To the 5 Boroughs
ReleasedSeptember 2004
Recorded2004
GenreHip hop
Length2:43
LabelEMI
Songwriter(s)Nile Rodgers, Bernard Edwards, Michael Diamond, Adam Horovitz, Adam Yauch
Producer(s)Beastie Boys
Beastie Boys singles chronology
"Ch-Check It Out"
(2004) 		"Triple Trouble"
(2004) 		"Right Right Now Now"
(2004)
Music video
"Triple Trouble" on YouTube

"Triple Trouble" is a song American hip hop group Beastie Boys, released as the second single from their sixth studio album To the 5 Boroughs. It heavily samples "Rapper's Delight" by the Sugarhill Gang,[1] and interpolates lyrics from "Double Trouble at the Amphitheatre" by Double Trouble.[1]

The music video for "Triple Trouble" was directed by MCA, under his alias Nathaniel Hornblower. Kanye West made a cameo at the end of the video.

The song was used to promote the third season of the HBO series Bored to Death.

Track listing[]

  1. "Triple Trouble" (Album version) – 2:46
  2. "Triple Trouble" (J Wizzle Remix) – 3:12
  3. "Triple Trouble" (Graham Coxon Remix) – 3:59 (UK CD release)

Chart positions[]

Chart (2004) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart[2] 73
UK Singles Chart[3] 37
U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks[4] 11

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Beastie Boys - To the 5 Boroughs (CD, Album)". Discogs. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
  2. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  3. ^ "The Official Charts Company - Beastie Boys". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2011-05-11.
  4. ^ "Beastie Boys Album & Song Chart History". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2011-05-11.

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