"Miami" | ||||
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Single by Will Smith | ||||
from the album Big Willie Style | ||||
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Released | November 23, 1998 | |||
Genre | R&B[1] | |||
Length | 3:18 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
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Will Smith singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Miami" on YouTube |
"Miami" is a song by American rapper and actor Will Smith from his debut solo album, Big Willie Style (1997). It samples the Whispers's 1979 single "And the Beat Goes On". Released as a single on November 23, 1998, the song charted at number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number three on the UK Singles Chart.
"Miami" won the Best Male Video award at the 1999 MTV Video Music Awards. The video, which incorporates the first two verses and refrains of the selection's "radio edit" followed by the third verse and refrain of its "Miami Mix", features an early on-screen appearance of Smith's future Hitch co-star, Eva Mendes.