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"Lean Back"
Single by Terror Squad featuring Fat Joe and Remy
from the album True Story
B-side	"Yeah Yeah Yeah"
Released	June 1, 2004 (2004-06-01)
Studio	Jerusalem (Miami, Florida)
Genre	Hip hop
Length	4:07 (original) 4:50 (remix)
Label	Universal SRC Island
Songwriter(s)	Joseph Cartagena Reminisce Smith Scott Storch
Producer(s)	Scott Storch
Terror Squad featuring Fat Joe and Remy singles chronology
"Yeah Yeah Yeah" (2004) "Lean Back" (2004) "Take Me Home" (2004)
Music video
"Lean Back" on YouTube

"Lean Back" is a song by American hip hop group Terror Squad. It was released as the second single from their second studio album, True Story, on June 1, 2004. An uptempo hip hop song built for the club environment, it contains vocal performances from group members Fat Joe and Remy and production from Scott Storch. It topped the US Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks, starting on August 21, 2004, and topped the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart for seven weeks. Worldwide, the song reached the top 20 in several other countries, including Denmark, where it peaked at number five.

Critical reception

Jason Birchmeier of AllMusic called the song "a perfect club-ready duet between Fat Joe and Remy that boasts a trademark Scott Storch beat and a memorable singalong hook and dance-along step". Vibe called the song a "summer classic". In 2008, the song was ranked at number 55 on VH1's "100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop".

Music video

Fat Joe described the dance in the video as throwing back the right shoulder to the beat of the song.

Remixes

The official remixed version of the song, featuring Lil Jon, Eminem, and Mase is available on Fat Joe's 2005 album All or Nothing and Lil Jon's Crunk Juice remix disc. The official remix is more uptempo and contains a new beat with a crunk–like feel to it. However, there are two different versions of the remix. The All or Nothing version, the main remix, features an additional verse by Remy and was released in July 2004. The Crunk Juice version features Lil Jon's vocals throughout the song, omitting Remy's verse. On both versions, Mase's verse is in line with his then-clean style of rapping (as heard on Welcome Back).

Fat Joe also released a remix in tribute to his Puerto Rican ancestry, featuring Tego Calderon and Tony Touch. Other remixes of the song are performed by Chamillionaire, in The Mixtape Messiah titled "Body Rock", Lil Wayne, Max B, Jadakiss, U.S.D.A., and G-Unit. Also, mashup artist Girl Talk layered "Lean Back" over Spacehog's "In the Meantime" in his album All Day. Houston rapper Lil' Flip did a freestyle over the song as a diss towards Atlanta rapper T.I.

Track listings

Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from the True Story album notes.

Studios

• Recorded at Jerusalem Studios (Miami, Florida)
• Mixed at The Hit Factory Criteria (Miami, Florida)
• Mastered at Sterling Sound (New York City)

Personnel

• Fat Joe – writing (as Joseph Cartagena), vocals, executive production
• Remy – writing (as Reminisce Smith), vocals
• Scott Storch – writing, production
• Drop – recording
• Supa Engineer Duro – mixing
• Chris Gehringer – mastering

Charts

Certifications

Release history

See also

• List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2004
• List of number-one R&B singles of 2004 (U.S.)

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• 2004 songs
• 2004 singles
• Terror Squad (group) songs
• Fat Joe songs
• Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles
• Island Records singles
• Music videos directed by Jessy Terrero
• Hip-hop dance
• Song recordings produced by Scott Storch
• Songs written by Fat Joe
• Songs written by Remy Ma
• Songs written by Scott Storch
• SRC Records singles
• Universal Records singles