Back Seat (of My Jeep)
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{{infobox song
| name = Back Seat (of My Jeep)
| cover = Pink Cookies Back Seat.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = LL Cool J
| album = 14 Shots to the Dome
| B-side = Pink Cookies In a Plastic Bag Getting Crushed by Buildings
| released = {{Start date|1993|6|1}}
| recorded = 1992
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = {{flatlist|
| length = 4:32
| label = {{hlist|Def Jam|Columbia}}
| writer = {{flatlist|
| producer = {{flatlist|
- LL Cool J
- QDIII}}
| prev_title = How I'm Comin'
| prev_year = 1993
| next_title = Pink Cookies In a Plastic Bag Getting Crushed by Buildings
| next_year = 1993
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|mYt5ouu4088|"Back Seat (of My Jeep)"}}}}
}}
"Back Seat (of My Jeep)" is a song by American rapper, songwriter, record producer, and actor LL Cool J, released as a single on June 1, 1993, for Def Jam Recordings, taken from his fifth album, 14 Shots to the Dome (1993). It was produced and written by LL Cool J and QD III. The song samples a drum loop from The Detroit Emeralds 1973 song "You're Gettin' a Little Too Smart".
Reception
"Back Seat (of My Jeep)" was the most successful single from the critical and commercially disappointing album; it made it to 42 on the Billboard Hot 100 and 24 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop songs. "Back Seat" was packed along with another single, "Pink Cookies In a Plastic Bag Getting Crushed by Buildings", which charted at a lower position (#96 Pop, #34 R&B).Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles 1942-2004 by Joel Whitburn
The song was sampled in Monica's 1995 song "Don't Take It Personal (Just One of Dem Days)."
The music video for the single feature LL Cool J at a Drive-in theater (which closed in 1998) in Westbury, New York.
Track listing
=A-side=
- "Pink Cookies In a Plastic Bag Getting Crushed by Buildings" (LP Version)- 4:17
- "Pink Cookies In a Plastic Bag Getting Crushed by Buildings" (Instrumental)- 4:12
=B-side=
- "Pink Cookies In a Plastic Bag Getting Crushed by Buildings" (Remix)- 4:23
- "Pink Cookies In a Plastic Bag Getting Crushed by Buildings" (Remix Instrumental)- 4:23
- "Back Seat (Of My Jeep)"- 4:32
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! Chart (1993) ! Peak |
| {{single chart|Billboardhot100|42|artist=LL Cool J|rowheader=true|access-date=20 April 2024}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardrandbhiphop|24|artist=LL Cool J|rowheader=true|access-date=20 April 2024}} |
| scope="row"|US Cash Box Top 100{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/90s/1993/CB-1993-07-10.pdf|title=Top 100 Pop Singles|magazine=Cash Box|volume=LVI|issue=44|date=10 July 1993|page=12|access-date=20 April 2024}}
| style="text-align:center;"|50 |
|---|