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"City of Gods" is a song by American rapper Fivio Foreign with fellow American rapper Kanye West and American singer Alicia Keys. It was released as the lead single from Fivio's debut studio album B.I.B.L.E. and the second single from West's eleventh studio album Donda 2. On the song, Keys interpolates the chorus from "New York City" (2015) by The Chainsmokers. The track was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America, indicating 500,000 units recorded in the US.

"City of Gods"
Single by Fivio Foreign, Kanye West and Alicia Keys
from the album B.I.B.L.E. and Donda 2
Released	February 11, 2022
Genre	Drill[1][2]
Length	4:16
Label	Rich Fish Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Maxie Lee Ryles III Kanye West Allan Lopez Andrew Taggart Aswad Asif Brittany Amaradio Cristian Dejesus Tejada Dwayne Abernathy, Jr. Hamzal Dweep Hamaal Malik Piper Mark Williams Mike Dean Raul Cubina Alicia Keys
Producer(s)	AyoAA Hemz Kanye West Lil Mav Ojivolta The Chainsmokers Tweek Tune
Fivio Foreign singles chronology
"Off the Grid" (2021) "City of Gods" (2022) "Magic City" (2022)
Kanye West singles chronology
"Eazy" (2022) "City of Gods" (2022) "Keep It Burnin" (2022)
Alicia Keys singles chronology
"Best of Me" (2021) "City of Gods" (2022) "City of Gods (Part II)" (2022)

"City of Gods (Part II)"
Single by Alicia Keys
Released	April 7, 2022
Length	3:12
Label	AKW Records
Songwriter(s)	Alicia Keys Allan Lopez Andrew Taggart Aswad Asif Brittany Amaradio Cristian Dejesus Tejada Dwayne Abernathy, Jr. Hamza Hamaal Jahmal Gwin Kanye West Malik Piper Mark Williams Maxie Ryles III Mike Dean Raul Cubina Scoop Brenner II
Producer(s)	Alicia Keys
Alicia Keys singles chronology
"City of Gods" (2022) "City of Gods (Part II)" (2022)

Background

West and Fivio Foreign first worked together for the song "Off the Grid", released on West's album Donda in 2021.[3] The collaboration came together after West called Fivio Foreign to record in Mercedes Benz Stadium the night before the listening event for Donda.[4] According to Fivio Foreign, West praised the verse the rapper recorded for "Off the Grid" and said that he reminds him of Jay-Z.[5] Before Donda released, Fivio Foreign told his fans on Twitter that West was executive producing and performing on his upcoming album B.I.B.L.E.[6] On February 5, 2022, Fivio Foreign tweeted "I ain't gon lie, Ye gave me the feature of the Yr.. He was talking 2 crazy on that verse" [sic]".[7]

When Fivio Foreign first got the beat for "City of Gods", it featured a sample of the 2015 track "New York City" by The Chainsmokers. When playing it for West, he said "Yo, I see something with this song" and asked Fivio to send the beat so he could change it around.[8] One of the changes West made was taking out the sample and getting Keys to sing the vocals instead.[8] Originally Fivio was rapping "Ain't no king of New York, nobody really in charge", and when he played it for West, he said "You gotta say you're the king of New York". Fivio Foreign then suggested that he should rap " Pop was the king of New York, now I'm the one that's in charge" (thereby paying tribute to late drill rapper Pop Smoke) which West responded to by saying "Yo that's even better!".[8]

The song is dedicated to late rapper, friend of Fivio Foreign and longtime collaborator TDott Woo, who was shot and killed a week before the release of the song. In a statement put up with the release of the song, Fivio said "T Dot. That's my baby boy. I never thought I'd be doing this without you here with me. You supposed to be here with me but you gon' always be the prince in the City of Gods. Your name will forever live through with me. Long Live Prince T Dot."[9]

On April 7, 2022, Keys released a solo version of the song with a stripped back production called "City of Gods (Part II)".[10]

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.[11]

Music

• Vocals – Fivio Foreign, Kanye West, Alicia Keys
• Additional vocals – Playboi Carti
• Production – AyoAA, Hemz, Kanye West, Lil Mav, Ojivolta, The Chainsmokers, Tweek Tune
• Co-production – Dem Jointz
• Misc. production – BoogzDaBeast, Bordeaux, Mike Dean, Non Native, Scoop

Technical

• Mix engineering – Mike Dean
• Master engineering – Mike Dean
• Recording engineer – John Cunningham, Non Native, Shaan Singh, Fritz Owens, Luca Zadra
• Assistant engineer – Sean Solymar, Tommy Rush

Charts

Chart performance for "City of Gods"

Chart (2022)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)[12]	66
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[13]	20
Global 200 (Billboard)[14]	43
Iceland (Plötutíðindi)[15]	16
Ireland (IRMA)[16]	36
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[17]	4
Portugal (AFP)[18]	174
South Africa (RISA)[19]	48
Sweden Heatseeker (Sverigetopplistan)[20]	5
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[21]	91
UK Singles (OCC)[22]	58
UK Hip Hop/R&B (OCC)[23]	31
US Billboard Hot 100[24]	46
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[25]	15
US Rhythmic (Billboard)[26]	7

Release history

Release history and formats for "City of Gods"

Region	Date	Format	Label	Ref.
Various	February 11, 2022	Digital download streaming	Rich Fish Columbia	[9]
United States	February 15, 2022	Urban contemporary radio	Columbia	[27]

References

На других языках

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- [en] City of Gods

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[ru] City of Gods

«City of Gods» (с англ. — «Город Богов») — песня американских музыкантов Fivio Foreign, Канье Уэста и Алиши Киз. Она была выпущена 11 февраля 2022 в качестве ведущего сингла с дебютного студийного альбома Fivio Foreign B.I.B.L.E. и одиннадцатого студийного альбома Канье Уэста Donda 2. В песне Киз интерполирует припев из песни «New York City» (2015) группы Chainsmokers.

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