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| Certification = 3x Platinum | Chronology = Kanye West singles | Last single = "No Church in the Wild" (2012) | This single = "Mercy" (2012) | Next single = "Cold" (2012) | Misc = }} "Mercy" is a song by American hip hop GOOD Music rappers Kanye West, Big Sean and Pusha T along with their Def Jam label-mate, southern rapper 2 Chainz. The song, released April 3, 2012 serves as the lead single from the compilation album ''Cruel Summer'' (2012). The song's production was handled by Lifted, with additional production from West, Mike Dean and Mike Will, and additional instrumentation from Hudson Mohawke. The song heavily samples the dancehall song "Dust a Sound Boy" by Super Beagle. The song received mostly positive reviews from music critics who praised the bombastic production, the varying quality of the verses, and the wordplay of the individual rappers. The song peaked at number 13 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and hit number one on both the US ''Billboard'' Hot Rap Songs and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts. The song has since been certified triple Platinum for three million digital sales, and has sold over two million copies in the US as of October 2012. A music video directed by Australian director Nabil Elderkin was released on June 6, 2012. The highly-stylized video shows a long take of all four rappers featured on the song, along with other GOOD Music recording artists such as Cyhi the Prynce, Kid Cudi, Mr. Hudson and Teyana Taylor in cameos. The video features the rappers giving their verses and dancing around, with deliberate editing to make it appear as if they are disappearing and reappearing behind walls. The video received positive reviews from critics. West performed his portion of the song at the 2012 Watch the Throne Tour, and 2 Chainz, Pusha and Big Sean performed the track during Sean's setlist at the 2012 Summer Jam festival. The song was performed by all four artists at the 2012 BET Awards, with West substituting his verse from "Mercy" with his verses from "Cold" and "New God Flow". ''Complex Magazine'' named the song the best song of 2012. The song received two nominations for Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance at the 55th Grammy Awards which were held in February 2013.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Official Site of Music's Biggest Night )〕 ==Background== The song was originally supposed to be released on Good Friday, but was released a day early on Thursday, following the release of the West and DJ Khaled collaboration track "Cold".〔 The track was premiered by Funkmaster Flex's Hot 97 radio show and was released onto the Internet the following day onto West's official website. The song serves as the first official single from ''Cruel Summer'', an album by West's record label GOOD Music. The release of the track continued West's ''GOOD Fridays'', a music giveaway that provided free MP3 downloads every week, which had been on hiatus since December 2010. The song features Big Sean and Pusha T, rappers both signed to West's GOOD Music, along with 2 Chainz, all delivering a verse each along with West. Speaking about his feature, 2 Chainz stated that "I've done a lot of work with 'Ye for, like, a year now, and it was one of those songs where I called him and I told him, 'Man, play my verse over the phone because I don't remember.' That's a good look to add to the résumé, for real." According to 2 Chainz, he had no idea that the song was going to be a single.〔 The song was produced by Lifted, with additional production from West, Mike Dean, Mike Will Made It, and Anthony Kilhofer. Lifted had produced the beat in November 2011, and his manager was responsible for playing the beat to West which led to him wanting to work with Lifted.〔 Furthermore, Kanye played the embryotic version to Anthony "The Twilite Tone" Khan and additional production was done including but not limited to samples and the part in which Kanye raps over. 〔http://www.okayplayer.com/news/twlite-tone-new-interview-on-chicago-house-kanye-common.html〕 Both Pusha T and Big Sean recorded their verses in January 2012 and the song was mixed and finalized in March. Producer Hit-Boy, known for producing West's "Niggas in Paris", commented that "It's fresh, it's new, it's something you haven't heard before. It's elements of trap, but it's just some fresh, new-sounding stuff. I'm excited about it. I wish I did it, but I didn't".〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mercy (GOOD Music song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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