"Air Force Ones" is a song written and performed by the St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri

St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...

 hip hop

Hip hop music

Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...

 artist Nelly

Nelly

Cornell Iral Haynes, Jr. , better known by his stage name Nelly, is an Grammy Award winning American rapper and actor. He has performed with the rap group St. Lunatics since 1993 and signed to Universal Records in 1999. Under Universal, Nelly began his solo career in 2000 with his debut album...

, from his Nellyville

Nellyville

- Personnel :Credits for Nellyville adapted from Allmusic.* Nelly - Executive Producer* Ryan Bowser - Producer* Sandy Brummels - Art Direction* C-Love - Executive Producer* Luis Conte - Percussion* James Duncan - Assistant Engineer...

album that was released on June 25, 2002. In the song, Nelly and the St. Lunatics

St. Lunatics

The St. Lunatics are a hip hop group from St. Louis, Missouri formed in 1995. The group consists of Nelly, Ali, Murphy Lee, Kyjuan and City Spud. Former member Slo'Down left the group after a dispute.- Career :...

 purchase Nike

Nike, Inc.

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 Air Force Ones

Air Force 1 (shoe)

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. The song is similar to Run D.M.C.'s song, "My Adidas

My Adidas

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" and The Pack

The Pack

-Groups and teams:* The Pack, later Theatre of Hate, a British punk rock band formed in 1978* The Pack , a rap group from Berkeley, California-Film and television:* The Pack - a team of villains on the animated series Gargoyles...

's song, "Vans", which are all about shoes. The song was the third Top 5 hit from Nellyville on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

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, peaking at #3. Its video, whose exteriors were shot at the SE corner of Delmar and Westgate in University City, Missouri

University City, Missouri

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, featured St. Louis professional athletes Marshall Faulk

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, Torry Holt

Torry Holt

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, D'Marco Farr

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, Ray Lankford

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Raymond Lewis Lankford and grew up in Modesto, California where he attended Grace M. Davis High School. Ray was a former center fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the St. Louis Cardinals and San Diego Padres from to . He was known for his combination of power, speed, and defensive...

, and Ozzie Smith

Ozzie Smith

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.

Remix

The official remix was included Nelly's remix album, "Da Derrty Versions: The Reinvention

Da Derrty Versions: The Reinvention

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", & David Banner's album, "MTA2: Baptized in Dirty Water

MTA2: Baptized in Dirty Water

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" and features the St. Lunatics on the 1st part of the chorus, David Banner

David Banner

Lavell Crump , better known by his stage name David Banner, is an American rapper, record producer and occasional actor. Banner was born in Jackson, Mississippi and graduated from Southern University. He started his music career as a member of the rap duo, Crooked Lettaz before going solo in 2000...

, & 8Ball of 8Ball & MJG

8Ball & MJG

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. David Banner is also the producer of the remix.

Track listing

http://www.discogs.com/Nelly-Air-Force-Ones/release/1828711
US Promo

• 1 Air Force Ones [Clean Radio Edit] 4:31
• 2 Air Force Ones [Clean Album Version] 5:04
• 3 Air Force Ones [Instrumental] 5:04

Charts

Chart (2002)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	3
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...	4
U.S. Billboard Hot Rap Tracks Hot Rap Tracks Rap Songs is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States. It lists the 25 most popular hip-hop/rap songs, calculated weekly by airplay on rhythmic and urban radio stations and sales in hip hop-focused or exclusive markets. From 1989 through 2001, it was based on how much the single...	1