"Miami" is a 1998 single from Will Smith

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's debut solo album Big Willie Style

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. It samples The Whispers

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' 1980 hit "And the Beat Goes On

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". The song charted at number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100

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 and number 3 on the UK charts. It won an MTV VMA Best Male Video award. The video features an early appearance of future Hitch

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co-star Eva Mendes

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. The single was considered to be of a different style to Smith's previous singles, becoming his highest selling worldwide single of his whole career.

Track listings

UK CD1

1. "Miami" (Radio Edit) - 3:19
2. "Miami" (Miami Mix) - 4:40
3. "Miami" (Jason Nevins' Live On South Beach Dub) - 5:43

UK CD2

1. "Miami" (Radio Edit) - 3:19
2. "Just The Two Of Us" (Rodney Jerkins Remix) - 4:14
3. "Just Cruisin'" (Trackmasters Remix) - 4:00

Charts

End of year chart (1998)	Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	53