Out of My Head

Album: Lasers (2011)
Charted: 40
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Songfacts®:

  • This for-the-ladies rap with a music-industry-as-romance metaphor features Fiasco's labelmate, the R&B singer Trey Songz. Previous Fiasco songs written to appeal to females include "Sunshine," "Paris, Tokyo" and "Go Baby."
  • The song was released on May 22, 2011 as the third single from Lasers. Fiasco said the song, "doesn't have any deep meaning behind it, and is for the chicks."
  • The music video was released on June 29 via MTV with model Tracey Thomas playing Lupe's love interest.

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