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"You Can Do It"
Single by Ice Cube featuring Mack 10 and Ms. Toi
from the album Next Friday (soundtrack) and War & Peace Vol. 2 (The Peace Disc)
ReleasedNovember 16, 1999
Length4:19
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)One Eye
Ice Cube singles chronology
"Pushin' Weight"
(1998) 		"You Can Do It"
(1999) 		"Until We Rich"
(2000)
Mack 10 singles chronology
"I Want It All"
(1999) 		"You Can Do It"
(1999) 		"Where My Gangsta's At"
(2000)
Music video
"You Can Do It" on YouTube

"You Can Do It" is a hip-hop song by American rapper Ice Cube. It was released as the second single from the Next Friday soundtrack. The song features Ice Cube's Westside Connection bandmate Mack 10, as well as rapper Ms. Toi. "You Can Do It" later used as the lead single on Cube's sixth studio album, War & Peace Vol. 2 (The Peace Disc). The song also appears on his Greatest Hits and In the Movies compilations. It would also appear on the soundtrack for the film Save the Last Dance.

The song became Ice Cube's sixth and most recent top 40 hit in the US, peaking at number 35 on the Billboard Hot 100, while also reaching number two on the Billboard Hot Rap Singles. In December 2004, the single was re-released in the UK and peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart. It has sold 165,000 copies in the UK as of 2015.[1]

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Chart (1999–2000) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[2] 35
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[3] 13
US Hot Rap Songs (Billboard)[4] 2
US Rhythmic (Billboard)[5] 26
Chart (2004) Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC)[6] 2
UK Hip Hop/R&B (OCC)[7] 1

Year-end charts

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Chart (2000) Position
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks (Billboard)[8] 83
US Hot Rap Singles (Billboard)[9] 7
Chart (2004) Position
UK Singles (OCC)[10] 85

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[11] Gold 400,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Music video

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References

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  1. ^ "Number 1 today in 2005: The X Factor's very first winner". officialcharts.co. Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
  2. ^ "Ice Cube Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  3. ^ "Ice Cube Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  4. ^ "Ice Cube Chart History (Hot Rap Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  5. ^ "Ice Cube Chart History (Rhythmic)". Billboard. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  6. ^ "Ice Cube: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  7. ^ "Official Hip Hop and R&B Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company.
  8. ^ Billboard Year-End Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks - 2000. December 30, 2000. Retrieved August 16, 2012.
  9. ^ Billboard Year-End Hot Rap Singles - 2000. December 30, 2000. Retrieved August 16, 2012.
  10. ^ "The Official UK Singles Chart 2004" (PDF). UKChartsPlus. Retrieved May 5, 2023.
  11. ^ "British single certifications – Ice Cube ft Mack 10 & Ms Toi – You Can Do It". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved May 5, 2023.
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