Back Seat (of My Jeep)

"Back Seat (of My Jeep)" is a song by LL Cool J, released as a single on June 1, 1993, for Def Jam Recordings, taken from his fifth album 14 Shots to the Dome. It was produced and written by LL Cool J and QD III. The song samples a drum loop from The Detroit Emeralds 1973 song "You're Gettin' a Little Too Smart".

"Back Seat (of My Jeep)"
Single by LL Cool J
from the album 14 Shots to the Dome
B-side"Pink Cookies In a Plastic Bag Getting Crushed by Buildings"
ReleasedJune 1, 1993 (1993-06-01)
Recorded1992
Genre
Length4:32
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
LL Cool J singles chronology
"How I'm Comin'"
(1993)		 "Back Seat (of My Jeep)"
(1993)		 "Pink Cookies In a Plastic Bag Getting Crushed by Buildings"
(1993)

Reception

"Back Seat (of My Jeep)" was the most successful single from the critical and commercially disappointing album; it made it to 42 on the Billboard Hot 100 and 24 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop songs. "Back Seat" was packed along with another single, "Pink Cookies In a Plastic Bag Getting Crushed by Buildings", which charted at a lower position (#96 Pop, #34 R&B).[1]

The song was sampled in Monica's 1995 song "Don't Take It Personal (Just One of Dem Days)."

The music video for the single feature LL Cool J at a Drive-in theater (which closed in 1998) in Westbury, New York.

Track listing

A-side
  1. "Pink Cookies In a Plastic Bag Getting Crushed by Buildings" (LP Version)- 4:17
  2. "Pink Cookies In a Plastic Bag Getting Crushed by Buildings" (Instrumental)- 4:12

B-side
  1. "Pink Cookies In a Plastic Bag Getting Crushed by Buildings" (Remix)- 4:23
  2. "Pink Cookies In a Plastic Bag Getting Crushed by Buildings" (Remix Instrumental)- 4:23
  3. "Back Seat (Of My Jeep)"- 4:32

References
  1. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles 1942-2004 by Joel Whitburn


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