"Neil Young on ""The Tonight Show"", backed up by the real Crosby, Stills and Nash. On 2 September 2014, he did an impression of the track while singing ""Old McDonald Had a Farm"" as a part of ""The Tonight Show""'s ""Musical Impressions Generator"" segment. On 28 April 2014, Jimmy Fallon lip synched the song in a ""Lip Sync Battle"" against actress Emma Stone on ""The Tonight Show"". On 15 May 2014, ""Fancy"" was the featured song on ""Jimmy Kimmel Live""s ""New Lyrics for Old People"" skit, featuring host Jimmy Kimmel and Iggy Azalea. In August 2015, gin brand Tanqueray used"
"at number nineteen on ""Rolling Stones""'s 50 Best Songs of 2014 list. It was named iTunes' best song of 2014 on Apple's annual Best-Ofs. ""Fancy"" was also placed at number one on MTV's Best Songs of 2014. ""The Village Voice""s Pazz & Jop annual critics' poll listed ""Fancy"" at number 26 on their poll for the best music of 2014, along with Ariana Grande's ""Problem"", on which Azalea was featured. In the United States, ""Fancy"" has peaked at number 1, becoming Azalea's first song to chart on the top of the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. The song is Charli XCX's second"
"at the 2015 ""Billboard"" Music Awards and was nominated for Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the 57th Grammy Awards. It is one of the best-selling singles worldwide, with combined sales and track-equivalent streams of 9.1 million units according to IFPI. In 2017, ""Billboard"" named ""Fancy"" as the biggest hit by a female rapper in history. The accompanying music video for ""Fancy"" was directed by Director X and released in March 2014. The visuals are inspired by 1995 American comedy film ""Clueless"", with Azalea playing Beverly Hills socialite Cher Horowitz and XCX as Tai Frasier. The"
"video for ""Fancy"", inspired by the 1995 American comedy film ""Clueless"" was released on 4 March. Thanks to ""Fancy"" and ""Problem"", in which she is the featured artist, Azalea joined The Beatles as the only acts to rank at numbers one and two simultaneously with their first two Hot 100 hits. Moreover, Azalea passes Lil' Kim as the female rapper with the longest-leading #1 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and moves into a tie for fifth place among lead women who have scored the longest commands on the Hot 100 this decade. On 26 February 2014, in an interview with"
"to have its first two Hot 100-charting singles at No. 1 and 2 at the same time since The Beatles, as ""Fancy"" and ""Problem"" did, respectively. She is also only the second female artist to have the top 2 singles for multiple weeks, with the first being Ashanti. Azalea also became the fourth female rapper to top the Mainstream Top 40 chart. The song set new single-week records on Spotify's U.S. streaming service for four consecutive weeks. On 3 September 2014, ""Fancy"" was named Billboard's top Song of the Summer for 2014 having led their weekly Songs of the Summer"
"first number-one on that chart. It held the spot for seven consecutive weeks. It also topped the charts in Canada and New Zealand and had general chart success around the world. It reached the top ten in several countries such as Azalea's native country Australia and the United Kingdom. It is XCX's second top-ten single, after her guest spot on Icona Pop's ""I Love It"" in 2013. ""Fancy"" was named ""Billboard""s Song of the Summer for 2014, as well as the most-streamed song on Spotify and most-watched music video on Vevo in 2014. It won the Top Rap Song category"
"chart from start to finish. ""Fancy"" was also named the most streamed song on Spotify in America in 2014. The song became the fifth best-selling song of 2014 in the United States with 3.97 million copies sold for the year. By 5 February 2015, the song had sold 4,100,000 copies. In the United Kingdom, ""Fancy"" became her highest charting single as a lead artist at the time, debuting at number five on the UK Singles Chart and selling 38,320 copies in its first week. In Australia, the song has been certified quadruple platinum for sales of over 280,000 copies. In"
"was certified Triple Platinum in Canada after peaking at number one on the Canadian Hot 100, with 346,000 copies sold digitally throughout 2014. According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), ""Fancy"" achieved combined sales and track-equivalent streams of 9.1 million units in 2014, ranking as the seventh best-selling single of the year. The music video for the song was shot in February 2014 in Los Angeles and premiered on 4 March 2014, on Vevo. Directed by Director X, the visuals are inspired by the 1995 American coming-of-age comedy film ""Clueless"", with Azalea playing Beverly Hills socialite Cher"
"hit. Her debut studio album, ""True Romance"" (2013), was released that year to critical acclaim, but failed to meet commercial expectations. In 2014, she contributed the hook to ""Fancy"" by rapper Iggy Azalea, which finished the year as one of the best-selling singles worldwide, and received her first solo hit with ""Boom Clap"" later that year. Her second studio album, the punk-influenced ""Sucker"" was released at the end of the year, and respectively produced the successful singles ""Break the Rules"" and ""Doing It"". In 2015, she began working with artists in the British collective PC Music, as well as producer"
"in an interview with Idolator that the album would be influenced by The Hives, Weezer, the Ramones and 1960s yé-yé music. ""SuperLove"" was eventually scrapped from the album. In early 2014, she was featured on Australian rapper Iggy Azalea's single ""Fancy""; the track topped the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100, becoming both artists' first number-one single on the chart. Charli XCX expanded her portfolio of songwriting for other artists during this period, with credits on Azalea's 2014 single ""Beg for It"", Ryn Weaver's debut single ""OctaHate"", and material for acts including Sky Ferreira, Neon Jungle, Rihanna, and Gwen Stefani. In mid-2014,"
"top 10 as a featured artist on the Hot 100 — the first being ""I Love It"" — and her first number 1. On the issue-date 17 May 2014 ""Fancy"" reached number two of the ""Billboard"" Digital Songs chart, selling 222,000 units (up 104%), occupying simultaneously the top two slots of the chart as ""Problem"" by Ariana Grande, in which Azalea features, debuted at the summit of Digital Songs chart. With this achievement, Azalea becomes only the sixth artist to occupy the top two position and the first to do so since Taylor Swift with the singles ""We Are Never"
"the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. Following the release of ""Work Hard, Play Hard"", Wiz Khalifa collaborated with Maroon 5 on the single ""Payphone"", which reached number two on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. Following its release in the United States, ""O.N.I.F.C."" charted at number two on the ""Billboard"" 200 and topped both the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Top Rap Albums charts. In 2013, Drake released his album ""Nothing Was the Same"", an album that was certified 3x platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. In 2014, Iggy Azalea became popular with her song ""Fancy"", which peaked at number 1 on the"
"this decade. The song led the chart for seven weeks, before being succeeded by MAGIC's hit reggae/pop song ""Rude"". ""Fancy"" remained in the top ten for 17 consecutive weeks. On the following week, Azalea became only the second artist in the nearly 10-year history of the Hot Digital Songs chart to have the top two songs concurrently for two weeks and, eventually, for three consecutive weeks. On the week-ending 31 May 2014 the song ascended to number 2 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, selling 234,000 units, topped the Streaming Songs chart with 8.4 million impressions and continued to dominate the"
"with on the entire album. In February 2014, Azalea announced that she would be releasing a new single titled ""Fancy"", featuring English singer-songwriter Charli XCX. The song was premiered on BBC Radio 1 Xtra at 7 pm GMT on 6 February 2014. After the song's premiere, it was revealed ""Fancy"" was the song that had leaked titled ""Leave It"". On 17 February 2014, the song was serviced to urban contemporary radio in the United Kingdom as the album's fourth single and became her highest charting song at the time. The music video for ""Fancy"", inspired by the 1995 American comedy"
"January 2015, ""Billboard"" named it the fifth best music video of the 2010s so far. Azalea and XCX appeared on an ad for Samsung's Milk Music streaming service performing the single. On 5 April 2014, Anna Kendrick covered the song on the 39th season of ""Saturday Night Live"". American rock band The Killers covered ""Fancy"" during their headlining show in Montreal on 10 July 2014, as an intro to one of their original songs. On 17 July 2014, English actor Gary Oldman covered the song on Capital FM. English rock band Kasabian also covered ""Fancy"" on BBC Radio 1's Live"
"and ""Just Dance 2016"". On 14 June 2018, Alicia Silverstone performed the song in ""Lip Sync Battle"" as Cher Horowitz. ""Fancy"" was first performed at the mtvU Woodie Awards during the SXSW Festival in Austin on 13 March 2014. Azalea and XCX also performed ""Fancy"" on ""Late Night with Seth Meyers"" on 17 March 2014. On 22 April 2014, the pair recreated the ""Clueless""-inspired video once again during another televised live performance on ""Good Morning America"" for the release of Azalea's debut album ""The New Classic"". They performed the song on ""Jimmy Kimmel Live"" on 16 May 2014, at the"
"On-Demand Songs chart for a third week. As it led the Streaming Songs chart for a 13th week it tied Miley Cyrus' ""Wrecking Ball"" for the most weeks tallied at No. 1. ""Fancy"" also reached number 1 on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs, where it remained for 16 and 18 weeks respectively making it the longest running No. 1 on these charts. Additionally, she is the first female Australian artist to top the Hot 100 since Olivia Newton-John reached the summit in 1981 with ""Physical"". Along with ""Problem"", Azalea has the distinction of being the first act"
"Boyz"" by Missy Elliott featuring Nas, Eve and Q-Tip, and ""Fancy"" by Iggy Azalea and Charli XCX, singles that were number one for 18 weeks from December 1999 to March 2000 and May 2014 to August 2014. Note: Above chart only considers songs that charted in 2004 or later Source: Hot Rap Songs Hot Rap Songs (formerly known as Hot Rap Tracks and Hot Rap Singles, and also known as Rap Airplay) 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"
"released in December 2014. The album also spawned the top-40 UK single ""Break the Rules"" and the top-10 UK single ""Doing It"", which features English singer Rita Ora. Charli XCX has been featured on two internationally successful singles, the first being Icona Pop's song ""I Love It"", which peaked at number one in the UK and reached the top 10 in various countries including the US, Canada, Ireland and Germany. The second single, Iggy Azalea's breakthrough song ""Fancy"", topped the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and charted in the top 10 in several countries including the UK, Canada, Ireland and Australia."
"highest debuting song of 2014 at the time, and the highest debuting song since Eminem's ""The Monster,"" featuring Rihanna. ""Problem"" boasted just 1.3% less points than John Legend's ""All of Me"", which claimed the Hot 100 top spot. In its second week, ""Problem"" fell one spot to number four despite gains in airplay and streaming, while Iggy Azalea's ""Fancy"" replaced it as number three. ""Problem"" returned to its number three peak the following week before moving to a new peak at number two in its fourth week on the chart; Azalea's ""Fancy"" moved to the top of both the Digital"
"Fancy (band) Fancy were an early-mid-1970s pop group. The band was made up of session musicians produced by Mike Hurst. They had a surprise U.S. hit single in 1974 with a version of the classic ""Wild Thing"", peaking at #14 on the Billboard Hot 100. They also had a second U.S. hit with ""Touch Me"", peaking at #19. They were initially fronted by ""Penthouse"" Pet Helen Caunt and later Annie Kavanagh. Ray Fenwick, formerly of the Spencer Davis Group, joined Fancy in 1974. Fancy's song ""Feel Good"" from the album ""Wild Thing"" was sampled by the Beastie Boys on the"
"of the six tracks written and produced by McKenzie was Fancy, which went onto become a huge global hit. It reached number 1 in four countries and throughout 2014 was one of the best selling songs of the year. It was number one on the US Hot Rap Songs end of year chart. The tracks success meant it received numerous accolades and awards, going platinum in eight countries. The New Classic also received a number of awards, winning both Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album at the American Music Awards and Breakthrough Artist Release at theARIA Music Awards. Later in 2014, he worked"
"""Fancy"" debuted the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100 at number 99, the week following the album's release, due to it gaining strong digital sales. The song eventually peaked at number 25 on the chart. It reached its peak at four on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and one on the US Hot Rap Songs chart. The single was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of over a million digital copies in the United States. Fancy (Drake song) ""Fancy"" is a song by Canadian rapper Drake, from his debut album, ""Thank Me Later"". The song"
"without revealing the person behind the ""Fancy"" pseudonym. A series of pseudo-music videos and a lyric-only clip were viewed more than 4 million times on YouTube, and with early radio support from stations like New York's Z100, the song reached number 29 on the ""Billboard"" Mainstream Top 40 chart, number 48 on the ""Billboard"" Digital Songs chart, and number 98 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. Three music videos for the single were released, featuring three different actors lip-syncing to the song. Each video dealt with themes like gender identity and body positivity. A fourth music video featuring the performer himself"
"Nicki Minaj's """" (2012). Azalea also logs the highest bow for a female rapper's debut album since ""Pink Friday"" (2010), which had entered at number-two with 375,000 copies sold. Azalea was then featured on American singer Ariana Grande's single ""Problem"", which was released on 28 April 2014. The song was released as the lead single from Grande's second studio album. Shortly after, Azalea also appeared on Jennifer Lopez's single ""Booty"". On 28 May 2014, ""The New Classic""s fourth single ""Fancy"", reached number-one on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart, with Azalea being the fourth solo female rapper ever to top"
"top five of several international markets. The album also topped the ""Billboard"" R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Rap Albums charts. It was met with mixed reviews from music critics. The album's fourth single ""Fancy"" became a breakthrough hit for Azalea, peaking at number one on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100, holding the top spot for seven consecutive weeks. It went on to become the longest running number one single from a female rapper as a lead artist surpassing ""Lady Marmalade"", which featured American rapper Lil' Kim. The following single ""Black Widow"" peaked at number three on the US Hot 100. On 4"
"for unoriginality and sometimes plagiarism, with some of the biggest offenders of this style rip-off including the 2014 chart-topping Iggy Azalea single, ""Fancy"" and ""Classic Man,"" the 2015 debut single by rapper Jidenna which samples ""Fancy"". However, the popularity of Mustard's style started to gain influence outside of hip hop. In 2012, electronic dance music (EDM), which incorporated elements of southern trap music, began gaining popularity and brought wider attention to the derivative forms of trap, including hyphy, as well as Jamaican Dancehall music. This so-called ""EDM Trap"" genre saw the use of techno, dub, and house sounds combined with"
"by American rapper T.I., after gaining attention from her first full-length project, a mixtape titled ""Ignorant Art"". Azalea's debut studio album, ""The New Classic"" (2014), peaked among the top five of several charts worldwide and received generally mixed reviews. It topped the ""Billboard"" Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums making Azalea the first non-American female rapper to reach the top of the chart. The album was preceded by her debut single ""Work"", and generated the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart-topping single ""Fancy"". Azalea was featured on Ariana Grande's single ""Problem"", which peaked at No. 2 while ""Fancy"" was No. 1. Azalea joined The"
"Fancy (Drake song) ""Fancy"" is a song by Canadian rapper Drake, from his debut album, ""Thank Me Later"". The song features vocals from American rappers T.I. and Swizz Beatz, the latter of whom also co-produced the track alongside Noah ""40"" Shebib. The song was released to US radio stations on August 3, 2010 as the album's fourth official single, however promotion of the track ended earlier than expected due to Drake's uncertainty towards the song's planned music video and promotion. The song contains a sample of ""I Don't Want to Play Around"" by Ace Spectrum. The original version that had"
"a 156% sales resurgence spurred by Azalea's appearance and nomination at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards, the song debuted at number four on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart. On 13 August 2013, ""Billboard"" reported that the track percolated below the Rhythmic chart. It was more successful on the Dance Club Songs chart where it peaked at number five for the week-ending 5 October 2013. In May 2014, the song received a second sales resurgence following the release of ""The New Classic"" and the success of Azalea's 2014 singles ""Fancy"" and ""Problem"". It went on to peak at"
"Who Is Fancy Jake Hagood (born March 29, 1991), better known as Who Is Fancy, is an American singer. He co-signed with Scooter Braun and Scott Borchetta on Big Machine Label Group and Dr. Luke on Prescription Songs. His single ""Goodbye"" was released in early 2015, peaking at number 29 on the ""Billboard"" Mainstream Top 40 chart. Fancy was presented at the iHeartMedia Music Summit, although his identity was kept secret. Jake Hagood was born March 29, 1991, in Bentonville, Arkansas. He grew up in a Christian household and taught himself to play piano at age eleven. He grew up"
"a 1920s jazz version of the track for their ""Tonight We Tanqueray"" campaign. Jazz fusion and funk band The New Mastersounds featured a reggae cover of the song on their 2015 album ""Made for Pleasure"". It was sampled on Jidenna's 2015 song ""Classic Man."" ""Fancy"" has been featured in TV series such as ""Revenge"" and ""The Mindy Project"" in 2014, and on the comedy films ""Get Hard"" (2015) and ""Ride Along 2"" (2016). A cover version by Tristan Prettyman appeared on the season 12 premiere of ""Grey's Anatomy"". The song also appears in video games ""Dance Central Spotlight"" (as DLC)"
"featured artist Iggy Azalea, whose single ""Fancy"" featuring Charli XCX took over the top spot. In Azalea's native Australia, ""Problem"" gave Grande her first top 10 hit after it debuted at number four on the Australian Singles Chart, and eventually ascended to number two in its second week on the chart. It stayed in the top two for two consecutive weeks, Grande's previous best effort on the chart was ""The Way"" which peaked at number 37 in April 2013 and also became her second top 40 effort there. According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), ""Problem"" has"