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A Bay Bay

Hurricane Chris single

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 8, 2026
Entity authorityQ4655373
Source-derived summary

"A Bay Bay" is the debut single by American rapper Hurricane Chris, released on April 10, 2007. The song was produced by Phunk Dawg. It peaked at number 7 on the US Billboard Hot 100.

Commercial performance

The song debuted at number 95 on the US Billboard Hot 100. In its second week, the song rose to number 85; in its third week, it rose 61 places to number 24. The song later peaked at number 7 on the chart. It peaked at number 3 on the New Zealand singles chart.

Music video

The video was shot and filmed in Cedar Grove, showing local landmarks and featuring a crowd of people singing along to the song. The music video peaked at number one on BET's 106 & Park. Closing out the year, the music video peaked at number 3 on BET's Top 100 Videos of 2007.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “A Bay Bay” as hurricane Chris single. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2007—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2007-04-10. The account is most persuasive where Hurricane, Chris and single can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as hurricane Chris single. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 8, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4655373. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2007.

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This entry incorporates text from A Bay Bay” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.