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'D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)'
Single by Jay-Z
from the album The Blueprint 3
Released	June 5, 2009 (airplay)
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Recorded	2009
Studio	Avex Honolulu Studios (Honolulu, Hawaii)
Genre
Length	4:15
Label
Songwriter(s)	Garrett DeCarlo Dale Frashuer & Paul Leka Janko Nilovic Dave Sucky
Producer(s)	No I.D.
Jay-Z singles chronology
'Lost+ / Viva la Vida (Live At the 51st Annual Grammy Awards)' (2009) 'D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)' (2009) 'Run This Town' (2009)
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'D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)'

'D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)' is a song written by American rapper Jay-Z. It was produced by No I.D. The song was released as a digital download on June 23, 2009, and as the first single from Jay-Z's 11th studio album, The Blueprint 3. The song made its world premiere on the New York radio station Hot 97 on June 5.^[1] Its lyrics address the overusage of Auto-Tune in the music industry. The song samples 'In the Space' by French composer Janko Nilović.^[2] The bridge is inspired by Steam's 'Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye' and interpolates lyrics from Kanye West's 'Big Brother', and 'You're Nobody (Till Somebody Kills You)' by The Notorious B.I.G. The song won Jay-Z his eighth Grammy Award, and his second for Best Rap Solo Performance.

Future makes prevalent use of Auto-Tune in his songs, both rapping and singing with the effect. Pitchfork Media wrote that Future 'miraculously shows that it's still possible for Auto-Tune to be an interesting artistic tool', stating that he 'finds a multitude of ways for the software to accentuate and color emotion'. Released only the year before 'Believe,' it was the recording industry's favorite dirty secret: With only a few clicks of a mouse, Auto-Tune could turn even the most cringe-worthy singer into a pop virtuoso. But most music studios kept it around simply to fix with the occasional wrong note. Auto-Tune was used for vocal effects on Cher's 'Believe', recorded in 1998. This was the first major hit song to use the software for this purpose. At first the sound engineers claimed that they had used a vocoder, in what Sound on Sound said was an attempt to keep a trade secret. Oct 13, 2018 From T-Pain to Travis Scott: The Rap Auto-Tune Spectrum. Of the technology and spent two years studying Auto-Tune before he first used it. It’s evident in the final product, as T-Pain has the. December 2005: R&B singer-songwriter and Auto-Tune impresario T-Pain’s debut album, Rappa Ternt Sanga, is released, featuring two hit singles — “I’m Sprung” and “I’m N Luv (Wit a Stripper)” — that.

Writing and inspiration[edit]

Before making 'D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)', Kanye West and Jay-Z had recorded an Auto-Tune song. However, Kanye heard the instrumental by No I.D. and thought about making an anti-Auto-Tune song. They then removed all the songs that contained Auto-Tune from The Blueprint 3 to further their point.^[3] Jay-Z himself stated that the point of the song was to 'draw a line in the sand', saying that while he appreciated the use of the Auto-Tune by artists with an ear for melody like T-Pain and Kanye West, far too many people had jumped onto the technology and were using it as a crutch.^[1] One of the partial inspirations for Jay-Z to write the song was hearing Auto-Tune being used in an advertisement for Wendy's fast-food chain. It made him feel that what was once a trend had become a gimmick.^[4] The title is also a reference to the medical term 'D.O.A.' or 'Dead on Arrival'. The song makes a reference to The Notorious B.I.G. song 'You're Nobody ('Till Somebody Kills You)'. Jay-Z sampled a portion of The Notorious B.I.G.'s freestyle 'Wake Up Show Freestyle'.^[5]

Music video[edit]

On June 27, 2009, a trailer for the video was released.^[6] The music video (directed by Anthony Mandler) was shot and aired immediately after the 2009 BET Awards on June 28.^{[citation needed]}The video shows Jay in scenes such as a deserted factory building, a bar with a band, and playing card games in a kitchen. Actor Harvey Keitel cameos in the video as a card player in the kitchen of New York's exclusive restaurant, Rao's. Basketball player LeBron James also makes a cameo appearance.^{[citation needed]}

The video was nominated for Best Male Video and Best Hip-Hop Video at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards. It did not win either of the categories, losing to T.I.'s 'Live Your Life' and Eminem's 'We Made You' respectively.

The video ranked at #17 on BET's Notarized: Top 100 Videos of 2009 countdown.

Responses[edit]

On June 9, R&B artist Trey Songz released an unofficial remix of the song on his blog. Renamed 'Death of Autotune Kellz', it was directed at artist R. Kelly for using the effect on a previous mixtape.^[7] Rappers AZ and Jay Rock have also both recorded remixes. Royce da 5'9' has released two remixes of it, one by himself and one with fellow Slaughterhouse members Joe Budden, Crooked I, and Joell Ortiz. Singer Avery Storm has also made a remix using the songs instrumental supporting the death of auto-tune. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony have also made a remix to the song featuring all five members. Rapper The Game released a diss track in response to the song entitled 'I'm So Wavy (Death of Hov)', going at Jay-Z for what Game perceives as him being behind the times in the hip-hop industry, and his stance that Jay-Z being 39 years old means he's too old to stay in the music scene, evidenced with lyrics such as 'D.O.A.? No. T-Pain stays, old nigga goes.' DJ Webstar was also critical of Jay-Z for the track in an interview with RealTalkNY, saying:

“

Jay-Z, he has a lot of fans, he's done a lot for hip-hop. Just because you're rich and you have more money than a lot of new artists coming up, such as myself, doesn't mean everything you say is right. I'm a fan of Jay-Z. I was shocked when he did that. Mary J and Drake just did a song with Auto-Tune. Drake and the whole Young Money just did Auto-Tune. If you take every song off the radio, what would you have? I was listening to the radio and Jay said the people don't wanna hear Auto-Tune no more. The biggest records of the year all had Auto-Tune — who are you to say people don't wanna hear it?[8]

”

In an October interview with Tim Westwood, Lil Wayne also criticized the track, throwing support toward T-Pain as a known user of it:

“

Stop it, stop it. No, there's no such thing as 'Death of Auto-Tune'. T-Pain is my dude. He's on everybody's single. He's been on everybody's single, and he had auto-tune on every single one of them. So, every song I do with him, he better have auto-tune on it. I love it. Keep your auto-tune popping. Auto-tune ain't dead. You've got the whole game using that.[9]

”

On August 31, 2009, the music group, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony recorded a remix of the song. It was released officially on their MySpace page. The song includes the 5 united members singing separate verses along with Jay-Z singing the original chorus. The song has also been remixed by rappers such as Lil Wayne and Asher Roth.

The song was ranked best song of the year 2009 by MTV.^[10]

Time magazine ranked it number 8 on their list of the best songs of 2009.^[11]

Live performances[edit]

Two days after the song premiered on Hot 97, Jay-Z made an appearance at the annual Summer Jam concert at Giants Stadium and performed the song live for the first time.^[12] Towards the end of his set, he was surprised by the appearance of T-Pain who joined him onstage. He later performed 'D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)' during the 2009 BET Awards.

Charts[edit]

The song made a 'Hot Shot Debut' at #24 on the Billboard Hot 100 based on downloads. It has also reached the top 50 of the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, peaking at #43.

Chart (2009)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart*[13]	79
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[14]	24
U.S. BillboardHot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs[15]	43
U.S. BillboardHot Rap Tracks[16]	15

- * No official release; charted due to downloads only

References[edit]

1. ^ ^abSchwartz, Barry (2009-06-06). 'Jay-Z Premieres New Song, 'D.O.A.': 'Death Of Auto-Tune''. MTV. Retrieved 2009-06-21.
2. ^Hart, Ronald (2009-06-10). 'D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)'. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Archived from the original on June 24, 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
3. ^Reid, Shaheem (2009-06-30). 'Kanye West Promises Jay-Z's 'Anti-Auto-Tune' Blueprint 3 Will Be 'Amazing''. MTV. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
4. ^Shaheem, Reid (October 2009). 'Jay-Z Blames Wendy's Commercial -- Partially -- For His 'Death Of Auto-Tune''. MTV. MTV Networks. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
5. ^'Jay-Z Caught Stealing Biggie Ryhmes..Again!!!'. YouTube. 2009-09-17. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
6. ^'Jay-Z 'D.O.A.' Trailer'. Youngandthefly.com. Archived from the original on 2012-02-24. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
7. ^Death Of Autotune Kellz My Response Accessed 2009-06-09.
8. ^'DJ Webstar, Ron Browz & No ID Discuss Jay-Z's, 'Death Of Auto-tune''. RealTalkNY. Archived from the original on 2009-09-23. Retrieved 2009-08-28.
9. ^'Lil Wayne on Jay-Z's 'D.O.A.' Track: 'Auto-Tune Ain't Dead … T-Pain Is My Dude''.
10. ^'The Best Songs Of 2009, In Bigger Than The Sound - Music, Celebrity, Artist News'. MTV. 2009-12-09. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
11. ^'The Top 10 Everything Of 2009'. Time. 2009-12-08.
12. ^Shaheem, Reid (2009-06-08). 'Jay-Z Makes Surprise Appearance At Summer Jam'. MTV. MTV Networks. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
13. ^[1]Archived March 14, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
14. ^'Top 100 Music Hits, Top 100 Music Charts, Top 100 Songs & The Hot 100'. Billboard.com. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
15. ^'D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune)' (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart), Billboard, June 21, 2009.
16. ^[2]^{[dead link]}

External links[edit]

• 'D.O.A (Death of Auto-Tune)' Official Video FINAL CUT on YouTube
• Bone Thugs-n-Harmony – D.O.A. Remix on YouTube

The Top Ten Most Autotuned Songs

1Disturbia - Rihanna

This song could have been better without the autotune - ElSherlock

Rihanna's auto-tuned vocals are just,..unlistenable! I don't know how I used to like this as a kid. - DaWyteNight

2Don't Wake Me Up - Chris Brown

Definitely this one. The Autotune is so obvious it hurts.

THE AUTOTUNE!

3Sweatshirt - Jacob Sartorius

Sweatshirt should be deleted from history

This is horrendous - ElSherlock

It’s just unlistenable. - Userguy44

Oof can't argue with this - StarlightSpanks

4I Gotta Feeling - The Black Eyed Peas

The autotune in this song is fine - ElSherlock

The autotune actually makes it good though in this song - DrayTopTens

Not even the most autotuned Black Eyed Peas song. I guess autotune is their trademark. - Userguy44

I love all the songs but bruh to much to much

5We Can't Stop - Miley Cyrus

She sounds robotic - ElSherlock

6Friday - Rebecca Black

It was terrible - ElSherlock

She sounds whiny and nasally,was that the autotune? In this case,autotune made the song even worse!

7Your Love is My Drug - Ke$ha

There is a bit of autotune in this song - ElSherlock

It sounds extreme because it’s so much autotune in the song.

This is actually one of Kesha's song with less autotune than normal.

9Antidote - Travis Scott

I can't believe Wikipedia says he's a 'hip hop recording artist'. This song is 99 1/2% autotune and 1/2% rapping

Travis Scott has no talent. Can't sing or rap to save his life.

Nice job Travis, another song where your voice is auto-tuned to oblivion and the song's name doesn't make any damn sense.

How come this is NOT higher?
Cool For The Summer, Dangerous Woman and In My Head don't have any noticeable autotune. This song sounds like a cross between Cher and T Pain

10Kiss Kiss - Chris Brown

The autotune in the chorus is so bad that when I was a kid it sounded like Chris said 'gay with me' - DaWyteNight

T Pain is an alien from Jupiter.
It sure sounds like it, maybe because his voice is drowned in so much autotune.

The Contenders

11Hit or Miss - Jacob Sartorius

All of his songs have autotune - ElSherlock

12Bohemian Rhapsody - Lil Meerkat

aaa

What is this

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Hm. - ElSherlock

13I Love the Smelly Feet - Submarine Man

Horrible

This sounds.. like a cracked version of I Love It *Knows that it's a parody of I Love It' - ElSherlock

Sounds like a guy with lungs cancer singing underwater. - Votebotingsucks

Guess what? I now HATE Autotune all the more thanks to this steaming pile of excrement - xandermartin98

17Xanny - Billie Eilish

Billie used so much autotune in this song that she sounds like a girl version of Lil Meerkat. - SanicWantsHisSandwich

She sounds like Robot Oscar the Grouch on meth. - SanicWantsHisSandwich

18Want to Want Me - Jason Derulo

What the hell is this doing here? This has no Autotuned does it

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23Little Flexer You are in Big Trouble - Submarine Man

Please die

25Heartless - Kanye West

The autotune added more vibe to it which I really liked

Honestly thought it was T-Pain the first time I heard this song. - DaWyteNight

26Freaking Foot Fame - Submarine Man

I have no words

285 O'Clock - T-Pain

At all!

T-Pain complains how people don't take him seriously as a singer, yet he continues to make autotuned music. - DaWyteNight

I know T Pain uses autotune, but in this song, he overdoes autotune like a drug and practically killed his voice. Even songs by Kesha and Chris Brown don't have as much autotune as this.

Should be number 1. So horrendously obvious my ears bled.

30Starships - Nicki Minaj

This one is good, the autotune isn't - ElSherlock

32Baby - Justin Bieber

The autotune was bad - ElSherlock

34Never Be the Same - Camila Cabello

Your ears will hurt after listening to this - ElSherlock

So autotuned it's not even funny. - B1ueNew

37Sensual Seduction - Snoop Dogg

Again, the first time this came on the radio I was like 'that can't be T-Pain can it? ' - DaWyteNight

Lol,..Snoop is snoop

Snoop Dogg meant to make the most auto tuned song possible when he made this. Don't believe me? Look it up. - RalphBob

38Dangerous Woman - Ariana Grande

This song sounds good except the autotune in it - ElSherlock

42Tik Tok - Ke$ha

This would have been better without the autotune - ElSherlock

Especially the 'you build me up, you break my down' part

Her voice is auto tuned to the max in this song.

Annoying song. - Userguy44

44California Love - 2pac

What?! This don't have no autotune

Autotune want invented moron

I don’t mind the autotune in this song. - Userguy44

45Believe - Cher

This was the first song that used autotune. After that autotune has been used too much in the 2010s - ElSherlock

Autotuned but great! Better than those bad auto tune songs

Sounds like a man singing. - I80

First song to ever use the Autotuner.

46Trumpet Lights - Chris Brown

This is crap - TBNRbest46

This is terrible and his voice sounds so robotic - ElSherlock

This abnormality of a song deserves #1. -5/5 - AlphaQ

This song has more autotune than literally ANY song. If you haven't heard it. It's awful. It could even be worse than Baby or U.O.E.N.O. I can't really take this song anymore.
Besides Baby doesn't have autotune so it's better than this crap
I would give this a 0/5 - AlphaQ

49Eric Bellinger - Eric Bellinger

If you took Jason Derulo's and Trey Songz' voices and combined them, you'd get Eric Bellinger. - DaWyteNight

50Only God Knows Why - Kid Rock

This HAS to be in the Top 20. - thomwim

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