"Hypnotize U" is a song by funk rock

Funk rock

Funk rock is a music genre that fuses funk and rock elements. Its earliest incarnation was heard in the late 1960s through the mid-1970s by acts such as the Jimi Hendrix Experience , Eric Burdon and War, Trapeze, Parliament-Funkadelic, Betty Davis and Mother's Finest. The 1990s were known for acts...

/hip-hop group N.E.R.D., produced by The Neptunes

The Neptunes

The Neptunes are a record production duo consisting of Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo, who are credited with contributing the sound for many successful hip hop, R&B and pop artists in the late-1990s and 2000s...

 and Daft Punk

Daft Punk

Daft Punk are an electronic music duo consisting of French musicians Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter . Daft Punk reached significant popularity in the late 1990s house movement in France and met with continued success in the years following, combining elements of house with synthpop...

. It was released on October 16, 2010. It is the second single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 off their fourth studio album, Nothing.

Music video

A music video for "Hypnotize U" was filmed. It was released on November 2, 2010. It shows the group's frontman Pharrell

Pharrell Williams

Pharrell Williams , commonly known simply as Pharrell, is an American rapper, singer, record producer, composer, and fashion designer. Williams and Chad Hugo make up the record production duo The Neptunes, producing hip hop and R&B music...

 hypnotizing people to sleep.

Track list

Digital download

1. "Hypnotize U" (4:19)
2. "Hypnotize U" (Nero remix) (5:34)
3. "Hypnotize U" (Nico de Andrea remix) (5:11)

CD album

1. "Hot-n-Fun" (feat. Nelly Furtado
   Nelly Furtado
   Nelly Kim Furtado is a Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. Furtado grew up in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.Furtado first gained fame with her debut album, Whoa, Nelly!, and its single "I'm Like a Bird", which won a 2001 Juno Award for Single of the Year and a 2002 Grammy...
   
   ) (3:22)
2. "Party People" (feat. T.I.
   T.I.
   Clifford Joseph Harris, Jr. , better known by his stage name T.I., is an American rap artist, film and music producer, actor and author. He is also the founder and co-chief executive officer of Grand Hustle Records....
   
   ) (3:42)
3. "Hypnotize U" (4:19)

iTunes

ITunes

iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....

 download

1. "Hypnotize U" (4:19)

Live performances

N.E.R.D performed live at Brooklyn

Brooklyn

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 on July 13, 2010. They also performed the single at MP3 on June 15, 2010, as well as alongside Chris Brown at New York

New York

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. They also performed it on the Late Show with David Letterman

Late Show with David Letterman

Late Show with David Letterman is a U.S. late-night talk show hosted by David Letterman on CBS. The show debuted on August 30, 1993, and is produced by Letterman's production company, Worldwide Pants Incorporated. The show's music director and band-leader of the house band, the CBS Orchestra, is...

.

Charts

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Chart (2010)	Peak position