I'm on a Boat

"I'm on a Boat"
"I'm on a Boat"
Single by The Lonely Island featuring T-Pain
from the album Incredibad
Released	February 3, 2009
Recorded	2008
Genre	Comedy hip hop
Length	2:37
Label	Universal Republic
Songwriter(s)	Andy Samberg; Akiva Schaffer; Jorma Taccone; Adam Cherrington; Faheem Najm;
Producer(s)	Wyshmaster
The Lonely Island singles chronology
T-Pain singles chronology
Music video
	I'm on a Boat (Explicit) on YouTube
	I'm on a Boat (Clean) on YouTube

"I'm on a Boat" is a single from The Lonely Island's debut album Incredibad. It was also featured as a Saturday Night Live Digital Short.^[1] The song features R&B singer T-Pain. The song, produced by Wyshmaster, is a parody of many rap video clichés, especially the music video for the Jay-Z song "Big Pimpin'."^[2] The music video reached number one on YouTube in February 2009 and was number one on the US iTunes music video chart. The song was nominated for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration at the 52nd Grammy Awards.^[3] The Lonely Island has also performed the song live on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon with Black Thought filling in for T-Pain. The trio also performed an altered clean version for a "Classroom Instruments" segment on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. The song went platinum.^[4]

^ Leo, Alex (April 11, 2009). "I'm On A Boat: SNL Digital Short (VIDEO)". Huffington Post. Retrieved May 27, 2009.
^ "Music Video Clichés No.3 - Boats N' Hoes". NME. Archived from the original on May 6, 2010. Retrieved February 24, 2012.
^ Ross, Dalton. "Grammy nominations: We're shocked! Six huge surprises". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved February 24, 2012.
^ "Gold and Platinum Search Results". Recording Industry Association of America. Archived from the original on March 29, 2015. Retrieved February 24, 2012.