She's Dope
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"She's Dope" is a single by Canadian band Down with Webster
Down with Webster
Down with Webster, or DWW, is a 7-man Canadian rap rock band from The Beaches area of Toronto, Ontario who signed with Universal Motown in April 2009. During live shows the band occasionally uses a 3-piece horn section....

. It is the first single off their album, Time to Win, Vol. 2. It was released on May 23, 2011. "She's Dope" debuted on the Canadian Hot 100
Canadian Hot 100
The Canadian Hot 100 is a music singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks songs in Canada. The chart debuted in the Billboard issue dated June 16, 2007 and was made available for the first time via their online services on June 7, 2007...

 at #52 and has since peaked at #18.

Background

A previous version of "She's Dope" was released in October 2010 in a 360-degrees music video in the Doritos Late Night interactive global music event via the Doritos Late Night website. The website also featured 360-degrees music videos for six other artists including Rihanna
Rihanna
Robyn Rihanna Fenty , better known as simply Rihanna, is a Barbadian recording artist. Born in Saint Michael, Barbados, Rihanna moved to the United States at the age of 16 to pursue a recording career under the guidance of record producer Evan Rogers...

 and Professor Green
Professor Green
Professor Green , better known by his stage name Professor Green, is a British rapper. He was signed to The Beats, a record label run by Mike Skinner and Ted Mayhem, until 12 February 2008, as the label went under. He won the inaugural JumpOff MySpace £50,000 battle rap tournament in July 2008...

.

"She's Dope" is written by band members Tyler Armes, Cameron Hunter, Patrick Gillet, Martin Seja and Andrew Martino.

Music video

A music video for "She's Dope" was filmed in April 2011 and was directed by Aaron A. This is the third collaboration between Down with Webster and Aaron A. after Aaron A. directed the music videos for Your Man
Your Man (Down with Webster song)
"Your Man" is the second single by Down with Webster from the band's 2009 EP, Time to Win, Vol. 1. The song was very successful in Canada, peaking at #12 on the Canadian Hot 100. In April 2010, the song was certified Platinum by the CRIA in digital downloads...

 and Whoa Is Me
Whoa Is Me
"Whoa Is Me" is the third single by Down with Webster from the band's debut EP, Time To Win, Vol. 1. The song became successful in Canada, debuting at #74 on the Canadian Hot 100 and peaking at #13...

. Aaron A. talked about the concept of the video saying, "the concept is kind of all around this dream world and one particular dope girl." Fashion model, Genevieve Pantano, is featured as the omnipresent girl.

MuchMusic
MuchMusic
MuchMusic is a Canadian English language Category A specialty channel owned by Bell Media. MuchMusic is dedicated to music-related programs, pop and youth culture.-History:...

's tv show, New.Music.Live said that in the video the band combines "elements of a performance video with some trippy dream sequence sets and fish eye lenses."

The music video premiered on New.Music.Live on MuchMusic
MuchMusic
MuchMusic is a Canadian English language Category A specialty channel owned by Bell Media. MuchMusic is dedicated to music-related programs, pop and youth culture.-History:...

 on May 17, 2011. The music video for "She's Dope" debuted at #30 on the MuchMusic Countdown on the week of May 26, 2011. It has peaked at #1 on the week of August 11, 2011.

Chart Performance

"She's Dope" debuted on the Canadian Hot 100
Canadian Hot 100
The Canadian Hot 100 is a music singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks songs in Canada. The chart debuted in the Billboard issue dated June 16, 2007 and was made available for the first time via their online services on June 7, 2007...

 at #52 on the week of June 11, 2011 and peaked at #18 on the week of July 9, 2011. The song has spent a total of 11 weeks on the Canadian Hot 100
Canadian Hot 100
The Canadian Hot 100 is a music singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks songs in Canada. The chart debuted in the Billboard issue dated June 16, 2007 and was made available for the first time via their online services on June 7, 2007...

.The song was the Greatest Gainer on the week July 9, 2011. "She's Dope" also peaked at #10 on the Digital Singles chart on the week of June 29, 2011.

Live Performances

"She's Dope" was performed live by Down with Webster at the 2011 MuchMusic Video Awards
2011 MuchMusic Video Awards
The 2011 MuchMusic Video Awards was held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at MuchMusic's headquarters on June 19, 2011. The awards were aired on MuchMusic, CP24, E!, MuchHD and Fuse. Along with the MuchMusic VJ's, it was confirmed on the MuchMusic website that Selena Gomez will host the show...

on June 19, 2011.

Track listing

Charts

Chart (2011) Peak
position
Canadian Hot 100 18
Canadian Digital Downloads 10
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