Gangsta's Paradise

Momentum

This song has not appeared on a Rotation chart, so it has no score and no receipts. The rank history below is the ledger; a score is only published once the momentum run puts it on a chart.

Why it's here

The song interpolates Stevie Wonder's 1976 track "Pastime Paradise," and Wonder insisted the lyrics be free of profanity before allowing the sample, giving the track its distinctive clean, choral menace. [1] It served as the lead single for the Dangerous Minds soundtrack, with a music video directed by Antoine Fuqua featuring Michelle Pfeiffer reprising her role from the film. [2] The track won the Grammy for Best Rap Solo Performance and two MTV Video Music Awards, and was the top-selling single of 1995 on the Billboard Hot 100. [3]

In culture

Every place this record has lived. A solid chip states a fact and carries the citation that earns it; a dashed one is a connection somebody drew, and carries their name instead.

• Written by Cooliosource
• Written by L.V.source
• Written by Doug Rasheedsource
• Written by Stevie Wondersource
• Covered Batterysource
• Covered Off the Beatsource
• Covered DJ Davesource
• Covered Starturn on 45 Pintssource
• Covered Cicadasource
• Covered In Fear and Faithsource
• Covered Artassource
• Covered Coolio vs. Kylian Mash & Rico Bernasconisource
• Covered Il Tunizsource
• Covered Nadavsource
• Covered Star Turn on 45 Pintssource
• Covered Coolio & L.V.source

Across markets · earliest pickup first

Every date here is the date the source chart covers, never the date we fetched it. Sources publish on different lags: the Spotify mirror runs about two days behind, TurnTable publishes weekly. One recording, one history: this table also counts the rows sources published under 1 other handle of this record (remasters, official videos).

1. MarketFirst seenLatestDaysPeakRank path
2. Australiaau · shazam spotify · 1 city2026-06-142026-09-23#4171#14
   #41
3. Switzerlandch · spotify2026-06-182026-09-21#12668#100
   #126
4. Germanyde · shazam spotify2026-07-042026-09-23#6966#39
   #69
5. Belgiumbe · spotify2026-07-042026-09-19#19139#151
   #191
6. Spaines · deezer shazam2026-07-202026-09-23#1652#5
   #16
7. Mexicomx · shazam2026-07-202026-09-23#1252#5
   #12
8. Brazilbr · shazam2026-07-202026-09-23#1152#7
   #11
9. United Statesus · shazam · 3 cities2026-07-202026-09-23#6153#10
   #61
10. Show all 48 markets

Worldwide feeds · not markets

A source's own worldwide chart. These are feeds, not places, so they are kept out of the market count above.

1. MarketFirst seenLatestDaysPeakRank path
2. World feedworld · shazam2026-07-202026-09-23#2753#11
   #27
3. Global feedglobal · spotify2026-07-242026-08-01#1996#184
   #199

City pickups

City charts record their parent country as the market, so these do not add to the market count above. One line per country: how many of its rooms picked the song up, and the best of them.

1. us 3 cities · best #10 cincinnati
2. au 1 city · best #34 adelaide

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Editions

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