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"You Was Right" is a song recorded by American rapper Lil Uzi Vert. It was released as a single for his third mixtape Lil Uzi Vert vs. the World on May 27, 2016, via Atlantic Records and WEA, a subsidiary of Warner Music Group.^[1]

Background

"You Was Right" received over 45 million streams on SoundCloud in the period of six months.^[2] Included in Lil Uzi Vert vs. the World as the fifth track, the song peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 40.

Commercial performance

The song has sold more than two million copies in the United States and was certified double-platinum by Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on February 26, 2018. It was previously, in 2017, certified gold and platinum on January 6 and March 2, respectively.^[3] "You Was Right" is Uzi Vert's first solo single to be certified platinum in the United States, with his second platinum-certified solo single appearing three weeks later.^[4]^[5]

Music video

The official music video was released on October 5, 2016. Based on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, it features Uzi Vert and Metro Boomin as Mad Hatters in a tea party, with the latter handling an MPC.^[4]^[6] It was directed by Spike Jordan,^[7] showing Uzi Vert walking into a door that transforms his reality into a fantasy, in which bunnies are shown hopping around and beautiful women with "some hypnotic eyes strolling in their fuzzy Puma slippers in a tea party picnic filled with stacks of cash."

^ Smith, Trevor (April 17, 2016). "You Was Right". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
^ H, Ulysse (October 10, 2016). "Lil Uzi Vert sort enfin le clip de "You Was Right" en collaboration avec Metro Boomin". Les Inrocks (in French). Retrieved 2018-11-30.
^ "Lil Uzi Vert - Gold & Platinum". RIAA. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
^ ^a ^b M, Shaun (March 13, 2017). "Lil Uzi Vert's "You Was Right" Goes Platinum". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
^ Reiff, Corbin (2017-03-14). "If You Thought Lil Uzi Vert Had Platinum Potential, 'You Was Right'". Uproxx. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
^ Madden, Sidney (October 5, 2016). "Metro Boomin Stars in Lil Uzi Vert's New 'You Was Right' Video - XXL". XXL Mag. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
^ Breihan, Tom (2016-10-05). "Lil Uzi Vert – "You Was Right" Video". Stereogum. Retrieved 2018-11-30.

[1] Smith, Trevor (April 17, 2016). "You Was Right". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved 2018-11-30.

[2] H, Ulysse (October 10, 2016). "Lil Uzi Vert sort enfin le clip de "You Was Right" en collaboration avec Metro Boomin". Les Inrocks (in French). Retrieved 2018-11-30.

[3] "Lil Uzi Vert - Gold & Platinum". RIAA. Retrieved 2018-11-30.

[:0-4] M, Shaun (March 13, 2017). "Lil Uzi Vert's "You Was Right" Goes Platinum". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved 2018-11-30.

[5] Reiff, Corbin (2017-03-14). "If You Thought Lil Uzi Vert Had Platinum Potential, 'You Was Right'". Uproxx. Retrieved 2018-11-30.

[:1-6] Madden, Sidney (October 5, 2016). "Metro Boomin Stars in Lil Uzi Vert's New 'You Was Right' Video - XXL". XXL Mag. Retrieved 2018-11-30.

[7] Breihan, Tom (2016-10-05). "Lil Uzi Vert – "You Was Right" Video". Stereogum. Retrieved 2018-11-30.

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	== Music video ==		== Music video ==
	The official music video was released on October 5, 2016. Based on ''[[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]'', it features Uzi Vert and Metro Boomin as [[Hatter (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)\|Mad Hatters]] in a tea party, with the latter handling an [[Akai MPC\|MPC]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite news\|url=http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2016/10/metro-boomin-lil-uzi-verts-you-was-right-video/\|title=Metro Boomin Stars in Lil Uzi Vert's New 'You Was Right' Video - XXL\|last=Madden\|first=Sidney\|date=October 5, 2016\|work=[[XXL Mag]]\|access-date=2018-11-30\|language=en}}</ref>		The official music video was released on October 5, 2016. Based on ''[[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]'', it features Uzi Vert and Metro Boomin as [[Hatter (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)\|Mad Hatters]] in a tea party, with the latter handling an [[Akai MPC\|MPC]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite news\|url=http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2016/10/metro-boomin-lil-uzi-verts-you-was-right-video/\|title=Metro Boomin Stars in Lil Uzi Vert's New 'You Was Right' Video - XXL\|last=Madden\|first=Sidney\|date=October 5, 2016\|work=[[XXL Mag]]\|access-date=2018-11-30\|language=en}}</ref> It was directed by Spike Jordan,<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.stereogum.com/1903503/lil-uzi-vert-you-was-right-video-dir-spike-jonze/video/\|title=Lil Uzi Vert – “You Was Right” Video\|last=Breihan\|first=Tom\|date=2016-10-05\|work=[[Stereogum]]\|access-date=2018-11-30}}</ref> showing Uzi Vert walking into a door that transforms his reality into a fantasy, in which bunnies are shown hopping around and beautiful women with "some hypnotic eyes strolling in their fuzzy Puma slippers in a tea party picnic filled with stacks of cash."