"Fancy" is a song by Australian rapper Iggy Azalea featuring British singer Charli XCX, taken from the former's debut studio album, The New Classic (2014). It was released on 17 February 2014 by Def Jam Recordings as the fourth single from the album. "Fancy" was described as an electro-hop, electropop, and pop rap song. It was written by Azalea and XCX, composed and produced by production team the Invisible Men, alongside additional producers the Arcade. It was leaked under the title "Leave It" in December 2013.
Azalea performing during the ACL Music Festival in November 2014
The music video for the song shows Azalea (left) with yellow plaid clothing, referencing an outfit worn by the character Cher Horowitz from the 1995 movie Clueless. Walking down the school's hallway with her is an actress playing Dionne (right), another character from the film.
Many artists, including American rock band the Killers (pictured), covered the song.
Pop Airplay is a 40-song music chart published weekly by Billboard Magazine that ranks the most popular songs of pop music being played on a panel of Top 40 radio stations in the United States. The rankings are based on radio airplay detections as measured by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems, a subsidiary of the U.S.' leading marketing research company. Consumer researchers, Nielsen Audio, refers to the format as contemporary hit radio (CHR).
The current number-one song on the chart is "Beautiful Things" by Benson Boone.
With 47 weeks at number-one, Katy Perry holds the record for having spent the most weeks at the summit.
Lady Gaga is the only musical artist in history to have her first six singles all reach the number-one position on this chart.
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