Triple Trouble (song)

2004 single by Beastie Boys

"Triple Trouble"

Single by Beastie Boys
from the album  To the 5 Boroughs
Released| September 2004
Recorded| 2004
Genre| Hip hop
Length| 2:43
Label| EMI
Songwriter(s)| Nile Rodgers, Bernard Edwards, Michael Diamond, Adam Horovitz, Adam Yauch
Producer(s)| Beastie Boys
Beastie Boys singles chronology
| "Ch-Check It Out"
(2004)  | "Triple Trouble"
(2004)  | "Right Right Now Now"
(2004)

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Music video
"Triple Trouble" on YouTube

"Triple Trouble" is a song by the American hip hop group Beastie Boys, released as the second single from their sixth studio album To the 5 Boroughs. It heavily samples "Rapper's Delight" by the Sugarhill Gang,[1] and interpolates lyrics from "Double Trouble at the Amphitheatre" by Double Trouble.[1]

The music video for "Triple Trouble" was directed by MCA, under his alias Nathaniel Hornblower and filmed in Toronto. Kanye West and John Legend made cameos at the end of the video.

The song was used to promote the third season of the HBO series Bored to Death.

## Track listing[edit]

1. "Triple Trouble" (Album version) – 2:46
2. "Triple Trouble" (J Wizzle Remix) – 3:12
3. "Triple Trouble" (Graham Coxon Remix) – 3:59 (UK CD release)

## Chart positions[edit]

Chart (2004)  | Peak
position

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Australian Singles Chart[2] | 73
Australian Urban (ARIA)[3] | 17
UK Singles Chart[4] | 37
U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks[5] | 11

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "Beastie Boys - To the 5 Boroughs (CD, Album)". Discogs. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
2. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
3. ^ "Issue 766" ARIA Top 40 Urban Singles. National Library of Australia. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
4. ^ "The Official Charts Company - Beastie Boys". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2011-05-11.
5. ^ "Beastie Boys Album & Song Chart History". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2011-05-11.

## External links[edit]

* "Triple Trouble" Official music video on YouTube

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Studio albums|

* Licensed to Ill
* Paul's Boutique
* Check Your Head
* Ill Communication
* Hello Nasty
* To the 5 Boroughs
* The Mix-Up
* Hot Sauce Committee Part Two

Compilations|

* Some Old Bullshit
* The In Sound from Way Out!
* Beastie Boys Anthology: The Sounds of Science
* Solid Gold Hits
* Beastie Boys Music

EPs|

* Polly Wog Stew
* An Exciting Evening at Home with Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego
* Pretzel Nugget
* Root Down
* Aglio e Olio
* Nasty Bits
* Scientists of Sound (The Blow Up Factor Vol. 1)
* The Mix-Up Bonus Tracks

Live musicians|

* Rick Rubin
* Doctor Dré
* DJ Hurricane
* Money Mark
* Eric Bobo
* Alfredo Ortiz
* Mix Master Mike

Associated acts|

* The Young and the Useless
* Dust Brothers
* Mario Caldato Jr.
* BS 2000
* The Latch Brothers

Filmography|

* Beastie Boys Video Anthology
* Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That!
* Fight for Your Right Revisited
* Beastie Boys Story

Related articles|

* Discography
* Songs
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* The Beastles
* Oscilloscope Laboratories
* Together Forever Tour
* Simply Mortified

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