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“Touch The Sky” by Kanye West featuring Lupe Fiasco
From the album Late Registration (2005) Featuring Lupe Fiasco
“Touch The Sky” by Kanye West featuring Lupe Fiasco appears on 4 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2006 and 2022. It was first released in 2005 on the album Late Registration. Its best result is #86 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2006. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #481 alternative song of 2006.
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"Touch the Sky" is the one cut on Kanye West's 2005 album Late Registration that he left entirely to someone else behind the boards. Just Blaze played him beat after beat, and this was the one West couldn't let go of: a slowed-down sample of Curtis Mayfield's 1971 "Move On Up" turned into a victory march. West raps about believing in yourself the way he believes in himself, which is a lot, then hands the floor to Lupe Fiasco, making his debut on record, and it was Lupe's verse most critics singled out.
Mike Dean mixed it, and it went out as the album's fourth single. Chris Milk's video cast West as the daredevil Evel Kanyevel, a nod to Evel Knievel's failed leap over the Snake River Canyon, and West took it to the Grammys, the Brit Awards and Saturday Night Live. The Milwaukee Brewers still cue it up for home runs.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 86 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2006 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 681 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
| 2020 | 1081 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
| 2022 | 421 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s | 907 |
Also listed as: Touch The Sky (Featuring Lupe Fiasco); Touch the Sky.
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