It was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments of one million copies. The song remained on top of the Hot 100 for five weeks, becoming his longest lasting number one single on the chart. Two weeks later, it topped the US Pop Songs chart. That same week, the song was also at the top of the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and the US Radio Songs. On November 26, 2005, "Run It!" peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 at number one, becoming Brown's first number one single on the chart, and making him the third youngest solo artist to top the chart, behind only Stevie Wonder and Peggy March, and the fourth youngest overall. It gained the airplay title again in the following week, climbing to number two on the chart, where it stalled for a month. After eight weeks on the chart, the song entered the top ten at number eight on October 22, 2005, receiving the airplay gainer title. "Run It!" debuted at number 92 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the issue dated August 27, 2005. Critical reception īill Lamb of awarded "Run It!" a four-star rating, commending the song's backing music, Brown's voice, and chorus, but called it "another cookie cutter Scott Storch production." Andy Kellman of AllMusic noted it as one of the album's top tracks, commenting that the song's "way of tempering Brown's small-town innocence with hard-edged backing and a guest spot from an MC of ill repute is clearly a strategy to make the singer appeal to more than tween girls." Christian Hoard of Rolling Stone said that the song gets by "thanks to a slinky synth beat and the mix of smooth seduction and cunning come-ons in Brown's baby-mack vocals." Chart performance
The music video received two nominations at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards for "Best New Artist" and "Viewer's Choice", but lost to Avenged Sevenfold's "Bat Country" and Fall Out Boy's "Dance, Dance", respectively. However, as soon as the guards find nobody there, they start dancing. At the end, Brown and his love interest are about to kiss before the security guards arrive, and the whole gym is evacuated, with both of them pulled in separate directions. During the sequences, Brown makes several movements toward his love interest. The video features several dance sequences in which the males and females dance off against each other. Directed by Erik White, it portrays an underground dance inside a school gym, where Brown meets a girl ( Destiny Lightsy) that he is suddenly attracted to and with whom he wants to dance. The music video for "Run It!" was released on August 8, 2005. Christian Hoard of Rolling Stone called the song "a de- crunked ' Yeah!' that gets by thanks to a slinky synth beat and the mix of smooth seduction and cunning come-ons in Brown's baby-mack vocals." The song features rap verses from American hip-hop recording artist Juelz Santana. Brown's vocals have been described as "sweet" and "baby mack"-like. The track is composed in the key of C# minor as a Crunk&B song that consists of slinky synth beats, a catchy chorus, an ominous, creepy background, and elements of Scott Storch productions. It interpolates The Waitresses' 1980 single " I Know What Boys Like", written by Christopher Butler. "Run It" was written and produced by Scott Storch and Sean Garrett. They later solicited the song to contemporary hit radio on October 3, 2005. On July 19, 2005, Jive and Zomba Records serviced the song to rhythmic crossover radio in the United States. "Run It" was released as Brown's debut single on June 30, 2005, through digital distribution. Also in 2006, the radio version of the song appeared on the compilation album Now That's What I Call Music! 21 The music video earned nominations at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards for " Best New Artist" and " Viewer's Choice".
The song also managed to top the charts in the United States, Australia and New Zealand. The remix features rappers Bow Wow and Jermaine Dupri and was performed at The 2006 Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards by Bow Wow and Chris Brown.Ĭommercially, the song peaked inside the top ten in six countries and the top twenty in other four. The song appeared on his debut studio album, Chris Brown, and was released as a single on June 30, 2005. It was produced by Scott Storch and written by Sean Garrett alongside guest artist Juelz Santana. " Run It!" is the debut single recorded by American recording artist Chris Brown.