Wanted Dead or Alive (Tupac Shakur and Snoop Doggy Dogg song)

"Wanted Dead or Alive"
"Wanted Dead or Alive"
Single by 2Pac and Snoop Doggy Dogg
from the album Gridlock'd
Released	January 1997
Recorded	1996
Genre	West Coast hip hop; gangsta rap; g-funk;
Length	4:39
Label	Death Row; Def Jam;
Songwriter(s)	Tupac Shakur; Calvin Broadus; Delmar Arnaud; Roger Troutman;
Producer(s)	Dat Nigga Daz
2Pac singles chronology
Snoop Dogg singles chronology
Music video
	"Wanted Dead or Alive" on YouTube

"Wanted Dead or Alive" is a gangsta rap song by American West Coast hip hop recording artists 2Pac and Snoop Dogg. It was released in January 1997 via Death Row Records and Def Jam Music Group Inc. as the lead single from Gridlock'd – The Soundtrack. Production was handled by Daz Dillinger, who utilized an interpolation of Zapp's "Dance Floor".

The song peaked at number 16 on the UK Singles Chart, number 12 on the UK Dance Singles chart and number 4 on the UK Hip Hop and R&B Singles chart. It also made it to number 3 in New Zealand and number 41 in Australia.

AllMusic's Andrew Hamilton described the song as "2Pac supplies the bullets with his aggressive, authentic, unmistakable delivery and Snoop's at his spacy best, laid-back, effective, super cool, and chronic mellow".^[1]

Music video

An accompanying music video was directed by Scott Kalvert and released in February 1997. It shows the police trying to catch Snoop Dogg along with clips of the deceased rapper Tupac Shakur. The storyline is similar to "2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted".

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)
1.	"Wanted Dead or Alive"	Tupac Shakur Calvin Broadus Delmar Arnaud Roger Troutman	Dat Nigga Daz
2.	"Never Had a Friend Like Me"	Shakur Johnny Jackson	Johnny "J"
3.	"Life Is a Traffic Jam"	Shakur Vondie Curtis-Hall Mone Smith	Medusa

Personnel

Tupac "2Pac" Shakur – performer
Calvin "Snoop Doggy Dogg" Broadus – performer (track 1)
Eight Mile Road – performer (track 3)
Delmar "Dat Nigga Daz" Arnaud – producer (track 1)
Johnny Jackson – producer (track 2)
Mone "Medusa" Smith – producer (track 3)

Charts

Chart (1997)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)^[2]	41
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)^[3]	3
Scotland (OCC)^[4]	38
UK Singles (OCC)^[5]	16
UK Dance (OCC)^[6]	12
UK Hip Hop/R&B (OCC)^[7]	4

References

^ Hamilton, Andrew. "Wanted Dead or Alive - 2Pac, Snoop Dogg | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved September 9, 2024.
^ "2Pac and Snoop Doggy Dogg – Wanted Dead Or Alive". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved September 9, 2024.
^ "2Pac and Snoop Doggy Dogg – Wanted Dead Or Alive". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved September 9, 2024.
^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 9, 2024.
^ "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 9, 2024.
^ "Official Hip Hop and R&B Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 9, 2024.

External links

2Pac and Snoop Doggy Dogg – Wanted Dead Or Alive at Discogs (list of releases)

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[1] Hamilton, Andrew. "Wanted Dead or Alive - 2Pac, Snoop Dogg | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved September 9, 2024.

[sc_Australia_2Pac_and_Snoop_Doggy_Dogg-2] "2Pac and Snoop Doggy Dogg – Wanted Dead Or Alive". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved September 9, 2024.

[sc_New_Zealand_2Pac_and_Snoop_Doggy_Dogg-3] "2Pac and Snoop Doggy Dogg – Wanted Dead Or Alive". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved September 9, 2024.

[sc_Scotland_-4] "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 14, 2015.

[sc_UK_-5] "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 9, 2024.

[sc_UKdance_-6] "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 9, 2024.

[sc_UKrandb_-7] "Official Hip Hop and R&B Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 9, 2024.

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v t e Tupac Shakur
Discography Songs Awards and nominations Death
Studio albums	2Pacalypse Now Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z... Me Against the World All Eyez on Me
Posthumous albums	The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory R U Still Down? (Remember Me) Still I Rise Until the End of Time Better Dayz Loyal to the Game Pac's Life
Live albums	2Pac Live Live at the House of Blues
Remix albums	Nu-Mixx Klazzics Nu-Mixx Klazzics Vol. 2
Compilation albums	Greatest Hits Beginnings: The Lost Tapes 1988–1991 The Prophet: The Best of the Works Tupac: Resurrection The Prophet Returns Best of 2Pac
Related albums	Nothing but Trouble (soundtrack) Sons of the P Juice (soundtrack) Poetic Justice (soundtrack) Above the Rim (soundtrack) Gridlock'd (soundtrack) Gang Related (soundtrack) A 2Pac Tribute: Dare 2 Struggle The Rose That Grew from Concrete The Rose, Vol. 2
Extended plays	Don't Go 2 Sleep
Singles	"Brenda's Got a Baby" "If My Homie Calls" "Trapped" "Holler If Ya Hear Me" "I Get Around" "Keep Ya Head Up" "Papa'z Song" "Cradle to the Grave" "Dear Mama" "So Many Tears" "Temptations" "California Love" "2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted" "How Do U Want It" "I Ain't Mad at Cha" "Toss It Up" "To Live & Die in LA" "Hail Mary" "Wanted Dead or Alive"
Posthumous singles	"I Wonder If Heaven Got a Ghetto" "Do for Love" "Changes" "Unconditional Love" "Baby Don't Cry (Keep Ya Head Up II)" "Until the End of Time" "Letter 2 My Unborn" "Thugz Mansion" "Still Ballin'" "Runnin' (Dying to Live)" "One Day at a Time (Em's Version)" "Thugs Get Lonely Too" "Ghetto Gospel" "Untouchable" "Pac's Life" "Playa Cardz Right"
Other songs	"I Don't Give a Fuck" "Runnin' from tha Police" "Ambitionz az a Ridah" "All Eyez on Me" "Hit 'Em Up" "Are U Still Down"
Featured singles	"Gotta Get Mine" "Smile" "Playa Cardz Right"
Books	The Rose That Grew from Concrete
Stage	Holler If Ya Hear Me
Documentaries	Biggie & Tupac Tupac: Resurrection Tupac: Assassination Dear Mama
Outlawz	Yaki Kadafi Kastro Napoleon E.D.I. Mean Hussein Fatal Mussolini Komani Young Noble
Related articles	Outlawz Digital Underground Afeni Shakur Assata Shakur Mopreme Shakur Mutulu Shakur Thug Life Death Row Records East Coast–West Coast hip hop rivalry Niccolò Machiavelli Orlando Anderson Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts All Eyez on Me (film) Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G. City of Lies "Taylor Made Freestyle"

v t e Snoop Dogg songs
Singles discography Songs Guest appearances Awards and nominations
Doggystyle	"Gin and Juice" "Lodi Dodi" "Murder Was the Case" "What's My Name?" "Ain't No Fun (If the Homies Can't Have None)" "Doggy Dogg World"
Tha Doggfather	"Doggfather" "Vapors" "Snoop's Upside Ya Head"
Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told	"Woof" "Still a G Thang"
No Limit Top Dogg	"Snoopafella" "G Bedtime Stories" "Down for My N's" "Bitch Please" "Just Dippin'"
Tha Last Meal	"Hennesey'n Buddah" "Snoop Dogg (What's My Name Pt. 2)" "Wrong Idea" "Lay Low" "Loosen' Control"
Paid tha Cost to Be da Boss	"From tha Chuuuch to da Palace" "Beautiful" "Paper'd Up" "Pimp Slapp'd" "Mission Cleopatra"
R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece	"Drop It Like It's Hot" "Ups & Downs" "Let's Get Blown" "Signs" "Girl Like U"
Tha Blue Carpet Treatment	"Vato" "That's That" "Candy (Drippin' Like Water)" "Boss' Life" "I Wanna Fuck You" "Imagine"
Ego Trippin'	"Neva Have 2 Worry" "Sensual Seduction" "Life of da Party" "My Medicine" "Those Gurlz"
Malice n Wonderland	"I Wanna Rock" "Gangsta Luv"
More Malice	"I Wanna Rock (G-Mix)" "That Tree"
Doggumentary	"Platinum" "Boom" "Wet"
Mac & Devin Go to High School	"Smokin' On" "Young, Wild & Free"
Reincarnated	"Here Comes the King" "Lighters Up" "No Guns Allowed" "Smoke the Weed" "Torn Apart" "Ashtrays and Heartbreaks" "La La La"
7 Days of Funk	"Hit Da Pavement" "Faden Away"
Bush	"California Roll" "Awake" "So Many Pros" "Peaches N Cream"
Coolaid	"Point Seen Money Gone" "Light It Up" "Kush Ups"
Neva Left	"Lavender (Nightfall Remix)" "Vapors (DJ Battlecat Remix)"
I Wanna Thank Me	"I Wanna Thank Me"
As featured artist	"Deep Cover" "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang" "Fuck wit Dre Day" "Let Me Ride" "Afro Puffs" "What Would You Do?" "New York, New York" "2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted" "Come and Get with Me" "Unify" "Cali Chronic" "Still D.R.E." "Bow Wow (That's My Name)" "Crybaby" "The Next Episode" "WW III" "Bitch Please II" "Welcome to Atlanta (Coast to Coast Remix)" "Holidae In" "P.I.M.P. (Remix)" "I Wanna Thank Ya" "The Wash" "Gangsta Zone" "Say Somethin'" "Buttons" "Cali Iz Active" "Go to Church" "Gangsta Walk" "Hollywood Divorce" "My 64" "Ghetto" "Bottle Pop" "Day Dreaming" "Hot Girl" "Dime Piece" "All I Do Is Win" "California Gurls" "Get 'Em Girls" "Kush" "Boyfriend" "Mr Endowed (Remix)" "Last Night" "If I Was You (OMG)" "I'm Day Dreaming" "The Mack" "Want U Back "I Drink I Smoke" "Slow Motion" "Major Distribution" "Dynamite" "Wiggle" "Hangover" "You and Your Friends" "Stuck on a Feeling" "Professional Rapper" "No Social Media" "Pain" "Way Back" "Smile (Living My Best Life)" "Top of the World" "Hollywood" "Moves" "Be Nice" "Respect My Cryppin'" (Remix) "Peaches" (Remix)
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