{{Short description|2012 single by Classified featuring David Myles}} {{Infobox song | name = Inner Ninja | cover = Classified - Inner Ninja.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Classified featuring David Myles | album = Classified | released = {{start date|df=yes|2012|11|6}} (original version) | recorded = 2012 | studio = | venue = | genre = Hip hop | length = {{Duration|m=3|s=11}} | label = Halflife Records, Universal Canada | writer = David Myles, Luke Boyd, Jack Artzy, Mark Pellizzer, Mike Boyd | producer = Luke Boyd | chronology = Classified | prev_title = Anything Goes | prev_year = 2012 | next_title = 3 Foot Tall | next_year = 2013 | misc = {{Extra chronology | artist = David Myles | type = single | prev_title = | prev_year = | title = Inner Ninja | year = 2012 | next_title = | next_year = }} {{External music video|{{YouTube|NGhyL8zg3_I|"Inner Ninja"}} }} }} "'''Inner Ninja'''" is a song by Canadian hip hop recording artist Classified, featuring David Myles. It was released in November 2012 as the lead single from his album, ''Classified''. The song reached number 5 in Canada and was certified 5× platinum. The organizers of the 2015 Pan American Games licensed "Inner Ninja" to serve as the theme song for Pachi the porcupine, the Games' sports mascot.<ref name=GlobeAndMail2014-11-21/>
==Music videos== The original version of the video shows two men taking a bag of sweets from a young boy who then turns into a ninja and chases after them. The boy and two other children dressed as ninjas finally catch up with the men and defeat them and reclaim the bag of sweets. Throughout the video it also shows Classified and Myles singing next to a group of children learning martial arts.
==Classified featuring Olly Murs remix version== {{Infobox song | name = Inner Ninja | cover = Inner-Ninja-Classified-Feat-Olly-Murs-Remix.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Classified featuring Olly Murs | album = | released = {{start date|df=yes|2013|11|10}} | recorded = 2013 | studio = | venue = | genre = Hip hop | length = {{Duration|m=3|s=11}} | label = Halflife Records, Atlantic | writer = David Myles, Luke Boyd, Mark Pellizzer, Mike Boyd | producer = Luke Boyd | chronology = Classified | prev_title = 3 Foot Tall | prev_year = 2013 | next_title = | next_year = | misc = {{Extra chronology | artist = Olly Murs | type = single | prev_title = Right Place Right Time | prev_year = 2013 | title = Inner Ninja (Remix) | year = 2013 | next_title = Hand on Heart | next_year = 2013 }} {{External music video|{{YouTube|uRsWCyHUMTs|"Inner Ninja (Remix)"}} }} }} On 10 November 2013, a new version of the song was released, this time featuring vocals from English singer Olly Murs. This version has charted in Australia, Ireland and New Zealand.
;Music video The second video which was released on 30 September 2013 is similar to the first except it features clips of Murs dressed in black clothing in a Japanese-themed room.
==Charts and certifications==
===Weekly charts=== ;Classified featuring David Myles version {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Chart (2012–13) ! Peak<br />position |- |{{singlechart|Canada|5|artist=Classified|accessdate=28 October 2013}} |- |{{singlechart|Billboardcanadachrtop40|6|artist=Classified|accessdate=27 August 2020}} |- |{{singlechart|Billboardcanadahotac|17|artist=Classified|accessdate=27 August 2020}} |- |{{singlechart|Dutch100|91|artist= Classified feat. David Myles|song=Inner Ninja}} |- |}
;Classified featuring Olly Murs remix version {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Chart (2013) ! Peak<br />position |- | Australia (ARIA)<ref name=ARIA-peaks>{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/Issue1235.pdf|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20131123130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20131124-0000/Issue1235.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 November 2013|title=Chartifacts - Week Commencing ~ 28 October 2013 ~ Issue #1235 |date=28 October 2013|publisher=Australian Record Industry Association|access-date=27 November 2013}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> |align="center"| 60 |- | Australia Hitseekers (ARIA)<ref name=ARIA-peaks/> |align="center"| 1 |- |{{singlechart|Ireland|37|year=2013|week=46|accessdate=October 16, 2013}} |- |{{singlechart|New Zealand|33|artist= Classified feat. Olly Murs|song=Inner Ninja}} |- |}
===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2013) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| Canada (Canadian Hot 100)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2013/canadian-hot-100|title=Canadian Hot 100 – Year-End 2013|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 13, 2013}}</ref> | 17 |}
=== Certifications === {{certification Table Top}} {{certification Table Entry|type=single|region=Canada|artist=Classified|title=Inner Ninja|award=Platinum|number=6|certyear=2023|relyear=2012|access-date=April 19, 2023|salesamount=357,000 |salesref=<ref name="canada sales">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/record-labels/5869529/canadas-digital-music-sales-rise-in-2013-unlike-the-us|title=Canada's Digital Music Sales Rise in 2013 Unlike the U.S.; Eminem, Robin Thicke Among Top Selling Artists|last=Bliss|first=Karen|date=January 10, 2014|access-date=January 11, 2014|magazine=Billboard}}</ref> }} {{Table end}}
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=GlobeAndMail2014-11-21> {{cite news | url = https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/toronto-pan-am-games-mascot-has-cost-taxpayers-383045-so-far/article21712033/ | title = Toronto Pan Am Games mascot has cost taxpayers $383,045 so far | work = The Globe and Mail | author = Dakshana Bascaramurty | date = 2014-11-21 | access-date = 2015-07-16 }} </ref> }}
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