{{Short description|2020 single by CJ}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2020}} {{Use American English|date=November 2020}} {{Infobox song | name = Whoopty | cover = CJ - Whoopty.png | alt = | type = single | artist = CJ | album = Loyalty Over Royalty | released = {{start date|2020|7|30}} | recorded = | genre = Drill<!-- Discussed in Pitchfork citation below --> | length = 2:03 | label = Warner | writer = * Christopher Soriano, Jr. * Charalambos Antoniou * Mithun Sharma | producer = Pxcoyo | prev_title = Understood | prev_year = 2019 | next_title = Bop | next_year = 2021 | misc = {{External music video|1={{YouTube|2xWkATdMQms|"Whoopty"}}|type=single}} }}
"'''Whoopty'''" is the debut single by American rapper CJ. The song was initially self-released on July 30, 2020, before being re-released by Warner Records following his signing to the label. The song reached number 10 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in February 2021, as well as number three in the UK and the ''Billboard'' Global 200 top 10. It was produced by the Cypriot producer Pxcoyo and samples Arijit Singh's "Sanam Re" (2015). The song was officially remixed by fellow American rappers French Montana and Rowdy Rebel, titled "Whoopty NYC", and by Puerto Rican rappers Anuel AA and Ozuna, titled "Whoopty Latin Mix".
==Background== The song contains a sample of the Indian song "Sanam Re" (2015) by Arijit Singh and Mithoon, a sample shared by multiple other drill songs by rappers such as Pop Smoke, King Von, FBG Duck, and Lijpe.<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 22, 2021 |title=From King Von's "Exposin Me" to CJ's "Whoopty": A Hindi Love Song Turned Drill Beat |work=HotNewHipHop |url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/342622-from-king-vons-exposin-me-to-cjs-whoopty-a-hindi-love-song-turned-drill-beat-news |access-date=April 9, 2023}}</ref> It is reminiscent of Brooklyn drill and marks a departure from CJ's melodic rapping.<ref name="XXL">{{cite web|url=https://www.xxlmag.com/cj-interview-the-break/|title=The Break Presents: CJ|website=XXL|last=Seabrook III|first=Robby|date=November 25, 2020|access-date=November 27, 2020}}</ref> CJ said he received comparisons to late American rapper Pop Smoke, because of the song's drill sound. He said in an interview with ''HipHopDX'' that Pop Smoke's absence inspired "Whoopty", who he considers the artist that popularized the music style.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.59843/title.cj-says-pop-smokes-absence-inspired-whoopty-he-wants-cardi-b-to-power-the-remix|title=CJ Says Pop Smoke's Absence Inspired 'Whoopty' — & He Wants Cardi B To Power The Remix|work=HipHopDX|date=January 2021}}</ref> He attributed its popularity to the energy conveyed in the track and its video.<ref name="XXL" /> According to CJ's uncle music executive James Cruz, he had to pay $80,000 (using money from his daughter's college fund) for the clearance of the Sanam Re sample after the track was taken down by YouTube for copyright infringement.<ref>{{cite web |title=James Cruz on Knowing His Nephew CJ Had a Hit with "Whoopty," Nepotism Allegations (Part 12) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hE6uSoAU3Yo |access-date=24 December 2024 |date=17 July 2022}}</ref>
==Critical reception== ''Pitchfork''{{'}}s Alphonse Pierre wrote that while the song "may be the biggest drill record of the last several months", "everything about it is so painfully unoriginal" in that it combines "Pop Smoke's uk drill production with 22Gz's lingo".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/drake-certified-lover-boy-album-trailer-breakdown/|title=A Drake-by-Drake Breakdown of the ''Certified Lover Boy'' Album Trailer|website=Pitchfork|last=Pierre|first=Alphonse|date=October 30, 2020|access-date=November 19, 2020}}</ref> In an earlier piece for the same site, Pierre felt the lyrics "might as well have been spit out by a machine trained on the Raps and Hustles YouTube page" and concluded that "[T]he only good thing to ever come out of Staten Island remains the Wu-Tang Clan".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/hold-up-wait-a-minute-meek-mill-can-act/|title=Hold Up Wait a Minute: Meek Mill Can Act?|website=Pitchfork|last=Pierre|first=Alphonse|date=October 16, 2020|access-date=November 19, 2020}}</ref> Tom Breihan of ''Stereogum'' had similar critiques for the song, though he added, "The song works. It moves."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2110126/cj-whoopty-brooklyn-drill-mainstream/columns/status-aint-hood/|title=CJ's "Whoopty" And The Mainstreaming Of Drill|work=Stereogum|date=December 9, 2020}}</ref>
==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}
===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Weekly chart performance for "Whoopty" ! scope="col"| Chart (2020–2021) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{single chart|Australia|13|artist=CJ|song=Whoopty|rowheader=true|access-date=December 12, 2020}} |- {{single chart|Austria|12|artist=CJ|song=Whoopty|rowheader=true|access-date=January 13, 2021}} |- {{single chart|Flanders|46|artist=CJ|song=Whoopty|rowheader=true|access-date=December 19, 2020}} |- {{single chart|Wallonia|45|artist=CJ|song=Whoopty|rowheader=true|access-date=March 5, 2021}} |- ! scope="row"| Canada (Canadian Hot 100)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2021-01-16|title=Billboard Canadian Hot 100 Chart: Week of January 16, 2021|magazine=Billboard|access-date=January 12, 2021}}</ref> | 14 |- {{single chart|Czechdigital|19|year=2021|week=6|rowheader=true|access-date=February 15, 2021}} |- {{single chart|Denmark|11|artist=CJ|song=Whoopty|rowheader=true|access-date=January 27, 2021}} |- {{single chart|Finland|8|artist=CJ|song=Whoopty|rowheader=true|access-date=January 17, 2021}} |- {{single chart|France|14|artist=CJ|song=Whoopty|rowheader=true|access-date=May 8, 2021}} |- {{single chart|Germany|22|songid=2087696|artist=CJ|song=Whoopty|rowheader=true|access-date=February 6, 2021}} |- ! scope="row"| Greece (IFPI)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.gr/digital_ien.html|publisher=IFPI Greece|access-date=11 October 2020|title=Official IFPI Charts – Digital Singles Chart (International) – Week: 39/2020}}</ref> | 1 |- ! scope="row"| Global 200 (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CJ6uJWWBZpD/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/billboard/2484501097054837315_2484501095058349088 |archive-date=December 25, 2021 |url-access=registration|title=This week on the Global charts|author=Billboard|website=Instagram}}{{cbignore}}</ref> | 10 |- {{single chart|Hungarysingle|11|year=2021|week=4|rowheader=true|access-date=February 5, 2021}} |- {{single chart|Hungarystream|9|year=2021|week=4|rowheader=true|access-date=February 5, 2021}} |- ! scope="row"| Iceland (Tónlistinn)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://plotutidindi.is/lagalistinn/|title=Tónlistinn – Lög|trans-title=The Music – Songs|language=is|publisher=Plötutíðindi|access-date=July 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128180736/https://plotutidindi.is/lagalistinn/|archive-date=January 28, 2021|url-status=dead}}</ref> | 21 |- {{single chart|Ireland4|10|date=20210108|rowheader=true|access-date=January 9, 2021}} |- {{single chart|Italy|47|artist=CJ|song=Whoopty|rowheader=true|access-date=December 22, 2024}} |- ! scope="row" | Lithuania (AGATA)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/6s/|title=2021 6-os SAVAITĖS (vasario 5-11 d.) SINGLŲ TOP100|language=lt|publisher=AGATA|date=12 February 2021|access-date=27 March 2021}}</ref> | 14 |- {{single chart|Dutch100|12|artist=CJ|song=Whoopty|rowheader=true|access-date=January 9, 2021}} |- {{single chart|New Zealand|18|artist=CJ|song=Whoopty|rowheader=true|access-date=February 6, 2021}} |- {{single chart|Norway|10|artist=CJ|song=Whoopty|rowheader=true|access-date=November 27, 2020}} |- {{single chart|Portugal|86|artist=CJ|song=Whoopty|rowheader=true|access-date=December 12, 2020}} |- ! scope="row" | Romania (Airplay 100)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.unsitedemuzica.ro/topuri/Top-Airplay-100-Iuliana-Beregoi-cum-suna-linistea-p12048|title=Top Airplay 100 – Cum sună liniştea primului loc, cu Iuliana Beregoi|trans-title=Top Airplay 100 – How does the silence of the first place sound like, with Iuliana Beregoi!|author=Arvunescu, Victor|date=February 15, 2021|access-date=February 19, 2021|language=Romanian|publisher=Un site de muzică}}</ref> | 83 |- ! scope="row"| Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hitparada.ifpicr.cz/index.php?hitp=D|title=ČNS IFPI|publisher=IFPI ČR|id=Note: Select SK SINGLES DIGITAL TOP 100 and insert 20213 into search.|access-date=March 9, 2021}}</ref> | 10 |- {{single chart|Spain|60|artist=CJ|song=Whoopty|rowheader=true|access-date=May 8, 2021}} |- {{single chart|Sweden|16|artist=CJ|song=Whoopty|rowheader=true|access-date=January 16, 2021}} |- {{single chart|Switzerland|10|artist=CJ|song=Whoopty|rowheader=true|access-date=January 17, 2021}} |- {{single chart|UK|3|date=20210108|rowheader=true|access-date=January 9, 2021|refname=UK}} |- {{single chart|UKrandb|2|date=20201113|rowheader=true|access-date=December 18, 2020}} |- ! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref name="Hot 100">{{cite magazine|last=Trust|first=Gary|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9523098/olivia-rodrigo-drivers-license-number-one-fourth-week-hot-100|title=Olivia Rodrigo's 'Drivers License' Leads Hot 100 for 4th Week, The Weeknd & CJ Hit Top 10|date=February 8, 2021|magazine=Billboard|access-date=February 8, 2021}}</ref> | 10 |- ! scope="row"| US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/r-b-hip-hop-songs/2021-02-13|title=Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart: Week of February 13, 2021|magazine=Billboard|date=January 2, 2013|access-date=February 9, 2021}}</ref> | 3 |- ! scope="row"| US Mainstream Top 40 (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/pop-songs/2021-02-20|title=Pop Airplay Chart: Week of February 20, 2021|magazine=Billboard|date=January 2, 2013|access-date=February 17, 2021}}</ref> | 37 |- ! scope="row"| US Rhythmic (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/rhythmic-40/2021-03-06|title=Rhythmic Songs Chart: Week of March 6, 2021|magazine=Billboard|date=November 28, 2013|access-date=March 2, 2021}}</ref> | 1 |} {{col-2}}
===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Year-end chart performance for "Whoopty" ! scope="col"| Chart (2021) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| Australia (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/2021/singles-chart|title=ARIA Top 100 Singles for 2021|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|access-date=January 11, 2022}}</ref> | 72 |- ! scope="row"| Canada (Canadian Hot 100)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2021/canadian-hot-100/|title=Canadian Hot 100 – Year-End 2021|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 3, 2021}}</ref> | 38 |- ! scope="row"| Denmark (Tracklisten)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hitlisten.nu/top2021.asp?list=Track%20100|title=Track Top-100 2021|publisher=Hitlisten|access-date=January 6, 2022}}</ref> | 86 |- ! scope="row"| France (SNEP)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-lannee/top-singles-annee/?categorie=Top%20Single%20de%20l%E2%80%99ann%C3%A9e&annee=2021|title=Top de l'année Top Singles 2021|publisher=SNEP|language=fr|access-date=April 14, 2022}}</ref> | 97 |- ! scope="row"| Germany (Official German Charts)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mtv.de/info/xu0nnf/jahrescharts-2021|title=Jahrescharts 2021|publisher=GfK Entertainment charts|access-date=December 15, 2021}}</ref> | 88 |- ! scope="row"| Global 200 (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2021/billboard-global-200/|title=Billboard Global 200 – Year-End 2021|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 3, 2021}}</ref> | 52 |- ! scope="row"| Hungary (Single Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/single_db/2021|title=Single Top 100 – eladási darabszám alapján – 2021|publisher=Mahasz|language=hu|access-date=February 1, 2022}}</ref> | 87 |- ! scope="row"| Hungary (Stream Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/stream_db/2021|title=Stream Top 100 - darabszám alapján - 2021|publisher=Mahasz|language=hu|access-date=February 1, 2022}}</ref> | 57 |- ! scope="row"| Iceland (Tónlistinn)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://plotutidindi.is/arslistar/log-2020-2/|title=Tónlistinn – Lög – 2021|publisher=Plötutíðindi|language=is|access-date=August 31, 2023}}</ref> | 96 |- ! scope="row"| Portugal (AFP)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.audiogest.pt/uploads/files/file_2022-01-26-11-37-08.pdf#page=13|title=Top 1000 Singles + EPs Digitais: Semanas 01 a 52 de 2021 |language=pt|publisher=Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa|access-date=May 13, 2022}}</ref> | 81 |- ! scope="row"| Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/2021|title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2021|website=hitparade.ch|access-date=December 27, 2021}}</ref> | 59 |- ! scope="row"| UK Singles (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-singles-chart/20210101/37501/|title=End of Year Singles Chart Top 100 – 2021|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=January 5, 2022}}</ref> | 84 |- ! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2021/hot-100-songs/|title=Hot 100 Songs – Year-End 2021|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 3, 2021}}</ref> | 50 |- ! scope="row"| US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2021/hot-r-and-and-b-hip-hop-songs/|title=Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 2021|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 3, 2021}}</ref> | 20 |- ! scope="row"| US Rhythmic (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2021/rhythmic-songs/|title=Rhythmic Songs – Year-End 2021|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 3, 2021}}</ref> | 22 |} {{col-end}}
==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for "Whoopty"}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|artist=CJ Feat. French Montana & Rowdy Rebel|title=Whoopty|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=2020|certyear=2021|access-date=July 7, 2021|note=CJ Feat. French Montana & Rowdy Rebel}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Austria|award=Platinum|artist=CJ|title=Whoopty|type=single|relyear=2020|certyear=2022|access-date=April 5, 2022}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Belgium|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2020|certyear=2021|access-date=October 1, 2021}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|artist=CJ|title=Whoopty|award=Platinum|number=2|type=single|relyear=2020|certyear=2021|access-date=March 17, 2021}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|title=Whoopty|artist=CJ|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=2020|certyear=2022|id=11402|access-date=June 22, 2022}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=France|title=Whoopty|artist=CJ|award=Diamond|type=single|relyear=2020|certyear=2024|access-date=September 14, 2024}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|artist=CJ|title=Whoopty|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2020|certyear=2021|access-date=September 2, 2021}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|type=single|award=Platinum|artist=CJ|title=Whoopty|relyear=2020|certyear=2021|id=9509|access-date=December 21, 2021}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|artist=CJ|title=Whoopty|award=Platinum|number=2|type=single|relyear=2020|source=radioscope|access-date=December 22, 2024|certyear=2023}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Poland|artist=CJ|title=Whoopty|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=2020|certyear=2021|certmonth=8|access-date=October 10, 2021}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Portugal|artist=CJ|title=Whoopty|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=2020|certyear=2021|id=file_2021-07-23-15-12-54.pdf|access-date=October 3, 2021}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|artist=CJ|title=Whoopty|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2020|certyear=2024|id=cj-whoopty|access-date=January 14, 2024}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=CJ|title=Whoopty|award=Platinum|relyear=2020|certyear=2022|id=16965-5484-1|access-date=January 25, 2022}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=single|artist=CJ|title=Whoopty|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=2020|certyear=2021|access-date=October 13, 2021}} {{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|noshipments=true|streaming=true}}
==Release history== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |+ Release history of "Whoopty" ! Country ! Date ! Format ! Label ! {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- ! scope="row"| Various | July 20, 2020 | {{flatlist| * Digital download * streaming}} | Self-released | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/whoopty-single/1539074614|title=Whoopty - Single by CJ on Apple Music|via=Apple Music|access-date=November 27, 2020|archive-date=November 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116040016/https://music.apple.com/us/album/whoopty-single/1539074614|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" rowspan="2"| United States | rowspan="2"| December 1, 2020 | Rhythmic radio | rowspan="2"| Warner | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allaccess.com/top40-rhythmic/future-releases|title=Top 40 Rhythmic Future Releases |publisher=All Access|access-date=November 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127171012/https://www.allaccess.com/top40-rhythmic/future-releases|archive-date=November 27, 2020}}</ref> |- | Urban adult contemporary radio | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allaccess.com/urban/future-releases|title=Urban/UAC Future Releases |publisher=All Access|access-date=December 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201154223/https://www.allaccess.com/urban/future-releases|archive-date=December 1, 2020}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"|United Kingdom |January 8, 2021 |Contemporary hit radio |Warner |<ref>{{Cite web|title=Radio 1 Playlist|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3tqPdBWF9yMbTrfjWvfKV8t/radio-1-playlist|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201207181241/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3tqPdBWF9yMbTrfjWvfKV8t/radio-1-playlist|archive-date=December 7, 2020|access-date=January 13, 2021|website=BBC}}</ref> |}
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