"She's Dope"
A black background is covered by the song title in white capital letters, with the 'O' replaced with the band logo.
Single by Down with Webster
from the album Time to Win, Vol. 2
ReleasedMay 23, 2011 (2011-05-23)
Genre
Length4:10
LabelUniversal Motown
Songwriter(s)Tyler Armes, Cameron Hunter, Patrick Gillett, Martin Seja and Andrew Martino.
Down with Webster singles chronology
"Whoa Is Me"
(2010)		 "She's Dope"
(2011)		 "Big Wheels"
(2011)
Music video
"She's Dope" on YouTube

"She's Dope" is a song by Canadian band Down with Webster. It was released in May 2011 as the first single from their album, Time to Win, Vol. 2. The song debuted on the Canadian Hot 100 at number 52 and peaked at number 18.[1]

Background

A previous version of "She's Dope" was released in October 2010 in a 360-degrees music video in the Doritos Late Night interactive global music event via the Doritos Late Night website. The website also featured 360-degrees music videos for six other artists including Rihanna and Professor Green.[2]

"She's Dope" was written by band members Tyler Armes, Cameron Hunter, Patrick Gillett, Martin Seja and Andrew Martino.

Music video

A music video for "She's Dope" was filmed in April 2011 and was directed by Aaron A.[3] This is the third collaboration between Down with Webster and Aaron A, after he directed the videos for "Your Man" and "Whoa Is Me". Aaron A talked about the concept of the video saying, "the concept is kind of all around this dream world and one particular dope girl."[4] Fashion model, Genevieve Pantano, is featured as the omnipresent girl. MuchMusic's show, New.Music.Live commented on the video, saying that the band combines "elements of a performance video with some trippy dream sequence sets and fish eye lenses."[5] The music video premiered on the show on May 17, 2011. The music video for "She's Dope" debuted at #30 on the MuchMusic Countdown on the week of May 26, 2011.[6] It peaked at number 1 on the week of August 11, 2011.[7]

The video was nominated for 'Video of the Year' and 'MuchFact Indie Video of the Year' at the 2012 MuchMusic Video Awards.[8]

Chart performance

"She's Dope" debuted on the Canadian Hot 100 at number 52 on the week of June 11, 2011, and peaked at number 18 on the week of July 9, 2011. The song has spent a total of 11 weeks on the Canadian Hot 100.[1][9] The song was the Greatest Gainer on the week July 9, 2011.[10] "She's Dope" also peaked at #10 on the Digital Singles chart on the week of June 29, 2011.[11]

Live performances

"She's Dope" was performed live by Down with Webster at the 2011 MuchMusic Video Awards on June 19, 2011.

Track listing

Digital download[12]
No.TitleLength
1."She's Dope"4:10

Charts and certifications

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[16] Platinum 80,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Down with Webster Album & Song Chart History – Canadian Hot 100 Retrieved July 25, 2011
  2. ↑ International Musicians and Rihanna Featured in Doritos Late Night Archived 2011-04-24 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved June 4, 2011
  3. ↑ Collins, Leah (June 14, 2012). "MMVAs 2012 - The Making of Down With Webster's "She's Dope"". Dose. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
  4. ↑ Down With Webster: "She's Dope" Behind The Scenes Part 1 Retrieved August 4, 2011
  5. ↑ Down with Webster Show us Around "She's Dope" - New.Music.Live Archived 2011-07-15 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved August 4, 2011
  6. ↑ MuchMusic Countdown - May 26, 2011 Retrieved June 4, 2011
  7. ↑ MuchMusic Countdown - August 11, 2011 Retrieved August 17, 2011
  8. ↑ "Marianas Trench leads with seven nominations at the 2012 MMVAs". May 15, 2012. Archived from the original on July 21, 2012. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
  9. ↑ Down with Webster - She's Dope - Music Charts Retrieved July 25, 2011
  10. ↑ Canadian Singles Top 100 - July 9, 2011 Retrieved July 25, 2011
  11. ↑ Top 20 Digital - Music Canada Retrieved July 25, 2011
  12. ↑ She's Dope - Single on iTunes Retrieved June 4, 2011
  13. ↑ "CANADA CHR/TOP 40 The week of August 13, 2011". Retrieved April 28, 2021.
  14. ↑ "CANADA Hot The week of July 30, 2011". Retrieved April 28, 2021.
  15. ↑ "Canadian Hot 100 – Year-End 2011".
  16. ↑ "Canadian single certifications – Down With Webster – She's Dope". Music Canada.
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