Love Lockdown

It is the first single off West's 808s & Heartbreak. Billboard confirmed that "Love Lockdown" sold 213,000 digital downloads in only four full days of release, therefore causing it to make a "Hot Shot Debut" at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and a "Hot Shot Debut" on the Pop 100 at #13 and in early December it reached #10. This is West's highest debut of his career, and the second highest debut on the Hot 100 of 2008, tied with David Cook's "The Time of My Life". "Love Lockdown" is also only the tenth song of the millennium to debut in the top three, and only the second song by someone not from American Idol. In Europe, "Love Lockdown" peaked at #8 on the UK Singles Chart, and #4 on the Irish Singles Chart. It also debuted at #38 in Italy and #39 in Sweden. In Australia the song debuted in its first week at #37 on the ARIA Charts and has peaked so far at #19. In New Zealand it has peaked at #11 so far on the RIANZ chart. On the German Singles Chart "Love Lockdown" debuted at #8, giving West his first top ten and highest charting single to date there. On 3 December, 2008 Kanye stated on his blog that Love Lockdown has sold over 1.3 Million on iTunes.

[Produced by Kanye West & Jeff Bhasker] [Verse 1] I'm not loving you, way I wanted to What I had to do, had to run from you I'm in love with you, but the vibe is wrong And that haunted me, all the way home So you never know, never, never know Never know enough, 'til it's over love 'Til we lose control, system overload Screaming, "No, no, no, n-nooo!" I'm not loving you, way I wanted to See I wanna move, but can't escape from you So I keep it low, keep a secret code So everybody else don't have to know [Chorus] So keep your love lockdown—your love lockdown Keeping your love lockdown—your love lockdown Now keep your love lockdown—your love lockdown Now keep your love lockdown—you lose [Verse 2] I'm not loving you, way I wanted to I can't keep my cool, so I keep it true I got something to lose, so I gotta move I can't keep myself and still keep you too So I keep in mind, when I'm on my own Somewhere far from home, in the danger zone How many times did I tell you 'fore it finally got through? You lose, you lose I'm not loving you, way I wanted to See I had to go, see I had to move No more wasting time, you can't wait for life We're just racin' time, where's the finish line? [Chorus] So keep your love lockdown—your love lockdown Keeping your love lockdown—your love lockdown Now keep your love lockdown—your love lockdown Now keep your love lockdown—you lose [Verse 3] I'm not loving you, way I wanted to I bet no one knew, I got no one new Know I said I'm through, but got love for you But I'm not loving you, the way I wanted to Gotta keep it goin', keep the loving goin' Keep it on the roll, only God knows If I be with you, baby, I'm confused You choose, you choose I'm not loving you, way I wanted to Where I wanna go, I don't need you I've been down this road too many times before I'm not loving you, way I wanted to [Chorus] So keep your love lockdown—your love lockdown Keeping your love lockdown—your love lockdown Now keep your love lockdown—your love lockdown Now keep your love lockdown—you lose [Outro] You lose, you lose You lose, you lose