Daydreamin' (Lupe Fiasco song)

The single is based on a sample of Daydream in Blue by I Monster (which itself is a cover, the original being written by The Wallace Collection). The song's lyrics depict an adventure being experienced through the eyes of a robot. The song's lyrics are also a critique of pop culture, especially of the current state of hip hop music.

The song was released in the UK and US on September 11, 2006; however, a download-only version was available one week earlier and charted at #46 (without any physical sales).

In 2008 "Daydreamin'" won the Grammy Award for Best Urban/Alternative Performance. It was ranked the best rap song of 2006 by many publications. "Daydreamin'" featured in a 2008 AT&T commercial for a Samsung phone.^[1]

In January 2022, Lupe Fiasco revealed that producer & CEO of Atlantic Records Craig Kallman forced the song onto Fiasco's Food and Liquor album "or it wasn't coming out".^[2] Fiasco also revealed that he receives no royalties or revenue from the Grammy-winning song.^[3]

A music video was created for the song; it shows Lupe Fiasco at a record store, where he meets and befriends a robot. Jill Scott is shown in a video projected on the wall, singing with a flower in her hair in a manner reminiscent of Billie Holiday.

Young Buck did a freestyle remix over the instrumental to this song, and is the first track, featured on G-Unit Radio Pt. 24: The Clean Up Man.

Chamillionaire made a remix on his Mixtape Messiah 7.

• CD: 1

1. "Daydreamin'" (featuring Jill Scott)
2. "Kick, Push" (remix) (featuring Pharrell)

• CD: 2

1. "Daydreamin'" (featuring Jill Scott)
2. "Kick, Push" (remix) (featuring Pharrell)
3. "Daydreamin'" (Video)

• 12" Vinyl

1. "Daydreamin'" (radio edit) (featuring Jill Scott)
2. "Daydreamin'" (instrumental)
3. "Daydreamin'" (album version) (featuring Jill Scott)
4. "Theme Music to a Drive-By"

The song was not a major success on the Billboard charts, but it did begin to pick up steam on the digital download charts, peaking at #26 on the iTunes hip-hop/rap charts and #32 on the Amazon hip-hop/rap charts as of May 1, 2008.