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{{Infobox song
| name = Back Like That
| cover = Ghostfaceback.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = [[Ghostface Killah]] featuring [[Ne-Yo]]
| album = [[Fishscale]]
| released = February 28, 2006
| recorded = {{Start date|2005}}
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = {{hlist|[[Hip-hop|Hip hop]]|[[hip-hop soul]]}}
| length = 3:52
| label = [[Def Jam]]
| writer = {{flatlist|
*[[Jay-Z|Shawn Carter]]
*[[Ghostface Killah|Dennis Coles]]
*Douglas Gibbs
*[[Willie Hutch]]
*Ralph Johnson
*[[Ne-Yo|Shaffer Smith]]
}}
| producer = Xtreme
| chronology = [[Ghostface Killah]]
| prev_title = [[Be Easy (Ghostface Killah song)|Be Easy]]
| prev_year = 2005
| next_title = We Celebrate
| next_year = 2008
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = [[Ne-Yo]]
| type = singles
| prev_title = [[So Sick]]
| prev_year = 2005
| title = Back Like That
| year = 2006
| next_title = Feels So Good
| next_year = 2006
}}
{{Extra album cover
| header = Remix cover
| type = Single
| cover = Back Like That (Ghostface Killah song) remix.jpg
| alt =
| caption =
}}
}}

'''Back Like That''' is the second single by American rapper [[Ghostface Killah]] from his critically acclaimed fifth solo album ''[[Fishscale]]'' (2006). It features [[contemporary R&B|R&B]] singer [[Ne-Yo]] and peaked at number 61 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, becoming Ghostface Killah's highest entry on the chart until his 2022 song "[[Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers|Purple Hearts]]" (with [[Kendrick Lamar]] and [[Summer Walker]]). "Back Like That" contains a sample of "Baby Come Home" as performed by [[Willie Hutch]], as well an interpolation of "[[Song Cry]]" as performed by [[Jay-Z]]. A remix featuring [[Kanye West]] and Ne-Yo was later released and included on his sixth album, ''[[More Fish]]''. He performed the song with [[Chrisette Michele]] at [[VH1]]'s 6th Annual [[Hip Hop Honors]] ceremony.

== Music video ==
The music video for "Back Like That" was directed by [[Ray Kay]] and Mike Caruso. The video illustrates the deterioration of the relationship between Ghostface and his girlfriend after she cheats on him with a man with whom he has beef. Over time, Tony regains his wounded pride and eventually kicks her out of their apartment. As the story draws to a close, the man she cheated on him with walks into a set-up where Tony's friends lie in wait. He promptly turns around to run away and they all give chase. The video then concludes with a "to be continued..."

== Remix ==
The official remix featuring [[Kanye West]] & Ne-Yo was produced and it was also included in Ghostface's fifth album [[Fishscale]], it was later included on Ghostface's sixth album ''[[More Fish]]'' & his eighth album ''[[Ghostdini: Wizard of Poetry in Emerald City]]''.

A second version of the remix has a new verse by Ne-Yo, different from his verse of the main remix, was included on Ghostface's compilation album ''[[GhostDeini the Great]]''.

An all-female remix of the song made by [[DJ Cocoa Chanelle]], [[Da Brat]] and [[Lil' Mo]] was featured in the [[Golden Globe Award|Golden Globe]]-winning motion picture ''[[Precious (film)|Precious]]'' (2009).

== Track listings ==
=== United States ===
''A & B sides''
# Back Like That (Clean)
# Back Like That (Dirty)
# Back Like That (Instrumental)
# Back Like That (Acapella)

=== Europe ===
# Back Like That (Radio Edit)
# Back Like That (Remix Radio Edit)
# Back Like That (Album Version)
# Back Like That (Remix Album Version)

=== Remix ===
''A & B sides''
# Back Like That (Remix) (Radio)
# Back Like That (Remix) (Dirty)
# Back Like That (Remix) (Instrumental)

== Charts ==
{{col-start}}
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=== Weekly charts ===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2006)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{single chart|Ireland|48|year=2006|week=33|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 26, 2021}}
|-
{{single chart|Scotland|54|date=20060820|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 23, 2023}}
|-
{{single chart|UK|46|date=20060820|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 26, 2021}}
|-
{{single chart|UKrandb|7|date=20060820|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 23, 2023}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|61|artist=Ne-Yo|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 26, 2021}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardrandbhiphop|14|artist=Ne-Yo|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 26, 2021}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardrapsongs|11|artist=Ne-Yo|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 26, 2021}}
|}
{{col-2}}

=== Year-end charts ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2006)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/2006/hot-r-and-and-b-hip-hop-songs-titles|title=Year-End Charts – Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Titles – 2006|website=Billboard.biz|year=2006|access-date=September 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003173555/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/2006/hot-r-and-and-b-hip-hop-songs-titles|archive-date=October 3, 2012}}</ref>
| 65
|}
{{col-end}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjlVtzUq-sA Music video]

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{{Ne-Yo}}

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[[Category:2005 songs]]
[[Category:2006 singles]]
[[Category:Ghostface Killah songs]]
[[Category:Def Jam Recordings singles]]
[[Category:Ne-Yo songs]]
[[Category:Songs written by Ne-Yo]]
[[Category:Songs written by Ghostface Killah]]
[[Category:Songs written by Jay-Z]]
[[Category:Hip-hop soul songs]]
[[Category:Songs written by Willie Hutch]]

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