Framing Hanley-Lollipop

"Lollipop" is the first single from Lil Wayne's sixth studio album, Tha Carter III.The track features the late R&B artist Static Major and is produced by Deezle and Jim Jonsin.It was mixed by Fabian Marasciullo. The song was released digitally on March 13, 2008. The song also features the style Auto-Tune singing effect which Lil Wayne has been experimenting with on various released tracks. Some critics reflected the song's background music from the theme song of the motion picture, 28 Weeks Later. and the background music of the banker's deal segment of the game show Deal or No Deal. The song is Lil Wayne's & Static Major's most successful to date, spending 5 non-consecutive weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 chart.Static Major died two weeks before the release of the song. Because of this, there are various versions of the song. David Banner's song "Shawty Say" samples this song. The Nashville, Tennessee based rock band Framing Hanley has covered the song, and it is available on iTunes. The single was certified 4x Platinum by the RIAA and was ranked the #7 Hip-Hop song of 2008 by MTV. The song reached #1 on the 2008 issue of Notarized by BET. This song was #5 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2008.