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"California Love" is a hip-hop song by 2Pac featuring Dr. Dre and Roger Troutman. The song was released as 2Pac's comeback single upon his release from prison in 1995. A popular remix version of the song appeared on his 1996 double album All Eyez on Me. The song is perhaps 2Pac's best-known and most successful, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks (as a Double-A side single with How Do U Want It). The song was nominated posthumous for a Grammy Award as a Best Rap Solo Performance and Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group (with Dr. Dre and Roger Troutman) in 1997.
The original version of the track was not available on any of Shakur's studio albums, but it can now be found on Shakur's of Greatest Hits compilation.
The tune was adapted from Joe Cocker's song Woman to Woman, while the "California knows how to party" lines listing Los Angeles County neighborhoods are sung by Troutman. The vocals "In the City of Compton" and the other cities and "California knows how to party" is adapted from Ronnie Hudson and the Street People's "West Coast Poplock". The remix features a sample from the song Intimate Connection by Kleeer, written by Norman Durham and Woody Cunningham.
"California Love" was Shakur's only entry on Rolling Stone's 2004 list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, ranked #346; it was listed at #51 on VH1's countdown of the 100 Greatest Songs of the 90s.
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