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{{Short description|2008 single by Smiley}}
{{Infobox song
| name       = Am Bani de Dat (Tengo dinero)
| cover      = File:Am_Bani_de_Dat_(Tengo_dinero)_Smiley_song.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| language   = Romanian
| artist     = [[Smiley (singer)|Smiley]] featuring [[Alex Velea]], [[Don Baxter]] & [[Marius Moga]]
| album      = [[În lipsa mea]]
| released   = March 1, 2008
| recorded   = 2008
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = [[Dance-pop]], [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]], [[Rap]]
| length     = 4:41
| label      = [[Cat Music]]
| composer   =
| lyricist   =
| producer   =
| chronology = [[Smiley (singer)|Smiley]]
| prev_title = [[Preocupat Cu Gura Ta]]
| prev_year  = 2008
| next_title = [[Plec pe Marte (song)|Plec pe Marte]]
| next_year  = 2010
| misc       = {{External music video|{{YouTube|1YNnV4yw1ac|"Am Bani de Dat"}}}}
}}
"'''Am Bani de Dat (Tengo dinero)'''" ({{IPA|ro|amˈ baniˈ deˈ datˈ}}; (''Got money to give/Gotta pay taxes'')) is a single by Romanian singer [[Smiley (singer)|Smiley]] featuring [[Alex Velea]], [[Don Baxter]] and [[Marius Moga]] from the album ''[[În lipsa mea]]'' released on March 1, 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/ro/song/am-bani-de-dat-feat-marius-moga-don-baxter-alex-velea/1571545767?l=ro|title=Am bani de dat (feat. Marius Moga, Don Baxter & Alex Velea|work=[[iTunes]]|access-date=September 3, 2024}}</ref> The song peaked at number nine in the [[Romanian record charts|Romania Top 100]] chart, spending fifteen weeks there.<ref name="Romanian Top 100">{{cite web | url=http://www.upfr.ro/site_nou/top20.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081221132711/http://www.upfr.ro/site_nou/top20.html | archive-date=21 December 2008 | title=Uniunea Producatorilor de Fonograme din Romania }}</ref>
The song won the [[Radio România Actualităţi|Radio România Actualităţi Awards 2011]] category for the Best Album through mother album ''[[În lipsa mea]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.romania-actualitati.ro/alte-pagini/premiile-muzicale-radio-romania-actualitati-2009-id6137.html|title=Premiile muzicale Radio România Actualităţi 2009|work=[[Radio România Actualităţi]]|first=Gabriela|last=Scraba|language=ro|date=January 19, 2010|access-date=January 19, 2010}}</ref> It was also nominalized at the 2009 [[Romanian Music Awards]] category for the Best Pop Song and Best Video categories.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://1music.ro/rma/rma-2009/nominalizatii-la-romanian-music-awards-2009/|title=Nominalizatii la Romanian Music Awards 2009|work=1music.ro|publisher=[[Music Channel (Romania)|Music Channel]]|language=ro|date=April 5, 2011|access-date=April 5, 2011}}</ref>
==Music video==
A music video for the song was released on December 3, 2008, and was directed and produced by [[Smiley (singer)|Smiley]] alongside [[Cat Music]] staff. The video was shot in early February 2008 in [[Bucharest Old Town]]<ref name="Video">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YNnV4yw1ac|title=Smiley - Am bani de dat (Official Video)|website=www.youtube.com|language=en|access-date=2008-12-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.urban.ro/videoclip-smiley-feat-alex-don-baxter-marius-moga-am-bani-de-dat/|title=Videoclip Smiley feat Alex, Don Baxter & Marius Moga – "Am Bani De Dat"|work=urban.ro|author=C.B.|language=ro|date=November 18, 2008|access-date=January 19, 2010}}</ref>
The video starts by showing a frame of main artist [[Smiley (singer)|Smiley]] approaching a graffiti wall with an upper title saying ''"Statu' veghează" (The ([[Romania]]n) state is watching)''. He pulls out an old camera and starts recording himself while singing the lyrics of the song. The video switches to one of the three other featured artists [[Alex Velea]] who was strolling the [[Bucharest Old Town|old town of Bucharest]] also filming himself while singing and dancing with a random kid from the streets. The video also shows cameos of other random ordinary people of [[Bucharest]] (presumably taxpayers) and [[Smiley (singer)|Smiley]]'s former "Simplu" band members singing the lyrics of the song. The video then shows Smiley filming in the [[Piața Constituției|Constitution Square]], which is placed in front of the [[Palace of the Parliament]], hinting the song's main idea of payment of taxes and fees. The video switches to another artist of the song [[Don Baxter]] who sits in a bar drinking and rapping about not paying up his taxes due to lack of money. Fourth artist of the song [[Marius Moga]] also makes an appearance as the video shows him singing alongside a band of instrumentists inside a garage while filming himself. Until the end of the video, main cameo appearing characters continue to sing along the song's lyrics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wowbiz.ro/smiley-despre-hit-ul-am-bani-de-dat-am-datorii-la-stat-detalii-nestiute-despre-piesa-cunoscuta-de-orice-roman-2024693|title=Smiley, despre hit-ul "Am bani de dat, am datorii la stat". Detalii neștiute despre piesa cunoscută de orice român|work=wowbiz.ro|first=Maria|last=Georgiana|language=ro|date=August 24, 2022|access-date=September 3, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fanatik.ro/smiley-dezvaluiri-despre-momentele-dificile-din-viata-nu-aveam-bani-sa-trecem-strada-20165222|title=Smiley, dezvăluiri despre momentele dificile din viață: "Nu aveam bani să trecem strada"|work=fanatik.ro|first=Marinela|last=Coricu|language=ro|date=August 30, 2008|access-date=September 3, 2024}}</ref>
===Song concept===
The song's main message refers to the Romanian people's anthropological and social problems related to [[Poverty in Romania|lack of money and low incomes]], a widely common issue spread among the youth's social age category. All of the four artists, who by the time of the song's release were in their late twenties are presenting through the lyrics the common money problem of the youngsters, while treating the situation in a derogatory way and even by alcohol consumption, in order to forget about it.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://adevarul.ro/showbiz/muzica/video-smiley-si-alex-velea-se-confeseaza-dincolo-1414498.html|title=VIDEO Smiley şi Alex Velea se confesează "dincolo de cuvinte"|work=[[Adevărul]]|first=Paula|last=Cosmescu|language=ro|date=March 1, 2013|access-date=September 3, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://adevarul.ro/showbiz/vedete/smiley-asteapta-noi-provocari-834462.html|title=Smiley aşteaptă noi provocări|work=adevarul.ro|publisher=[[Adevărul]]|language=ro|date=October 12, 2008|access-date=September 3, 2024}}</ref>
==Charts==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! Chart
! Peak<br/>position
|-
! scope="row"|[[Romanian Top 100]]<ref name="Romanian Top 100"/>
| 11
|}
==Personnel==
* [[Smiley (singer)|Smiley]] – vocals, production, arrangements
** Text – [[Smiley (singer)|Smiley]], [[Smiley (singer)|Smiley]], [[Marius Moga]], [[Don Baxter]] and [[Morandi (band)|Randi]]
==Release history==
* 2008 Romania (as part of [[În lipsa mea]]): CD Cat Music 101 2630 2
==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YNnV4yw1ac Am Bani de Dat (Tengo Dinero) on YouTube]
* [https://open.spotify.com/track/3XNWgVmZ6T13F2Jl8ZjuRc Am Bani de Dat (Tengo Dinero) on Spotify]
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[[Category:Smiley (singer) songs]]
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[[Category:2008 singles]]
[[Category:Romanian hip hop songs]]