"Miami" won theBest Male Video award at the1999 MTV Video Music Awards. The video, which incorporates the first two verses and refrains of the selection's "radio edit" followed by the third verse and refrain of its "Miami Mix", features an early on-screen appearance of Smith's futureHitch co-star,Eva Mendes.
Larry Flick ofBillboard wrote, "Smith should have no problem maintaining the momentum of his current album, "Big Willie Style", with this third single, following the ubiquitous "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It" and "Just The Two Of Us". On "Miami", he talks us up with an ode to the heat, style, and hip factor of that city. This time around, Smith employs the instrumentalhook ofthe Whispers' 1979 single "And The Beat Goes On", which adds a classic, string-filleddisco backdrop as festive as the city itself. With Smith's record on the airwaves and at the box office, as well as his appeal with younger demographics, this really is a no-brainer, now isn't it?"[2]
In themusic video for the song, Smith and members of his band are freezing inPhiladelphia, where it is −30 °F (−34 °C), causing a bandmate to curseJack Frost. They hop on a plane toMiami, and are shown going around Miami in their car and various scenes morph into one another. The video ends with Will Smith and his band performing a concert. The video features samples fromGloria Estefan's hits "Conga" and "You'll Be Mine (Party Time)".
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
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