Push It (Salt-n-Pepa song)
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| Single by Salt-N-Pepa | |||||||||
| from the album Hot, Cool & Vicious | |||||||||
| B-side | "I Am Down" | ||||||||
| Released | September 8, 1986 | ||||||||
| Format | 12" vinyl | ||||||||
| Recorded | 1986 | ||||||||
| Genre | Freestyle, Hip hop, R&B | ||||||||
| Length | 4:30 (album version) | ||||||||
| Label | Next Plateau Records/London Records | ||||||||
| Writer(s) | Hurby Azor & Raymond Douglas Davies | ||||||||
| Producer | Hurby Azor | ||||||||
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"Push It" is a song by the group Salt-N-Pepa, released as a single in 1986. It peaked at number 19 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1987 and has been certified Platinum by the RIAA. The song is ranked #440 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and was ranked #9 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop.
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[edit] Song information
"Push It" was first released as the B-side to the single "Tramp". San Francisco DJ and producer Cameron Paul created a remix, and gave the group their first mainstream hit.[1] It advanced into the Billboard Top 40 the week of December 26, 1987, eventually reaching its peak of #19 the week of February 20, 1988. It also ties with "Let's Talk About Sex" as their highest-charting UK hit, with both peaking at #2 in that country.
It was nominated for a Grammy Award, and the strength of that single catapulted the album to platinum sales in the US with one million sold, making Salt-n-Pepa the first female rap act (group or solo) to go gold or platinum. The album ultimately sold 1.3 million copies worldwide
[edit] Music video
The music video for "Push It" features a concert performance of the song, along with DJ Spinderella and Hurby "Luv Bug" on keyboards and backing vocals.
[edit] Official versions
- "Push It" (Original)
- "Push It" (Album Version) - 4:30
[edit] Chart performance
| Country | Peak position |
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| Dutch Top 40[1] | 1 |
| UK Singles Chart | 2 |
| U.S. Hot Rap Tracks | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 19 |
| Australian Singles Chart | 2 |
| VG-lista[2] | 4 |
[edit] Cover versions
- Covered by electro-industrial band Numb on Operation Beatbox (Re-Constriction Records, 1996)
- Covered by eurodance band Solid Base on Express in 1999.
- Covered by British singer Harry in 2003 for a Rimmel commercial.
- Covered by Australian Sophie Monk in 2007 for a push up bras promotion.
- Covered by Death metal band Ten Masked Men on the album Return of the Ten Masked Men
- In 2008 on their Tangled Up Tour, the girl group Girls Aloud performed the song.
- Covered by the "Bud Band" in Budweiser's UK adverts in 2008.
- Covered in the episode "Showmance" of Glee by the Glee Cast.
- Remade by Pretty Ricky to "Push It Baby".
[edit] Sampling and remixes
- Remixed with The Stooges' "No Fun" by Belgian group 2 Many DJs, becoming what is one of their signature mashups.
- Remixed by American group, The Diplomats.
- Used as an excerpt for New Kids On The Block's "Step By Step" on their Live tour.
- Sampled for Timbaland's "The Way I Are".
- Sampled for Destiny's Child's "Nasty Girl".
- Sampled in 2003 for "Let It All Out (Push It)," the first solo single of René Dif, lead male singer of Aqua.
- Sampled for Ciara's "Do It".
- Quoted in Missy Elliott's "Don't Be Cruel" on This Is Not a Test!.
- Sampled for a 2007 McDonald's commercial.
- Sampled by the Gorillaz in the song 'Kids with Guns'.
- Sampled for the main bassline "Push The Ghosts" a 2007 single, by The Twang.
- Sampled by gay rapper Solomon on his mixtape "Rhyting Rhymes Vol. 1".
- Sampled by Diplo in the song Sunshowers for the M.I.A. mixtape Piracy Funds Terrorism Volume 1.
- Sampled and covered by Harlem rap group Dipset in 2004.
- Sampled for Lady Gaga's "Money Honey".
- Sampled in Massari's song, Body body.
- Sampled in Lady Gaga's performance of her song "Paparazzi" in V Fest 2009.
- Sampled in Pitbull's song "Hey Baby (Drop It To The Floor)" featuring T-Pain.
[edit] In other media
- Played in an episode of Two And A Half Men.
- Played in an episode of My Name Is Earl.
- Played in an episode of 30 Rock.
- Played in an episode of King of the Hill, during a talent show at which cheerleaders performed to the song.
- Video shown in an episode of Beavis and Butthead
- Played on the ads for the deodorant 'Impulse Tease' starring Jessica Tovey from Home and Away.
- Played in the 1999 movie 10 Things I Hate About You.
- Played in the 2004 movie Soul Plane.
- Played in the 2004 movie My Baby's Daddy.
- Played in 2004/2005 Swiffer mop commercials.
- Played during a 2005 Nextel television advertisement.
- Played in the 2005 movie The 40-Year-Old Virgin.
- Played in the 2005 TV series Surface episode 1.07.
- Played in the 2006 movie Grandma's Boy.
- Played in the 2008 movie Make It Happen.
- Played in the 2010 movie Hot Tub Time Machine.
- Played in the 2011 movie Something Borrowed.
- Played in an episode of Peep Show.
- Used before the showing of a programme on Fiver.
- Apolo Anton Ohno danced to it on Dancing with the Stars.
- Danny Tidwell and Sara Von Gillern danced to "Push It" on Season 3 of So You Think You Can Dance.
- Used on ECW's Extreme Exposé.
- A song to dance to on week 7 on America's Best Dance Crew.
- Used in Showtime's The L Word, Season 6 when Alice, Tasha and Jamie danced in the Dance Marathon.
- Referenced in an installment of the webcomic Dinosaur Comics by being sung by the main characters.
- Performed by the New Directions Glee Club in an episode of Glee (2009).
- Used in the new Toyota 4runner 2010 Commercial (shown on Canadian TV).
- Played (and accapella'd) in an episode of Accidentally on Purpose.
- Featured on the Xbox 360 Kinect video game Dance Central.
- Covered by the fictional band Jeffster! on the television show Chuck.
- Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake performed part of it for the History of Rap 2 performance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.
- Played in an Episode of Glee. Season 1 Episode 2.
