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Take Your Shirt Off

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"Take Your Shirt Off"
Promotional single by T-Pain
ReleasedOctober 9, 2009
Recorded2009
GenreHip hop, crunk
Length3:49
LabelJive Records
Songwriter(s)Faheem Najm, Byron Thomas, David Balfour
Producer(s)Mannie Fresh, T-Pain, Qua z mo

"Take Your Shirt Off" is a song by American singer T-Pain. It originally served as the first promotional single off T-Pain's fourth studio album RevolveЯ, but never made it on the track list. It was released on iTunes for purchase on October 9, 2009.

Background

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The song was originally inspired by Petey Pablo's hip-hop song "Raise Up", and the part of the song included Pablo telling his native peers "take your shirt off, twist it 'round yo' head, spin it like a helicopter," and the same words were used on T-Pain's version (with the addition of the word motherfucker, although it is slightly muted). The lyrics of the song are written by T-Pain, credited under his real name. Mannie Fresh & Qua z mo was the producers for the song. The music was featured in a trailer for Step Up 3-D. It was also used for the soundtrack of the film Lottery Ticket[1]

Music video

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The music video was released on December 2, 2009 on YouTube. Cameo appearances were made by George Clinton, Tay Dizm, Young Ca$h, Sophia Fresh, Rick Ross, Petey Pablo, Rebekah Leake and Brett Frantz. The video was directed by Gil Green and shot entirely in Tallahassee.[2]

Chart performance

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The song debuted at #80 on the Billboard Hot 100, and at #23 on the Australian ARIA Urban Charts.[3]

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The song is used on the official trailer for Step Up 3D. It was also used in the film Lottery Ticket starring T-Pain himself.

Charts

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Chart (2009) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[4] 42
Australia Urban (ARIA) 9
CIS (TopHit)[5] 249
UK Singles (OCC)[6] 159
US Billboard Hot 100[7] 80

Year-end charts

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Charts (2010) Position
Australian Singles Chart[8] 97

References

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  1. ^ Video on YouTube
  2. ^ TAKE YOUR SHIRT OFF MUSIC VIDEO - Nappy Boy Online
  3. ^ "The Hot 100 Chart". Billboard.
  4. ^ "T-Pain – Take Your Shirt Off". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
  5. ^ T-Pain — Take Your Shirt Off. TopHit. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
  6. ^ "Chart Log UK: DJ T – Tzant". zobbel.de. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
  7. ^ "T-Pain Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
  8. ^ "ARIA Charts – End Of Year Charts – Top 100 Singles 2010". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 2011-01-08.