Party Up
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| Single by DMX from the album ...And Then There Was X |
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| Released | 2000 | ||||
| Format | 12-inch single | ||||
| Recorded | 1999 | ||||
| Genre | East Coast hip hop, hardcore hip hop | ||||
| Length | 4:37 | ||||
| Label | Ruff Ryders | ||||
| Writer(s) | E. Simmons | ||||
| Producer | Swizz Beatz | ||||
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"Party Up" is a song by rapper DMX. It is one of DMX's most well known songs and is from his best selling album ...And Then There Was X, released in 1999. The track was his highest-charting song at the time, reaching #27 on the Billboard Hot 100. The track is featured on the introduction of Dave Chappelle's "Killing Them Softly" stand-up routine, and on the computer game Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004. It is featured on the video game All-Star Baseball 2004 as one of the batter walk-ups. There are three versions of the song: an explicit/album version; a censored album version, and a radio/video edit version. The song is also used in the video game Def Jam Vendetta.
[edit] Trivia
Michael Phelps listens to "Party Up" before his races, particularly his first world record and before he made the US Olympic Team. [1]
The video for "Party Up" was filmed in Galveston, Texas at what is presently the Frost Bank building.
The song appears on the soundtrack of the movie Gone In 60 Seconds (2000); it plays on the car radio of a stolen Humvee trying to evade the police.
The song is also featured in How High, a film starring Redman and Method Man, and the movies Like Mike, King's Ransom and First Sunday.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.usolympicteam.com/26_817.htm US Olympic Team, Phelps Biography
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