Put Your Hands Up for Detroit

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“Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit”
“Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit” cover
International cover
Single by Fedde le Grand featuring King Gordy & Bizarre of D12
Released June 26, 2006 (NL)
August 2006 (EU)
October 23, 2006 (UK)
Recorded 2006
Genre House, Tech House
Length 2:44
Label Flamingo Recordings, Spinnin' Records, Data, ARS, Kontor Records
Writer(s) Fedde le Grand
Producer Fedde le Grand
Fedde le Grand featuring King Gordy & Bizarre of D12 singles chronology
"I Miss You"
(2005)		 "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit"
(2006)		 "Just Trippin'"
(2006)
CD single #2 cover
CD single #2 cover

"Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" is a house/tech house single written and produced by Fedde le Grand, and based upon a direct vocal sample from Matthew Dear's "Hands Up for Detroit."

The song was released in the Netherlands first on June 26, 2006, peaking at number four in the Dutch Top 40. It was released in the rest of Europe (UK excluded) in August 2006, and enjoyed steadily increasing popularity, first charting in October 2006.

The single originally reached number one on the UK Dance Chart and 53 on the UK singles chart before being released on CD, from 12" vinyl and digital download sales alone. It was given a full release in the UK on October 23, 2006 and leapt to number two on the overall UK singles chart, selling 46,000 copies. The following week, the song climbed to number one. It remained at number one for one week before being knocked out by "The Rose" by Westlife. The single went on to be the UK's 20th best selling single of the year.[1]

The song was remixed in Germany and included verses from rapper Bizarre and horrorcore rapper King Gordy.

In the UK and Australia, the song was released as "Put Your Hands Up For Detroit", with "for" replacing "4" in the title.

Oddly enough, the song achieved limited popularity in Detroit itself, as Fedde le Grand enjoys a far higher level of popularity in the Netherlands and Europe than he does in the United States.

Madonna used a sample of the track in a remix version of her 2000 single Music as part of a promotional tour in support of her Hard Candy album.

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[edit] Music video

Fedde le Grand cameo as scientist.
Fedde le Grand cameo as scientist.

The music video is directed by Marcus Adams. It features a Kubrick type of science lab where gynoid technicians (Aimee Bramall, Emma Wharton, Lauren Ridealgh and Anchelique Mariano) create multiple androids (Spanish dance student Arran García). The video is available in two versions, a regular cut and late night with extended footage. For every android they create they test its reaction to the gynoids stripping, the first android has a meltdown, the second flirts with a male doctor instead of looking at the girls. The third time it works, but he discovers that he is a robot instead of human so he escapes, causing a system shutdown protocol to be activated, shutting down everything including him and the gynoids.

[edit] Lyrics

  • After some confusion regarding the correct lyrics to the song, Fedde Le Grand confirmed on his official website the sampled lyrics are, "put your hands up for Detroit, our lovely city".[1]
  • The same lyrics or samples are used in Matthew Dear's 1999 release "Hands Up For Detroit". [2]

[edit] Formats and track listing

Netherlands 12" vinyl single (Flamingo Recordings)

A-side
  1. "Put Your Hands Up For Detroit" (6:32)
B-side
  1. "Take No Shhh" (6:30)
  2. "U Know Who" (6:47)

Netherlands/Belgium CD maxi single (Spinnin' Records/ARS Productions)

  1. "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" [Radio Edit] - 2:43
  2. "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" [Extended Mix] - 6:36
  3. "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" [Dub Mix] - 6:34

UK Enhanced CD single (Data Records)

  1. "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" [Edit] - 2:30
  2. "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" [Extended Mix] - 6:36
  3. "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" [TV Rock & Dirty South Melbourne Militia Remix] - 6:51
  4. "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" [DJ Delicious & Till West Remix] - 6:26
  5. "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" [Soul Central Loves Detroit Remix] - 5:58
  6. "Put Your Hands Up" - 2:26
  7. "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" [Video] [Daytime Version]
  8. "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" [Video] [Late Night Version]

Track 6 has had the words "for Detroit" removed (from both the title and the lyrics).

UK 12" vinyl single (Data Records) / France 12" vinyl (Universal Licensing Music)

A-side
  1. "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" [Club Mix] - 6:37
  2. "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" [DJ Delicious & Till West Remix] - 6:26
B-side
  1. "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" [TV Rock & Dirty South Melbourne Militia Remix] - 6:51
  2. "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" [Claude Von Stroke Packard Plant Remix] - 7:07
  3. "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" [A Cappella] [Only in UK]

German CD maxi single (Kontor Records/Edel Records)

  1. "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" [Radio Edit] - 2:22
  2. "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" (featuring King Gordy & Bizarre) - 3:05
  3. "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" [Club Mix] - 6:37
  4. "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" [DJ Delicious & Till West Remix] - 6:33
  5. "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" [TV Rock & Dirty South Melbourne Militia Remix] - 6:50

Promo CDM

  1. "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" [Radio Edit]
  2. "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" [Club Mix]
  3. "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" [Dub Mix]
  4. "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" [Original Mix]
  5. "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" [Extended Mix]
  6. "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" [Soul Central Loves Detroit Remix]
  7. "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" [Claude Von Stroke Remix]
  8. "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" [Dj Delicious & Till West Remix]
  9. "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" [TV Rock & Dirty South Remix]
  10. "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" [Put Your Hands Up For Your City Remix]
  11. "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" [Packard Plant Remix]
  12. "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" [Melbourne Militia Remix]
  13. "Put Your Hands Up 4 The Wall"

DJ Kafe Promo Mix - Serbia 2007

  1. The Drill vs. Fedde Le Grand - Put your hands up for the drill ( Tamerlane mash up )

[edit] Chart performance

[edit] Charts

Chart (2006) Peak
position
Bulgarian Airplay Chart 1
UK Singles Chart 1
Finland Singles Chart 1
Spanish Dance Singles Chart 1
Russian Dance Singles Chart 1
Irish Singles Chart 3
Dutch Top 40 4
Danish Singles Chart 5
Spanish Promusicae Single Chart 7
Australian ARIA Singles Chart 8
Belgium Singles Chart 14
France Singles Chart 34
Sweden Singles Chart 44
German Singles Chart 78
Preceded by
"Star Girl" by McFly		 UK Singles Chart number one single
November 5, 2006		 Succeeded by
"The Rose" by Westlife
Preceded by
"Tell Me" by Diddy featuring Christina Aguilera		 Bulgarian Airplay Chart number-one single
January 22, 2007		 Succeeded by
"Wind It Up" by Gwen Stefani

[edit] References

  1. ^ Top 40 Singles of 2006, from BBC Radio 1 website

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