| "Kick, Push" | ||||
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| Single by Lupe Fiasco | ||||
| from the album Food & Liquor | ||||
| Released | April 18, 2006 | |||
| Format | CD Single | |||
| Recorded | 2005 | |||
| Genre | Alternative hip hop | |||
| Length | 4:15 | |||
| Label | 1st & 15th, Atlantic | |||
| Writer(s) | Wasalu Muhammad Jaco | |||
| Producer | Soundtrakk | |||
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"Kick, Push" is the Grammy nominated first single released from Lupe Fiasco's debut album, Food & Liquor. It has been referred to as "a needle in hip hop's haystack of complacent songs."[1]
Lupe Fiasco performed this hit on the teen hit TV show One Tree Hill (Season 4, episode 4).
Lupe has clarified, "...I'm not a skater and I don't want to keep putting on the faces of people who've been skating for 20 years and actually lived out "Kick, Push"."[2]
Kick, Push was featured on the soundtrack of EA Sports NBA Live 07 and Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam.
The song features a sample of "Bolero Medley" by Celeste Legaspi.
It was listed at #15 on Pitchfork Media's The Top 100 Tracks of 2006 list.[3] Kick, Push was also voted #72 on About.com's Top 100 Rap Song's.[4]
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The official remix of the song features Pharrell Williams, it was included the CD single of his 3rd single, "Daydreamin'".
Drake made his own remix of the song and featured it on his 2006 mixtape Room for Improvement.
Chamillionaire also released a freestyle titled The Greatest on his Mixtape Messiah 4
| Chart | Peak position |
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| Australia (ARIA)[5] | 66 |
| UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[6] | 27 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 78 |
| US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard) | 56 |
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