Turn It Up (Remix)/Fire It Up

"Turn It Up (Remix)/Fire It Up"
Single by Busta Rhymes
from the album When Disaster Strikes
B-side "Rhymes Galore"
Released April 21, 1998
Format 12" single, CD single
Recorded 1997
Genre Hip hop
Label Elektra
Producer Busta Rhymes, Spliff Star
Certification Gold (RIAA)
Busta Rhymes singles chronology
"Dangerous"
(1997)
"Turn It Up (remix)/Fire It Up"
(1998)
"Gimme Some More"
(1998)

"Turn It Up (remix)/Fire It Up" is a hit single by Busta Rhymes released in 1998.

The original version of the song first appeared as the seventh track on When Disaster Strikes, but it was the remix that was released as a single. The remix sampled the theme from the 1980s TV series Knight Rider and became one of Busta's biggest hit, peaking at No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and earning a gold certification for sales of 500,000 copies on May 21, 1998. The song was originally exclusive to the single, but it replaced "Survival Hungry" as the third track on the second pressing of When Disaster Strikes.[1]

Contents

Single track listing

A-Side

  1. "Turn It Up / Fire It Up" (Clean version)- 3:58
  2. "Turn It Up / Fire It Up" (Dirty version)- 3:58
  3. "Turn It Up / Fire It Up" (Instrumental)- 3:58

B-Side

  1. "Rhymes Galore" (LP Version Clean)- 2:33
  2. "Rhymes Galore" (LP Version Dirty)- 2:33
  3. "Rhymes Galore" (Instrumental)- 2:33

Charts

Peak positions

Chart (1998) Peak
position
Billboard Hot 100 10
Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks 7
Billboard Hot Rap Singles 1
Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales 2
Billboard Rhythmic Top 40 38
UK Singles Chart 2

Year-End Charts

End of year chart (1998) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[2] 73

References