| "Whine Up" | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Single by Kat DeLuna featuring Elephant Man | ||||||||||||||||||||
| from the album 9 Lives | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Released | May 15, 2007[1] (see Release history) |
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| Format | Radio, download, CD single | |||||||||||||||||||
| Genre | Dancehall, R&B | |||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 3:25 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Label | Epic | |||||||||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Kat DeLuna, Nadir Khayat, Jane't Sewell-Ulepic, O'Neil O'Brian, Tyrone Edmond | |||||||||||||||||||
| Producer | RedOne | |||||||||||||||||||
| Certification | Gold (RIAA) | |||||||||||||||||||
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"Whine Up" is a song by Dominican-American pop/R&B singer Kat DeLuna, released as her debut single from her album 9 Lives.[2] The song features Elephant Man. It was believed that Ivy Queen was featured, but Kat herself provided the rap, rapping at a lower register. The song earned DeLuna a Billboard Latin Music Award for "Latin Dance Club Play Track Of The Year."[3] The title comes from the Caribbean English (West Indian) pronunciation of Wind up meaning to move one's hips on the dance floor.
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DeLuna had asked fans that live in the New York City area to send in a video of them dancing on her song so they might win the opportunity to be featured in the music video for the song.[4] Double Up Dance Group earned a spot to be on the video and are believed to be Kat Deluna's full time back up dancers.
The video (directed by Gil Green) premiered via her MySpace page. It starts with DeLuna singing the opening of Dulcissime, from Carl Orff's Carmina Burana for her friend, when she is suddenly interrupted by the tune of her song, at which point she performs the song and dances. The song is accompanied by her dance, The Whine Up.[5] The video premiered on TRL on July 26, 2007 and was on the countdown for 31 days, peaking at #2.
The song was released to mainstream radio in the United States on May 15, 2007.[1] The song debuted at number 24 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles, equal to number 124 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song then went on to peak at number 29. The song has had over 500,000 legal downloads in the U.S. and was certified Gold on February 13, 2008, despite its relatively low peak. "Whine Up" peaked at #9 on the French charts.
DeLuna performed "Whine Up", along with two back-up dancers, at the Miss Teen USA 2007 pageant which aired August 24, 2007 on NBC. Her performance accompanied the top 15 swimsuit competition.[6]
DeLuna recorded a version of "Whine Up" for the 2007 New York Mets[7] and performed this version at Shea Stadium, home field for the Mets.[8]
"Whine Up" was used as the theme song for WWE's SummerSlam 2007 pay-per-view wrestling event.[9]
"Whine up" has been featured in or associated with two movies: It was featured in the trailer for the film Feel the Noise (2007) starring Omarion, and was included on the soundtrack for the direct to dvd movie "Bring it On: Fight to the Finish" (2009).
Actor/U.S. Army Iraq War Veteran J.R. Martinez and professional dancer Karina Smirnoff, winners of the 13th U.S. version of Dancing with the Stars, received a perfect score (30/30) for their freestyle dance that was set to "Whine Up". Their choreography was centered around Afro-Cuban Reggaeton rhythms and associated dance moves.
| Region | Date |
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| United States | May 15, 2007[1] |
| France | November 26, 2007 |
| Chart (2007 / 2008) | Peak position |
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| Australia (ARIA)[10] | 18 |
| Austrian Singles Chart | 23 |
| Belgium Singles Charts | 7 |
| Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[11] | 15 |
| Dutch Charts | 45 |
| France (SNEP)[12] | 9 |
| Germany (Media Control AG) | 24 |
| Romanian Singles Chart[13] | 13 |
| Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[14] | 49 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[15] | 29 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[16] | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Latin Songs | 43 |
| U.S. Billboard Pop 100[17] | 14 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs | 12 |
| Preceded by "Makes Me Wonder" by Maroon 5 |
Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single August 11 – August 18, 2007 |
Succeeded by "Stranger" by Hilary Duff |
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