Party Up (Up in Here)
"Party Up (Up in Here)" is a song by American hip hop recording artist DMX, released as the second single from his third album ...And Then There Was X (1999) and is his highest charting and most successful single ever. There are three versions of the song: an explicit/album version; a censored album version, and a radio/video edit version.
The song was voted number 56 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the '00s.[1]
Music video
Directed by Dave Meyers, the video for "Party Up" was filmed in Galveston, Texas at what is now the Frost Bank building.[2] It depicts DMX as being caught up in a case of mistaken identity at a bank holdup. The video premiered on the week of April 3, 2000.[3]
In popular culture
- 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, as well as the movies King's Ransom, Coyote Ugly, Hardball, First Sunday, Broken City and Zack and Miri Make a Porno
- The song also appeared in episodes of the television shows Malcolm in the Middle, Eastbound and Down, King of Queens and Daria.
- After the Los Angeles Lakers won the NBA championship in 2000, in the locker room, they were singing the song.
- The song takes shots at rapper Kurupt, not Eminem, for dissing him on "Callin Out Names" over DMX having an affair with Foxy Brown, Kurupt's former fiancée.
- The song is featured in the beginning of Dave Chappelle: Killin' Them Softly, a Dave Chappelle comedy special.
- Professional wrestler Elix Skipper came out to a knock-off/interpretation of the song (with his own lyrics) as his entrance music while in WCW, following in the footsteps of pro wrestlers such as Diamond Dallas Page & Chris Jericho, who also used knock-offs of popular songs as entrance themes.
- In one scene from the 2002 film Like Mike, Bow Wow's and Morris Chestnut's characters sing the song in the car.
- The censored version is also used in the video games, Def Jam Vendetta and Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004.
- In GB's book Skool Daze, one of the characters from Croydon sings the song down the street after he passed his theory test.
Official versions
- LP Version / Album Version - Explicit
- Radio Edit
- Instrumental
Chart positions
Peak positions
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End of year charts
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71 |
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References
- ↑ Anderson, Kyle (September 29, 2011). "U2, Rihanna, Amy Winehouse, Foo Fighters fill out VH1's '100 Greatest Songs of the '00s'". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved June 24, 2012.
- ↑ Mondo (April 24, 2009). "Forgotten Facts... - ISLANDER BY CHOICE - IBC GAVELSTON". Retrieved May 1, 2014.
- ↑ "DMX - "Party Up"". Mvdbase. Retrieved May 1, 2014.
- ↑ "DMX – Chart History: Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved May 1, 2014.
- ↑ "DMX – Chart History: Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved May 1, 2014.
- ↑ "DMX – Chart History: Rap Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved May 1, 2014.
- ↑ "DMX – Chart History: Pop Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved May 1, 2014.
- ↑ "Billboard Top 100 - 2000". Retrieved 2010-08-31.
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