17-470: Work It may refer to: "Work It" (Missy Elliott song) , 2002 "Work It" (Nelly song) , 2003 song featuring Justin Timberlake Work It (film) , a 2020 American film Work It (TV series) , a 2012 American sitcom "Work It", a song by Monrose from the album Temptation Work It , album by Rick Margitza 1995 Work It! Convenience Store ,
34-401: A clean part of the video. "Work It" was choreographed by Hi-Hat. Alyson Stoner won the role of Lead Kid Dancer out of 400 to 500 kids. In 2018, Billboard critics ranked it 2nd among the "greatest music videos of the 21st century." In 2015, 13 years after "Work It" came out Alyson Stoner reunited with her former co-stars to release a tribute dance video of "Work It" for Missy Elliott. This
51-502: A mobile game based on the webtoon Welcome to Convenience Store Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Work It . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Work_It&oldid=970391248 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
68-467: Is an American music video, commercial and film director. Born and raised in Berkeley, California , Dave Meyers developed his love for film while working for a local Landmark cinema at age 17. After graduating from Berkeley High School he attended Loyola Marymount University where he studied Film Production and Philosophy. After graduating from Loyola Marymount University , Meyers worked his way through
85-427: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Work It (Missy Elliott song) " Work It " is a hip hop song written by American rapper Missy Elliott and her producer Tim "Timbaland" Mosley for Elliott's fourth studio album Under Construction (2002). The song's musical style, and production by Timbaland, were heavily inspired by old school hip hop from
102-1109: The Billboard magazine issue dated February 21, 2015, "Work It" re-entered at number 35, more than a decade after its original chart run. This re-entry occurred as a result of Elliott's performance at the Super Bowl XLIX halftime show earlier in the month; another Elliott single, " Get Ur Freak On ," also re-entered the Billboard Hot 100 the same week. US 12-inch single UK CD single UK 12-inch and cassette single European CD single Australian CD single Shipments figures based on certification alone. Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. Keazor, Henry; Thorsten Wuebbena: Video Thrills The Radio Star. Musikvideos: Geschichte, Themen, Analysen . 3rd. edition, Bielefeld 2011; ISBN 3899427289 , pp. 83–113 Michael Rappe, Under Construction. 2 Vols., Cologne 2011 Dave Meyers (director) David Charles Meyers (born October 19, 1972)
119-543: The chart issue dated November 16, 2002, the song reached number 2, but because of the massive success of " Lose Yourself " by Eminem , it never reached number one. Instead, the song stayed at number two for ten weeks , a record that it shares with " Waiting for a Girl Like You " by Foreigner from 1981. Despite never topping the Hot 100 chart, the song topped the Billboard Hot R&;B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for five weeks. On
136-569: The early 1980s. It samples Run-D.M.C. 's " Peter Piper " and Rock Master Scott & the Dynamic Three 's "Request Line". Released as the album's first single on September 16, 2002, the track reached number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 for 10 weeks, becoming Elliott's most successful single. A remix of this song features 50 Cent . The synth pattern in the rhythm track samples the intro of " Heart of Glass " by Blondie . A portion of
153-428: The female side of relationships." Rolling Stone ranked "Work It" 25th in its list "100 Best Songs of the 2000s" and number 56 on its list "Top 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. In 2003, The Village Voice named "Work It" the best single of 2002 on their annual year-end critics' poll Pazz & Jop ; "Get Ur Freak On", a previous Elliott single, topped the same poll a year earlier. Stereogum and Paste ranked
170-429: The lyric "Listen up close while I take you backwards", the lyric "Watch the way Missy like to take it backwards" is also played in reverse. Elliott also used reversed vocals in several of her productions during the following years. In the song's chorus, an elephant trumpeting is heard to hide a sexual reference ("If you got a big [ elephant trumpet ], let me search it"). This is present in the explicit and edited versions;
187-479: The obscured word is meant to be left to the listener's imagination. In both the explicit and edited versions, the song uses onomatopoeia such as "ra-ta-ta-ta" and "buboomp buboomp boomp" to refer to sexual bodily moves. The music video to "Work It" was directed by Dave Meyers . Timbaland and Tweet make cameos in the video. Alyson Stoner appears as the lead kid dancer. The video pays tribute to Aaliyah (1979–2001) and Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes (1971–2002), who at
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#1732905787137204-497: The song number two and number one, respectively, on their lists of the 10 greatest Missy Elliott Songs. "Work It" debuted on the US Billboard Hot 100 on chart issue dated September 14, 2002, at number 75. In its second and third weeks, it leaped up to number 42 and number 24, respectively, taking the Airplay Gainer title in both weeks. Within five weeks, it reached the top ten, at number 8, and gradually rose from there. On
221-399: The song's lyrics helped popularize the slang term " badonkadonk " with mainstream audiences ("Love the way my butt go bum-bump-bum-bump-bump/Keep your eyes on my bum-bump-bum-bump-bump/And think you can handle this badonk-a-donk-donk"). During the chorus, the lyric "I put my thing down, flip it, and reverse it" is followed by the same line played in reverse . In the middle of the song, after
238-432: The studio systems at Paramount and Fox before filming his first music video with rap crew The Whoridas. Inspired by a chance meeting with director Gus Van Sant , Meyers steered his focus away from feature film-making to directing music videos. He has directed more than 200 videos for some of the music industry’s most popular recording artists. His work brought dozens of nominations and 12 MTV Video Music Awards including
255-419: The time had both recently died. They are commemorated in the music video with their images airbrushed on a car's hood. It also features an appearance by dancer and graffiti writer Mr. Wiggles from Rock Steady Crew . There is another music video that features 50 Cent rapping the first verse on the remix. In shooting the video, director Meyers shot the opening scene with live honey bees ; only one crew member
272-554: Was done after people had been asking her why she didn't dance with Missy Elliott and Katy Perry during the 2015 Super Bowl. John Bush of AllMusic described the song as "turn[ing] the tables on male rappers, taking charge of the sex game, matching their lewdest, rudest rhymes, and also featuring the most notorious backmasked vocal of the year." Bush cited the song as an example of Elliott's "artistic progression, trying to push hip-hop forward...neatly emphasizing her differences from other rappers by writing tracks for nearly every facet of
289-453: Was stung. Additionally, he forgot to replace a glass of wine with a glass of water when filming the restaurant scene, so Elliott was heavily drunk after production. The video won the award for Video of the Year at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards . In a 2010 interview with "Dance Spirit", Alyson Stoner revealed that she almost didn't go to the audition for "Work It" and her dancing is featured in
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