Whip It! (song)
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| Single by LunchMoney Lewis featuring Chloe Angelides | ||||
| Released | August 7, 2015 | |||
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| Length | 4:02 | |||
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| LunchMoney Lewis singles chronology | ||||
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| "Whip It!" on YouTube | ||||
"Whip It!" is a single by American rapper LunchMoney Lewis featuring Chloe Angelides. It was released on August 7, 2015. The song contains samples from the 1980s song, "Let It Whip" by the Dazz Band.[2][3]
Background[edit]
The song samples Dazz Band's "Let It Whip". Space Primates brought the initial track idea with the sample flip to Dr. Luke who then sent it to Lunchmoney. Lunchmoney discussed the song's conception: "The ‘let it whip, child’… [...] It was a real uptempo disco song. When I heard the sample, it really drove me to it and I was thinking, ‘this is funky… I like it’. And I wrote some verses, played it to Dr. Luke and he really liked it. Then we got in Chloe Angelides; she’s an awesome songwriter with a crazy voice."[4]
Music video[edit]
On August 19, 2015, the lyric video premiered on YouTube. The video features a bunch of women walking and skating around the city and the beach. Two other videos were posted to YouTube; an audio video, and an official music video. As of May 2017, the three videos have a combined 9 million views on YouTube.
On September 15, the music video premiered. It features LunchMoney in a suit performing the song on a 1970s variety show, with Angelides singing behind him and dancers on the stage.
Charts[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]
| Chart (2015) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA)[5] | 11 |
| Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[6] | 72 |
| Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia)[7] | 4 |
| Germany (Official German Charts)[8] | 23 |
| New Zealand Heatseekers (Recorded Music NZ)[9] | 6 |
| Slovenia (SloTop50)[10] | 34 |
| Sweden Heatseeker (Sverigetopplistan)[11] | 14 |
| UK Singles (OCC)[12] | 168 |
Year-end charts[edit]
| Chart (2015) | Position |
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| Australia (ARIA)[13] | 64 |
Certifications[edit]
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Australia (ARIA)[14] | 2× Platinum | 140,000‡ |
| Germany (BVMI)[15] | Gold | 200,000‡ |
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
References[edit]
- ^ "Whip It! Lyrics".
- ^ "Whip It! (feat. Chloe Angelides) - Single by LunchMoney Lewis on iTunes". iTunes Australia. Apple Inc. 7 August 2015. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
- ^ "Whip It! (feat. Chloe Angelides) - Single by LunchMoney Lewis". iTunes Store (US). 7 August 2015. Archived from the original on October 11, 2015.
- ^ "INTERVIEW : LunchMoney Lewis". auspOp. November 2, 2015. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
- ^ "LunchMoney Lewis feat. Chloe Angelides – Whip It!". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
- ^ "LunchMoney Lewis feat. Chloe Angelides – Whip It!" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
- ^ "LunchMoney Lewis feat. Chloe Angelides – Whip It!" (in French). Ultratip. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
- ^ "LunchMoney Lewis feat. Chloe Angelides – Whip It!" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
- ^ "NZ Top 40 Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. October 5, 2015. Retrieved October 16, 2015.
- ^ "SloTop50 – Slovenian official singles chart". slotop50.si. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
- ^ "Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 37, 2015" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
- ^ "Chart Log UK" (TXT). Zobbel.de. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
- ^ "ARIA Charts - End of Year Charts - Top 100 Singles 2015". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved January 6, 2016.
- ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2016 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved November 12, 2021.
- ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Lunchmoney Lewis fest. Chloe Angelides; 'Whip It!')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved February 19, 2023.