Whip It! (song)

"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.[1][2]

For the Devo release, see Whip It (Devo song).
"Whip It!"
Single by LunchMoney Lewis featuring Chloe Angelides
ReleasedAugust 7, 2015
FormatDigital download
Length4:02
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
LunchMoney Lewis singles chronology
"Bills"
(2015)		 "Whip It!"
(2015)		 "Trini Dem Girls"
(2015)
Music video
"Whip It!" on YouTube

Background

The song samples Dazz Band's "Let It Whip". Lunchmoney discussed the song's conception: "The ‘let it whip, child’… I grew up hearing that song so much at barbeques and pool parties growing up in Miami. 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.. We worked on melody and got the hook right. And when it was done, we thought, ‘this is fun, let’s put it out and see what happens’ and that’s kind of how it all came together."[3]

Music video

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

Weekly charts
Chart (2015) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[4] 11
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[5] 72
Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)[6] 4
Germany (Official German Charts)[7] 23
New Zealand Heatseekers (Recorded Music NZ)[8] 6
Slovenia (SloTop50)[9] 34

Year-end charts
Chart (2015) Position
Australia (ARIA)[10] 64

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[11] 2× Platinum 140,000

^shipments figures based on certification alone

References
  1. "Whip It! (feat. Chloe Angelides) - Single by LunchMoney Lewis on iTunes". iTunes Australia. Apple Inc. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
  2. "Whip It! (feat. Chloe Angelides) - Single by LunchMoney Lewis". iTunes Store (US). Archived from the original on September 17, 2015.
  3. "INTERVIEW : LunchMoney Lewis". auspOp. November 2, 2015. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  4. "Australian-charts.com – LunchMoney Lewis feat. Chloe Angelides – Whip It!". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
  5. "Austriancharts.at – LunchMoney Lewis feat. Chloe Angelides – Whip It!" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  6. "Ultratop.be – LunchMoney Lewis feat. Chloe Angelides – Whip It!" (in French). Ultratip. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
  7. "Offiziellecharts.de – LunchMoney Lewis feat. Chloe Angelides – Whip It!". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
  8. "NZ Top 40 Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. October 5, 2015. Retrieved October 16, 2015.
  9. "SloTop50 – Slovenian official singles chart". slotop50.si. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  10. "ARIA Charts - End of Year Charts - Top 100 Singles 2015". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved January 6, 2016.
  11. Ryan, Gavin (February 13, 2016). "ARIA Singles: Flume 'Never Be Like You' Is No 1". Noise11. Retrieved February 13, 2016.
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