Pon de Floor

"Pon de Floor"
Single by Major Lazer featuring Vybz Kartel and Afrojack
from the album Guns Don't Kill People... Lazers Do
Released	August 3, 2009 (2009-08-03)
Genre	Dancehall Dutch house funk carioca electronic
Length	3:33 (original mix) 3:05 (radio edit) - (with silence ending)
Label	Mad Decent Downtown V2
Songwriter(s)	Thomas Pentz David Taylor Nick van de Wall
Producer(s)	Major Lazer Afrojack Nebat Drums
Major Lazer singles chronology
"Keep It Going Louder" (2009) "Pon de Floor" (2009) "Jump Up" (2010)
Vybz Kartel singles chronology
"Pon de Floor" (2009) "Know Bout Me" (2010)
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"Pon De Floor" on YouTube

"Pon de Floor" is a song by Major Lazer, a collaborative musical project consisting of the American DJ Diplo and the British DJ Switch. The single was released in 2009 by Mad Decent and Downtown Records as the second single from Major Lazer's first studio album, Guns Don't Kill People... Lazers Do. The duo wrote the song and produced it with Afrojack, Nebat Drums and vocals by Vybz Kartel. "Pon de Floor" is a dancehall and baile funk song and was positively received by music critics. It appeared on the charts in the United Kingdom in 2010, where it reached number 125. Eric Wareheim directed the music video for "Pon de Floor", which shows people dry humping, and incorporates daggering choreography. The song has been heavily sampled in Chiddy Bang's "Shooter" and Beyoncé's "Run the World (Girls)".