Check It Out (will.i.am and Nicki Minaj song)

For the John Mellencamp song, see Check It Out (John Mellencamp song).
For other uses, see Check It Out (disambiguation).

"Check It Out"
Single by will.i.am and Nicki Minaj
from the album Pink Friday
ReleasedSeptember 3, 2010 (2010-09-03)
Recorded2010
Genre
Length
  • 4:11
  • 3:58 (Radio Edit)
LabelInterscope
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)will.i.am
will.i.am singles chronology
"I'm in the House"
(2010) 		"Check It Out"
(2010) 		"Free"
(2011)
Nicki Minaj singles chronology
"Letting Go (Dutty Love)"
(2010) 		"Check It Out"
(2010) 		"Right Thru Me"
(2010)
Music video
"Check It Out" on YouTube

"Check It Out" is a song performed by American rapper will.i.am and Trinidadian rapper Nicki Minaj.[3] The hip hop and electropop song, written by will.i.am and Minaj, samples the 1979 hit single "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles. After release, it debuted on the US Billboard Hot 100 at No. 78 and on the Canadian Hot 100 at No. 48. It appears on Minaj's first album, Pink Friday,[4] though it was not released to promote the album. The special remix released in the UK features the British recording artist Cheryl Cole.[5] The song peaked at No. 24 on the Billboard Hot 100. By December 2013, it has sold 780,000 digital downloads.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Idolator was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Nicki Minaj: Pink Friday (Album Review)". Muumuse. November 22, 2010. Archived from the original on July 11, 2018. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
  3. ^ "Top 100 Music Hits, Top 100 Music Charts, Top 100 Songs & The Hot 100". Billboard. Archived from the original on August 3, 2016. Retrieved September 20, 2010.
  4. ^ Rodriguez, Jayson; Marino, Kelly (September 27, 2010). "will.i.am And Nicki Minaj's 'Check It Out' Video An 'Ode To Anime'". MTV News. Archived from the original on October 1, 2010. Retrieved September 28, 2010.
  5. ^ James Barr. (October 12, 2010) The James Barr Show Galaxy FM.