Party Up (Up in Here)

"Party Up (Up in Here)"
Single by DMX
from the album ... And Then There Was X
ReleasedApril 18, 2000 (2000-04-18)
Recorded1999
Genre
Length4:28
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Swizz Beatz
DMX singles chronology
"What's My Name"
(2000)
"Party Up (Up in Here)"
(2000)
"What These Bitches Want"
(2000)
Music video
"Party Up (Up in Here)" on YouTube

"Party Up (Up in Here)" is a song by American rapper DMX, released as the second single from his third album ... And Then There Was X (1999) and was his most successful single (in the US). There are three versions of the song: an explicit/album version; a censored album version, and a radio/video edit version. It was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance but lost to Eminem's "The Real Slim Shady".

The song was voted number 56 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the '00s.[1] It was listed at No. 388 on Rolling Stone's "Top 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" in 2021.[2]

  1. ^ Anderson, Kyle (September 29, 2011). "U2, Rihanna, Amy Winehouse, Foo Fighters fill out VH1's '100 Greatest Songs of the '00s'". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved June 24, 2012.
  2. ^ "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. 2021-09-15. Retrieved 2022-07-05.