Rip It Up (Orange Juice song)

"Rip It Up"
Single by Orange Juice
from the album Rip It Up
B-side	"Snake Charmer" "A Sad Lament"
Released	7 February 1983
Recorded	Berwick Street Studios, London
Genre	New wave
Label	Polydor
Songwriter(s)	Edwyn Collins
Producer(s)	Martin Hayles
Orange Juice singles chronology
"I Can't Help Myself" (1982) "Rip It Up" (1983) "Flesh of My Flesh" (1983)

"Rip It Up" is a song by Scottish indie pop band Orange Juice, released in 1983 as the second single from their 1982 album of the same name. The song became the band's only UK top 40 success, reaching No. 8 on the chart. "Rip It Up" signalled a departure from the sound of the band's earlier singles, with Chic-influenced guitars and using a synthesiser to create a more disco-oriented sound.

The song was sampled in 2009 by British soul singer Beverley Knight on her song "In Your Shoes" from the album 100%.

In 2014, NME ranked it at number 216 in its list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".^[1] It was also included by Pitchfork at number 157 in their list of "The Best 200 Songs of the 1980s".^[2]