The New Workout Plan

"The New Workout Plan"
Single by Kanye West
from the album The College Dropout
Released	August 31, 2004
Recorded	2003 at Quad Recordings Sony Music Studios (New York City)
Genre	Comedy hip hop
Length	5:22
Label	Roc-A-Fella Def Jam
Songwriter(s)	Kanye West Miri Ben-Ari Sumeke Rainey John Stephens Bosko Kante
Producer(s)	Kanye West
Kanye West singles chronology
"All Falls Down" (2004) "The New Workout Plan" (2004) "Jesus Walks" (2004)
Music videos
"The New Workout Plan" (Long Version) on YouTube "The New Workout Plan" (Short Version) on YouTube

"The New Workout Plan" is a song from Kanye West's debut album, The College Dropout. Released as the album's fifth single on August 31, 2004, it peaked at number 59 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The song was written and produced by West, with additional songwriting from John Legend, Miri Ben-Ari, Sumeke Rainey, and Bosko Cante. The music video was released the same year, with cameos from Legend, Ben-Ari, Anna Nicole Smith, Fonzworth Bentley, Tracee Ellis Ross, Vida Guerra and GLC.

The talk box harmonizing heard towards the end of the song was sampled by J. Cole for his 2011 single "Work Out".