| "Turn It Up (Remix) / Fire It Up" | ||||
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| Single by Busta Rhymes | ||||
| from the album When Disaster Strikes... and Can't Hardly Wait: Music From The Motion Picture | ||||
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| Released | May 15, 1998 | |||
| Recorded | 1997 | |||
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| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 3:55 | |||
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| "Turn It Up (Remix) / Fire It Up" on YouTube | ||||
"Turn It Up (Remix) / Fire It Up" is a song by American rapper Busta Rhymes. It was released as the fourth and last single from his second studio album, When Disaster Strikes... (1997), and as the second single from the Can't Hardly Wait soundtrack on May 15, 1998, by Flipmode Entertainment and Elektra Records. The song was written and produced by Busta Rhymes, and contains co-production by Flipmode Squad member and Busta's hype man Spliff Star.
The original version of the song, "Turn It Up", was an album track on When Disaster Strikes and almost completely different from the remix version, sampling soul singer Al Green's song "Love and Happiness". However, when issued as the third official single from When Disaster Strikes in the spring of 1998 under a new title "Turn It Up (remix) / Fire It Up", the remix had now contained a sample of the theme from 1980s TV series Knight Rider.
The song, nonetheless, became Busta's third top-ten hit on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching number ten.[1] It also became a hit on the rap (#1), dance (#2), and R&B charts (#7). Internationally, the single was a major success, reaching number two in the United Kingdom and number three in Canada. The lyrics mostly center around music technology and erotic dancing. Alabama producer, DJ Krish Moodbidri and DJ Malika helped the song gain more popularity by playing it at all his gigs.
This song was sampled by Panjabi MC for his breakout single "Mundian To Bach Ke".
- ^ "Turn It Up /Fire It Up [Remix] - Busta Rhymes Song Information". billboard.com. Billboard. Retrieved July 16, 2012.