Work It (Missy Elliott song)

"Work It"
Single by Missy Elliott
from the album Under Construction
B-side	"Pussycat"
Released	September 16, 2002 (2002-09-16)
Studio	Hit Factory Criteria (Miami)[1]
Length	4:53 (album version) 4:25 (radio edit) 5:04 (remix)
Label	Goldmind Elektra
Songwriter(s)	Melissa Elliott Timothy Mosley
Producer(s)	Timbaland Missy Elliott
Missy Elliott singles chronology
"Crew Deep" (2002) "Work It" (2002) "Honk Your Horn" (2002)
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"Work It" is a hip hop song written by American rapper Missy Elliott and her producer Tim "Timbaland" Mosley for Elliott's fourth studio album Under Construction (2002). The song's musical style, and production by Timbaland, were heavily inspired by old school hip hop from the early 1980s. It samples Run-D.M.C.'s "Peter Piper" and Rock Master Scott & the Dynamic Three's "Request Line".

Released as the album's first single on September 16, 2002, the track reached number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 for 10 weeks, becoming Elliott's most successful single. A remix of this song features 50 Cent. The end of the song samples "Take Me to the Mardi Gras" by Bob James, and the synth pattern in the rhythm track samples the intro of "Heart of Glass" by Blondie.