"Crank It Up" is a song by French DJ and record producer

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, featuring vocals by Senegalese-American R&B recording artist

Akon Aliaune Damala Badara Akon Thiam (; born April 16, 1973), known mononymously as Akon, is a Senegalese-American singer, record producer, and entrepreneur. He rose to prominence in 2004 following the release of " Locked Up" (featuring Styles P) ...

. Taken from the former's fifth studio album, ''

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''. The song was written by Aliaune Thiam, Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort and Riesterer. Production was also handled by Guetta, Tuinfort and Rister. On March 14, 2012, Guetta tweeted that he had a dilemma on choosing his next single, asking his fans for opinions, giving two tracks "Crank It Up" and " I Can Only Imagine" featuring

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and

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, but ultimately lost to the latter.

Track listing

*;Album version #"Crank It Up" (featuring Akon) – 3:12

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes for ''Nothing but the Beat''. * David Guetta –

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, mixing * Aliaune Thiam – songwriting, lead vocals, production * Giorgio Tuinfort – songwriting, production * Frédéric Riesterer – songwriting, production *

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– recording, engineering

Charts

References

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