"Get Back" is a song by American rapper Ludacris, from his album ''

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''. It was released as the first single from the album and reached #13 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in January 2005.

Music video

The music video features Dolla Boy from DTP's

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, who makes a brief part of the song in which he and Ludacris both say, " I came I saw I hit 'em right dead in the jaw." The video also features a cameo from Fatlip, a former member of the group The Pharcyde who previously worked with the video's director

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In popular culture

*A remix of the song featuring

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band

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was also released as a single, featuring a much more

and punk sound than the original song. The "Sum 41 Rock Remix" version was released as a bonus track on

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in the UK in both Ludacris' album ''

'' and

's album '' Chuck''. In addition to this, the remix was featured in the trailer for ''

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'' and '' A Haunted House 2''. *The song is also featured as the ending theme of the critically well-received comedy blockbuster '' Tropic Thunder'' (where Tom Cruise does a hip hop dance to it). The song was also performed at the

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where both Tom Cruise and

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dance to the song. *American rock band Ra mixes the chorus and part of the verse from this song into their song "Skorn" as heard on the live album ''

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''. The singer

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claims that a member of their

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mixed the two songs together and this is where the idea came from. *A different Rock mix featuring Lazyeye was released on one of the "Get Back" singles in 2005. This version was heard in '' The Longest Yard'' and was performed live on '' The Tonight Show with Jay Leno'' and at the '' Spike TV Video Game Awards'' in 2004. *The song appeared in the teaser trailer for '' Smurfs: The Lost Village''.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

External links

* 2004 singles 2004 songs Ludacris songs Sum 41 songs Def Jam Recordings singles Songs written by Ludacris Music videos directed by Spike Jonze {{2000s-hiphop-single-stub