Live It Up is the second solo single by British singer

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, and features guest vocals from American rapper

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. The song is taken from her debut studio album, ''

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'', and was released on 9 September 2012.

Background

The song was announced as Tulisa's second single on 24 July 2012. When asked about the song, Tulisa told ''Capital FM'': "This is now me going back to me and trying to define myself as an artist because I knew I wanted a number one hit as my first release. I got that with '

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', so I went even more urban with this second single. I don't expect it to even possibly get top ten it's that

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, but you never know. The fanbase could pull through, the N-Dubletts could pull through, and it is a smash but it's an urban smash and I know that in the UK these days it is a lot tougher with urban music."

Music video

The lyric video for the song premiered on 24 July 2012. The music video for the song was shot in

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and is directed by

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. The official video premiered on 20 August 2012.

Track listing

Digital download # "Live It Up" (radio edit) – 3:36 # "Live It Up" (album mix) – 3:50 # "Live It Up" (explicit Mix) – 4:36 # "Live It Up" (Big League dancehall mix) – 4:17 Promotional CD single # "Live It Up" (radio edit) (Featuring Tyga) – 3:36 # "Live It Up" (radio edit)

Charts

Release history

References

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