"Watch Us Work It" is a single by the US new wave band

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, produced by Teddybears. It was originally released in

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, and was featured in a commercial for

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. It was subsequently re-released, on vinyl, in 2008. The song was included on the deluxe version of the band's ninth studio album '' Something for Everybody'' which was released on June 15, 2010. The song features a sample drum track from "The Super Thing" from Devo's 1981 album '' New Traditionalists''. The band announced in a July 23, 2007, MySpace bulletin that a full-length music video would be created, and the song itself is now available on

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and eMusic. Gerald Casale said that this song was chosen from a batch that the band was working on. The music video was released in September 2007, directed by

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, and is an extended version of the Dell commercial, without product shots. The song appears in the video game '' Dance Dance Revolution Universe 3''. MVD Audio announced a vinyl maxi-single of "Watch Us Work It" for release in 2008. Released on December 9, 2008, it contains three previously unreleased versions of the song, and a remix of The Attery Squash song "

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" by the band. It is the first physical single released by Devo since "

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" in 1990. A music video of the "Still Workin' Mix" featuring the band, without drummer

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, appeared on the Nickelodeon TV show '' Yo Gabba Gabba!'' in March 2010.

Track listing

;12" Vinyl single # "Watch Us Work It" (Teddybears mix) – 2:14 # "Watch Us Work It" (Original demo) – 2:18 # "Watch Us Work It" (Karaoke Mix) – 3:12 # "Watch Us Work It" (Still Workin' Mix) – 4:19 # "

" by The Attery Squash (The Devo Mix) – 3:05 ;Digital Download #"Watch Us Work It" – 2:13

References

{{Authority control 2007 singles Devo songs Music videos directed by Jonas Åkerlund 2007 songs Songs written by Gerald Casale Songs written by Mark Mothersbaugh