"Whine Up" is the debut single by American singer

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, released from her debut album, '' 9 Lives''. The song features

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. It was believed that Puerto Rican rapper

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was featured, but DeLuna herself provided the rap. The song earned DeLuna a ''Billboard'' Latin Music Award for "Latin Dance Club Play Track Of The Year." The title comes from the

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(West Indian) pronunciation of ''wind up'' meaning to move one's hips on the dance floor.

Music video

DeLuna had asked fans that live in the

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area to send in a video of them dancing on her song so they might win the opportunity to be featured in the music video for the song. The video (directed by Gil Green) premiered via her MySpace page. It starts with DeLuna singing the introduction of Dulcissime, from Carl Orff's ''

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'' for her friend, when she is suddenly interrupted by the tune of her song, at which point she performs the song and dances. The song is accompanied by her dance, The Whine Up. The video premiered on

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on July 26, 2007 and was on the countdown for 31 days, peaking at #2. The video features future ''

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'' choreographer Marcos Aguirre who later choreographed the same song as DLC for its sequel.

Chart performance

The song was released to mainstream radio in the United States on May 15, 2007. The song debuted at number 24 on ''

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chart and went on to peak at number 29 on the

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. The song has had over 500,000 legal downloads in the U.S. and was certified Gold on February 13, 2008. "Whine Up" peaked at number nine on the French charts.

Promotions and performances

DeLuna performed "Whine Up", along with two back-up dancers, at the

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which aired August 24, 2007 on

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. Her performance accompanied the top 15 swimsuit competition. DeLuna recorded a version of "Whine Up" for the 2007 New York

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and performed this version at Shea Stadium, home field for the Mets.

Other song performances and versions

The song was used as the theme music for WWE's SummerSlam 2007

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wrestling event. The song has been featured in or associated with two films: It was featured in the trailer for the film ''

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'' (2007) starring

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, and was included on the soundtrack for the direct-to-video film '' Bring it On: Fight to the Finish'' (2009). Actor/

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Iraq War Veteran

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and professional dancer

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, winners of the 13th U.S. version of ''

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'', received a perfect score (30/30) for their freestyle dance that was set to "Whine Up". Their choreography was centered around

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rhythms and associated dance moves.

Track listing and formats

;French CD single # English Album Version 3:25 # Johnny Vicious Club Drama Mix 7:30 ;French CD promo single # Whine Up 3:25 ;German CD maxi-single # English Album Version 3:25 # Johnny Vicious Club Drama Mix 7:30 ;German enhanced CD maxi-single # Whine Up 3:25 # Vicious Radio Mix 3:21 # Johnny Vicious Club Drama Mix 7:30 # Video ;Australian CD maxi-single # Whine Up 3:25 # Vicious Radio Mix 3:21 # Johnny Vicious Club Drama Mix 7:30 # Video ;U.S. CD

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# Album Version 3:25 # En Español 3:25 # Johnny Vicious Mix Show 5:13 ;U.S. CD maxi-single # En Español 3:25 # English Version 3:25 # Bilingual Version 3:25 ;U.S. CD promo maxi-single # Whine Up 3:22 ;U.S. CD promo single (remixes) # Party Club Drama 4:26 # Party Mixshow Drama 5:31 # Warehouse Mix Acid Dub 4:21 # Club Mix Spanish Vocals 4:26 # Party Radio 3:18 # Radio Mix Spanish Vocals 3:18 ;U.S. EP # Johnny Vicious Club Drama Mix 7:30 # Johnny Vicious Mix Show 5:34 # Johnny Vicious Warehouse Acid Dub Mix 7:26 # Album Version 3:25 # Johnny Vicious Spanish Mix 3:17

Release history

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

External links

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