"Whip It!" is a single by American rapper

LunchMoney Lewis Gamal Kosh Lewis (born January 11, 1988), better known as LunchMoney Lewis, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known for his 2015 single " Bills", which topped the charts in Australia and peaked within t ...

featuring

Chloe Angelides Chloe Angelides (born May 21, 1992) is an American singer, songwriter and producer. She has written songs for numerous artists including "Zipper" for Jason Derulo for his album '' Talk Dirty'', "Jackie (B.M.F.)" for Ciara for her album '' Jacki ...

. It was released on August 7, 2015. The song contains samples from the 1980s song, "

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" by the

Dazz Band The Dazz Band is an American R&B/funk band most popular in the early 1980s. Emerging from Cleveland, Ohio, the group's biggest hit songs include " Let It Whip" (1982), "Joystick" (1983), and "Let It All Blow" (1984). The name of the band is a ...

Background

The song samples

's "

". Space Primates brought the initial track idea with the sample flip to

Dr. Luke Lukasz Sebastian Gottwald (born September 26, 1973), known professionally as Dr. Luke, Tyson Trax, and Made in China, is an American record producer and songwriter. His professional music career began in the late-night television sketch comedy ...

who then sent it to Lunchmoney. Lunchmoney discussed the song's conception: "The ‘let it whip, child’… ..It was a real uptempo disco song. When I heard the sample, it really drove me to it and I was thinking, ‘this is funky… I like it’. And I wrote some verses, played it to

and he really liked it. Then we got in Chloe Angelides; she’s an awesome songwriter with a crazy voice."

Music video

On August 19, 2015, the lyric video premiered on YouTube. The video features a bunch of women walking and skating around the city and the beach. Two other videos were posted to YouTube; an audio video, and an official music video. As of May 2017, the three videos have a combined 9 million views on

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. On September 15, the music video premiered. It features LunchMoney in a suit performing the song on a 1970s variety show, with Angelides singing behind him and dancers on the stage.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

{{Reflist, 30em 2015 songs 2015 singles Songs written by Cirkut (record producer) Songs written by Dr. Luke Columbia Records singles Songs written by Chloe Angelides Songs written by LunchMoney Lewis