"Whistle While You Twurk" is a song by American hip hop group
Ying Yang Twins
The Ying Yang Twins are an American hip hop duo consisting of Kaine (born Eric Jackson on December 16, 1978) and D-Roc (born Deongelo/D'Angelo Holmes on February 13, 1979). They are not twin brothers. They did the windows to the walls song. The ...
. It was released on March 12, 2000 as the lead single from their debut studio album ''
Thug Walkin'
''Thug Walkin is the debut studio album by American rap duo Ying Yang Twins from Atlanta, Georgia. It was released on April 25, 2000 via Collipark/Universal Records. The album peaked at #54 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, #15 on the Heatseekers Alb ...
'' (2000). Produced by
Mr. Collipark
Michael Antoine Crooms (born October 5, 1972), better known by his stage name Mr. Collipark (and also known as DJ Smurf), is an American hip hop producer and the president of his own Atlanta-based record label, Collipark Music, which was starte ...
, the song contains an interpolation of the song "
Whistle While You Work
"Whistle While You Work" is a song with music written by Frank Churchill and lyrics written by Larry Morey for the 1937 animated Disney film ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs''. It was performed in the film by voice actress Adriana Caselotti. It ...
" from the 1937 film
Sn''ow White and the Seven Dwarfs''. There are two remixes of the song: the "ColliPark Remix", and the "E.A. Mix", which features DJ Kizzy Rock and Mr. Ball.
The song was a hit in the early 2000's and was played on urban and pop radio stations. Most notably, it also popularized the dance of
twerking
Twerking (; possibly from 'to work') is a type of dance that came out of the bounce music scene of New Orleans in the late 1980s. Individually performed chiefly but not exclusively by women, performers dance to popular music in a sexually provo ...
.
Charts
References
{{Ying Yang Twins
2000 singles
2000 songs
Ying Yang Twins songs
Songs written by Mr. Collipark