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featuring American rapper

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. It was released as the third single from the first album ''

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''. The song was written by Jonathan Smith, Skyler Austen Gordy, Stefan Kendal Gordy, and Eric Delatorre. In the 2010s, ''Shots'' became a go-to drinking anthem and

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, it can also be a communal

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, citing the repetitive chorus chant of "Shots, Shots, Shots!" being used colloquially. 13 years later, during the

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, ''Shots'' was used as an incentive at pharmacies and clinics in North America as a celebratory song for the general public getting vaccinated, being a

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for the COVID-19 "shot" or "jab".

Music video

The music video for the song was uploaded to

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on December 4, 2009. The video was filmed at Tao Beach at the Venetian Hotel in

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. The video begins with people sunbathing at the Tao Beach pool. Suddenly, Lil Jon, LMFAO, Q, Eric D-Lux and many others appear out of nowhere and began singing the song. The video also features

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, who later appears in LMFAO's hit singles "

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" and " Champagne Showers".

Track listings

;Album version #"Shots" (Explicit version) – 3:42 #"Shots" (Clean version) – 3:39 ;Digital download #"Shots" (Dummejungs Remix) – 5:06 #"Shots" (Electro Remix) – 4:48

Credits and personnel

*Lead

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– LMFAO and Lil Jon *Additional vocals – Eric D-Lux *

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– Jonathan Smith, Skyler Austen Gordy, Stefan Kendal Gordy, Eric Delatorre *

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: Interscope,

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Popular culture

*A variation of the song was used in a television spot commercial for the DreamWorks Animation film, ''

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''. *Bowdoin College's hockey teams play this song when the Polar Bears score a goal. *The song was used for promotion of the 2012 comedy film, '' That's My Boy''. *The chorus was used and

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in the 2012 episode "Can I Be Frank (With You)" on '' American Dad!'' by Francine (voiced by Wendy Schaal) with

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dancing because of Francine wanting to "party" with her husband ( Stan Smith) who instead would rather do it with his friends. *The song was used as the basis of a parody of ''

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*At the beginning of the video, a teenage girl is reading a magazine with the Jonas Brothers on the cover. *A small section of the song was used in the film ''

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References

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