"Take Your Shirt Off" is a song that is performed by American recording artist T-Pain. It originally served as the first promotional single off T-Pain's fourth studio album '' RevolveЯ'', but never made it on the track list. It was released on iTunes for purchase on October 9, 2009.

Background

The song was originally inspired by

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's hip-hop song " Raise Up", and the part of the song included Pablo telling his native peers "take your shirt off, twist it 'round yo' head, spin it like a helicopter," and the same words were used on T-Pain's version (with the addition of the word ''motherfucker'', although it is slightly muted). The lyrics of the song are written by T-Pain, credited under his real name.

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Music video

The music video was released on December 2, 2009 on

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. Cameo appearances were made by George Clinton,

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, Young Ca$h, Sophia Fresh, Rick Ross, Petey Pablo, Rebekah Leake and Brett Frantz. The video was directed by Gil Green and shot entirely in

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Chart performance

The song debuted at #80 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and at #23 on the Australian ARIA Urban Charts.

Popular culture

The song is used on the official trailer for ''

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''. It was also used in the film ''

'' starring T-Pain himself.

Charts

Year-end charts

References

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