Paul Lester from Melody Maker wrote, "'Push It' is to hip hop what M's ' Pop Musik' and Trio's ' Da Da Da' were to electro-pop." Debbi Voller from Number One stated, "Bound to be a big hit in the present hip hop/ house/ rap mania climate, and why not? 'Push It' pumps and grinds like a street version of James Brown's classic ' Sex Machine' and these gals can rap a mean, errr, rap!" Robin Smith from Record Mirror named it Single of the Week, writing, "Salt-n-Pepa produce enough energy to put life into a stuffed chimpanzee. The album ultimately sold 1.3 million copies worldwide. "Push It" was nominated for a Grammy Award, and the strength of that single catapulted the reissued Hot, Cool and Vicious album to platinum sales in the US with one million sold, making Salt-N-Pepa the first female rap act (group or solo) to go gold or platinum. This song is written in the key of A minor. The whispered "Push it" is sampled from a 1977 recording called "Keep on Pushin'" by the band Coal Kitchen. The song quotes a line from " You Really Got Me" by The Kinks, with the word "girl" replaced with "boy": "Boy, you really got me goin'/You got me so I don't know what I'm doin'." (For this, Ray Davies received a songwriting credit for "Push It.") It also quotes "Pick up on this" from " I'm a Greedy Man" and "There it is" from " There It Is", both by James Brown. They showed the police the written lyrics to prove them wrong. When the Cameron Paul remix of "Push It" became a radio hit, the album was reissued with the "Push It" remix added, along with the original versions of "Tramp" and "Chick on the Side" replaced by remixes.Īt a 1986 concert, police thought Salt-N-Pepa were singing "pussy real good" instead of "push it real good" and waited for them after the show to arrest them. The original 1986 editions of the album Hot, Cool & Vicious did not contain "Push It". "Push It" and " Let's Talk About Sex" tie as the group's highest-charting UK hit, both peaking at number two in that country. It advanced into the US Billboard Top 40 the week of December 26, 1987, eventually reaching its peak of number 19 the week of February 20, 1988. The corresponding 7" single contained a "Mixx-It" remix by San Francisco DJ and producer Cameron Paul this was the radio version that gave the group its first mainstream hit. The original version of "Push It" was first released as the B-side to the 12" single "Tramp" in 1987. The song is ranked number 446 on Rolling Stone 's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and was ranked number nine on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop. The song has also been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It peaked at number 19 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in early 1988 and, after initially peaking at number 41 in the UK, it re-entered the charts after the group performed the track at Nelson Mandela's 70th birthday concert, eventually peaking at number two in the UK in July 1988. It was released as the B-side of the "Tramp" single in 1987. " Push It" is a song by American hip hop group Salt-N-Pepa, who originated in Queens.
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