"Hands Up" was released as the second single from TLC's

TLC (band)

TLC is an American musical trio whose repertoire spanned R&B, hip-hop, soul, funk, and new jack swing. Originally consisting of singer Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, rapper-singer Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes and singer Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas it found success in the 1990s while also enduring a series of spats...

 final album 3D. According to the song's 12" vinyl promo single, the album version of the song was originally recorded in 2002. The video was directed by Matthew Rolston

Matthew Rolston

Matthew Russell Rolston is an American photographer and music video director. Rolston is known for his signature lighting techniques and detailed approach to art direction and design, and has been repeatedly identified throughout his career with the revival and modern expression of Hollywood glamour...

. The video also guest stars Countess Vaughn

Countess Vaughn

Countess Danielle Vaughn is an American actress and singer. She is perhaps best known for her role as Kim Parker on the UPN television sitcom Moesha and its spin-off The Parkers.-Early life and career:...

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The song earned TLC a nomination at the 2004 Grammy Awards for Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo/Group.

A remix featuring Jermaine Dupri

Jermaine Dupri

Jermaine Dupri Mauldin , known as Jermaine Dupri or JD, is an American record producer, songwriter and rapper.- Early life and career :...

 and The Kid Slim was recorded. Dupri's rap verses contains interpolations of "Nasty Boy" by The Notorious B.I.G.

The Notorious B.I.G.

Christopher George Latore Wallace , best known as The Notorious B.I.G., was an American rapper. He was also known as Biggie Smalls , Big Poppa, and The Black Frank White .Wallace was raised in the Brooklyn borough...

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Music video

In the video, directed by Dave Meyers (who also directed Girl Talk) T-Boz, Chilli, and Countess Vaughn

Countess Vaughn

Countess Danielle Vaughn is an American actress and singer. She is perhaps best known for her role as Kim Parker on the UPN television sitcom Moesha and its spin-off The Parkers.-Early life and career:...

 are at a strip club where several of the male strippers have tattoos of UPC

Universal Product Code

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s and they are scanning them. The video does not appear on Now and Forever: The Video Hits

Now and Forever: The Video Hits

Now and Forever: The Video Hits is a DVD release of 10 of multi-platinum selling group TLC's videos. The DVD has been expected to be released numerous times over the past 5 years, just as the album Now and Forever: The Hits. It was released in Japan in 2003, and in Australia in 2004 by Arista...

, however it does appear on a DVD single

DVD single

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 along with the video for "Girl Talk

Girl Talk (song)

"Girl Talk" is a 2002 song written by Lisa Lopes, Anita McLoud, Edmund "Eddie Hustle" Clement, Kandi Burruss, and Tionne Watkins, and was the first single released from TLC's fourth album, 3D . It was produced by Hustle and released as the album's lead single in North America in October 2002 and...

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Track listing

CD single

1. "Hands Up" (album version) – 3:48
2. "Hands Up" (instrumental) – 3:47

DVD single

1. "Hands Up" (music video) – 4:03
2. "Girl Talk" (music video) – 3:52
3. Photo gallery slideshow – 0:32

Charts

• These are the peak positions from chart providers.

  Chart (2003)	Peak position
  U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles	7
  U.S. Billboard Hot Singles Sales	30
  UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	108

External links

• Order The Girl Talk/Hands Up DVD Single On Amazon.com