"Kick, Push" is the Grammy

Grammy Award

A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...

 nominated first single released from Lupe Fiasco

Lupe Fiasco

Wasalu Muhammad Jaco , better known by his stage name Lupe Fiasco , is an American rapper, record producer, and entrepreneur. As an entrepreneur, Lupe is the CEO of 1st and 15th Entertainment. He rose to fame in 2006 following the success of his critically acclaimed debut album, Lupe Fiasco's Food...

's debut album, Food & Liquor

Food & Liquor

Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor, commonly referred to as Food & Liquor, is the debut studio album by American recording artist Lupe Fiasco, released on September 19, 2006, on 1st & 15th Entertainment and Atlantic Records. The album features production from The Neptunes, Kanye West, Mike Shinoda, Craig...

. It has been referred to as "a needle in hip hop's haystack of complacent songs."

Lupe Fiasco performed this hit on the teen hit tv show One Tree Hill

One Tree Hill (TV series)

One Tree Hill is an American television drama created by Mark Schwahn, which premiered on September 23, 2003, on The WB Television Network. After its third season, The WB merged with UPN to form The CW Television Network, and, since September 27, 2006, the network has been the official broadcaster...

(Season 4, episode 4).

Lupe has clarified, "...I'm not a skater and I don't want to keep putting on the faces of people who've been skating for 20 years and actually lived out "Kick, Push"."

Kick, Push was featured on the soundtrack of EA Sports

EA Sports

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 NBA Live 07

NBA Live 07

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 and Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam

Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam

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.

The song features a sample of "Bolero Medley" by Celeste Legaspi.

It was listed at #15 on Pitchfork Media

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's The Top 100 Tracks of 2006 list.
Kick, Push was also voted #72 on About.com

About.com

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's Top 100 Rap Song's.

Remixes & Freestyles

The official remix of the song features Pharrell Williams

Pharrell Williams

Pharrell Williams , commonly known simply as Pharrell, is an American rapper, singer, record producer, composer, and fashion designer. Williams and Chad Hugo make up the record production duo The Neptunes, producing hip hop and R&B music...

, it was included the CD single of his 3rd single, "Daydreamin'

Daydreamin'

"Daydreamin" is the Grammy Award–winning third single taken from Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor album and features soul singer Jill Scott and music from Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, the Danse de Cygnes...

".

Drake

Drake (entertainer)

Aubrey Drake Graham , who records under the mononym Drake, is a Canadian recording artist and actor. He originally became known for playing Jimmy Brooks on the television series Degrassi: The Next Generation....

 made his own remix of the song and featured it on his 2006 mixtape Room for Improvement

Room for Improvement

Room for Improvement is the first official mixtape from Canadian rapper Drake. It was self-released in 2006. The mixtape was originally intended for sale only and had sold 6,000 copies in 2006...

.

Chamillionaire

Chamillionaire

Hakeem Seriki , better known by his stage name Chamillionaire, is an American rapper, record producer, and entrepreneur. He is the CEO of Chamillitary Entertainment. Chamillionaire is also the founder and an original member of The Color Changin' Click...

 also released a freestyle titled The Greatest on his Mixtape Messiah 4

Mixtape Messiah 4

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Track listing

• CD: 1

1. "Kick, Push"
2. "Tilted" (non-album track)

• CD: 2

1. "Kick, Push"
2. "Spazz Out" (non-album track)
3. "Kick, Push" (MyTone ringtone)
4. "Kick, Push" (Video)

• 12" Vinyl

1. "Kick, Push" (album version)
2. "Kick, Push" (instrumental)
3. "Kick, Push" (acappella)
4. "Titled" (non-album track)

Charts

Chart	Peak position
Australia (ARIA ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... )	66
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)	27
US Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	78
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...  (Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... )	56