"Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" is a house

House music

House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...

/Electro single written and produced by Fedde le Grand

Fedde le Grand

Fedde le Grand is a Dutch house DJ and producer whose single "Put Your Hands Up For Detroit" / "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" reached number one on the UK's singles and the top 5 in the Dutch singles chart, and spent five weeks in the Spanish dance chart...

, and based upon a direct vocal sample from Matthew Dear

Matthew Dear

Matthew Dear is an American music producer, DJ and electronic avant-pop artist.-History:Texas- born Dear moved to Michigan as a teenager, where he was inspired by the sound of Detroit Techno...

 & Disco D's "Hands Up for Detroit."

The song was released in the Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 by Flamingo Recordings

Flamingo Recordings

Flamingo Recordings B.V. is a Dutch record label that specializes in house and dance music and is the artistic home of DJs Funkerman, Fedde le Grand and producer Raf Jansen....

 first on June 26, 2006, peaking at number four in the Dutch Top 40

Dutch Top 40

The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting...

. It was released in the rest of Europe (UK excluded) in August 2006, and enjoyed steadily increasing popularity, first charting in October 2006.

The single originally reached number one on the UK Dance Chart and 53 on the UK singles chart before being released on CD, from 12" vinyl and digital download sales alone. It was given a full release in the UK on October 23, 2006 and leapt to number two on the overall 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 ...

, selling 46,000 copies. The following week, the song climbed to number one. It remained at number one for one week before being knocked out by "The Rose"

The Rose (song)

"The Rose" is a pop song written by Amanda McBroom and made famous by Bette Midler, who performed it in the 1979 movie, The Rose. Since then it has been covered by a variety of artists.-Bette Midler version:...

 by Westlife

Westlife

Westlife are an Irish boy band established on 3 July 1998. They are to disband in 2012. The group's line-up was Nicky Byrne, Kian Egan, Mark Feehily, Shane Filan, and Brian McFadden . The group are the only act in British and Irish history to have their first seven singles peak at number one...

. The single went on to be the UK's 20th best selling single of the year.

The song was remixed in the UK and Australia and included verses from rapper Bizarre

Bizarre

Bizarre may refer to:*Bizarre , solo rapper as well as member of the group D12*Bizarre , Spanish rock band*Bizarre , a Canadian sketch comedy television series...

 and horrorcore

Horrorcore

Horrorcore is a subgenre of hip hop music based in horror-themed lyrical content and imagery. While the style is rarely popular, some performers have sold well in the mainstream scene.-Origins:...

 rapper King Gordy

King Gordy

Waverly W. Alford III , better known by his stage name King Gordy, is an American rapper.- Biography :King Gordy is a horrorcore rapper from Detroit, Michigan. He appeared on Bizarre's solo album. Gordy and Bizarre have been good friends since childhood...

.

In Sweden it was made into a cover with "Fredde på Grand" and translated into "Håll upp händerna för Stureplan", an "anthem" for Sweden's hottest party sites.

In the UK and Australia, the song was released as "Put Your Hands Up for Detroit", with "for" replacing "4" in the title.

Metro Detroit native Madonna

Madonna (entertainer)

Madonna is an American singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her debut album in 1983...

 used a sample of the track in a remix

Remix

A remix is an alternative version of a recorded song, made from an original version. This term is also used for any alterations of media other than song ....

 version of her 2000 single Music

Music (Madonna song)

"Music" is the first single by American singer-songwriter Madonna from her 8th studio album Music and was released on August 21, 2000, by Maverick Records. It was also released on DVD single, a debut in this format by Madonna. It earned two Grammy Award nominations in 2001, for Record of the Year...

as part of her promotional tour and the following 2008 Sticky & Sweet Tour World Tour

Sticky & Sweet Tour

The Sticky & Sweet Tour was the eighth worldwide concert tour by American singer Madonna to promote her eleventh studio album, Hard Candy. It began in August 2008 and was Madonna's first tour from her new recording and business deal with Live Nation. The tour was announced in February 2008, with...

, in support of her Hard Candy

Hard Candy (Madonna album)

Hard Candy is the eleventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Madonna, released on April 19, 2008, by Warner Bros. Records. It was her final studio album with the record company, marking the end of a 25 year recording history. Madonna started working on the album in 2007, and collaborated...

album.

The Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings

The Detroit Red Wings are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League , and are one of the Original Six teams of the NHL, along with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, New York...

 play the song prior to the start of the first period. In addition, baseball's St. Louis Cardinals

St. Louis Cardinals

The St. Louis Cardinals are a professional baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are members of the Central Division in the National League of Major League Baseball. The Cardinals have won eleven World Series championships, the most of any National League team, and second overall only to...

 play a remixed version (changing the song's lyric to "Put your hands up for St Louis, our lovely city") when the team takes the field. In recent months during season 2009/10 it has been adopted by Dundee United football club fans in honour of their star striker Jon Daly

Jon Daly

Jon Daly Jon Daly Jon Daly (born 8 January 1983 in Dublin, Ireland is an Irish footballer who currently plays as a striker for Dundee United in the Scottish Premier League.-Club career:...

 with the lyrics " Put your hands up for Jon Daly- he loves the shimmie".

Beginning with the 2010 season

2010 Major League Baseball season

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, the Detroit Tigers

Detroit Tigers

The Detroit Tigers are a Major League Baseball team located in Detroit, Michigan. One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Detroit in as part of the Western League. The Tigers have won four World Series championships and have won the American League pennant...

 play the song at Comerica Park

Comerica Park

Comerica Park is an open-air ballpark located in downtown Detroit, Michigan. It serves as the home of the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball's American League, replacing historic Tiger Stadium in 2000....

 after they win at home.

Music video

The music video is directed by Marcus Adams

Marcus Adams

Marcus Adams is a British film director. Marcus has produced successful music videos, award-winning advertisements and complete feature films....

. It features a Kubrick

Stanley Kubrick

Stanley Kubrick was an American film director, writer, producer, and photographer who lived in England during most of the last four decades of his career...

 type of science lab where gynoid

Gynoid

A gynoid is anything which resembles or pertains to the female human form. It is also used in American English medical terminology as a shortening of the term Gynecoid ....

 technicians (Aimee Bramall, Emma Wharton, Lauren Ridealgh and Anchelique Mariano) create multiple androids (Spanish dance student Arran García). The video is available in two versions, a regular cut and late night with extended footage. For every android they create they test its reaction to the gynoids stripping, the first android has a meltdown, the second flirts with a male doctor (a cameo

Cameo appearance

A cameo role or cameo appearance is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the performing arts, such as plays, films, video games and television...

 of Fedde le Grand) instead of looking at the girls. The third time it works, but he discovers that he is a robot instead of human so he escapes, causing a system shutdown protocol to be activated, shutting down everything including him and the gynoids. The video was filmed in the vacant offices of, what used to be, the headquarters of the Safeway supermarket chain at Hayes, Hillingdon

Hayes, Hillingdon

Hayes is a town in the London Borough of Hillingdon, West London. It is a suburban development situated west of Charing Cross. Hayes was developed in the late 19th and 20th centuries as an industrial locality to which residential districts were later added in order to house factory workers...

. The building in which the android is built was the mainframe operations room, refurbished by the supermarket before its demise, at an estimated £5M. The alphanumeric grid layout of the room, used to record cable and pipework, can be seen as the android is built. The rest of the video is shot in the building, known as Safeway 2, formally holding IT functions. It is now used by Rackspace hosting.

Lyrics

• After some confusion regarding the correct lyrics to the song, Fedde Le Grand confirmed on his official website the sampled lyrics are, "put your hands up for Detroit, our lovely city" http://www.feddelegrand.com/news.php?id=56 as opposed to "I love this city"
• The same lyrics or samples are used in Matthew Dear
  Matthew Dear
  Matthew Dear is an American music producer, DJ and electronic avant-pop artist.-History:Texas- born Dear moved to Michigan as a teenager, where he was inspired by the sound of Detroit Techno...
  
   & Disco D
  Disco D
  David Aaron Shayman, better known by his stage name Disco D , was an American record producer and composer. He started as a teenage DJ in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he helped DJ Godfather popularize the Detroit electronic music called "Ghettotech"...
  
  's 1999 release "Hands Up for Detroit". http://www.discogs.com/release/106063

Formats and track listing

Netherlands 12" vinyl single (Flamingo Recordings

Flamingo Recordings

Flamingo Recordings B.V. is a Dutch record label that specializes in house and dance music and is the artistic home of DJs Funkerman, Fedde le Grand and producer Raf Jansen....

)

A-side

1. "Put Your Hands Up for Detroit" (6:32)

B-side

1. "Take No Shhh" (6:30)
2. "U Know Who" (6:47)

Netherlands/Belgium CD maxi single (Spinnin' Records/ARS Productions)

1. "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" [Radio Edit] - 2:43
2. "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" [Extended Mix] - 6:36
3. "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" [Dub Mix] - 6:34

UK Enhanced CD single (Data Records)

1. "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" [Edit] - 2:30
2. "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" [Extended Mix] - 6:36
3. "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" [TV Rock
   TV Rock
   TV Rock are an Australian dance music duo consisting of Grant Smillie and Ivan Gough.TV Rock entered the mainstream in February 2006 with their hit "Flaunt It" featuring Seany B. which reached #1 for 5 weeks and spent 39 weeks in the Australian ARIA Top 50...
   
    & Dirty South
   Dirty South (DJ)
   Dragan Roganović , better known by his stage name Dirty South,is a Serbian-born Australian DJ, remixer and record producer based in Melbourne.-Biography:...
   
    Melbourne Militia Remix] - 6:51
4. "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" [DJ Delicious & Till West Remix] - 6:26
5. "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" [Soul Central Loves Detroit Remix] - 5:58
6. "Put Your Hands Up" - 2:26
7. "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" [Video] [Daytime Version]
8. "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" [Video] [Late Night Version]

Track 6 has had the words "for Detroit" removed (from both the title and the lyrics).

UK 12" vinyl single (Data Records) / France 12" vinyl (Universal Licensing Music)

A-side

1. "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" [Club Mix] - 6:37
2. "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" [DJ Delicious & Till West Remix] - 6:26

B-side

1. "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" [TV Rock & Dirty South Melbourne Militia Remix] - 6:51
2. "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" [Claude Von Stroke Packard Plant Remix] - 7:07
3. "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" [A Cappella] [Only in UK]

German CD maxi single (Kontor Records/Edel Records)

1. "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" [Radio Edit] - 2:22
2. "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" (featuring King Gordy
   King Gordy
   Waverly W. Alford III , better known by his stage name King Gordy, is an American rapper.- Biography :King Gordy is a horrorcore rapper from Detroit, Michigan. He appeared on Bizarre's solo album. Gordy and Bizarre have been good friends since childhood...
   
    & Bizarre
   Bizarre (rapper)
   Rufus Arthur Johnson , better known as Bizarre is an American recording artist best known for his work with Detroit hip-hop group D12. His songs are often about subjects which create shock value such as rape and drugs.-Early life:Bizarre was born as Rufus Arthur Johnson on July 5, 1976 in Detroit,...
   
   ) - 3:05
3. "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" [Club Mix] - 6:37
4. "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" [DJ Delicious & Till West Remix] - 6:33
5. "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" [TV Rock & Dirty South Melbourne Militia Remix] - 6:50

Promo CDM

1. "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" [Radio Edit]
2. "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" [Club Mix]
3. "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" [Dub Mix]
4. "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" [Original Mix]
5. "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" [Extended Mix]
6. "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" [Soul Central Loves Detroit Remix]
7. "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" [Claude Von Stroke Remix]
8. "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" [Dj Delicious & Till West Remix]
9. "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" [TV Rock & Dirty South Remix]
10. "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" [Put Your Hands Up For Your City Remix]
11. "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" [Packard Plant Remix]
12. "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" [Melbourne Militia Remix]
13. "Put Your Hands Up 4 The Wall"

DJ Kafe Promo Mix - Serbia 2007

1. The Drill vs. Fedde Le Grand - Put your hands up for the drill ( Tamerlane mash up )

Charts

Chart (2006)	Peak position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart 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...	8
Belgium Singles Chart	14
Danish Singles Chart	5
Dutch Top 40 Dutch Top 40 The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting...	4
Finland Singles Chart	1
France Singles Chart	34
German Singles Chart	78
Hungarian Singles Chart	1
Irish Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured...	3
Russian Dance Singles Chart	1
Spanish Promusicae PROMUSICAE Spanish Music Producers is a trade group representing the Spanish recording industry...  Single Chart	7
Spanish Dance Singles Chart	1
Sweden Singles Chart	44
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 ...	1

External links

• music video at Ministry of Sound (late night version)
• music video at Ministry of Sound
• behind the scenes clip at Ministry of Sound