Whine Up
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"Whine Up" is a song by Dominican-American
pop
/R&B
singer Kat DeLuna
, released as her debut single from her album 9 Lives
. The song features Elephant Man. It was believed that Ivy Queen
was featured, but Kat herself provided the rap, rapping at a lower register. The song earned DeLuna a Billboard Latin Music Award for "Latin Dance Club Play Track Of The Year." The title comes from the Caribbean English
(West Indian) pronunciation of Wind up meaning to move one's hips on the dance floor.
area to send in a video of them dancing on her song so they might win the opportunity to be featured in the music video for the song. Double Up Dance Group earned a spot to be on the video and are believed to be Kat Deluna's full time back up dancers.
The video (directed by Gil Green) premiered via her MySpace
page. It starts with DeLuna singing the opening of Dulcissime, from Carl Orff's
Carmina Burana
for her friend, when she is suddenly interrupted by the tune of her song, at which point she performs the song and dances. The song is accompanied by her dance, The Whine Up.
The video premiered on TRL
on July 26, 2007 and was on the countdown for 31 days, peaking at #2.
, equal to number 124 on the Billboard Hot 100
. The song then went on to peak at number 29. The song has had over 500,000 legal downloads in the U.S. and was certified Gold on February 13, 2008, despite its relatively low peak. "Whine Up" peaked at #9 on the French charts.
pageant
which aired August 24, 2007 on NBC
. Her performance accompanied the top 15 swimsuit competition.
DeLuna recorded a version of "Whine Up" for the 2007 New York Mets
and performed this version at Shea Stadium, home field for the Mets.
pay-per-view
wrestling event.
"Whine up" has been featured in or associated with two movies: It was featured in the trailer for the film Feel the Noise
(2007) starring Omarion
, and was included on the soundtrack for the direct to dvd movie "Bring it On: Fight to the Finish" (2009).
Actor
/U.S. Army
Iraq War Veteran J.R. Martinez
and professional dancer Karina Smirnoff
, winners of the 13th U.S. version
of Dancing with the Stars, received a perfect score (30/30) for their freestyle dance that was set to "Whine Up". Their choreography was centered around Afro-Cuban Reggaeton
rhythms and associated dance moves.
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...
pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
/R&B
Contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&B is a music genre that combines elements of hip hop, soul, R&B and funk.Although the abbreviation “R&B” originates from traditional rhythm and blues music, today the term R&B is most often used to describe a style of African American music originating after the demise of disco in...
singer Kat DeLuna
Kat DeLuna
Kathleen Emperatriz "Kat" DeLuna is an American pop singer of Dominican heritage. DeLuna has a soprano vocal range. Her debut single, "Whine Up", reached the top ten in Belgium and France, peaked inside the top forty of the Billboard Hot 100 and topped the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. Her...
, released as her debut single from her album 9 Lives
9 Lives (Kat DeLuna album)
9 Lives is the debut studio album by pop singer Kat DeLuna. It was released in the United States on August 7, 2007. The album is a mix of pop and dance songs with latin and reggae-dancehall influences. The album is mainly produced by RedOne, who at the time was unknown. Many of the songs on the...
. The song features Elephant Man. It was believed that Ivy Queen
Ivy Queen
Ivy Queen is a Puerto Rican Latin Grammy nominated reggaeton composer and singer. She is most commonly known as "La Reina del Reggaeton" . She is also known as the Queen of Rivalries.-Early years:...
was featured, but Kat herself provided the rap, rapping at a lower register. The song earned DeLuna a Billboard Latin Music Award for "Latin Dance Club Play Track Of The Year." The title comes from the Caribbean English
Caribbean English
Caribbean English is a broad term for the dialects of the English language spoken in the Caribbean, most countries on the Caribbean coast of Central America, and Guyana. Caribbean English is influenced by the English-based Creole varieties spoken in the region, but they are not the same. In the...
(West Indian) pronunciation of Wind up meaning to move one's hips on the dance floor.
Music video
DeLuna had asked fans that live in the New York CityNew York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
area to send in a video of them dancing on her song so they might win the opportunity to be featured in the music video for the song. Double Up Dance Group earned a spot to be on the video and are believed to be Kat Deluna's full time back up dancers.
The video (directed by Gil Green) premiered via her MySpace
MySpace
Myspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
page. It starts with DeLuna singing the opening of Dulcissime, from Carl Orff's
Carl Orff
Carl Orff was a 20th-century German composer, best known for his cantata Carmina Burana . In addition to his career as a composer, Orff developed an influential method of music education for children.-Early life:...
Carmina Burana
Carmina Burana
Carmina Burana , Latin for "Songs from Beuern" , is the name given to a manuscript of 254 poems and dramatic texts mostly from the 11th or 12th century, although some are from the 13th century. The pieces were written principally in Medieval Latin; a few in Middle High German, and some with traces...
for her friend, when she is suddenly interrupted by the tune of her song, at which point she performs the song and dances. The song is accompanied by her dance, The Whine Up.
The video premiered on TRL
Total Request Live
Total Request Live is a television series on MTV that featured popular music videos. TRL was MTV's prime outlet for music videos as the network continues to concentrate on reality-based programming. In addition to music videos, TRL featured daily guests...
on July 26, 2007 and was on the countdown for 31 days, peaking at #2.
Chart performance
The song was released to mainstream radio in the United States on May 15, 2007. The song debuted at number 24 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 SinglesBubbling Under Hot 100 Singles
The Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. It lists the top 25 singles below number 100 that have not yet charted on the Billboard Hot 100. Sometimes, however, singles halt their progress on this chart, and never appear on the Hot 100...
, equal to number 124 on the 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...
. The song then went on to peak at number 29. The song has had over 500,000 legal downloads in the U.S. and was certified Gold on February 13, 2008, despite its relatively low peak. "Whine Up" peaked at #9 on the French charts.
Promotions and performances
DeLuna performed "Whine Up", along with two back-up dancers, at the Miss Teen USA 2007Miss Teen USA 2007
Miss Teen USA 2007, the 25th Miss Teen USA pageant, was held on August 24, 2007 in Pasadena, California. At the conclusion of the final night of the competition Hilary Cruz of Colorado was crowned Miss Teen USA 2007 by outgoing titleholder Katie Blair of Montana.This was the first time the pageant...
pageant
Beauty contest
A beauty pageant or beauty contest, is a competition that mainly focuses on the physical beauty of its contestants, although such contests often incorporate personality, talent, and answers to judges' questions as judged criteria...
which aired August 24, 2007 on NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
. Her performance accompanied the top 15 swimsuit competition.
DeLuna recorded a version of "Whine Up" for the 2007 New York Mets
METS
The Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard is a metadata standard for encoding descriptive, administrative, and structural metadata regarding objects within a digital library, expressed using the XML schema language of the World Wide Web Consortium...
and performed this version at Shea Stadium, home field for the Mets.
Other song performances and versions
"Whine Up" was used as the theme song for WWE's SummerSlam 2007SummerSlam (2007)
SummerSlam was the twentieth annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment . It took place on August 26, 2007 at the Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey and featured talent from each of WWE's three brands: Raw,...
pay-per-view
Pay-per-view
Pay-per-view provides a service by which a television audience can purchase events to view via private telecast. The broadcaster shows the event at the same time to everyone ordering it...
wrestling event.
"Whine up" has been featured in or associated with two movies: It was featured in the trailer for the film Feel the Noise
Feel the Noise
Feel the Noise is a drama film written by Albert Leon, directed by Alejandro Chomski and produced by Jennifer Lopez. It was released on October 5, 2007 and stars Omarion, Giancarlo Esposito, Victor Rasuk and James McCaffrey.-Plot:...
(2007) starring Omarion
Omarion
Omari Ishmael Grandberry better known as Omarion, is an American R&B singer, actor, songwriter, record producer, dancer, and former lead singer of the R&B group, B2K. Omarion was spotted at a young age by a manager, Christopher B. Stokes, who took a liking to his vocal abilities...
, and was included on the soundtrack for the direct to dvd movie "Bring it On: Fight to the Finish" (2009).
Actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
/U.S. Army
United States Army
The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...
Iraq War Veteran J.R. Martinez
J.R. Martinez
Jose Rene "J. R." Martinez is an American actor, motivational speaker and former U.S. Army soldier. Since 2008 he has played the role of Brot Monroe on the ABC daytime drama All My Children, and was the winner of Season 13 of ABC's Dancing with the Stars...
and professional dancer Karina Smirnoff
Karina Smirnoff
Karina Smirnoff is a Ukrainian professional ballroom dancer. She is best known for her appearances on Dancing with the Stars, where she held a runner-up title, a semi-final title, and several quarter-final titles...
, winners of the 13th U.S. version
Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 13)
Dancing with the Stars returned for its thirteenth season on September 19, 2011. Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli returned as the judges, and Tom Bergeron and Brooke Burke Charvet returned as hosts. Twelve couples competed in this season...
of Dancing with the Stars, received a perfect score (30/30) for their freestyle dance that was set to "Whine Up". Their choreography was centered around Afro-Cuban Reggaeton
Reggaeton
Reggaeton is a form of Puerto Rican and Latin American urban and Caribbean music. After its mainstream exposure in 2004, it spread to North American, European and Asian audiences. Reggaeton originated in Puerto Rico but is also has roots from Reggae en Español from Panama and Puerto Rico and...
rhythms and associated dance moves.
Track listing and formats
- Promo single
- "Whine Up" (English version) – 3:25
- "Whine Up" (English a capella) – 3:23
- "Whine Up" (instrumental) – 3:28
- "Whine Up" (Spanish version) – 3:41
- "Whine Up" (Spanish a capella) – 3:38
- Johnny Vicious remixes single
- "Whine Up" (Johnny Vicious Club Drama Mix)
- "Whine Up" (Johnny Vicious Mix Show)
- "Whine Up" (Johnny Vicious Warehouse Mix Acid Dub)
- "Whine Up" (Johnny Vicious Spanish Mix)
- Other remixes
- "Whine Up" (English Remix featuring Shaka DeeShaka DeeShaka Dee hails from the country of Trinidad & Tobago. Prior to starting his music career, he played soccer in his native country. In 2002, his music career started when he opened for Petey Pablo in North Carolina. Then in 2005, Shaka Dee, Kat DeLuna and Jay Millz collaborated on the single "Dale...
) - "Whine Up" (Spanish Remix featuring Jayko)
- "Whine Up" (Spanish Remix featuring Elephant Man & Adrian Banton)
Release history
| Region | Date |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| France |
Charts
| Chart (2007 / 2008) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Austrian Singles Chart | 23 |
| Belgium Singles Charts | 7 |
| Dutch Charts | 45 |
| Germany (Media Control AG Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie... ) |
24 |
| Romanian Singles Chart | 13 |
| U.S. 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... |
29 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Hot Dance Club Play The Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs... |
1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Latin Songs Hot Latin Songs Hot Latin Songs is a record chart published by Billboard magazine. It is often recognized as the most important music chart for Spanish language Latin music in the American music market. It was established by the magazine on September 6, 1986 with La Guirnalda by Rocío Dúrcal being the first song... |
43 |
| U.S. Billboard Pop 100 Pop 100 The Pop 100 was a songs chart that debuted in February 2005 and was released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States until its discontinuation in 2009... |
14 |
| U.S. Billboard 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,... |
12 |
External links
- Whine Up Music video at KOvideo.net