Workout (RuPaul song)

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"WorkOut"
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Single by RuPaul
from the album Red Hot
Released2005
Recorded2004
Genre
Length3:56 (album version)
Label RuCo, Inc.
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
RuPaul singles chronology
"Looking Good, Feeling Gorgeous"
(2004)
"WorkOut"
(2005)
"People Are People"
(2006)

"WorkOut" is the second single from RuPaul's album Red Hot . The song is a dance/house song about feeling liberated while dancing. The expression "work out" is (not exclusively) gay slang for expressing one's self exuberantly; it is similar to RuPaul's coined phrase "You better work!". Two versions of the single were made available; one version, with 8 tracks, was released by RuPaul on her own RuCo, Inc. label. The other version, a 3 track version released only in Germany, was released on the Dance Street label.

Contents

Music video

The music video was catered to club play and features a montage of RuPaul in different outfits singing the song in locations such as a rooftop and a dance club.

Track listings

  1. WorkOut (Blueroom Radio) – 3:30
  2. WorkOut (Junior's Spirit Club) – 7:51
  3. WorkOut (Eric Kupper Dub) – 7:52
  4. WorkOut (Blueroom Mix Show) – 7:22
  5. WorkOut (Junior's NYC Radio) – 3:39
  6. WorkOut (Joe Carrano's Ragged Radio) – 3:31
  7. WorkOut (Junior's Club Dub) – 6:55
  8. Looking Good, Feeling Gorgeous (D1 Music ReDux) – 4:39
  1. WorkOut (Joe Carrano's Ragged Radio)
  2. WorkOut (Junior's Spirit Club)
  3. Looking Good, Feeling Gorgeous (Looking Good Feeling Gomi Mix)

Credits and personnel

Source: [1]

Chart performance

Chart (2005)Peak
position
US Dance Club Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 5

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "WorkOut—The RuMixes". RuPaul.com. Retrieved August 14, 2011.
  2. "RuPaul Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved January 29, 2011.