Elevator (Flo Rida song)

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"Elevator"
Flo Rida Featuring Timbaland - Elevator.jpg
Single by Flo Rida featuring Timbaland
from the album Mail on Sunday
ReleasedFebruary 12, 2008 (2008-02-12)
Recorded2007
Genre Hip hop
Length
  • 3:50 (album version)
  • 3:36 (radio edit)
Label Atlantic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Flo Rida singles chronology
"Low"
(2007)
"Elevator"
(2008)
"Move Shake Drop"
(2008)
Timbaland singles chronology
"Release"
(2008)
"Elevator"
(2008)
"In the Ayer"
(2008)

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