Step Up (The Cheetah Girls song)

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"Step Up"
Single by The Cheetah Girls
from the album The Cheetah Girls 2 (soundtrack)
ReleasedAugust 17, 2006
Recorded2006
Genre
Length3:08
Label Walt Disney
Songwriter(s) Matthew Gerrard, Robbie Nevil [1]
Producer(s) Matthew Gerrard, Robbie Nevil [2]
The Cheetah Girls singles chronology
"Strut"
(2006)		"Step Up"
(2006)		"Amigas Cheetahs"
(2006)

"Step Up" is the third single from The Cheetah Girls 2 soundtrack.

Contents

Background and composition

It officially premiered on Radio Disney on August 17, 2006. The single became available for download on iTunes on August 31 the same year. The song was written and produced by Matthew Gerard and Robbie Nevil.

Vocals

This song is one of the tracks that features Raven-Symoné on lead. Symoné has two verses, one of them is a rap verse. Main adlibs by Adrienne Bailon, who had two solo verses, and additional adlibs by Symoné. Both Sabrina Bryan and Kiely Williams sings the title on the chorus, as well as having two solo verses each, with Bryan joining Symoné on the rap verse. [3] Since Symoné did not participate on the girls' touring activities, Bryan did the rap verse with Symoné's solo. Williams then sings the main parts of the song with Bailon. Main adlibs and Symoné's are sung by Bailon and Bryan. [4]

Backup Vocals are performed by Lauren Evans.

Music video

The video for the song features the performance of "Step Up" in the movie and clips of the movie are intercut throughout the video. [3] A clip of the video was shown on Live with Regis and Kelly two weeks prior to the actual premiere date of August 17, 2006 on Disney Channel.

Charts

Chart (2006)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles 6 [5]
U.S. Billboard Pop 100 84 [6]

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References

  1. ↑ Step Up Allmusic
  2. ↑ Credits Allmusic
  3. 1 2 The Cheetah Girls - Step Up YouTube
  4. ↑ Step Up - The Cheetah Girls. YouTube . Archived from the original on 2021-12-11.
  5. ↑ Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles Billboard
  6. ↑ The Cheetah Girls - Charts & Awards Allmusic
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