Walk It Out (Unk song)

"Walk It Out"
Single by Unk
from the album Beat'n Down Yo Block!
Released	August 2006
Recorded	2006
Genre	Crunk [1] [2] snap [2]
Length	2:53 4:55 (remix)
Label	Big Oomp Koch
Songwriter(s)	Montay Humphrey Anthony Platt Howard Simmons
Producer(s)	Unk
Unk singles chronology
"Walk It Out" (2006) "2 Step" (2007)

"Walk It Out" is the debut single of Unk from his debut album Beat'n Down Yo Block! The song was played on the radio in Atlanta starting in March 2006 but did not gain popularity nationwide until September of that year. The song peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100, giving him the first top-ten single of his career.

The song was written by Montay Humphrey, Anthony Platt and Howard Simmons. The official remix was released in 2007 and lengthened to include four verses, featuring Outkast, Unk himself, and Jim Jones.

The song was performed at the 1st Annual BET Hip Hop Awards in 2006.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2006–2007)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100 [3]	10
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [4]	2
US Pop 100 (Billboard) [5]	19
US Hot Rap Songs ( Billboard ) [6]	2
US Rhythmic ( Billboard ) [7]	16

Year-end charts

Chart (2006)	Position
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard) [8]	66

Chart (2007)	Position
US Billboard Hot 100 [9]	30
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard) [10]	21
US Rhythmic (Billboard) [11]	33

References

1. Johnston, Maura (May 22, 2025). "The 50 Best One-Hit Wonders of the 2000s". Rolling Stone . Retrieved May 24, 2025. Atlanta's 2000s grip on the hip-hop scene continued with this deliriously fun crunk track from the DJ and hypeman Unk ["Walk It Out"]...
2. Breihan, Tom (November 15, 2022). "T-Pain - "Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin')" (Featuring Yung Joc)". The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music. New York: Hachette Book Group. p. 257.
3. "Unk Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved April 15, 2013.
4. "Unk Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved April 15, 2013.
5. "Unk Album & Song Chart History". Billboard . Prometheus Global Media . Retrieved April 15, 2013.
6. "Unk Chart History (Hot Rap Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved April 15, 2013.
7. "Unk Chart History (Rhythmic)". Billboard. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
8. "Year-End Charts – Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Titles – 2006". Billboard.biz. 2006. Archived from the original on October 3, 2012. Retrieved September 26, 2021.
9. "Hot 100 Songs". Billboard . Archived from the original on December 7, 2019. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
10. "Year-End Charts: R&B/Hip-Hop Songs - 2007". Billboard . Archived from the original on March 30, 2019. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
11. "Rhythmic Songs – Year-End 2007". Billboard. Archived from the original on January 31, 2019. Retrieved December 1, 2019.

External links

• 'Walk it out" (Lyric Video) on YouTube