Work It (Missy Elliott song)

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"Work It"
Missy elliott-work it.jpg
Single by Missy Elliott
from the album Under Construction
B-side "Pussycat"
ReleasedSeptember 16, 2002 (2002-09-16)
Studio Hit Factory Criteria (Miami) [1]
Length
  • 4:53 (album version)
  • 4:25 (radio edit)
  • 5:04 (remix)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Timbaland
  • Missy Elliott
Missy Elliott singles chronology
"Crew Deep"
(2002)
"Work It"
(2002)
"Honk Your Horn"
(2002)
Audio sample

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [72] Gold35,000^
Italy (FIMI) [73] Gold35,000
New Zealand (RMNZ) [74] 2× Platinum60,000
United Kingdom (BPI) [75] Platinum600,000
United States (RIAA) [76] 3× Platinum3,000,000

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United StatesSeptember 16, 2002 [77]
September 30, 2002 Contemporary hit radio [78]
AustraliaNovember 4, 2002CD [79]
United Kingdom
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
[80]
New ZealandDecember 16, 2002CD [81]

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Literature

Keazor, Henry; Thorsten Wuebbena: Video Thrills The Radio Star. Musikvideos: Geschichte, Themen, Analysen . 3rd. edition, Bielefeld 2011; ISBN   3899427289, pp. 83–113

Michael Rappe, Under Construction. 2 Vols., Cologne 2011