Push It (Salt-n-Pepa song)

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"Push It"
Push It by Salt-N-Pepa single cover.jpg
German 12-inch single
Single by Salt-N-Pepa
from the album Hot, Cool & Vicious
ReleasedMarch 8, 1987
Genre
Length
  • 4:31 (album version)
  • 3:28 (UK radio edit)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Hurby Azor
Salt-N-Pepa singles chronology
"Tramp"
(1987)		"Push It"
(1987)		"Chick on the Side"
(1987)
Music video
"Push It" on YouTube

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [41] Gold50,000^
Sweden (GLF) [42] Gold25,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [43] Gold400,000‡
United States (RIAA) [44] Platinum1,000,000^

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

Usage in media

In 2006, the song is sung by actress Linda Cardellini in an infamous karaoke scene from the movie Grandma's Boy .

In 2009, the song was covered on the musical television show Glee's first season episode "Showmance" sung by Rachel Berry (Lea Michele), Finn Hudson (Cory Monteith), Artie Abrams (Kevin McHale) and other glee club members.

In 2011, the song was featured in a season 4 episode of Chuck called "Chuck Versus the Push Mix" in a scene where the characters Lester Patel and Jeffrey Barnes portrayed by Vik Sahay and Scott Krinsky play the song while Ellie Bartowski portrayed by Sarah Lancaster, the sister of the title character is seen giving birth to her first child named Clara Woodcomb. Additionally, both of the characters wear the jackets of Salt-N-Pepa while singing.

In 2014, the song was featured in a commercial for the GEICO auto insurance company with a featured cameo appearance by Salt-N-Pepa themselves as part of the "It's What You Do" campaign. [45]

The Big Bang Theory used the song twice. In 2016, the song was featured in a season 9 episode called "The Positive Negative Reaction" in a scene where the characters Leonard Hofstadter and Raj Koothrappali portrayed by Johnny Galecki and Kunal Nayyar cover the song in a karaoke party.

In 2018, the song was used in episode 4 of the series Deutschland 86 where a cook is listening to it on a Walkman while he grills food.

In 2020, the song was featured as the theme song of the ABC U.S. revival of TV game show Supermarket Sweep hosted by actress and comedian Leslie Jones.

In 2021, the song was briefly used in The Boss Baby: Family Business after Armstrong turns all adults in the holiday pageant into zombies.

The song is used frequently in Brooklyn Nine-Nine .

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