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Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit

"Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" (formatted as "Put Your Hands Up for Detroit" outside Benelux) is a song written and produced by Dutch electronic producer and DJ Fedde le Grand. It samples Matthew Dear and Disco D's "Hands Up for Detroit".

"Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit"
Dutch and Belgian cover
Single by Fedde le Grand
Released26 June 2006 (2006-06-26)
Length
  • 6:32 (original version)
  • 2:43 (radio edit)
LabelFlamingo, Spinnin', Data, ARS, Kontor
Songwriter(s)Fedde le Grand
Producer(s)Fedde le Grand
Fedde le Grand singles chronology
"I Miss You"
(2005) 		"Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit"
(2006) 		"Just Trippin'"
(2006)
Alternative cover
UK CD2 cover

History edit

The song was released in the Netherlands by Flamingo Recordings first on 26 June 2006, peaking at number four in the Dutch Top 40. It was released in the rest of Europe (UK excluded) in August 2006 and enjoyed steadily increasing popularity.

In the United Kingdom, the single originally reached number one on the UK Dance Chart and fifty-three on the UK Singles Chart before being released on CD, from 12-inch vinyl and digital download sales alone. It was given a full release in Britain on 23 October 2006 and leapt to number two on the chart, selling 46,000 copies. The following week, the song climbed to number one. It remained at number one for one week before being knocked out by "The Rose" by Westlife. The single went on to be the UK's 20th best-selling single of the year.[1]

Outside Benelux, the song was released as "Put Your Hands Up for Detroit", with "4" replaced with "for". The song was also remixed in the UK, Germany and Spain and included verses from rappers Bizarre and King Gordy.

Lyrics edit

After some confusion regarding the correct lyrics to the song, Fedde Le Grand confirmed on his official website the sampled lyrics are, "put your hands up for Detroit, our lovely city",[2] as opposed to "I love this city". The same lyrics or samples are used in Matthew Dear and Disco D's 1999 release "Hands Up for Detroit".[3][better source needed]

Music video edit

The video is available in two versions, a regular cut and late-night one with extended footage, and is directed by Marcus Adams and produced by Lara Schachat. It is set in Detroit, Michigan, in 2027 and features a Kubrick-type of science lab where gynoid technicians create multiple androids.

For every android they create, they test its reaction to the gynoids stripping; the first android has a meltdown; the second flirts with a male doctor (a cameo of Fedde le Grand) instead of looking at the girls; the third time it works, but he discovers that he is a robot instead of human so he escapes, causing a system shutdown protocol to be activated, shutting down the gynoids. After this the runaway android is shut down by remote terminate.

The video was filmed in the vacant offices of what used to be the headquarters of the Safeway supermarket chain at Hayes, Hillingdon. The building in which the android is built was the mainframe operations room, refurbished by the supermarket before its demise, at an estimated £5M. The alphanumeric grid layout of the room, used to record cable and pipework, can be seen as the android is built. The rest of the video is shot in the building, known as Safeway 2, formerly holding IT functions. It is now used by Rackspace hosting.[citation needed]

Track listings edit

Charts edit

Certifications edit

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[46] Gold 400,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history edit

Region Release date Ref.
Netherlands 26 June 2006
Europe August 2006
United Kingdom 23 October 2006 [47]
Australia 30 October 2006 [48]

In popular culture edit

References edit

  1. ^ Top 40 Singles of 2006, from BBC Radio 1 website
  2. ^ [1] Archived 21 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Matthew Dear / Daisha - Hands Up For Detroit (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs.com. 1 August 1999. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
  4. ^ Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit (Dutch CD single liner notes). Fedde Le Grand. Spinnin' Records. 2006. SPCDS10109, 71294440190.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. ^ Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit (Belgian CD single liner notes). Fedde Le Grand. ARS Productions. 2006. SCD 741094-5.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. ^ Put Your Hands Up for Detroit (German, Austrian & Swiss CD single liner notes). Fedde Le Grand. Kontor Records. 2006. K561, 0176905KON.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  7. ^ Put Your Hands Up for Detroit (UK 12-inch single sleeve). Fedde Le Grand. Data Records. 2006. DATA140T.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  8. ^ Put Your Hands Up for Detroit (UK CD1 liner notes). Fedde Le Grand. Data Records. 2006. DATA140CDS.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  9. ^ Put Your Hands Up for Detroit (UK CD2 liner notes). Fedde Le Grand. Data Records. 2006. DATA140CDX.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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