"Party Up" is a song by rapper DMX

DMX (rapper)

Earl Simmons , better known by his stage name DMX, is a multiplatinum American rapper and actor who rose to fame in the late 1990s. His stage name pays tribute to the Oberheim DMX drum machine, an instrument he used when he made his own rap beats in the 80's...

. It is one of DMX's more recognizable songs and is from his album ...And Then There Was X

...And Then There Was X

…And Then There Was X is the third album by American rapper DMX, released December 21, 1999 on Ruff Ryders Entertainment and Def Jam Recordings.- Songs :...

, released in 1999. The track is his highest-charting song to date, reaching #27 on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

. There are three versions of the song: an explicit/album version; a censored album version, and a radio/video edit version.

In popular culture

• Michael Phelps
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  Michael Fred Phelps is an American swimmer who has, overall, won 16 Olympic medals—six gold and two bronze at Athens in 2004, and eight gold at Beijing in 2008, becoming the most successful athlete at both of these Olympic Games editions...
  
   listens to "Party Up" before his races, particularly his first world record and before he made the US Olympic Team.
• The video for "Party Up" was filmed in Galveston, Texas
  Texas
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   at what is presently the Frost Bank building.
• The song appears on the soundtrack of the movie Gone In 60 Seconds (2000); it plays on the car radio of a stolen Humvee trying to evade the police.
• The song is also featured in How High
  How High
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  , a film starring Redman and Method Man
  Method Man
  Clifford Smith , better known by his stage name Method Man is an American hip hop artist, record producer, actor and member of the hip hop collective Wu-Tang Clan. He took his stage name from the 1979 film The Fearless Young Boxer, also known as Method Man. He is one half of the rap duo Method Man...
  
  , as well as the movies Like Mike
  Like Mike
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  , King's Ransom
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  , Hardball, First Sunday
  First Sunday
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  and Zack and Miri Make a Porno
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• The song also appeared in episodes of the television shows Malcolm in the Middle and King of Queens.
• After the Los Angeles Lakers
  Los Angeles Lakers
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   won the NBA championship in 2000, in the locker room, they were singing the song.
• The song takes shots at rapper Kurupt
  Kurupt
  Ricardo Emmanuel Brown , better known by his stage name Kurupt, also known as Kurupt Tha Kingpin, Kurupt Young Gotti or Young Gotstra is an American rapper and former Executive Vice President of Death Row Records...
  
  , for dissing him on "Callin Out Names" over DMX having an affair with Foxy Brown, Kurupt's former fiance.
• The song is featured in the beginning of Dave Chappelle: Killin' Them Softly, a Dave Chappelle comedy special.
• Professional wrestler Elix Skipper
  Elix Skipper
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   came out to a knock-off/interpretation of the song (with his own lyrics) as his entrance music while in WCW, following in the footsteps of pro wrestlers such as Diamond Dallas Page
  Diamond Dallas Page
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   & Chris Jericho
  Chris Jericho
  Christopher Keith Irvine , better known by his ring name Chris Jericho, is an inactive Canadian-American professional wrestler, musician, songwriter, radio personality, television host, actor, author, and dancer...
  
  , who also used knock-offs of popular songs as entrance themes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4k6hXaC7GqI
• In one scene from the 2002 film Like Mike
  Like Mike
  Like Mike is a 2002 film, directed by John Schultz and starring Lil' Bow Wow, Morris Chestnut, Jonathan Lipnicki and Brenda Song. It was produced in association with NBA Entertainment and features many cameo appearances by NBA stars...
  
  , Bow Wow's and Morris Chestnut
  Morris Chestnut
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  's characters sing the song in the car.
• The censored version is also used in the video games, Def Jam Vendetta
  Def Jam Vendetta
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  and Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004
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  Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004 is a golf video game published by EA Sports. It was released for the PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox, Game Boy Advance, and the N-Gage. It was the first to feature the Game Face feature, in which the player can create his or her own player...
  
  .
• In GB's book Skool Daze, one of the characters from Croydon sings the song down the street after he passed his theory test.

Peak positions

Chart	Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	27
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	8
U.S. Billboard Hot Rap Singles	11
U.S. Billboard Pop Songs	39

End of year charts

End of year chart (2000)	Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	71