Get It Poppin' (Fat Joe song)

"Get It Poppin'" is a song performed by American rappers Fat Joe and Nelly. It was released on May 24, 2005 through Terror Squad/Atlantic Records as the second single from the former's sixth solo studio album All or Nothing. Recorded at Jerusalem Studios in Miami, it was produced by Scott Storch.

"Get It Poppin'"
Single by Fat Joe featuring Nelly
from the album All or Nothing
Released	May 24, 2005 (2005-05-24)
Recorded	2005
Studio	Jerusalem Studios (Miami, FL)
Genre	Hip hop
Length	3:32
Label	Terror Squad Atlantic
Songwriter(s)	Joseph Cartagena Scott Storch
Producer(s)	Scott Storch
Fat Joe singles chronology
"So Much More" (2005) "Get It Poppin'" (2005) "I Don't Care" (2005)
Nelly singles chronology
"Fly Away" (2005) "Get It Poppin'" (2005) "Grillz" (2005)
Music video
"Get It Poppin'" on YouTube

The song debuted at number 88 and managed to reach number nine on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States. On October 25, 2005, the single was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for sales of over a 500,000 copies in the US alone.

Chart performance

In the United States, the song peaked at number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Fat Joe's second top-ten recording on the chart behind "What's Luv?". It also made it to number 7 on both the Radio Songs and Pop Airplay, number 17 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and number 6 on the Hot Rap Songs charts.

In the United Kingdom, the song reached number 34 on the UK singles chart and number 8 on the Official Hip Hop and R&B Singles Chart. It peaked at number 26 on the Irish singles chart as well.

The single found some success in Europe, peaking at number 9 in Finland, number 48 in Germany, number 49 in Switzerland and number 50 in Austria.

The single also peaked at number 30 in Australia (as well as number 15 on the Australian Urban chart) and number 24 in New Zealand.

Music video

An accompanying music video, directed by Chris Robinson, was set in Atlanta, starring Fat Joe and Nelly with cameo appearances from T.I., Ying Yang Twins, Boyz n da Hood and Layzie Bone.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Get It Poppin'" (featuring Nelly)	Joseph Cartagena Scott Storch	Scott Storch	3:32
2.	"Here's a Little Story"	Cartagena Marcello Valenzano Andre Lyon Adam Horovitz Darryl McDaniels Rick Rubin Joseph Simmons	Cool & Dre	4:25
Total length:				7:57

Personnel

• Joseph "Fat Joe" Cartagena – vocals, executive producer
• Cornell "Nelly" Haynes Jr. – vocals
• Jackie Rubio – additional vocals
• Scott Storch – producer
• Robert "Big Brizz" Brisbane – recording
• Serban Ghenea – mixing
• John Hanes – additional Pro Tools engineering
• Tim Roberts – additional Pro Tools engineering assistant
• Chris Gehringer – mastering
• Marcello "Cool" Valenzano – executive producer
• Andre "Dre" Lyon – executive producer
• Khaled Khaled – executive producer
• Rob "Reef" Tewlow – A&R

Charts

Weekly charts

Charts (2005)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)	30
Australian Urban (ARIA)	15
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)	50
Canada CHR/Pop Top 30 (Radio & Records)	11
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)	9
Germany (GfK)	48
Ireland (IRMA)	26
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)	24
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)	49
UK Singles (OCC)	34
UK Hip Hop/R&B (OCC)	8
US Billboard Hot 100	9
US Radio Songs (Billboard)	7
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)	17
US Pop Airplay (Billboard)	7
US R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay (Billboard)	19
US Hot Rap Songs (Billboard)	6

Year-end charts

Chart (2005)	Position
US Billboard 200	50
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)	98

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)	Gold	500,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

External links

• "Get It Poppin'" at Discogs (list of releases)