Take It Off (Kesha song)
July 13, 2010
Take It Off is a song by American singer Kesha from her debut album Animal. It is the fourth official single from this album and was released in the United States on 13 July 2010.
Background
Take It Off was written by Lukasz Gottwald ( Dr. Luke ), Claude Kelly and Kesha and produced by Lukasz Gottwald Vocal Editing by Emily. The song is a peppy Dance-Pop/Electro-Pop-Song.
Music Video
The video premiere in Germany took place at MyVideo on August 5, 2010. Producers of the video are Paul Hunter and Dori Oskowitz. From her idea for this video Kesha told during an interview: "This video is about me and all my hot babe vapire friends in a hotel on another planet. There shall turn them all in beautiful stardust. "
At the beginning of the video you can see Kesha on a motorcycle. Then she goes followed by her friends walking through a run down area up to a motel on another planet. The running friends, dancing and jumping around the grounds, while Kesha is staying at an old rusted car. As we gather around an empty pool at the motel, they jostle each other and tear at their clothes. When Kesha arrives and wallows in the sand begin their friends in stardust to fall apart and then also disintegrates itself Kesha
There also has been a second video for the song produced in the Kesha and friends (including Jeffree Star ) arise from it. In the video, the dancers are temporarily represented as animals, which is an allusion to the name of the album " Animal". Kesha itself is beginning to see the video, and at the end as a cheetah. The video was released on October 7, 2010 Kesha YouTube channel.
Live Performance
On August 13, 2010 Ke $ ha Take It Off and joined with the two older songs Tik Tok and Your Love is My Drug by the NBC 's Today Show. In the performance, she is wearing boots, fishnets, glitter shorts and a loose tank top. Her dancers are dressed black from head to toe, they pull out and then have to only Gold -shirts and tank tops. She has also performed the song in a set for BBC Radio 1 's Big Weekend.
Charts
In January 2010, Take It Off rose by strong sales download in advance on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 85 a. After the release as a single, the song rose on August 7, 2010 in the USA again at No. 92. The song was successful from week to week and eventually reached after eight weeks at No. 8, and thus became another U.S. Top Ten hit for Kesha. In September 2010, the song in the United States with a platinum record for 1,000,000 million units sold was honored by Kesha became the second singer, after Lady Gaga, who managed this feat with 4- million seller in one year ( 2010). In February 2011, the song crossed the 2 million mark and became Kesha fifth song that managed this feat. In Canada, the song was also successful reaching number eight and stayed a total of only 12 weeks in the charts. By June 2011, Take It Off sold in the United States 2,134,000 times.
On 28 August 2010, the song climbed into the UK charts at number 44. After several weeks, the song reached its peak position of 15 reached in New Zealand Take It Off course 10, and was honored there later with a gold record. In Australia the true song very successful and reached after only three weeks at No. 5, also the song in Australia was honored with a platinum record for Kesha.