PUSH IT
“Push It” is a song by the group Salt-n-Pepa. It peaked at number 19 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1988 and, after initially peaking at number 41 in the UK, it re-entered the charts after the group performed the track at Nelson Mandela’s 70th Birthday concert, eventually peaking at number two that summer. The song is notable for being one of the first hip hop songs to have underlying sexual messages. The song is ranked number 446 on Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and was ranked number nine on VH1’s 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop. (More from Wikipedia)
The debut album by Salt-N-Pepa, Hot, Cool and Vicious (1986) had several moderate R&B hit songs, but the group hit it big when a remix version of “Push It” became a platinum hit and pushed their album sales above the one-million mark. Salt-N-Pepa has had a productive career over many years, including a Grammy win for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group in 1995 for “None of Your Business”.
(September 2016)
