"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".
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.
Lyricsedit
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 videoedit
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 listingsedit
Dutch and Belgian CD single (Spinnin'; ARS Productions)[4][5]
"Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" was covered by "Fredde på Grand" as "Håll upp händerna för Stureplan", an "anthem" for Sweden's hottest party sites.
The song was featured on Series 2 Episode 3 of the British television drama series Hotel Babylon. The episode was broadcast on BBC One in the United Kingdom in March 2007.
The St. Louis Cardinals play a remixed version (changing the song's lyric to "Put your hands up for St Louis, our lovely city") when the team takes the field.
behind the scenes clip at Ministry of Sound[permanent dead link][citation needed]
^"Matthew Dear / Daisha - Hands Up For Detroit (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs.com. 1 August 1999. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
^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)
^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)
^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)
^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)
^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)
^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)
^Put Your Hands Up for Detroit (Australian CD single liner notes). Fedde Le Grand. Hussle Recordings. 2006. HUSSYCD5077.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^"The ARIA Report: ARIA Club Tracks – Week Commencing 7th August 2006" (PDF). ARIA. 7 August 2006. p. 18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 September 2006. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
^"Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Dance Top 40 lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége.
^"Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Single (track) Top 40 lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége.
^"The Irish Charts – Search Results – Put Your Hands Up for Detroit". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
^"Top 10 Dance Singles, Week Ending 26 October 2006". GfK Chart-Track. Retrieved 12 June 2019.[permanent dead link]
^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 29, 2006" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
^"Fedde Le Grand – Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
^"Issue nr: 6/2007 (19 Februarie – 25 Februarie 2007)" (in Romanian). Romanian Top 100. Archived from the original on 19 February 2007. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
^"ARIA Top 100 Singles for 2007". ARIA. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
^"ARIA Charts – End of Year Charts – Top 50 Dance Singles 2007". ARIA. Archived from the original on 20 April 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
^"European Hot 100 Singles". Billboard. Archived from the original on 13 May 2009. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
^"British single certifications – Fedde le Grand – Put Your Hands Up for Detroit". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
^"New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 21 October 2006. p. 33.
^"The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 30/10/2006" (PDF). ARIA. 30 October 2006. p. 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 December 2006. Retrieved 5 November 2021.