It Takes Two (Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock song)

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"It Takes Two"
Single by Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock
from the album It Takes Two
Released	February 1, 1988 (1988-02-01)
Recorded	1988
Genre	Hip hop
Length	5:00 (album version) 4:32 (radio edit)
Label	Profile
Songwriter(s)	James Brown, Robert Ginyard
Producer(s)	Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock William Hamilton
Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock singles chronology
"It Takes Two" (1988) "Get on the Dance Floor" (1988)

"It Takes Two" is a song by New York hip hop duo Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock that became a Top 40 hit single and was later certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Since its release in 1988, the song has been covered and sampled by several recording artists.^[1] "There are many critics and listeners who claim that Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock's 'It Takes Two' is the greatest hip-hop single ever cut," noted Music critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine of All Music Guide. "It's hard to disagree with them."^[2]

Composition and background[]

The song was produced by Teddy Riley and built around the "Woo! Yeah!" sample from Lyn Collins' 1972 song "Think (About It)."^[3][4]

Charts[]

In popular culture[]

• The song was used in the films Iron Man 2, Bumblebee, The Proposal, Sisters, The Disaster Artist, Love & Basketball, and Spies in Disguise.^[8]
• The song was also used in the game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. It can be heard on Playback FM.
• The song was used in Google's "Year in Search 2020" video (00:25-00:58 and 2:03-2:52) under Covid-19, RBG and BLM video segments.^[9]
• The song is used in multiple episodes of the sitcom “My Name is Earl”.
• The song replaced "20th Century Boy" as the theme song for Lip Sync Battle in the fifth season.
• The song was used in the second trailer for the 2018 film Ant-Man and the Wasp.

See also[]

• 1988 in music

References[]

External links[]

• Music video on YouTube