Push (Enrique Iglesias song)

"Push"
Single by Enrique Iglesias featuring Lil Wayne
from the album Insomniac
Released	14 February 2008
Recorded	2007
Genre	R&B hip hop
Length	4:06
Label	Interscope
Songwriter(s)	Enrique Iglesias Steve Morales Adonis Lil Wayne
Producer(s)	Steven Morales
Enrique Iglesias singles chronology
"Tired of Being Sorry" (2007) "Push" (2008) "¿Dónde Están Corazón?" (2008)
Lil Wayne singles chronology
"I'm Me" (2007) "Push" (2008) "Lollipop" (2008)
Alternative cover

"Push" is a song from the Enrique Iglesias album Insomniac. The song features American rapper Lil Wayne and is Iglesias's first collaboration with a hip-hop artist.

History

Push was to be the second single from Iglesias's album Insomniac; several articles about the album cited it as the second single and it was confirmed by Iglesias in several interviews.^[1][2] The song was put on Iglesias's official Myspace, was sent to several clubs, and was played during a broadcast on KTLA. Two different versions of the song leaked onto the Internet, an instrumental and an a cappella version that featured an extended rap from Lil Wayne. The first signs that the song would not be released came during an appearance by Iglesias on MTV's Total Request Live. The singer stated that either "Push" or "Somebody's Me" would be the next single for the US. During a phone interview with KRQQ in Tucson, Arizona, Iglesias stated that "Somebody's Me" would be the second US single from Insomniac.

The full version of Lil Wayne's rap was used in a remix of

on a week dedicated to Iglesias. It has also aired on some foreign television channels. The original version which features Wayne features on some foreign versions of Iglesias's Greatest Hits album as well as being a bonus track on the digital release of Greatest Hits on the U.S. iTunes Store.

Music video

The music video was directed by

's account the movie clips were no longer present and the audio was from Iglesias's album version with Lil Wayne.

The video begins with actors Hoffman and Evigan enticing each other down a hallway and entering a private room where they start to romantically interact. Iglesias follows them into a room where the couple hand him a camcorder and he records the two of them as they make out and caress each other. At the end of the video, when the recording session is over, he removes the memory card from the camcorder, hands it to the couple and walks away. Another part of the video has Iglesias sitting down watching an erotic dancer, played by model Katrina Rafidi, separated from him by a glass wall. As the video goes on he tries to get to her; the climax of the video has Iglesias picking up his chair and shattering the glass, uniting both him and his dancer. The entire video is intercut with shots of Iglesias in the middle of a crowd of dancers as he performs the song to camera. Also, although Lil Wayne is not shown during the video, his verse is still heard.

A second version of the video featuring the rapper Prophet has appeared on the Internet. The original video is intercut with shots of a television screen mounted on the club wall showing Prophet rapping.

Track listing

Digital download

1. "Push" (No Rap Version) - 3:28

Charts

Chart (2007)	Peak position
Bulgaria Top 100[7]	34
Romanian Top 100[8]	3
Turkish Top 20 Chart	10
Russia ( TopHit)[9]	82
Slovakia Top 100	91
U.S. Billboard Pop 100	86

Certifications and sales

Country	Certification	Date	Sales certified
Russia[10]	2×Platinum	14 Feb 2008	400,000

Release history

Release dates and formats for "Push"

Region	Date	Format	Label	Ref.
France	February 2008	Digital download	Universal	[11]
Russia	May 15, 2008	Contemporary hit radio		[12]

References