"Back It Up" is a 2015 song by American singer

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, featuring

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and Pitbull. The song was released on May 4, 2015, as the second single taken from Royce's fourth studio album, '' Double Vision''. There are three versions available, a Spanglish version and a Spanish version, with both making chart appearances, and the original English version, featuring only Pitbull. "Back It Up" marks as the eighth of nine collaborations between Lopez and Pitbull, in lined with " Fresh Out the Oven" in 2009, " On the Floor" in 2011, " Dance Again" in 2012, " Live It Up" in 2013, " We Are One (Ole Ola)" in 2014 with Claudia Leitte, " Booty" in 2014, a song entitled "Drinks for You (Ladies Anthem)" from Pitbull's ''

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'' album in 2012 and followed by "Sexy Body" off his album ''

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Track listing

;Digital download #"Back It Up" (featuring Pitbull) – 3:21 ;Digital download #"Back It Up" (featuring

& Pitbull) – 3:20 ;Digital download Spanish version #"Back It Up" (featuring

& Pitbull) panish Version– 3:20 ;Other versions * Dave Aude Club Mix – 5:56

Music video

The music video was filmed in

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and directed by Colin Tilley. It was released on June 9, 2015 The Spanglish version (included as the Album version) was used for the music video.

Promotion

Prince Royce performed the song live on ''

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'', along with

and Pitbull, on 13 May, ''

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'' on 27 July and '' The View'' on 28 July.

Chart performance

The Spanish-language version of "Back It Up" debuted on the US Hot Latin Songs chart at number 27 for the week of May 30, 2015. Total sales for the week were 23,000 downloads.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

External links

Lyrics at LyricsOnDemand.com

References

{{authority control 2015 singles Prince Royce songs Jennifer Lopez songs Pitbull (rapper) songs RCA Records singles 2015 songs Songs written by Savan Kotecha Songs written by Ilya Salmanzadeh Song recordings produced by Ilya Salmanzadeh Songs written by Prince Royce Songs written by Pitbull (rapper) Music videos directed by Colin Tilley Song recordings produced by Jason Evigan