"Flap Your Wings" is a single by the

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artist

Nelly Cornell Iral Haynes Jr. (born November 2, 1974), better known by his stage name Nelly, is an American rapper, singer, and actor. He grew up in St. Louis, Missouri, and embarked on his musical career in 1993 as a member of the Midwest hip hop g ...

, released on July 3, 2004, from the album ''

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''. It was released as a

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with " My Place" in the UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand.

Music video

The music video was directed by

Director X Julien Christian Lutz (born October 31, 1975), known professionally as Director X, is a Canadian music video director. Having trained under Hype Williams, Lutz has been credited for directing over a hundred music videos spanning various genres si ...

. The music video starts with

in a car with rapper Ali, singing along to "Down In Da Water". He arrives at a cave, and walks through, as the music starts to play. It continues with Nelly rapping, and many girls dancing around him. The final scene shows the storyline will continue for the " My Place" music video. The video vixens featured were Jeannette Chaves, Chessika Cartwright, Natasha Ellie, and Tyeshia Robinson. Robinson was also featured in the "My Place" video as video lead.

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Release history

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* 2006 singles Nelly songs UK singles chart number-one singles Number-one singles in Australia Song recordings produced by the Neptunes Songs written by Chad Hugo Songs written by Pharrell Williams Songs written by Nelly Universal Records singles 2004 songs {{2000s-hiphop-song-stub