"Pass at Me" is a single from American hip-hop producer

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. The song features vocals from American rapper

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, also features production by French DJ

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. It was released via digital download on September 13, 2011 in the

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, and received a full release across Europe on the weekend of October 7, 2011.

Background

The song was first announced in August 2011, following Timbaland ceasing releasing free music via his Timbo Thursdays promotion. It was suggested at the time that the track would not be released until December 2011, due to ''Shock Value III'' not being released until the new year. However, on September 12, 2011, Timbaland announced that the track would appear on the American iTunes store from midnight on September 13. Subsequently, downloads of the single resulted in it debuting at number 23 on the

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chart. It later reached number 4 on that chart. The single was released to European radio on the same date, subsequently appearing on airplay charts in

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and

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. On September 20, 2011, the single was released in Australia, peaking at number 89 on the

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. The single received a full release across Europe on October 7, 2011, and was released in the

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on October 10, 2011. "Pass at Me" impacted urban radio in the US on September 13, 2011. It impacted top 40/mainstream and rhythmic radio on November 8, 2011.

Music video

The music video was released onto Timbaland's official

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channel on September 21, 2011, and was available exclusively to stream in the

and Australia, before being released worldwide on September 24. The video features Pitbull on a boat, surrounded by girls dressed in Playboy outfits, while Timbaland is seen dancing at the top of a swimming pool at a mansion, similarly, surrounded by Playboy bunnies. The video continues like so until the third and final chorus, where the pair meet up at a party, of which

is the DJ, and such, the trio perform the last section of the song together. As of February 2020, the video has received over 33 million views on YouTube.

Remix

The official remix was made with the Puerto Rican duo

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Formats and track listings

* Digital Download # "Pass at Me" (Explicit) – 4:10 # "Pass at Me" (Spanish Remix) – 4:20 * CD Single # "Pass at Me" (Clean Radio Edit) – 4:07 # "Pass at Me" (Explicit) – 4:10 * Remixes – EP # "Pass at Me" (Tommy Trash Remix) – 5:22 # "Pass at Me" (Junior Sanchez Remix) – 7:02 # "Pass at Me" (Tim Mason Remix) – 5:32 # "Pass at Me" (Genetix Remix) – 5:11

Chart performance

Release history

References

{{Pitbull Singles Timbaland songs 2011 songs Pitbull (rapper) songs Song recordings produced by Timbaland Interscope Records singles Songs written by Attitude (rapper) Songs written by Timbaland Songs written by Pitbull (rapper) Songs written by Giorgio Tuinfort Songs written by David Guetta Song recordings produced by David Guetta