"Shave It" is a song by Russian-German

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producer

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. The song was produced and written by Zedd, and released on 4 October 2011 via

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's record label

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. The song peaked at number 4 on the ''Billboard''

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chart on 3 March 2012. An extended play of the track – featuring remixes by

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, and 501 – was released on 8 November 2011, titled ''Shave It – The Aftershave''. The alternate version of the song, "Shave It Up", is included on Zedd's debut studio album, ''

Clarity Clarity may refer to: Music Albums * ''Clarity'' (Jimmy Eat World album) or the title song, 1999 * ''Clarity'' (Sifow album) or the title song, 2006 * ''Clarity'' (Zedd album) or the title song (see below), 2012 * ''Clarity'' (mixtape), by K ...

''. The extended version was released exclusively on Beatport on 22 October 2012. Another song that incorporates the use of "Shave It" is Zedd's song "Hourglass" (featuring LIZ), the track before "Shave It Up" in ''Clarity''. After the 4 minutes of the main part of the song, it becomes a 1:15-prelude to "Shave It Up".

Music video

A music video directed by Sean Stiegemeier and produced by Mike Longenbach was released on 1 November 2011. As of January 2015, the video has received over 2,000,000 views on

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Track listing

Personnel

– producer, songwriter

Charts

"Shave It" debuted at number 39 on the Hot Dance Club Songs chart for the week of 21 January 2012 and climbed until position four.

References

External links

* * {{Authority control 2011 singles 2011 songs Zedd songs Songs written by Zedd Owsla singles