Hit Me Up (Gia Farrell song)

"Hit Me Up" is the second single by American singer Gia Farrell. The song is included on the Happy Feet movie soundtrack.[1] It was released as a digital-download single in October 2006 and became a top-10 hit in Australia, Finland, and Hungary the following year.

"Hit Me Up"
iTunes cover
Single by Gia Farrell
from the album Happy Feet: Music from the Motion Picture
ReleasedOctober 24, 2006 (2006-10-24)
Length3:15
LabelWarner Sunset, Atlantic
Songwriter(s)Brian Kierulf, Gia Farrell, Josh Schwartz
Producer(s)Josh Schwartz, Polow da Don
Gia Farrell singles chronology
"Christmas Everyday"
(2006)		 "Hit Me Up"
(2006)		 "New Religion"
(2009)
Alternative cover
CD cover

Song information

The song is about a confident girl who gets attention everywhere she goes. She sings to a guy telling him to "hit me up". "To hit up", a term popularized by users of the social networking website MySpace, refers to contacting a person via electronic means. In this case there is a romantic interest for the person being "hit up".

"Hit Me Up" was used as the opening theme for Germany's Next Topmodel, Cycle 2 and as an official song for the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup soccer tournament. It was featured in a Wheat Thins's commercial for garden vegetable flavored crackers and gained attention again when it was performed in May 2008 by Syesha Mercado on American Idol's seventh season at the top three stage. The song was also in an episode of Gossip Girl, Season 1 Episode 2, The Wild Brunch, when the cooks are getting ready for Bart Bass Brunch.

Chart performance

The song charted in several countries around the world. It reached number one in Hungary and entered the top 10 in Australia and Finland.[2][3][4] In the United States, it peaked at number 40 on the Billboard Mainstream Top 40.[5]

Music video

In the video, the focus is on the Happy Feet theme, with Gia appearing in three different sets with dancers in the background while singing the song. A cameraman's hand gives Gia a spin before each transition. The only indications of the song having been on the Happy Feet soundtrack are one, when Gia is singing in front of a theatre and above her the cinema's marquee displays Happy Feet, and two, when in the middle of the video her backup dancers are seen in tuxedos and wearing costume penguin masks as they dance in an arctic scene.

Track listings

Australian CD single[6]

  1. "Hit Me Up" (album version)
  2. "Hit Me Up" (no taps version)
  3. "Hit Me Up" (Matt "The Bratt" radio edit)

European CD single[7]

  1. "Hit Me Up" (album version)
  2. "Hit Me Up" (Matt "The Bratt" radio edit)

German, Austrian, and Swiss CD single[8]

  1. "Hit Me Up" (album version)
  2. "Hit Me Up" (no taps version)
  3. "Hit Me Up" (Matt "The Bratt" radio edit)
  4. "Hit Me Up" (video)

Charts

Release history
Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref(s).
Various 24 October 2006 Digital download
[20][21][22][23]
Australia 29 January 2007 CD [24]

References
  1. Track listing of Happy Feet.
  2. "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Rádiós Top 40 játszási lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége.
  3. "Gia Farrell – Hit Me Up". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  4. "Gia Farrell: Hit Me Up" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  5. "Gia Farrell Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  6. Hit Me Up (Australian CD single liner notes). Gia Farrell. Warner Sunset Records, Atlantic Records. 2007. 7567946452.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  7. Hit Me Up (European CD single liner notes). Gia Farrell. Warner Sunset Records, Atlantic Records. 2007. 7567 94694-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  8. Hit Me Up (GSA CD single liner notes). Gia Farrell. Warner Sunset Records, Atlantic Records. 2007. 7567 94693-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  9. "Gia Farrell – Hit Me Up" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  10. "Gia Farrell – Hit Me Up" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  11. "Gia Farrell – Hit Me Up" (in French). Ultratip. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  12. "Gia Farrell – Hit Me Up" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  13. "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Dance Top 40 lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  14. "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 6, 2007" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  15. "Gia Farrell – Hit Me Up" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  16. "Hit Me Up". Acharts. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  17. "ARIA Top 100 Singles for 2007". ARIA. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  18. "Jaaroverzichten 2007" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  19. "Rádiós Top 100 – hallgatottsági adatok alapján – 2007" (in Hungarian). Mahasz. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  20. "Hit Me Up – Single". Apple Music. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
  21. "Hit Me Up – Single". Apple Music. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
  22. "Hit Me Up – Single". Apple Music. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
  23. "Hit Me Up – Single". Apple Music. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
  24. "The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 29th January 2007" (PDF). ARIA. January 29, 2007. p. 29. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 19, 2007. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
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