"Hold It Now, Hit It" is a song by American hip hop group Beastie Boys, released as the first single from their debut album Licensed to Ill. It is also remixed on the album New York State of Mind.
The video features the three rappers lip synching, ad-libbing, and dancing on a sidewalk in front of and directly to a fish-eye lens interspersed with clips of them on stage and on tour.
hold, song, american, group, beastie, boys, released, first, single, from, their, debut, album, licensed, also, remixed, album, york, state, mind, single, beastie, boysfrom, album, licensed, illreleasedapril, 1986recordedspring, 1986genrehip, hoplength3, 27lab. Hold It Now Hit It is a song by American hip hop group Beastie Boys released as the first single from their debut album Licensed to Ill It is also remixed on the album New York State of Mind Hold It Now Hit It Single by Beastie Boysfrom the album Licensed to IllReleasedApril 15 1986RecordedSpring 1986GenreHip hopLength3 27LabelDef Jam ColumbiaSongwriter s Michael Diamond Adam Horovitz Adam Yauch Rick RubinProducer s Rick RubinBeastie Boys singles chronology She s on It 1985 Hold It Now Hit It 1986 Paul Revere 1986 Music video Hold It Now Hit It on YouTube In 2008 it was ranked number 27 on VH1 s 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop Contents 1 Music video 2 Track listing 2 1 7 single 2 2 12 single 3 Charts 4 References 5 External linksMusic video editThe video features the three rappers lip synching ad libbing and dancing on a sidewalk in front of and directly to a fish eye lens interspersed with clips of them on stage and on tour Track listing edit7 single edit Hold It Now Hit It 3 30 Hold It Now Hit It A cappella 3 20 12 single edit Hold It Now Hit It 3 30 Hold It Now Hit It Instrumental 3 30 Hold It Now Hit It A cappella 3 20Charts editChart 1986 Peakposition U S Billboard Hot Dance Music Maxi Singles Sales 1 41 U S Billboard Hot Black Singles 2 55References edit Beastie Boys Charts amp Awards Billboard Singles Allmusic Rovi Corporation Retrieved 2011 05 10 Beastie Boys Album amp Song Chart History Billboard Nielsen Business Media Inc Retrieved 2011 05 10 External links edit Hold It Now Hit It Official music video on YouTube Hold It Now Hit It A cappella version on YouTube nbsp This hip hop song related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hold It Now Hit It amp oldid 1189734651, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,