Hold It Now, Hit It | |
Cover: | HoldItHitIt.jpg |
Type: | single |
Artist: | Beastie Boys |
Album: | Licensed to Ill |
Released: | April 15, 1986 |
Recorded: | Spring 1986 |
Genre: | Hip hop |
Length: | 3:27 |
Label: | Def Jam/Columbia |
Producer: | Rick Rubin |
Prev Title: | She's on It |
Prev Year: | 1985 |
Next Title: | Paul Revere |
Next Year: | 1986 |
"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.
In 2008, it was ranked number 27 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop.
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.
Chart (1986) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales[1] | 41 |
U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles[2] | 55 |