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Rock Your Body" is the third
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from
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's solo debut album
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. The song features
Vanessa MarquezVanessa Marquez is an American pop singer.She is best known being featured on singer Justin Timberlake's song "Rock Your Body", and background vocals on his song "I'm Lovin' It"....
. She was at that time
signed to
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Released in 2003,
The NeptunesThe Neptunes are a record production duo consisting of Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo, who are credited with contributing the sound for many successful hip hop, R&B and pop artists in the late-1990s and 2000s...
-produced single peaked at #5 on the U.S.
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"Rock Your Body" entered the Australian chart at #1 and stayed there for 1 week. It also became his third #2 hit in the
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. The beat was intended for
Michael JacksonMichael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records...
's 2001 album
Invincible, but The Neptunes ended up selling the track to Timberlake instead. Timberlake performed this song at the
Kids' Choice Awards.
Music video
The music video was directed by
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and it features Timberlake and other background dancers dancing around in what looks like a black cube with colored lights around it. The female lead dancer in the music video is
Staci FloodStaci Beth Codorniz Lavine Costa de Souza Flood is an American singer, dancer and model best known for her lead dance roles in the music videos "Bailamos" by Enrique Iglesias and "Rock Your Body" by Justin Timberlake ....
lip-syncing
Vanessa MarquezVanessa Marquez may refer to:*Vanessa Marquez , singer*Vanessa Marquez , actress known for Stand and Deliver and ER...
's parts of the song. The video version of the song also features another beatbox
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in the middle of the song, much like the one performed in the *NSync single
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.
Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy
On February 1, 2004, Timberlake performed this song at the
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halftime show with
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singer
Janet JacksonJanet Damita Jo Jackson is an American recording artist and actress. Known for a series of sonically innovative, socially conscious and sexually provocative records, as well as elaborate stage shows, television and film roles, she has been a prominent figure in popular culture for over 25 years...
. At the moment he sang the lyric, "Bet I'll have you naked by the end of this song," Timberlake ripped off part of Jackson's costume, momentarily exposing her right
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on live television. Timberlake distanced himself from the controversy while Jackson faced much criticism. Timberlake later commented that "America's harsher on women...[and] unfairly harsh on ethnic people."
Tracklisting
UK CD Single
- "Rock Your Body" (Album Version) - 4:28
- "Rock Your Body" (Sander Kleinenberg's Just In The Radio Edit) — 3:33
- "Rock Your Body" (Paul Oakenfold Mix) — 5:41
- "Rock Your Body" (Instrumental With Beatbox) — 4:28
UK Enhanced Single
- "Rock Your Body" (Album Version) - 4:28
- "Rock Your Body" (Sander Kleinenberg's Just In The Radio Edit) — 3:33
- "Rock Your Body" (Paul Oakenfold Mix) — 5:41
- "Rock Your Body" (Instrumental With Beatbox) — 4:28
- "Rock Your Body" (Enhanced Video Version) - 4:55
UK Cassette Single
- "Rock Your Body" (Album Version) - 4:28
- "Rock Your Body" (Junior Vasquez Club Anthem) — 9:12
- "Rock Your Body" (Paul Oakenfold Radio Edit) — 3:50
Remixes & Cover versions
The official remix features 2 verses by West Coast rapper
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& vocals by R&B singer Vanessa Marquez. There's 2 versions of the remix has a different 1st verse by E-40.
- Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra
Shawn Lee is an American musician and multi-instrumentalist from Wichita, Kansas but now lives in London, England. He is currently working on a new band project with AM with the first album coming out July 12, 2011.-Career:...
performs an instrumental cover of this song on their album, Hits the Hits!.
- German
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artists Kiko & S. Deschezeaux recorded a cover of the song which was available for download on the InternetThe Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
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- The song is regularly covered live by the experimental rock
Experimental rock or avant-garde rock is a type of music based on rock which experiments with the basic elements of the genre, or which pushes the boundaries of common composition and performance technique....
band Tub Ring-Biography:Tub Ring formed in 1992 as a high school punk band.The band really took form with addition of keyboard player Rob Kleiner, who spent his teenage years following around the band Mr. Bungle. With Kleiner added to the band, Tub Ring adopted the similar sounds of Mr. Bungle. Mr...
, and was recorded as a B-side to their 2007 album, The Great FilterThe Great Filter, in the context of the Fermi paradox, is whatever prevents "dead matter" from giving rise, in time, to "expanding lasting life"...
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Parodies
- The music video is parodied in a part of Say Anything
Say Anything is an American indie-punk band from Los Angeles, California, fronted by Max Bemis. The band was formed in 2000 with Bemis and four of his friends. Within two years, they self-released two EPs, Junior Varsity and In Your Dreams, and the full-length Baseball: An Album by Sayanything.In...
's music video for Wow, I Can Get Sexual Too"Wow, I Can Get Sexual Too" is the first single from Say Anything's 7-track bonus disc ...Was a Real Boy which was released with the 2006 reissue of their 2004 second album …Is a Real Boy.-Song meaing:...
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Appearances in other media
- This song was briefly featured in the ninth season South Park
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episode "Marjorine"Marjorine" is episode 134 of Comedy Central's South Park. It aired on October 26, 2005.-Plot:The episode begins with Cartman gathering the boys together in his basement to show them a video tape of the girls of South Park Elementary using a device, which is a high-tech gadget which gives them the...
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- The song is a playable song in the North American version of Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA 2
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- This song was used in place of "Burly Brawl" in the MTV Movie Awards Reloaded
MTV Movie Awards Reloaded or MTV: Reloaded, is a short parody film made in 2003 for the 2003 MTV Movie Awards. Half of the film is made by Tenth Planet Productions, and the other half is archival footage from The Matrix Reloaded, which was released in theaters at that time...
parody skit from 2003.
- The song is sampled on Side B of Strange Days by Eric Copeland.
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