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(Redirected from Shave It Up) 2011 single by Zedd
"Shave It"
Single by Zedd
from the album Clarity
Released4 October 2011 (2011-10-04)
Genre
Length4:51
LabelOwsla
Songwriter(s)Anton Zaslavski
Producer(s)Zedd
Zedd singles chronology
"The Anthem"
(2010) 		"Shave It"
(2011) 		"Spectrum"
(2012)

"Shave It" is a song by Russian-German electronic music producer Zedd. The song was produced and written by Zedd, and released on 4 October 2011 via Skrillex's record label Owsla. The song peaked at number 4 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart on 3 March 2012. An extended play of the track – featuring remixes by Kaskade, Tommy Trash, 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. 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 YouTube.

Track listing

Shave It – The Aftershave
EP by Zedd
Released8 November 2011
Genre
  • Electro house
  • complextro
Length17:53
LabelOWSLA
ProducerZedd
Zedd chronology
Shave It – The Aftershave
(2011) 		Clarity
(2012)
CD single and digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Shave It"3:31
2."Shave It" (Kaskade Remix)5:33
3."Shave It" (Tommy Trash Remix)4:40
4."Shave It" (501 Remix)4:09
Total length:17:53
Digital download (Extended Mix) (Beatport exclusive)
No.TitleLength
1."Shave It Up" (Extended Mix)4:48

Personnel

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.

Chart (2012) Peak
position
US Hot Dance Club Songs (Billboard) 4

References

  1. ^ "Dance/Club Play Songs chart for the week of March 3, 2012". Billboard. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
  2. ^ "Shave It - The Aftershave (Remixes) – EP by Zedd". iTunes Store. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
  3. ^ "Shave It Up (Extended Mix)". Beatport. Interscope Records. Retrieved 2012-10-22.
  4. "Zedd feat. LIZ's Hourglass sample of Zedd's Shave It". WhoSampled. jbcedeno95.
  5. "Zedd - Shave It (Official Video)". YouTube. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
  6. "Dance/Club Play Songs chart for the week of January 21, 2012 (biggest jump)". Billboard. Retrieved 25 December 2012.

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