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Jerk It Out
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Wikipedia article
"'Jerk It Out'" is a song by Swedish rock band Caesars. It was released in 2002 (when the band was known as Caesars Palace) as the lead single from their album 'Love for the Streets'; it is also featured on the follow-up 'Paper Tigers' in remixed form. The song was an international success following a re-release in 2005, reaching number eight on the UK Singles Chart and peaking at number 70 on the US 'Billboard' Hot 100.
Chart performance
The song was first released for radio airplay in Sweden in early 2002 and reached number 32 in Sweden at the start of April. The following year, the song made an appearance on the UK Singles Chart, at number 60. It was re-released on 8 April 2005 as a maxi-CD single, and appeared on the band's album of that year, 'Paper Tigers'. The re-release peaked at number eight on the UK Singles Chart, number 70 on the US 'Billboard' Hot 100 and number 19 on the 'Billboard' Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart.
Track listings
20022003
'Swedish CD single'
# "Jerk It Out"
# "Crazy Chick"
# "Can't Feel My Toes"
# "Junebug"
'UK 7-inch single'
:A. "Jerk It Out"
:B. "The Cannibals"
'European CD single'
# "Jerk It Out"
# "Out of My Hands"
# "She's a Planet"
2005
'UK and European CD single'
# "Jerk It Out"
# "The Longer We Stay Together"
'UK 7-inch blue vinyl single'
:A. "Jerk It Out" 3:15
:B. "Up All Night" 3:30
'US promo CD'
# "Jerk It Out" (new single edit) 3:04
'Australian CD single'
# "Jerk It Out"
# "Jerk It Out" (New Brauer mix)
# "The Longer We Stay Together"
Charts and certifications
Weekly charts
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Certifications
Release history
Use in media
The song's appearance on charts was helped by prolific use in mid-2000s media, including commercials for the iPod Shuffle, Mobiltel, Nivea, Coca-Cola (in South Africa and Indonesia) as well as a 2009 Renault Mgane spot. Furthermore, it was used in the video games 'Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova' (arcade and PlayStation 2 versions), 'FIFA Football 2004', 'Just Dance', 'Rock Band 3' (as downloadable content), 'Samba de Amigo' (downloadable content for the Wii version), 'SSX 3', and 'LMA Manager'.
The song was part of the soundtrack of many films, including 'The Benchwarmers'; 'Captivity'; 'Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo'; 'Fun with Dick and Jane'; and 'Yours, Mine and Ours'. It featured in trailers for 'Knight and Day', 'The Pink Panther' and 'Garfield Gets Real', while the remix of the song was used in the trailer for 'Clerks II'.
The song was used in the car sketch in the 'Eddsworld' short "Random Bits".
The song was included in the TV series 'Dawson's Creek', the CBS series 'Cold Case', the NBC series 'Las Vegas', the HBO series 'Entourage', 'NCIS', and the British series 'Teachers'.
In 2017, it was sampled by rapper Tiggs Da Author in his song "Work It Out".
In 2020, the song was used to introduce the character Dani Rojas in episode 6 of the TV series 'Ted Lasso'.
References
Category:2002 singles
Category:2002 songs
Category:2005 singles
Category:Astralwerks singles
Category:Caesars (band) songs
Category:Virgin Records singles
Category:Songs written by Joakim hlund
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