Twerk It Like Miley

"Twerk It Like Miley"
Single by Brandon Beal featuring Christopher
from the album Truth
ReleasedMay 5, 2014 (2014-05-05)
Recorded2013
GenreEDM
Length3:28
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Hedegaard
Brandon Beal singles chronology
"Single for the Night"
(2014) 		"Twerk It Like Miley"
(2014) 		"Side Bitch Issues"
(2014)
Christopher singles chronology
"Waterfall"
(2014) 		"Twerk It Like Miley"
(2014)
Music video
"Twerk It Like Miley" on YouTube

"Twerk It Like Miley" (officially on cover as #TwerkItLikeMiley) is a song by American singer Brandon Beal featuring Danish singer Christopher.[1] The song produced by Danish DJ Hedegaard[2] was released on May 5, 2014 on Universal Music Denmark and Then We Take the World, reaching number one on Tracklisten, the official Danish Singles Chart on its first week of release staying there for just one week.[3][4] The music video directed by Morten Winther also became popular with many references to Miley Cyrus.[5]

Background

The title refers to American singer Miley Cyrus and her twerking incident when in March 2013, she posted a video on Facebook which featured her performing a twerking routine while wearing a unicorn suit, to the 2011 single "Wop" by J. Dash. Her "Wop" video would go to become viral and create a lot of controversy and parodies.

The song lyrics refers to this actual video as Brandon Beal asks from his girl to behave like Miley in that video: "I know, you wore them jeans so I can see that thong [repeat] / So pop it like Miley / and don't forget that tongue [repeat] / So when the beat beat beat beat drop, get your ass on the floor / Start twerking like Miley".

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2014) Peak
position
Denmark (Tracklisten)[6] 1
Germany (GfK)[7] 95

Year-end charts

Chart (2014) Position
Denmark (Tracklisten)[8] 9

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[9] Gold 15,000^
Germany (BVMI)[10] Gold 150,000‡
Streaming
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[11] 3× Platinum 7,800,000†

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
† Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ Scandipop: Brandon Beal feat. Christopher: ‘Twerk It Like Miley’
  2. ^ 730.no: Dansk twerking som Miley med Christopher (in Danish)
  3. ^ Klatsch-tratsch: “Twerk It Like Miley”: Alles über die Nummer 1 aus Dänemark (in German)
  4. ^ aCharts.us: "Twerk It Like Miley" charting page
  5. ^ Gaffa.dk: Instruktøren bag Twerk it Like Miley-videoen: Jeg elsker referencer (in Danish)
  6. ^ "Brandon Beal feat. Christopher – Twerk It Like Miley". Tracklisten.
  7. ^ "Brandon Beal feat. Christopher – Twerk It Like Miley" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.
  8. ^ "Track Top-50 2014". Hitlisten. Archived from the original on 17 January 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  9. ^ "Danish single certifications – Brandon Beal feat. Christopher – Twerk It Like Miley". IFPI Danmark. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  10. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Brandon Beal feat. Christopher; 'Twerk It Like Miley')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  11. ^ "Danish single certifications – Brandon Beal feat. Christopher – Twerk It Like Miley". IFPI Danmark. Retrieved 11 June 2023.