Jerk It Out

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.

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Swedish CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Jerk It Out|others=Caesars Palace|year=2002|type=Swedish CD single liner notes|publisher=Dolores Recordings, Virgin Records|id=DINSDF240, 7243 5 46379 2 6}}

1. "Jerk It Out"
2. "Crazy Chick"
3. "Can't Feel My Toes"
4. "Junebug"

UK 7-inch single{{cite AV media notes|title=Jerk It Out|others=Caesars|year=2003|type=UK 7-inch single sleeve|publisher=Dolores Recordings, Virgin Records|id=DINS244, 724354707674}}

:A. "Jerk It Out"

:B. "The Cannibals"

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UK CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Jerk It Out|others=Caesars|year=2003|type=UK CD single liner notes|publisher=Dolores Recordings, Virgin Records|id=DINSD244, 724354707629}}

1. "Jerk It Out"
2. "Out of My Hands"
3. "She's a Planet"

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UK and European CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Jerk It Out|others=Caesars|year=2005|type=UK & European CD single liner notes|publisher=Dolores Recordings, Virgin Records|id=DINSD 274, 7243 8 72622 2 5}}

1. "Jerk It Out"
2. "The Longer We Stay Together"

UK 7-inch single{{cite AV media notes|title=Jerk It Out|others=Caesars|year=2005|type=UK 7-inch single sleeve|publisher=Dolores Recordings, Virgin Records|id=DINS 274, 7243 8 69854 7 7}}

:A. "Jerk It Out" – 3:15

:B. "Up All Night" – 3:30

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Australian CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Jerk It Out|others=Caesars|year=2005|type=Australian CD single liner notes|publisher=EMI Music Australia|id=DINSD 274, 7243 8 72622 2 5}}

1. "Jerk It Out"
2. "Jerk It Out" (New Brauer mix)
3. "The Longer We Stay Together"

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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 Mégane spot. Furthermore, it was used in the video games Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova (arcade and PlayStation 2 versions), FIFA Football 2004, FIFA 23, Just Dance,{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yeO8fjqc7E|title=Just Dance - Jerk It Out by Caesars Gameplay|author=justdancebr|date=August 11, 2011|access-date=December 12, 2024|via=YouTube}} LMA Manager, Rock Band 3 (as downloadable content), Samba de Amigo (downloadable content for the Wii version) and SSX 3.

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 Plankton: The Movie, 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".{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMRnM8bowKw|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/iMRnM8bowKw|archive-date=13 December 2021|url-status=live|title=Tiggs Da Author - Work It Out (Official Video)|publisher=YouTube|access-date=22 September 2017}}{{cbignore}}

In 2020, the song was used to introduce the character Dani Rojas in episode 6 of the TV series Ted Lasso.{{cite web |title=TED LASSO Soundtrack - Songs / Music List from the Serie |url=https://www.lyricsoundtrack.com/tv-shows/ted-lasso-music-songs/ |website=Soundtracks |access-date=16 February 2021 |date=19 August 2020}}

In 2025, the song was used in the trailer for the SpongeBob SquarePants Netflix movie, Plankton: The Movie.

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Category:Songs written by Joakim Åhlund