Rip It Up (Jet song)

{{Short description|2006 single by Jet}}

{{Use Australian English|date=January 2012}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Rip it Up

| cover = Jet-Rip-It-Up-379675.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Jet

| album = Shine On

| B-side =

• "I Only Like You When I'm High" (demo)
• "Jane Jones" (demo)

| released = {{start date|2006|11|27|df=yes}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre =

| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=19}}

| label = Capitol

| writer = Chris Cester, Nic Cester, Cameron Muncey

| producer = Dave Sardy

| prev_title = Bring It On Back

| prev_year = 2006

| next_title = Shine On

| next_year = 2007

}}

"Rip It Up" is a song from Australian rock band Jet's second album, Shine On (2006). It was released on 27 November 2006 as the album's second single in Australia. Fellow band members and brothers Chris and Nic Cester, together with Cameron Muncey, co-wrote the track.{{cite web | publisher = Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | title = 'Rip It Up' at APRA search engine | url = https://www.apra.com.au/cms/worksearch/worksearch.srvlt?action=workSearch#axd?q=Rip%20It%20Up | access-date = 14 September 2015 }} Note: User may have to click 'Search again' and provide details at 'Enter a title:' e.g Rip It Up; or at 'Performer:' Jet

At a concert at London's Brixton Academy Nic, the lead singer, announced "Here's a song we've written about Paris Hilton – it's called 'Rip It Up'", he referred to American socialite Paris Hilton.{{cite news | url = http://www.contactmusic.com/jet/news/jet-slam-hilton-in-new-song_1013380 | title = Jet Slam Hilton in New Song | publisher = World Entertainment News Network (WENN) | work = Contactmusic.com | date = 10 November 2006 | access-date = 14 September 2015 }} Contactmusic.com's reporter claims that the track "includes lyrics threatening to kill Hilton's pet dog... [and] includes a reference to her infamous sex video." The lyrics include a line from the 1939 film, The Wizard of Oz: "I'm gonna get you my pretty, and your little dog too."

"Rip It Up" debuted at No. 67 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart and peaked at No. 49 for one week before leaving the top 50.ARIA Reports for "Rip It Up":

• Chart debut on 4 December 2006: {{cite web | date = 4 December 2006 | archive-url = https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20061219130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20061220-0000/issue874.pdf | title = The ARIA Report | publisher = Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) | issue = 874 | pages = 2, 4, 7, 10, 13 | url = http://www.aria.com.au/pages/documents/issue874.pdf | archive-date = 20 December 2006 | access-date = 14 September 2015 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
• Chart peak on 22 January 2007: {{cite web | date = 22 January 2007 | archive-url = https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20070219130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20070220-0000/issue881.pdf| title = The ARIA Report | publisher = Australian Recording Industry Association | issue = 881 | pages = 3, 7, 10, 13 | url = http://www.aria.com.au/pages/documents/issue881.pdf | archive-date = 20 February 2007 | access-date = 14 September 2015 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

"Rip It Up" was released in the United Kingdom as the fourth single from Shine On and as a limited edition 7-inch vinyl but failed to chart. A music video was made for the song.

The song was the official theme song for the WWE pay-per-view event (now premium live event) SummerSlam 2010, the second of a sequence of six consecutive SummerSlam events that were held at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California.{{Cite web |title=WWE SummerSlam 2010 Official Thread {{!}} Freakin' Awesome Network Forums |url=https://officialfan.proboards.com/thread/336322/wwe-summerslam-2010-official-thread |access-date=2024-05-07 |website=officialfan.proboards.com}}