Run Up

{{About|the Major Lazer song|other uses|Run-up (disambiguation){{!}}Run-up}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Run Up

| cover = Major Lazer - Run Up.png

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Major Lazer featuring PartyNextDoor and Nicki Minaj

| album = Major Lazer Essentials

| released = {{Start date|2017|1|26}}

| recorded = 2016

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Dancehall

| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=23}}

| label = * Mad Decent

Because

| writer = * Thomas Pentz

| producer = * Major Lazer

| chronology = Major Lazer

| prev_title = Believer

| prev_year = 2016

| next_title = Know No Better

| next_year = 2017

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = PartyNextDoor

| type = single

| prev_title = Not Nice

| prev_year = 2016

| title = Run Up

| year = 2017

| next_title = Still Got Time

| next_year = 2017

}}

{{Extra chronology

| artist = Nicki Minaj

| type = single

| prev_title = Side to Side

| prev_year = 2016

| title = Run Up

| year = 2017

| next_title = Swalla

| next_year = 2017

}}

"Run Up" is a song by American electronic band Major Lazer featuring Canadian singer PartyNextDoor and Trinidadian rapper Nicki Minaj. It was released on YouTube on January 26, 2017, by Mad Decent and Because Music, intended to be the second single from Music Is the Weapon, but it was then confirmed as the second single from Major Lazer Essentials. The song was written by primary Major Lazer member Diplo, Stargate, PartyNextDoor, Minaj, and Phillip Meckseper, while the song's production was handled by Major Lazer, Stargate, and Jr Blender.{{cite magazine | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hear-major-lazer-nicki-minaj-partynextdoor-unite-on-run-up-w462991 | title=Hear Major Lazer, Nicki Minaj, PartyNextDoor Unite on Suave 'Run Up' | magazine=Rolling Stone | date=January 26, 2017 | access-date=January 26, 2017 | author=Reed, Ryan}}{{cite web | url=http://pitchfork.com/news/70445-major-lazer-enlist-nicki-minaj-and-partynextdoor-for-new-song-run-up-listen/ | title=Major Lazer Enlist Nicki Minaj and PartyNextDoor for New Song "Run Up" | work=Pitchfork | date=January 26, 2017 | access-date=January 26, 2017 | author=Sodomsky, Sam}}{{cite magazine | url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/7669713/major-lazer-nicki-minaj-partynextdoor-run-up-new-song-listen | title=Nicki Minaj & PartyNextDoor 'Run Up' on New Major Lazer Track | magazine=Billboard | date=January 26, 2017 | access-date=January 26, 2017 | author=Bein, Kat}}

Composition

"Run Up" has a length of three minutes and twenty-three seconds. According to the sheet music published by Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc on Musicnotes.com, it's written in the key of E Major set in a time signature at a moderate tempo of 108 beats per minute. The vocal range spans from the low note C{{music|sharp}}₃ to the high note C{{music|sharp}}₅, while the music follows the chord progression of A–C{{music|sharp}}_m–E–B.{{Cite web|url=http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0171787|title= Major Lazer ft PartyNextDoor and Nicki Minaj - Run Up Music Sheet|website=Musicnotes.com|date= 14 February 2017|access-date=2017-02-16}} Musically, "Run Up" is a dancehall song.{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/2017/01/major-lazer-run-up-partynextdoor-nicki-minaj/|publisher= SPIN|title=New Music: Major Lazer – "Run Up" ft. PartyNextDoor and Nicki Minaj|date= January 26, 2017|access-date= February 16, 2017}}{{cite web |url=http://www.dancingastronaut.com/2017/01/major-lazer-nicki-minaj-release-run-partynextdoor/ |title=Major Lazer & Nicki Minaj release 'Run Up' with PartyNextDoor |work=Dancing Astronaut |date=27 January 2017 |access-date=8 February 2017}} PartyNextDoor and Minaj sing using the Jamaican Patois accent.{{cite web|url=http://www.fuse.tv/2017/01/major-lazer-run-up-song-nicki-minaj-partynextdoor-stream|publisher= Fuse TV|title= Major Lazer's "Run Up" song featuring Nicki Minaj and PartyNextDoor|date= January 26, 2017|access-date= February 16, 2017}}

Reception

"Run Up" received generally positive reviews from music critics. Reviewing the song, Ryan Reed from Rolling Stone described it as "a suave blend of high-pitched vocal samples, warped guitar chords and a signature Caribbean music groove." Him praised the presence of Minaj and PartyNextDoor on the song, "PartyNextDoor croons smooth come-ons throughout the track, but Minaj amps up the intensity with a reliably boastful verse." Kat Being of Billboard call it as "a great follow-up to "Cold Water" (2016). Bianca Gracie from Fuse gave a positive review to the song, writing, "Minaj and Party bring their Trinidadian and Jamaican roots to the track, as the rapstress drops boastful verses laced with swagger, sex appeal and patois." The written also praised the vocal of the singer PartyNextDoor on the song, she wrote: "PartyNextDoor adds his crooning vocals to the opening and hook, which is backed by Major Lazer's island-tinged production."

Spin's Brian Josephs commented that the song used "dancehall-inspired production that Drake pimped and Tory Lanez bit." He also praised the feature vocalist on the song writing that "PartyNextDoor and Minaj are charismatic enough to make his a summer banger that’s dropped a couple of months early." Dani Schwartz of the site HotNewHipHop also gave a positive review to the song praising the choice of the singers in the song, she describing its as a "only natural, then, they enlist PartyNextDoor and Nicki Minaj, two artists with Caribbean roots."{{cite web|url=http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/major-lazer-run-up-feat-partynextdoor-and-nicki-minaj-new-song.1972687.html|publisher=HotNewHipHop|title=Major Lazer - Run Up Feat. PartyNextDoor & Nicki Minaj [New Song]|date= January 26, 2017|access-date= February 16, 2017}}

Charts

=Weekly charts=

scope="col"\| Chart (2017) ! scope="col"\| Peak position
class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
{{single chart\|Australia\|27\|artist=Major Lazer feat. PartyNextDoor & Nicki Minaj\|song=Run Up\|rowheader=true\|access-date=February 4, 2017}}
{{single chart\|Austria\|37\|artist=Major Lazer feat. PartyNextDoor & Nicki Minaj\|song=Run Up\|rowheader=true\|access-date=February 23, 2017}}
{{single chart\|Flanders\|31\|artist=Major Lazer feat. PartyNextDoor & Nicki Minaj\|song=Run Up\|rowheader=true\|access-date=February 25, 2017}}
{{single chart\|Wallonia\|33\|artist=Major Lazer feat. PartyNextDoor & Nicki Minaj\|song=Run Up\|rowheader=true\|access-date=March 25, 2017}}
{{single chart\|Canada\|20\|artist=Major Lazer\|rowheader=true\|access-date=February 7, 2017}}
{{single chart\|Billboardcanadachrtop40\|9\|artist=Nicki Minaj\|rowheader=true\|access-date=August 14, 2022}}
{{single chart\|Billboardcanadahotac\|48\|artist=Nicki Minaj\|rowheader=true\|access-date=August 14, 2022}}
{{single chart\|CIS\|204\|artist=Major Lazer feat. PartyNextDoor & Nicki Minaj\|song=Run Up\|rowheader=true\|songid=79215\|access-date=April 17, 2021}}
scope="row"\| Colombia (National-Report){{cite web\|url=http://www.national-report.com/top-100-colombia/\|title=Top 100 Colombia\|language=es\|publisher=National-Report\|access-date=July 24, 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170428183459/http://www.national-report.com/top-100-colombia/\|archive-date=April 28, 2017}} \| 99
{{single chart\|Czechdigital\|19\|year=2017\|week=06\|rowheader=true\|access-date=March 7, 2017}}
scope="row"\| Denmark (Tracklisten){{cite web\|url=http://hitlisten.nu/default.asp?w=7&y=2017&list=t40 \|title=Track Top-40 Uge 6, 2017 \|publisher=Hitlisten.NU \|access-date=February 15, 2017}} \| 23
{{single chart\|France\|16\|artist=Major Lazer feat. PartyNextDoor & Nicki Minaj\|song=Run Up\|rowheader=true\|access-date=February 23, 2017}}
scope="row"\|France Airplay (SNEP){{cite web\|title=Top de la semaine\|url=https://snepmusique.com/classement-radio/?semaine=16?&annee=2017\|access-date=April 26, 2017}} \|style="text-align:center;"\|3
{{single chart\|Germany\|22\|songid=1629124\|artist=Major Lazer feat. PartyNextDoor & Nicki Minaj\|song=Run Up\|rowheader=true\|access-date=February 10, 2017}}
{{single chart\|Hungarystream\|11\|year=2017\|week=6\|rowheader=true\|access-date=April 13, 2017}}
{{single chart\|Ireland2\|25\|artist=Major Lazer feat. PartyNextDoor & Nicki Minaj\|song=Run Up\|rowheader=true\|access-date=February 25, 2017}}
scope="row"\| Italy (FIMI){{cite web\|url=http://www.fimi.it/classifiche#/category:digital/id:2429\|title=Classifica settimanale WK 8\|publisher=Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana\|language=it\|access-date=February 25, 2017}} \| 41
{{single chart\|Dutch40\|16\|year=2017\|week=9\|rowheader=true\|access-date=January 1, 2018}}
{{single chart\|Dutch100\|14\|artist=Major Lazer feat. PartyNextDoor & Nicki Minaj\|song=Run Up\|rowheader=true\|access-date=February 25, 2017}}
scope="row"\| New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ){{cite web\|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/singles/2017-02-17\|title=NZ Top 40 Singles Chart\|publisher=Recorded Music NZ\|date=February 20, 2017\|access-date=February 17, 2017}} \| 14
scope="row"\| Norway (VG-lista){{cite web\|url=http://lista.vg.no/artist/major-lazer-feat-partynextdoor-nicki/singel/run-up/6600\|title=VG-lista - Major Lazer feat. PartyNextDoor & Nicki / Run Up\|publisher=VG-lista\|access-date=February 11, 2017}} \| 27
{{single chart\|Portugal\|21\|artist=Major Lazer feat. PartyNextDoor & Nicki Minaj\|song=Run Up\|rowheader=true\|access-date=March 10, 2017}}
{{single chart\|Scotland\|24\|date=2017-02-03\|rowheader=true\|access-date=February 4, 2017}}
{{single chart\|Slovakia2\|44\|year=2017\|week=11\|rowheader=true\|access-date=March 21, 2017}}
{{single chart\|Slovakdigital2\|16\|year=2017\|week=07\|rowheader=true\|access-date=March 7, 2017}}
scope="row"\| Spain (PROMUSICAE){{cite web\|url=http://www.promusicae.es/listas/semana/3344-canciones-semana-5-2017\|title=TOP 100 CANCIONES — SEMANA 5: del 27.01.2017 al 02.02.2017\|publisher=Productores de Música de España\|language=es\|access-date=February 9, 2017}} \| 100
scope="row"\| Sweden (Sverigetopplistan){{cite web\|url=http://www.sverigetopplistan.se/\|title=Sverigetopplistan - Sveriges Officiella Topplista\|publisher=Sverigetopplistan\|access-date=February 11, 2017}} \| 23
{{single chart\|Switzerland\|25\|artist=Major Lazer feat. PartyNextDoor & Nicki Minaj\|song=Run Up\|rowheader=true\|access-date=February 13, 2017}}
{{single chart\|UK\|20\|date=2017-02-03\|rowheader=true\|access-date=February 4, 2017}}
{{singlechart\|UKindie\|1\|date=20170203\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=April 2, 2025}}
{{single chart\|Billboardhot100\|66\|artist=Major Lazer\|rowheader=true\|access-date=February 7, 2017}}
{{single chart\|Billboarddanceelectronic\|9\|artist=Major Lazer\|rowheader=true\|access-date=February 7, 2017}}
{{single chart\|Billboardrandbhiphop\|26\|artist=Major Lazer\|rowheader=true\|access-date=February 7, 2017}}
{{single chart\|Billboardpopsongs\|37\|artist=Major Lazer\|rowheader=true\|access-date=March 21, 2017}}
{{single chart\|Billboardrhythmic\|30\|artist=Major Lazer\|rowheader=true\|access-date=March 14, 2017}}

=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

scope="col"| Chart (2017)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| Canada (Canadian Hot 100){{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2017/canadian-hot-100|title=Canadian Hot 100 – Year-End 2017|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 17, 2017}}

| 74

scope="row"| France (SNEP){{cite web|url=https://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-lannee/top-singles-annee/?categorie=Top%20Single%20de%20l%E2%80%99ann%C3%A9e&annee=2017|title=Top de l'année Top Singles 2017|publisher=SNEP|language=fr|access-date=July 25, 2021}}

| 88

scope="row"| Hungary (Stream Top 40){{cite web|url=http://slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/stream/2017|title=Stream Top 100 – 2017|publisher=Mahasz|access-date=February 17, 2018}}

| 78

scope="row"| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40){{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/2017|title=Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 2017|publisher=Dutch Top 40|access-date=October 31, 2019}}

| 94

scope="row"| Netherlands (Single Top 100){{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2017&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten – Single 2017|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=December 23, 2017}}

| 75

scope="row"| Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade){{cite web|url=http://hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/2017|title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2017 – hitparade.ch|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=December 31, 2017}}

| 92

scope="row"| US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2017/hot-dance-electronic--songs|title=Hot Dance/Electronic Songs – Year-End 2017|magazine=Billboard|access-date=August 19, 2019}}

| 25

Certifications

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=2017|certyear=2017|access-date=January 15, 2018}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|artist=Major Lazer feat PartyNextDoor & Nicki Minaj|title=Run Up|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=2017|certyear=2019|id=8604|access-date=October 9, 2019}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=France|artist=Major Lazer feat. PartyNextDoor & Nicki Minaj|title=Run Up|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=2017|certyear=2017|access-date=July 15, 2017}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|artist=Major Lazer feat. PartyNextDoor & Nicki Minaj|title=Run Up|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2017|certyear=2017|access-date=August 25, 2017}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|artist=Major Lazer feat. PartyNextDoor & Nicki Minaj|title=Run Up|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=2017|certyear=2017|id=4563|access-date=July 24, 2017}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|artist=Major Lazer feat. PartyNextDoor and Nicki Minaj|title=Run Up|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=2017|certyear=2017|source=radioscope|access-date=December 29, 2024}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Majorlazer/Partynextdoor/Minaj|title=Run Up|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=2017|certyear=2024|id=14226-4366-1|access-date=May 10, 2024}}

{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|streaming=true|noshipments=true}}

Release history

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" ! scope="col"\| Region ! scope="col"\| Date ! scope="col"\| Format ! scope="col"\| Label
scope="row"\| Worldwide \|rowspan="2"\|January 26, 2017 \| Digital download \| {{flatlist\| Mad Decent Because }}
scope="row"\|Italy{{cite news\|title=Major Lazer "Run Up" (Radio Date: 26/01/2017)\|url=http://radiodate.it/radio-date/major-lazer-feat-partynextdoor-nicki-minaj-run-up-175695-26-01-2017-radiodate/\|access-date=February 4, 2017\|publisher=Radio Date}} \| Contemporary hit radio \| Warner

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

! scope="col"| Region

! scope="col"| Date

! scope="col"| Format

! scope="col"| Label

scope="row"| Worldwide

|rowspan="2"|January 26, 2017

| Digital download

| {{flatlist|

}}

scope="row"|Italy{{cite news|title=Major Lazer "Run Up" (Radio Date: 26/01/2017)|url=http://radiodate.it/radio-date/major-lazer-feat-partynextdoor-nicki-minaj-run-up-175695-26-01-2017-radiodate/|access-date=February 4, 2017|publisher=Radio Date}}

| Contemporary hit radio

| Warner