We Run This

{{Infobox song

| name = We Run This’

| cover = Missy_Elliott_-_We_Run_This.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Missy Elliott

| album = The Cookbook, Respect M.E. and Stick It OST

| released = {{Start date|2006|3|20}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre =

| length = 3:25

| label =

| writer =

Missy Elliott
Rhemario Webber
Jerry Lordan

| producer = Rhemario "Rio Beats" Webber

| prev_title = Teary Eyed

| prev_year = 2005

| next_title = Touch It (Remix)

| next_year = 2006

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|t2oIhJG7rXA|"We Run This"}}}}

}}

"We Run This" is a song by American recording artist Missy Elliott. It was written by Rhemario "Rio Beats" Webber and Elliott for her sixth studio album, The Cookbook (2005), while production was handled by the former. Released as both the album's third single in the United States and the lead single from her 2006 compilation Respect M.E., it samples elements from The Sugarhill Gang version of The Shadows' song "Apache". The song peaked at number forty-eight on the Billboard Hot 100. "We Run This" was nominated for a 2007 Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance.[https://www.foxnews.com/story/fox-facts-complete-list-of-grammy-award-nominations "FOX Facts: Complete List of Grammy Award Nominations"]. Associated Press. December 7, 2006. Retrieved December 9, 2006. An edited version of "We Run This" was used as the theme song for the gymnastics-themed film Stick It.

Music video

The single's video features clips from the film. Dominique Dawes appeared as a gymnastics coach in the video. Missy Elliott also does some gymnastics in the video which caused her to tear her Achilles' tendon while shooting the video. The video was shot in January 2006 and released in April 2006 and received heavy airplay on television networks BET, MTV and VH1. The mini-video for another track from The Cookbook, "Bad Man" was tacked to beginning of the video. The mini-video features Elliot and her male dancers are dressed in gold band member uniforms while the female dancers are dressed in gold leotards, high-heeled boots and hats as they sing and dance in front of a cheering crowd on a football field.

Track listings

Digital download (original)[https://www.amazon.co.uk/We-Run-This-Explicit/dp/B001EZBQQ2/ We Run This (Explicit): Missy Elliott: Amazon.co.uk: MP3 Downloads]

"We Run This" (Explicit Album Version w/o Manicure Interlude) - 3:25

Digital download (Stick It)[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001LLEJPO/ We Run This (Stick It Edit): Missy Elliott: Amazon.co.uk: MP3 Downloads]

"We Run This" (Stick It Edit) - 3:02
"We Run This" (Stick It Video) - 4:14

UK CD[http://www.hmv.co.uk/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=221;2;-1;-1&sku=494939 HMV.com: singles: We Run This (2006)]

"We Run This" (Explicit Album Version) - 3:25
"Teary Eyed" (Tief Schwarz Club Remix) - 7:37

UK vinyl[http://www.hmv.co.uk/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=221;2;-1;-1&sku=494950 HMV.com: singles: We Run This (2006)]

"We Run This" (Explicit Album Version) - 3:24
"We Run This" (Instrumental) - 3:24
"We Run This" (A cappella) - 3:23
"Teary Eyed" (Tief Schwarz Club Remix) - 7:37

Charts

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|+Weekly chart performance for "We Run This"

!Chart (2006)

!Peak
position

{{single chart|Australia|23|artist=Missy Elliott|song=We Run This|rowheader=true}}

{{single chart|Australiaurban|7|url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080222222441/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20061220-0000/issue874.pdf|urltitle=Issue 874|rowheader=true|access-date=May 25, 2022}}

{{single chart|Germany|73|artist=Missy Elliott|song=We Run This|rowheader=true|songid=119615}}

{{single chart|Ireland2|30|artist=Missy Elliott|rowheader=true|access-date=January 29, 2020}}

{{single chart|Scotland|date=20060827|40|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 25, 2022}}

{{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|artistid=10450|38|artist=Missy Elliott|song=We Run This|songid=32122|rowheader=true|accessdate=2012-09-23}}

{{single chart|UKrandb|date=20060827|7|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 25, 2022}}

{{single chart|Billboardhot100|48|artist=Missy Elliott|artistid=311508|rowheader=true|accessdate=2013-03-16}}

Release history

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" !scope="col"\|Region !scope="col"\|Date !scope="col"\|Format(s) !scope="col"\|Label(s) !scope="col"\|{{abbr\|Ref.\|Reference}}
scope="row"\|United States \|March 20, 2006 \|{{hlist\|Rhythmic contemporary\|urban radio}} \|rowspan="3"\|{{hlist\|The Goldmind Inc.\|Atlantic}} \|{{cite magazine\|title=Going for Adds\|magazine=Radio & Records\|issue=1649\|page=19\|date=March 17, 2006}}
scope="row"\|United Kingdom \|August 21, 2006 \|rowspan="2"\|CD \|{{cite magazine\|title=New Releases: Singles\|magazine=Music Week\|page=23\|date=August 19, 2006}}
scope="row"\|Australia \|August 28, 2006 \|{{cite web\|url=http://www.aria.com.au/Issue860.pdf\|title=The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 28th August 2006\|publisher=ARIA\|page=27\|date=August 28, 2006\|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080222222440/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20060920-0000/issue860.pdf\|archive-date=February 22, 2008\|access-date=February 20, 2025}}

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!scope="col"|Region

!scope="col"|Date

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scope="row"|United States

|March 20, 2006

|{{hlist|Rhythmic contemporary|urban radio}}

|rowspan="3"|{{hlist|The Goldmind Inc.|Atlantic}}

|{{cite magazine|title=Going for Adds|magazine=Radio & Records|issue=1649|page=19|date=March 17, 2006}}

scope="row"|United Kingdom

|August 21, 2006

|rowspan="2"|CD

|{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=23|date=August 19, 2006}}

scope="row"|Australia

|August 28, 2006

|{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/Issue860.pdf|title=The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 28th August 2006|publisher=ARIA|page=27|date=August 28, 2006|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080222222440/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20060920-0000/issue860.pdf|archive-date=February 22, 2008|access-date=February 20, 2025}}