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| "Watch Us Work It" | ||||
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| Single byDevo | ||||
| from the albumSomething for Everybody | ||||
| Released | July 27, 2007 | |||
| Genre | New wave | |||
| Length | 2:13 | |||
| Songwriters | Mark Mothersbaugh andGerald Casale | |||
| Producer | Teddybears | |||
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"Watch Us Work It" is asingle by the USnew wave bandDevo, produced byTeddybears. It was originally released on July 27, 2007,[1] and was featured in a commercial forDell. It was subsequently re-released, on vinyl, in December 2008. The song was included on the deluxe version of the band's ninth studio albumSomething for Everybody, which was released on June 15, 2010. The song features a sample drum track from "The Super Thing" from Devo's 1981 albumNew Traditionalists.
The band announced in a July 23, 2007,MySpace bulletin that a full-length music video would be created, and the song itself is now available oniTunes andeMusic.Gerald Casale said that this song was chosen from a batch that the band was working on. The music video was released in September 2007, directed byJonas Åkerlund, and is an extended version of the Dell commercial, without product shots.[2] The song appears in the video gameDance Dance Revolution Universe 3.
MVD Audio announced a vinyl maxi-single of "Watch Us Work It" for release in 2008.[3] Released on December 9, 2008, it contains three previously unreleased versions of the song, and a remix ofThe Attery Squash song "Devo Was Right About Everything" by the band.[4] It is the first physical single released by Devo since "Post Post-Modern Man" in 1990.
A music video of the "Still Workin' Mix" featuring the band, without drummerJosh Freese, appeared on theNickelodeon TV showYo Gabba Gabba! in March 2010.[5]
12" vinyl single
Digital download
